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I got this game because I like games I can play and let my son watch a little bit of. Which is great for mining, building, crafting games. You wouldn't think
by bargl 10y ago
I got this game because I like games I can play and let my son watch a little bit of. Which is great for mining, building, crafting games. You wouldn't think it but Fallout 4 is actually good if you stick just to base building. And avoid anything else.
So I picked up this game with the intention of letting him watch a little bit and talking to him about space.
After he went to bed and I was a few hours into the game I realized this same thing though... All I'm doing is going to a planet, consuming their resources and leaving. The only nice thing I can do is with other aliens and I can feed some animals but not all of them. You don't build anything on the planet and you end up destroying a lot of resources.
It's still a fun game, don't get me wrong, but the idea that after the game is over (which I'm not at yet) all that will follow my character is a gouge in every planet he came across just seems... sad.
I compare this to something like Minecraft where at least you leave structures and buildings behind, and just feel like it's kind of a sad game as well as an exploratory game. Which may have been the point behind it as well. Maybe that's the deeper meaning the developers want you to get.
- modfodder 10y agoCould have been an interesting learning experience had they brought up a scorecard after you've been playing a while (or at the end of the game), tabulating all the death and destruction you caused. But that really only works once, otherwise you'll come into the game with the intention of death and destruction.