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it feels like bog standard survival crafting game

Conan exiles is so damn similar and is more feature complete

Granted i think the art style looks cool but i dont really see how its so popular

Do i have to play it online for it to click?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (1 children)

It's got good progression, it doesn't waste your time with shitloads of grind, you can build really neat viking houses, it's pve coop, and you get to do viking shit with your viking friends. Also: sailing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

And yes, you have to play it online with friends. It's much, much better as a group experience.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

It's basically a standard survival game, but it has some nice differences

  • generally isn't grindy at all, (conan, ark, and rust were all much more time consuming in my experience)
  • dark souls dodge rolling and parry shit is fun
  • you can build houses faster than minecraft, and tearing shit down doesn't cost you anything
  • additionally building houses is fun with the support and smoke physics
  • atmosphere and art style are good, one of the better examples of low poly game art done stylistically well

its fun with friends in the same way every game is fun with friends, so idk if that will improve anything other than being able to sing sea shanties together while sailing or something

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

for me, it has some really fun exploration. it has a great atmosphere too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

I haven't played it but it does seem like a game that shines with friends.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

I don't play many games, I got it cuz low end linux computer, and it works!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

Couldn't get into it myself. maybe down the line i'll check it out again but it was really underwhelming when I tried it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I've also been trying but it really hasn't clicked for me

More focused on the survival than the crafting side, but I've really been "enjoying" Green Hell lately. Something about how manual and tactile and just hard the crafting is makes it really satisfying when you manage to carve out even the most limited camp for yourself

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (1 children)

I really liked Green Hell. Including the story parts - the way they were presented was awesome. It was sadly a bit too short though, and also you lacked incentive to build an actual base (still did it for fun though).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (1 children)

There's the first part of a free update/prequel out now with a new map (I think they're planning three parts), and it's a bit more friendly to you staying put in the middle of the map and spending ages building yourself a luxury mudbrick mansion

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

That's awesome, thanks for the info !

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

Don’t play video games, start going for runs and getting swole.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

I feel exactly the same way about Subnautica, Stardew Valley, Rimworld, all extremely acclaimed games.