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Arma 3 comes to mind. Or Euro/American Truck Simulator. That would indeed be amazing. Kind of a silly question, but having the world as a sandbox at your dispo

Arma 3 comes to mind. Or Euro/American Truck Simulator. That would indeed be amazing. Kind of a silly question, but having the world as a sandbox at your disposal has to be a game developer's dream and while it's technically very ambitious I have to wonder why nobody seems to be making any use of the fact that Outerra is trying to provide exactly that.

chrizz 11y ago
Star Citizen does something similar in CryEngine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yLTm8DZ8s4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yLTm8DZ8s4
Coincoin 11y ago
Simulating the world doesn't necessarily make a good game. People usually want simple rules in a simple environment and the ability to explore and stretch those rule as much as possible. A random gigantic game that simulates absolutely everything doesn't let you do that. Take KSP as an example, sure it would be pretty to use that engine, but that's it, it would just be prettier. It would'nt bring anything new. The game is already fun, not because it's realistic, but because it has much simpler orbit mechanics than reality. A model a regular human being can actually wrap his head around. The most boring and disappointing part of KSP are the contracts. Why? Because they are random. They have no direction and no sensible progression. They don't encourage you to push the limits. They are just an endless generated generic grind.
- pilom 11y ago
  I totally agree with your opinion of the default contract system. With mods it becomes WAY better. Contract Configurator [1] makes it really easy for people to make new contract packs with a simple config file and there are some pretty great packs out there that give it a much better progression. [1] http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/91625-105-contract-configurator-v196-2016-02-17/ http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/91625-1...

chrizz 11y ago

Star Citizen does something similar in CryEngine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yLTm8DZ8s4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yLTm8DZ8s4

Coincoin 11y ago

Simulating the world doesn't necessarily make a good game. People usually want simple rules in a simple environment and the ability to explore and stretch those rule as much as possible. A random gigantic game that simulates absolutely everything doesn't let you do that. Take KSP as an example, sure it would be pretty to use that engine, but that's it, it would just be prettier. It would'nt bring anything new. The game is already fun, not because it's realistic, but because it has much simpler orbit mechanics than reality. A model a regular human being can actually wrap his head around. The most boring and disappointing part of KSP are the contracts. Why? Because they are random. They have no direction and no sensible progression. They don't encourage you to push the limits. They are just an endless generated generic grind.

pilom 11y ago
I totally agree with your opinion of the default contract system. With mods it becomes WAY better. Contract Configurator [1] makes it really easy for people to make new contract packs with a simple config file and there are some pretty great packs out there that give it a much better progression. [1] http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/91625-105-contract-configurator-v196-2016-02-17/ http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/91625-1...