GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
I guess that's one of those things that's personal. Some people want multiplayer or base-building, I want really crazy AI like in Rain World. Because the more they can sell each ecosystem as "alive" and complex, the better. All the footage we've seen so far of AI is very simplistic. I'm sure Sean is holding back the good stuff (for whatever reason), but I too am not expecting anything stellar. But it's probably something they can improve down the road as the AI is not procedural.
p.s. thanks for the insider updates, DeepEnigma!
It's difficult to pin down which vid I saw it in but one of the devs (could have been Sean) said something about the animals learning new routes based on your interactions with them, and then those routes becoming part of their routine. I suppose this is to create a sense of them really being alive and not just repeating patterns. We know that once you shoot at a creature or near a creature, all the same creatures remember that and will fear you from that point onwards. I can see many possibilities with this system.
Also, improved AI isn't something that would create an anomaly, it would just fit in with creatures even though you'd seen them and interacted with them before.
My quick impressions
1. Don't expect mind-blowing graphics out the box
2. Don't expect to take off flying when the game starts. Must put in work
3. Game was extremely smooth. No frame rate issues at all
4. Expect to possibly not fire up another game for a while. I could tell in my short time that this game is gonna destroy some relationships and happy homes.
Again I apologize for bringing the hype this evening. I should of just kept it to myself but no way in hell did I expect this kind of offer.
I don't think 1 is what we think it is. Why add 'out of the box'? I'd say he's just referring to the environments not being as colourful or as varied as we've seen in trailers, BUT perhaps he's not taking into account that the planet he started on isn't the same planet everyone else will. This particular feature could give us wildly different reviews. I'm dreading it.
I believe he's also the guy who said the servers where up when he played but I think he's mistaken. Lot's of people don't know you can play this offline and I think he's just assumed it requires online to play.