Poll

Coolest playable race?

Human
Avian
Apex
Floran
Hylotl
Glitch
Novakid

Author Topic: Starbound Megathread - Version 1.3.2  (Read 901404 times)

cybertails actually bought me this game with rubles 2 years ago

i never should have asked for it


aren't games and stuff bought in russia locked to the region around it?


aren't games and stuff bought in russia locked to the region around it?

not 2 years ago


aren't games and stuff bought in russia locked to the region around it?
i used to be able to gift games left and right, but then stuff Happened™
« Last Edit: August 06, 2015, 09:45:44 AM by Cybertails1998 »





hi my name is bob fhucklecish and starbound is the greatest game I've ever played

« Last Edit: August 07, 2015, 04:10:25 PM by Emgiell »

welp shows over guys we're in the wrong we need to check our mentality privilege

Thing is, Terraria may never update but it doesn't really need to. 1.3 was sweet, but Terraria already had plenty of content and now it has even more. But Starbound doesn't get that excuse, because at the moment it has no replay value and the first playthrough is fairly brief and linear.
« Last Edit: August 07, 2015, 03:35:14 PM by TristanLuigi »

Thing is, Terraria may never update but it doesn't really need to. 1.3 was sweet, but Terraria already had plenty of content and now it has even more. But Starbound doesn't get that excuse, because at the moment it has no repay value and the first playthrough is fairly brief and linear.
Saying something has no replay value because you don't want to replay it doesn't really make any sense. I'm completely sure that somebody has replayed the game.

I'm completely sure that somebody has replayed the game.
There is replay value! First, you play as Human/Avian/Floran/Apex/Glitch/Hylotl, then in your second playthrough you select Novakid for a marginally different experience!

In all seriousness, it's sad that there really isn't much replay value. There is a load of potential, especially with the different races. However, there is no difference between any two particular player characters outside of sprite, loadout, and a bit of client-side flavor text. The different backstories are all thrown away as soon as you get into the game proper, despite some of them having a good amount of potential for storytelling. Whatever happened to the Floran-hHylotl Wars, the rebellion against Big Ape, or the giant tentacle monster that destroyed Earth? Why are there so many NPC races that only have a tiny affect on the game (Agrarians, frog merchants, those weird bunny things that act like Apex)? Despite being an interstellar organization, why does the USCM only appear in Human flavor text and dungeons?

There are many possible directions for the overarching storyline, and this game could even shift development and turn into an MMO at this point, but the devs haven't seemed to realize this or incorporate it into the main bit of the game. They're mostly just adding things that most other teams would save for the later development cycle, after the plot, mecanics, and selling points have been perfected to the fullest of their extent. It's like they're framing a painting before the sketches are done; painting a building before the frame is finished; garnishing a cake before it goes into the oven.
« Last Edit: August 07, 2015, 02:21:54 PM by WaterOre »

Wow, what an improvement.

"one of my most anticipated features"
this game has officially become a joke



i hope the next feature is the ability to get a refund for this scam

Saying something has no replay value because you don't want to replay it doesn't really make any sense. I'm completely sure that somebody has replayed the game.
Just because someone has replayed the game doesn't mean it has replay value. And I sort of enjoyed my first playthrough on Upbeat Giraffe, but it felt empty and repetitive. Mine ore, make the next tier of identical items, visit differently-colored planet with differently-colored ore, repeat a couple times. How can replaying be any better? The only high points were the bosses, which are few and far between, spaced with filler, and they're the same every time.