Nope. It's exactly matching my expectations so far.
Survival elements are a little more in your face than I would like but it doesn't take long to fill up the draining meters. That aspect was shown off enough times before release that I expected it.
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Survival elements are a little more in your face than I would like but it doesn't take long to fill up the draining meters. That aspect was shown off enough times before release that I expected it.
Loving this so far, met 2 alien dudes, the first
, the other one was awesome and asked me a question
Just found a distress beacon, ETA 3 hours..going to get back in my ship and fly there.
This game may very well consume me.
2nd galaxy I couldn't think up a name, so it's called Skittles..planet is toxic as fuck so it's Searing Gas Pain Land.
Also find it funny that they apparently screwed up the UI and mixed around Weight and Height for creatures, Weight: 1.6m, Heigh 160kg.
offered to sell me his ship for 600k units
and I only understood 2 words, weapon and replace. Options were to relinquish my multi-tool or refuse, relinquished and he swapped it for a 10slot upgraded version that looks like a laser rifle instead of a pistol.
Just found a distress beacon, ETA 3 hours..going to get back in my ship and fly there.
This game may very well consume me.
2nd galaxy I couldn't think up a name, so it's called Skittles..planet is toxic as fuck so it's Searing Gas Pain Land.
Also find it funny that they apparently screwed up the UI and mixed around Weight and Height for creatures, Weight: 1.6m, Heigh 160kg.
I have not. really weird structure.
crackhead_bob
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cAN I play this game without multiplayer?
there are pods on every planet, you can upgrade your suit there.
NO_Quarter25
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I apologize in advance if this has been posted already but ive been playing the game for the last couple of hours and havent check up in the thread
I saw a few pages back ppl where complaining about only being able to save at the ship and just wanted to say that you can stumble upon other save points. Some of these way points have a "call ship" feature that will, well, call your ship to you..a sort of auto pilot to your location. These usually cost an unlock chip to use though but could be handy
I saw a few pages back ppl where complaining about only being able to save at the ship and just wanted to say that you can stumble upon other save points. Some of these way points have a "call ship" feature that will, well, call your ship to you..a sort of auto pilot to your location. These usually cost an unlock chip to use though but could be handy
N° 2048
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XANDER CAGE
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I don't think this game is for me. After restarting my game and getting a much better starting world, I still feel pretty bored after exploring a dozen or so other worlds. I found a really pretty pink planet lush with trees; then I lasered through a few of them for carbon, found an outpost with one alien just sitting in his chair like every other outpost, and learned the word for "toxic" from a pillar, which pretty much sums up how I feel about this game right now.
Man. I'm sure just seeing weird stuff will be enough for a lot of people, and that's totally fine. To me though, the game just feels hollow. Every discovery is just surface level. No matter how strange an object is, I'm still just here to harvest the same stuff I got on other planets.
Think I'm gonna put this down for a bit, maybe give it a whirl later and see if any of this is just my mood or something. I'm not having fun though.
Man. I'm sure just seeing weird stuff will be enough for a lot of people, and that's totally fine. To me though, the game just feels hollow. Every discovery is just surface level. No matter how strange an object is, I'm still just here to harvest the same stuff I got on other planets.
Think I'm gonna put this down for a bit, maybe give it a whirl later and see if any of this is just my mood or something. I'm not having fun though.
eyeball_kid
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In Sean's twitch stream there were several times where he just zoned out and started collecting stuff instead of showing off features. This is obviously a game built exactly to spec for what he specifically enjoys. For me, I knew a long time ago that I am not going to enjoy farming for resources in this game. I hate farming, it feels like a job. But there's enough other interesting things about the game that those will hopefully outweigh the tedious bits. And at the worst, I'll spend more time in space instead of going to planets.
But that's why it's going to be such a divisive game. Sean's tastes are very specific and a bit niche, and not everyone will like what he likes. But I think he's created a big enough buffet table that there will be something for everyone if they give it enough time to open up.
Ugh, I'm so sorry, that's awful! You should definitely give Amazon an earful.
I want to be rid of this preorder ship so fucking bad. I hate it. And I don't want to spend the money on just a minor upgrade, I want one of the classier fighters I've seen. So this is really driving my gameplay right now.
I was pissed I had to accept the preorder ship in the first place but I guess I should be thankful now, lol. This is really compelling me to develop some ways to make bank and get the ship I want before continuing on with the game which is a pretty nice goal IMO.
I was pissed I had to accept the preorder ship in the first place but I guess I should be thankful now, lol. This is really compelling me to develop some ways to make bank and get the ship I want before continuing on with the game which is a pretty nice goal IMO.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Not disappointing at all. Super fun so far.
Your planet has no animals to scan, that 100% is the select fauna catalog.
MassiveNights
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Have you uploaded the things you've found?
crackhead_bob
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Are there load screens? And if so, are they on the same level as games like Dead Rising 2?
GHG
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I feel like I need to learn this alien language in the game ASAP.
Number one I don't like how my interactions with npc's are gobbledygook apart from give or take 1 or 2 words per sentence.
And number 2, I encountered a facility that I had to break into and it gave me 3 options as to what they were building there before it got shut down. The information was in the text provided but I couldn't answer the question because I have no idea what it was saying. I guessed the wrong option and now the facility is shut down so I can't try it again. I'm forever going to wonder what loot I have missed out on by screwing that up...
Fuck me it's 5am.
Number one I don't like how my interactions with npc's are gobbledygook apart from give or take 1 or 2 words per sentence.
And number 2, I encountered a facility that I had to break into and it gave me 3 options as to what they were building there before it got shut down. The information was in the text provided but I couldn't answer the question because I have no idea what it was saying. I guessed the wrong option and now the facility is shut down so I can't try it again. I'm forever going to wonder what loot I have missed out on by screwing that up...
Fuck me it's 5am.
Maintenance
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Where do I get slots for my multi-tool? You can spoil me, no problem, put it with tags or PM me.
LiquidSword
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So has anyone figured out why upgrades light up when connected to the thing they are upgrading? Do they only work when connected because the tooltip says the upgrade will work automatically when in the multi tools inventory
djplaeskool
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About two hours in, and all I can really say is that this game is fucking cool as shit.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Nyteshade517
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Lionel Richie
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Only one possible answer here: dig yourself to the other side of the planet.
Initial load into the game and then between star systems as you warp in.
N° 2048
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haha doing the same right now too. going to go off the main quest and try to get a nice ship. i'm about 4 jumps in. just after the
Find us. Hear us.
GHG
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I found an NPC that stole my tool but then he gave it back to me all pimped out with extra slots.
I think I got lucky since that was the 2nd planet I went to.
By exchanging it by better models with more slots.
Hahaha I strongly suggest that you refrain from going too deep in caves before you have plasma grenades to cave your way out if needed!
there are no loading screens in the traditional sense. but when you use your hyperdrive it takes a while to get to your destination. you get a flashy animation, but you can't do anything during it. other than that, you can fly from one planet to another seamlessly.
crackhead_bob
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How frequent are they? Arkham Asylum and City had load screens, but they were spaced out enough that it wasn't an issue. The old Resident Evil games on PS1 you were constantly having to endure load screens every time you entered a room or building.
MrPressStart
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Hmm.. I have crafted 1/4 of the plank sheets for my ship at the beginning of the game. Where do I find the mats to craft them? Is it debris or do I just explore?
UpDownLeftRight
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Anyone found a better warp drive yet?
NO_Quarter25
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in an open slot in your inventory hit square
Nyteshade517
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while you're in the Hyper Drive (or whatever it is) you can go through your menus and such to recharge fuel, life support, craft, etc
I've been seeing some really cool green and pink ships and my goal is to get enough credits to buy one at this point.
travisbickle
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My theory is that you can link upgrades to multiple tech. I put a distance upgrade between the visor and the scanner and it lit up all three. My visor can see further and my scanner can scan more/further.
Carite Sheets? Iron is one of the most common elements in the universe, just poke around and look for some.
baller
However many times you turn your game off and on or warp to another star.
Other than that there is no loading. So the frequency depends on you.
Lol yes, plasma grenades are like shovels so you can mold the terrain and dig your way out if needed!
Yep.
thetrin
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I actually found a signal for a crashed ship. Fixed the whole thing up and switched to that. It's a pretty impressive battleship actually.
Initial loading is when you start the game. Load between start systems aka warping is as often as you warp from star system to next. Within star system there is no loading screens, you can fly from space station to the moon to the planet to next planet back to space station without single loading screen popping up.
MrPressStart
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This is kind of how I'm feeling too. Don't get me wrong, the game's awesome, but I'm already getting worn out. I want to keep moving to get to the center, but also want to explore the planets I find, but I also feel like there's no point to it because once I've found a few things I've found basically everything. I feel like I'm not making any progress, I'm just going to different star systems and doing the same things.
When I was hitting very clear incremens in the narrative every few warps I was really digging it, but that seems to have just stopped.
Nyteshade517
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just make sure you have enough materials for what you're trying to do
I'm both shocked at how blatant the UI was lifted from Destiny, and frustrated/amused at how poor it is as being easily readable. Like a student copied a master and got the form but not the grace or purpose down. Key information is buried rather than accessible.
At any rate, my younger daughter got her ship into space. And then we spent 20 minutes together trying to figure out what to do. We need to craft a hyperdrive, but then we couldn't find any tool tips or menu to tell us how. We were being told there was in incoming transmission, but nothing told us how to access it. Icons out in space seemed to tell us to go to them, but at max speed it would take 20 minutes. We can't jump to other planets because no hyperdrive.
We studied the controls in the help menu, tried every button, and sifted through the myriad menus for a while and then gave up and powered off. We're not even sure when the game last saved.
My overwhelming impression of the game is one of frustration, right now. It's a deeply unpleasant UI and both my kids and I found it needlessly confusing and unhelpful.
At any rate, I played for a bit myself. I angered a sentinel by shooting a small rock for iron, and then discovered how awful the aiming mechanics are when I had to defend myself. Good lord.
Right now I don't want to spend any more time with it. My younger daughter ended her play session confused and frustrated at not knowing what to do once in her ship. We're both pretty bummed after our first play session.
I can see myself coaching her through if she wants to keep playing, and not playing it much myself, for a while. If anything turns me off from a game like lightning, it's bad UI.
At any rate, my younger daughter got her ship into space. And then we spent 20 minutes together trying to figure out what to do. We need to craft a hyperdrive, but then we couldn't find any tool tips or menu to tell us how. We were being told there was in incoming transmission, but nothing told us how to access it. Icons out in space seemed to tell us to go to them, but at max speed it would take 20 minutes. We can't jump to other planets because no hyperdrive.
We studied the controls in the help menu, tried every button, and sifted through the myriad menus for a while and then gave up and powered off. We're not even sure when the game last saved.
My overwhelming impression of the game is one of frustration, right now. It's a deeply unpleasant UI and both my kids and I found it needlessly confusing and unhelpful.
At any rate, I played for a bit myself. I angered a sentinel by shooting a small rock for iron, and then discovered how awful the aiming mechanics are when I had to defend myself. Good lord.
Right now I don't want to spend any more time with it. My younger daughter ended her play session confused and frustrated at not knowing what to do once in her ship. We're both pretty bummed after our first play session.
I can see myself coaching her through if she wants to keep playing, and not playing it much myself, for a while. If anything turns me off from a game like lightning, it's bad UI.
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