TheRealFluent
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Alright, so on a whim I picked this up recently and decided to give it a go. Boy am I glad I did, this is now my favorite game since Kingmaker and I feel it may go down as one of my favorites ever. So here's why I like it so much.
You're in an enormous, and I mean enormous, hand-crafted open-world. There are many biomes and the map is just gigantic, reminiscent of something like Asheron's Call. You're thrown into this world and expected to survive any way you can. It's harsh, you have to find a way to make money, by trading, robbing, farming, mining; whatever you can manage to start. You build up your cats (money) and then can hire on other people to help you along the way. You start getting attached to them the more they travel with you and survive tough encounters, and they even have some banter here and there.
The game is open-ended and lets you do whatever you want. The game doesn't revolve around you, you'll see skirmishes between factions in the wilds, you'll see factions killing monsters (which you can then loot, this was a great way to make money for me early on), and the game world evolves and goes on without your input. Every little upgrade you can manage helps a lot and there's a ton to sink your teeth into. I built a little outpost and started training on training dummies to get my melee attacks a bit better, as well as training on a locked box for lockpicking. I had 2 workers mining copper and hauling it to my storage box so I can take it all and make a nice profit in the town I'm near.
Then Dust Bandits show up. They demand 2000 cats every other day, a ridiculous sum at this point, so I am probably going to have to abandon my outpost and move. Which is cool, because the game is playing in a way that you write your own story, so my little band of adventurers are going to have to find a new home, probably buy a house in town where it's safe and go from there. Exploration is great, there's stuff all over the place to find, monsters to slay (or run desperately from), factions to deal with, jobs to do, bounties to hunt and more. Tons of crafting and some base building which feels organic since you're playing an RPG and it's adding to your overall experience. It's just been a great time with this game for me and it's surprised me a lot.
If you guys have any questions feel free to ask. I'm only several hours in and barely cracking the surface, but I have a few neat things figured out I can probably help with. I highly recommend this game for something totally unique and different, just give it some time to really grab you.
You're in an enormous, and I mean enormous, hand-crafted open-world. There are many biomes and the map is just gigantic, reminiscent of something like Asheron's Call. You're thrown into this world and expected to survive any way you can. It's harsh, you have to find a way to make money, by trading, robbing, farming, mining; whatever you can manage to start. You build up your cats (money) and then can hire on other people to help you along the way. You start getting attached to them the more they travel with you and survive tough encounters, and they even have some banter here and there.
The game is open-ended and lets you do whatever you want. The game doesn't revolve around you, you'll see skirmishes between factions in the wilds, you'll see factions killing monsters (which you can then loot, this was a great way to make money for me early on), and the game world evolves and goes on without your input. Every little upgrade you can manage helps a lot and there's a ton to sink your teeth into. I built a little outpost and started training on training dummies to get my melee attacks a bit better, as well as training on a locked box for lockpicking. I had 2 workers mining copper and hauling it to my storage box so I can take it all and make a nice profit in the town I'm near.
Then Dust Bandits show up. They demand 2000 cats every other day, a ridiculous sum at this point, so I am probably going to have to abandon my outpost and move. Which is cool, because the game is playing in a way that you write your own story, so my little band of adventurers are going to have to find a new home, probably buy a house in town where it's safe and go from there. Exploration is great, there's stuff all over the place to find, monsters to slay (or run desperately from), factions to deal with, jobs to do, bounties to hunt and more. Tons of crafting and some base building which feels organic since you're playing an RPG and it's adding to your overall experience. It's just been a great time with this game for me and it's surprised me a lot.
If you guys have any questions feel free to ask. I'm only several hours in and barely cracking the surface, but I have a few neat things figured out I can probably help with. I highly recommend this game for something totally unique and different, just give it some time to really grab you.
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