• robalees@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    One of those games I’m glad I bought at launch, although I’ve fired it up 3-4 times and struggled with the mechanics… it’s nice to know it’s still evolving and I can always start fresh again with the new content. If I wasn’t so deep into Helldivers I’d give it another go right now… but Democracy can’t wait!

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      7 months ago

      Same. I keep picking it up every now and again but it really needs me to put a bit of time into it to understand all the new mechanics since launch. I’ll get to it one day!

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        7 months ago

        I felt this same way until I jumped into the Omega expedition. It was an excellent crash course for all the game offers and I now feel way more comfortable jumping into the base game and doing whatever I feel up to.

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            7 months ago

            FOMO-leveraging shit needs to stop. All it does is make me not want to touch the thing at all because I know I don’t have the time to do all the things in a season.

            NMS isn’t so bad at it, but seriously FUCK the games that leverage it. Almost as bad as microtransactions.

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              7 months ago

              FOMO-leveraging shit needs to stop.

              but seriously FUCK the games that leverage it.

              No one likes to be manipulated/tricked for someone else’s profit.

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        7 months ago

        I tried the game two or three times sitting down with the “I want to play a space sim” mindset and could never get past the tutorial. Then the next time, it had clicked that it’s a survival crafter that just happens to have a space theme. When I sat down with that mindset and perspective on what I was in for, I suddenly throughly enjoyed the game.

        The game just does a really bad job of showing you what it is trailers and other media. Sure, all the things it shows off are there, but they’re not the core of the game.

    • piskertariot@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I waited to get involved until after the Echoes update last summer, and I truly enjoyed 100+ hours of the game.

      It still does suffer from inevitably feeling really empty, with billions of copies of the same 4 different coloured/temperatured planets and 8 creature types, but it was still a heck of an experience.

      • robalees@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Similar to Glide said above, wanted a space sim and realize it’s more of a survival game. On the opposite end I played a little Elite Dangerous which was WAY TOO INVOLVED space sim!