Windrose (PC Pirate Survival Game)
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Abiotic Factor is a bit different though. It's like a survival game, but with a start and end, feels less like a sandbox than most survival games. Half Life 2 visuals and feel set in a Mesa Lab designed by FromSoft. Level design is amazing in it, shortcuts everywhere. Feature complete 1.0 as well. Highly recommended for anyone who likes survival games, especially if you have "fantasy" fatigue in terms of the genre.
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Karen
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This games starting 3 hours makes Crimson Deserts look like Elden Ring. That said, it is a ton of fun once you get a real ship. Combat is very meh, but it's a great concept and the ship stuff is a ton of fun. They will continune iterating this I'm sure and make it better for 1.0, but just the concept alone is enough to vault this near the top of survival games for me. Love the vibe, the ship stuff, the base building is intuitive and well thought out as well. Subnautica, V Rising, Grounded are probably my favorites and this is up there for sure. I like this more than Enshrouded, for example.
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Honorary Shit-PhD
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You playing solo or coop? The first stuff is pretty basic bitch but with the combat being actually dangerous, my friends and I are having a fucking blast being noobs.
Gavinmad
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What the fuck.
A) The first blind playthrough of Subnautica is the best survival experience anyone will ever experience, EVER.
B) It's not a horror game. Yes you will probably get jump-scared at least once while playing (almost everyone does) but it's not a horror game.
C) The second one is going to be trash just like Below Zero was trash because Unknown Worlds is a trash studio and the brilliance of the original game was an accident
D) Play Subnautica
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Serwol
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About 3 - 4 hours in and I am enjoying it despite some of its very rough edges
Its a nice combination of many survival crafters and also crafting stations pulling from chests right out of the box without the need for modding is a 10/10 move.
The combat needs a lot of work, I am finding my best method of attack for solo and groups is swing once, back step, run till full stamina, swing again....repeat.
Its a nice combination of many survival crafters and also crafting stations pulling from chests right out of the box without the need for modding is a 10/10 move.
The combat needs a lot of work, I am finding my best method of attack for solo and groups is swing once, back step, run till full stamina, swing again....repeat.
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Adebisi
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Tarrant
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I genuinely do not enjoy jump scares, and the water aspect makes me uncomfortable...I know that sounds dumb, I'm fully aware of it, but it's just hard for me to want to get into, especially solo.
I'll play it someday, though I'm sure, the second one for sure.
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Tarrant
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Gavinmad
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The game does not set you up to be jump scared, it's just a thing that will inevitably happen sooner or later by chance. As for the water, it's really only an issue for most people in the very early game. It doesn't take long before it feels about the same a game set in a vacuum which I'm guessing you can play with no issue.
Pretty sure you keep mentioning the second one just to be a smartass though.
Tarrant
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cyrusreij
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I played it on release. I tried going back after they added Ashlands and... it is no longer enjoyable to me? I think the genre passed Valheim by over the years they have been dragging this out. Game seems a bit too clunky and grindy for me nowadays in comparison to some of the other games I have listed.
Kirun
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Look at this non-parrying swine!
Jousting is certainly one method, but the combat is setup to take advantage of dodges and parry. The talent tree has specific talents just for buffing those things. The game absolutely requires moments of "backing off" or "back peddling" around mobs, but that's not really much different than how Souls games do things.
The first boss was a real fucker until learning his moveset and actually using the right food buffs.
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Adebisi
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Well now I feel like the one out of the loop
What's the closest to valheim progression feel.
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I got my ship tonight , went to tortuga, and really got into it.
This is great. Love the systems so far.
But yeah, combat is a mess. im playing solo offline. parry is great until you get to a camp of 7 pirates that all aggro you.
the root joust thing is real, works, I use it but for dorks like me who solo i can just overwhelm.
I love the ship combat. Legit. Crafting is great. IF you have a crew I imagine this is amazing. Even solo im 7 hours in and love it.
This is great. Love the systems so far.
But yeah, combat is a mess. im playing solo offline. parry is great until you get to a camp of 7 pirates that all aggro you.
the root joust thing is real, works, I use it but for dorks like me who solo i can just overwhelm.
I love the ship combat. Legit. Crafting is great. IF you have a crew I imagine this is amazing. Even solo im 7 hours in and love it.
Vorph
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Anyone gotten into the later biomes? I heard it becomes a mess at that point. Enemies like wolves attack so quickly you can't do the 'run in, swing twice, dash out' thing anymore and you end up having to rely on your gun to have any chance. From what people were saying the devs adjusted the stuff that was in the demo based on feedback (like how shitty boar charge used to be), but anything past that point is just completely unbalanced.