In short: if you liked "Tesla vs Lovecraft", then you should buy this DLC. You might even say that without it, you're playing a flawed versionIn short: if you liked "Tesla vs Lovecraft", then you should buy this DLC. You might even say that without it, you're playing a flawed version of the game.
I have two issues with the original game. First, it forces you through a boring grind to improve your stats and pass the hardest levels. Second, the game's difficulty swerves wildly all over the place. In a way, "For Science!" solves both those problems.
You don't need to grind anymore. This DLC is way more generous than the original game with "crystals", and you improve your stats naturally as you play. Also, "For Science!" deals with the original game's uneven difficulty, even if you might not like its solution: the new mechanics in "For Science!" turn you into wildly overpowered killing machine. The crazy new perks in particular, coupled with the fact that you can pick among three of them at every upgrade, make you nearly invincible in some situations.
Between the easier upgrades and the new perks and weapons, "For Science!" makes the game much easier, at least until you reach the really high levels. I could walk through the first "ultra-hard" Dreamland world without much trouble, only getting stuck a few times on a handful of thougher levels. You might argue that making the player OP isn't really a "fix" for the game's uneven difficulty–but feeling like a permanent badass sure makes for a more fun game.
All in all "For Science!" makes the original game better. I only have one gripe: I'm not against DLC by principle, but this material really should have been part of the original game. It doesn't just add content to the game–it fixes its core mechanics. As such, it has no business being split into a separate addition. At the very least, 10tons should have incorporated some of these new mechanics, like the more abundant crystals, into an update for the base game. As it is, this DLC feels like paying for an update.… Expand
