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If I can make a recommendation for folks who like this game. I have been playing a game called Dual Universe and I think it fits this exact crowd. It has a he

by Vaslo 6y ago

If I can make a recommendation for folks who like this game. I have been playing a game called Dual Universe and I think it fits this exact crowd. It has a heavy industry component where you can build a simple amount of machines or hundreds of them. More so I think the folks of this site would enjoy some of the realism of space flight. While some rules are bent, you need to do actual physics calcs to get your ship flying into space to escape gravity depending on weight etc. Still in beta but reminds me a lot of factorio and I think it will move closer and closer towards it. Warning that if you are into sci-fi and problem solving that Dual Universe will be a time sink.

blargmaster42_8 6y ago
It's a MMO thus is will be grinding, f that.
LEARAX 6y ago
That appears to be a Windows-only game using a fairly pricey subscription model. Looking at gameplay of it, it seems to have potential, but it also looks very janky and unfinished. Maybe after a few more years of development.
asdfman123 6y ago
I was probably better off not knowing about this. "Satisfactory" is also really good for people who like this kind of game and are looking to lose 80+ hours.
- psyc 6y ago
  Satisfactory is blowing my mind right now. What a time to be alive.
  - asdfman123 6y ago
    Sorry
- waterhouse 6y ago
  On an earlier thread, someone posted several links to this guy doing insane things with Satisfactory, which are exceptionally entertaining. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jEjA00O8z0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jEjA00O8z0 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2X3wlvoShg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2X3wlvoShg
  - Broken_Hippo 6y ago
    This guy does insane things with quite a few games. I highly recommend the watch.
  - asdfman123 6y ago
    Haha, as I wrote that comment I was thinking of Josh from Let's Game It Out. I'm 34 and not super into YouTube but the guy is smart and legitimately hilarious (to me, an adult, not to 12 year old gamers). I've watched through more of his backcatalog than I'd like to admit.
mdaniel 6y ago
I was going to say "you forgot the link in your plug" https://www.dualuniverse.game/ https://www.dualuniverse.game/ but maybe forcing people to search for the game is a positive since it will also find the article entitled "Dual Universe beta is a disaster" https://gamestoday.info/gamingnews/review-dual-universe-beta-a-disaster/ https://gamestoday.info/gamingnews/review-dual-universe-beta...
- Vaslo 6y ago
  The first couple days of beta were awful. I can tell you I was ready to give up and then they completely turned it around. Still beta style issues but it’s pretty cool.
leetcrew 6y ago
I've looked at that game hoping it would be like a more polished space engineers, but a major dealbreaker for me is the combat mechanics. the rpg combat model and the lack of player-made weapons seems like a missed opportunity when you have voxels and a physics simulation. I guess I can see why they did this. allowing players to create arbitrary weapons out of physics props systems could cause a lot of balance problems for an mmo. not everyone is willing to program their own missile guidance system. unfortunate though, one of my favorite parts of space engineers is designing complicated weapons and enjoying the chaos that ensues.
- Vaslo 6y ago
  Fair points - if you watch interviews by the creator, it’s pretty amazing to hear what they have coming. All that stuff is coming, and they have demonstrated a lot less scope creep then games like star citizen. I am thoroughly impressed with the beta and to think a team of 50 people was able to do that in ~4 years!

by Vaslo 6y ago

blargmaster42_8 6y ago

It's a MMO thus is will be grinding, f that.

LEARAX 6y ago

That appears to be a Windows-only game using a fairly pricey subscription model. Looking at gameplay of it, it seems to have potential, but it also looks very janky and unfinished. Maybe after a few more years of development.

asdfman123 6y ago

I was probably better off not knowing about this. "Satisfactory" is also really good for people who like this kind of game and are looking to lose 80+ hours.

psyc 6y ago
Satisfactory is blowing my mind right now. What a time to be alive.
- asdfman123 6y ago
  Sorry
waterhouse 6y ago
On an earlier thread, someone posted several links to this guy doing insane things with Satisfactory, which are exceptionally entertaining. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jEjA00O8z0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jEjA00O8z0 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2X3wlvoShg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2X3wlvoShg
- Broken_Hippo 6y ago
  This guy does insane things with quite a few games. I highly recommend the watch.
- asdfman123 6y ago
  Haha, as I wrote that comment I was thinking of Josh from Let's Game It Out. I'm 34 and not super into YouTube but the guy is smart and legitimately hilarious (to me, an adult, not to 12 year old gamers). I've watched through more of his backcatalog than I'd like to admit.

mdaniel 6y ago

I was going to say "you forgot the link in your plug" https://www.dualuniverse.game/ https://www.dualuniverse.game/ but maybe forcing people to search for the game is a positive since it will also find the article entitled "Dual Universe beta is a disaster" https://gamestoday.info/gamingnews/review-dual-universe-beta-a-disaster/ https://gamestoday.info/gamingnews/review-dual-universe-beta...

Vaslo 6y ago
The first couple days of beta were awful. I can tell you I was ready to give up and then they completely turned it around. Still beta style issues but it’s pretty cool.

leetcrew 6y ago

I've looked at that game hoping it would be like a more polished space engineers, but a major dealbreaker for me is the combat mechanics. the rpg combat model and the lack of player-made weapons seems like a missed opportunity when you have voxels and a physics simulation. I guess I can see why they did this. allowing players to create arbitrary weapons out of physics props systems could cause a lot of balance problems for an mmo. not everyone is willing to program their own missile guidance system. unfortunate though, one of my favorite parts of space engineers is designing complicated weapons and enjoying the chaos that ensues.

Vaslo 6y ago
Fair points - if you watch interviews by the creator, it’s pretty amazing to hear what they have coming. All that stuff is coming, and they have demonstrated a lot less scope creep then games like star citizen. I am thoroughly impressed with the beta and to think a team of 50 people was able to do that in ~4 years!