Surprisingly beautiful scenes like this are practically worth the price of admission on their own.
The title should have been my first clue. The almost too cute spelling of "Adrift" looks like "Adroneft," and this isn't just an affectation. It hints at the all-encompassing isolation and loneliness that pervades everything about this game.
Adr1ft's introduction is by far the most action-packed part of the game, as your protagonist wakes up clawing her way back to the nearest piece of a massive space station that has just blown apart. Her EVA suit is holding together enough to keep her alive, but an air leak means her survival isn't guaranteed. Worse, the computerized systems that operate the escape pods are offline, and reactivating them requires the usual Metroidvania-style wild goose chase/scavenger hunt through the station's tattered remains.
If you're an avid gamer, this is the kind of setup where you now expect the unexpected—a journey filled with hidden dangers or some sort of sci-fi/fantasy twist. Maybe an alien virus has turned everyone else on the station into bloodthirsty zombies. Maybe the station's AI has gone crazy and wants to eliminate all human life. Maybe the station was the first casualty in an alien invasion, and you have to warn Earth.
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