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I played it first a few years ago and was totally engrossed. A few months ago, I remembered it and thought "well maybe I'll find it again and play for a few min

I played it first a few years ago and was totally engrossed. A few months ago, I remembered it and thought "well maybe I'll find it again and play for a few minutes"... and then I did nothing else for the rest of the day.

Cerium 3y ago
It has excellent replay value.
- brazzy 3y ago
  It has basically no replay value, compared to games like Kittens or Evolve. Every playthrough is basically the same. There are no substantially different strategies, and only at the very end is there a single decision that determines which of two endings (and fairly simple boosts) you get. After one playthrough you have seen 99.9% of the content, after two you have seen 100% The writing and the story is pretty damn good though.
  - overnight5349 3y ago
    The new version has a multiverse map you have to traverse through to collect some really sick upgrades It's an absolute grind, but once you pick up some 500% productivity multipliers it gets much easier
    - brazzy 3y ago
      Oh shit. Gotta nope out of that as long as I'm still playing Evolve.
      - overnight5349 3y ago
        It sucked up several weeks of my time. Got about halfway through the map before my save file got corrupted. Honestly kinda ruined it, I don't know if I can play the game again knowing I lost a couple hundred hours of progress
  - Cerium 3y ago
    Yet somehow over the last so many years I have played this game 3 or 4 times and had fun each time.
  - burnished 3y ago
    It has non traditional replay value, because you are absolutely correct in your detailing of playthrough similarity, yet it appears few if any of us are able to ignore its siren song.
  - generichuman 3y ago
    If anybody needs links to Evolve & Kittens, here you go: - Kittens: https://kittensgame.com/web/ https://kittensgame.com/web/ - Evolve: https://pmotschmann.github.io/Evolve/ https://pmotschmann.github.io/Evolve/
ramesh31 3y ago
This is an entire genre now called clicker games. For whatever reason, people are entranced by watching numbers get bigger. It's the same thing with RPGs.
- wccrawford 3y ago
  IMO, it's not just the numbers. It's the constant strategizing to make the numbers go bigger, and the changing strategy as the game progresses. There are plenty of really crappy clickers that don't do anything for me. And there are some that are too complex to be really fun (Kittens), but the ones in the middle, like this one, really feel good.
  - Groxx 3y ago
    Crank is a pretty similar-feeling one imo, if you're looking for your next fix :) It is unfortunately not mobile friendly (or even functional) though. https://faedine.com/games/crank/b39/ https://faedine.com/games/crank/b39/
    - wccrawford 3y ago
      Loved that one enough to play it twice, after a while. Thanks for the reminder!
  - gms7777 3y ago
    I've had to institute a blanket "no clicker game" policy for myself because I find them way too addicting. The frustrating thing about most (but not all) clicker games is that for me, they usually don't even feel good (e.g., relaxing, mentally stimulating, satisfying). They just make me feel like I'm an addict that needs my dopamine drip. There are definitely non-clicker games that hit the same spot for me, but almost every clicker game I've tried manages to completely suck me in. I would put Universal Paperclips and A Dark Room as exceptions though in the sense that they're still fully engrossing, but there's a little bit more depth and discovery than just "click the thing until you have enough clicks to get the next thing".

Cerium 3y ago

It has excellent replay value.

brazzy 3y ago
It has basically no replay value, compared to games like Kittens or Evolve. Every playthrough is basically the same. There are no substantially different strategies, and only at the very end is there a single decision that determines which of two endings (and fairly simple boosts) you get. After one playthrough you have seen 99.9% of the content, after two you have seen 100% The writing and the story is pretty damn good though.
- overnight5349 3y ago
  The new version has a multiverse map you have to traverse through to collect some really sick upgrades It's an absolute grind, but once you pick up some 500% productivity multipliers it gets much easier
  - brazzy 3y ago
    Oh shit. Gotta nope out of that as long as I'm still playing Evolve.
    - overnight5349 3y ago
      It sucked up several weeks of my time. Got about halfway through the map before my save file got corrupted. Honestly kinda ruined it, I don't know if I can play the game again knowing I lost a couple hundred hours of progress
- Cerium 3y ago
  Yet somehow over the last so many years I have played this game 3 or 4 times and had fun each time.
- burnished 3y ago
  It has non traditional replay value, because you are absolutely correct in your detailing of playthrough similarity, yet it appears few if any of us are able to ignore its siren song.
- generichuman 3y ago
  If anybody needs links to Evolve & Kittens, here you go: - Kittens: https://kittensgame.com/web/ https://kittensgame.com/web/ - Evolve: https://pmotschmann.github.io/Evolve/ https://pmotschmann.github.io/Evolve/

ramesh31 3y ago

This is an entire genre now called clicker games. For whatever reason, people are entranced by watching numbers get bigger. It's the same thing with RPGs.

wccrawford 3y ago
IMO, it's not just the numbers. It's the constant strategizing to make the numbers go bigger, and the changing strategy as the game progresses. There are plenty of really crappy clickers that don't do anything for me. And there are some that are too complex to be really fun (Kittens), but the ones in the middle, like this one, really feel good.
- Groxx 3y ago
  Crank is a pretty similar-feeling one imo, if you're looking for your next fix :) It is unfortunately not mobile friendly (or even functional) though. https://faedine.com/games/crank/b39/ https://faedine.com/games/crank/b39/
  - wccrawford 3y ago
    Loved that one enough to play it twice, after a while. Thanks for the reminder!
- gms7777 3y ago
  I've had to institute a blanket "no clicker game" policy for myself because I find them way too addicting. The frustrating thing about most (but not all) clicker games is that for me, they usually don't even feel good (e.g., relaxing, mentally stimulating, satisfying). They just make me feel like I'm an addict that needs my dopamine drip. There are definitely non-clicker games that hit the same spot for me, but almost every clicker game I've tried manages to completely suck me in. I would put Universal Paperclips and A Dark Room as exceptions though in the sense that they're still fully engrossing, but there's a little bit more depth and discovery than just "click the thing until you have enough clicks to get the next thing".