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In response to "One of the greatest things about this game is that walkthrus aren't possible." by Shaun

The complaints I'm seeing are mostly around how shallow the game is (ie: stuff is basically the same on every planet, just recolored)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Aug 10 '16, 08:12

lacking in depth of variety even if it is all different, it is different in only minor ways

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there are similarities (the bases are all very similar), but the worlds are vastly different. Any complainors are just nitpicking ninnies -- nm - decline Aug 10, 08:14 21
- I came VERY close to drowning in a cave last night. I've had two deaths so far, space pirates and a gaggle of sentinels on a high security world. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 08:17 8
  - That's actually the kind of thing that really interests me. Finding X that means I have to go get Y and Z to be able to work through it -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 08:28 5
    - You can straight up buy resources too, via aliens and/or trading portals. -- nm* - Shaun Aug 10, 08:32 4
      - yeah. While I accept that trading is a part of it, I'm actually finding myself more interested in personal resource gathering - oblique Aug 10, 08:40 2
        
        I think if you wanted to play like that, you could, but I also think you'd be robbing yourself of the full experience. -- nm - Shaun Aug 10, 08:47 1
        
        it would also take a lot longer imo -- nm - decline Aug 10, 08:56
      - you can, but still need to find one selling what you need -- nm - decline Aug 10, 08:35
  - I jumped into the ocean on a planet and the water was so toxic it killed my shield in less than a minute. Space pirates got me twice -- nm - decline Aug 10, 08:21 1
    - I had one really toxic pool of water, but I had to dive to get to a monolith. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 08:22
- landscape, perhaps, but at least what I was reading was along the lines of "same animal, different color" or "same animal but horns instead of nubs" - oblique Aug 10, 08:17 11
  - *shrug* 18 gazillion stars, each with multiple planets. It'd be impossible to make unique flora/fauna on each one. - decline Aug 10, 08:20 6
    - Yeah, I'm not sure if it will bother me either. The only other thing I noticed from watching a few people was just the "where do I get X" for certain - oblique Aug 10, 08:24 5
      - that's my only complaint so far, that and your dude walks *slooooooooow*. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 08:51 1
        
        He can sprint and apparently you can, while sprinting, hit melee and then use the rocket pack to propel forward quickly. -- nm - Shaun Aug 10, 08:54
      - that can be frustrating, but is part of the learning curve. People need to learn the symbols from the scans and also realize not every element is on - decline Aug 10, 08:27 2
        
        the last part is the part that's probably hardest. It would actually be nice if there was (or maybe there is) a kind of planetary scan - oblique Aug 10, 08:29 1
        
        yup (more) -- (edited) - decline Aug 10, 08:30
  - Toxic rain was green on one planet and then purple on another. LAME!! -- nm - Shaun Aug 10, 08:18 3
    - Gold was a green crystal on one of mine. -- nm - Ender Aug 10, 08:24 2
      - yup, and on a different planet it'll be huge golden domes (gold is a real good trade commodity) -- nm* - decline Aug 10, 08:28
      - Haven't see gold yet. I do like that there was only one species of hostile wildlife on my planet though and it was a crablike creature. - Shaun Aug 10, 08:27
As I've only seen one planet so far, I cannot comment :) -- nm - Shaun Aug 10, 08:13

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