If that's too troublesome to implement then encounters should be drastically less frequent.Ĭreating stuff is tedious and annoying. There should be some incentive to fight beyond surviving, either that it serves its own purpose by feeling great or because it can get you valuable stuff. Why should I risk losing my stuff and 30% of my money for 15 pixels and some useless drop when I could avoid and dig myself into the ground.

The biggest issue with combat is that there's no point to doing it. Weapons are fun with all the variation but fighting is a chore. The excitement of visiting a new planet usually dies within the first two minutes.Ĭombat is serviceable I guess. I never find places that look cool or interesting it's just hills, trees, blocks with different colors, some liquids and the occasional buildings. Perhaps worse, the worlds aren't interesting. This results in the the environmental differences becoming a pointless feature that only serves as a progress check. I would have loved if you had to do things differently depending on biome and hazards but the only thing you need to worry about is upgrading your backpack. Basically I want to explore, create stuff and have fun with my friends online.Įxploring is fun for the first 15 or so planets but then you feel like you've seen it all and suddenly the universe doesn't look big anymore. My thoughts after spending 15 or so hours on 1.0(i've played the beta before):įirst of all, to me the appeal of this game is to play something like minecraft but with a different flavor.

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