To mark the 3 year launch anniversary of Ctrl Alt Ego, I've undeleted a deleted chapter, available in the latest patch on Steam.
The Good:
Huge
Wild
Some interesting set-pieces
The Bad:
Huge
Wild
Some frustrating set-pieces
The Ugly:
Yes
The idea during development around 2018/2019 was that after visiting The Cloud location you would fly down to the planet-formerly-known-as-Earth for a really free/open level to let rip with your full ability set.
In the end I sacked it when The Cloud level seemed to offer all of that already, the pacing didn't fit the story, it was going to be a lot of work to polish and optimize... etc etc.
But anyway it's back now, added as a standalone mission, but it plays a bit like a complete game in and of itself. Enemies are aplenty and tough, you'll feel weak initially... but you're smarter than them.
Art-wise it's basically a blockout - no attempt to polish the terrain or fort etc. Personally I quite like that it's ugly. So there.
Warning: Performance is not great. It runs fine on modern hardware, but will gasp on older machines. There's an in-level option to adjust the draw distance which can help - it's like playing as a short-sighted robot.
Edit 27.07.2025 Small patch pushed to correct a few Turkish/Russian localization strings, and fix GOD colliders.
Edit 04.08.2025 Small patch pushed to fix:
PUP Disks not working on initial mission load
PUP getting half-stuck through the terrain