tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post8587480033209607921..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Next Cab On The RankBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-15746385704459640172021-01-19T15:22:44.752+00:002021-01-19T15:22:44.752+00:00I read the extensive series of posts you did on it...I read the extensive series of posts you did on it back when you were playing and I took a good look at it then but I also just went and looked at some videos after reading your comment to refresh my memory. I don't think it's for me, somehow, although the gathering and building does indeed look a lot like Landmark.<br /><br />It's actually hard to guess what it might look like in game. There are a few images I've seen where it looks relatively naturalistic but in the huge majority of screenshots and videos the colors are garish and clashing and the whole thing looks like melted Minecraft. Or, actually, the game it most reminds me of visually is Trove, a game I never liked. Mostly I found the visuals offputting and if I hadn't read your posts on it I probably would never even have given it a cursory look.<br /><br />Even in the subtler scenes, though, the world still looks incredibly alien. One of the big attractions of Landmark was how the forests looked like forests and the seas like sea, not like something from a science-fiction movie. You could build cabins in the mountains and or lakeside villas and imagine you were planning your real-life home.<br /><br />Interestingly, I just went and read a bunch of the Steam reviews and there are a ton of comparisons to NMS, Trove and Minecraft so it seems those are the benchmarks. Also a lot of reviewers go out of their way to stress how much of an MMO(rpg) it is, some of them using that as acomplaint, not a compliment. <br /><br />I'll keep an eye on it in case it goes on sale. I am intrigued to try it although I really don't think it would be right for me so it would have to be pretty cheap. Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-63518227943660119352021-01-19T10:31:54.157+00:002021-01-19T10:31:54.157+00:00At the risk of being one of those pushers... Bound...At the risk of being one of those pushers... Boundless. What you're looking for is Boundless. UK developer. <br /><br />Yes, it has Minecraft-y blocks that may take some getting used to. But it's by far the most Landmark feeling game I've ever encountered.Jeromaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02206083433625986970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-80845773807139987092021-01-19T09:02:13.962+00:002021-01-19T09:02:13.962+00:00Minecraft is a curious case. Of course I've th...Minecraft is a curious case. Of course I've thought about playing it many times. And I've read countless thousands of words about it by people who do play. There are two problems with it from my point of view:<br /><br />1) The time factor. As I've mentioned a few times, I used to lose whole evenings "playing" Landmark, when all I had to show for it at the end were some melted bricks. I got so drawn into the micro-mechanics I spent hours just trying (and failing) to understand the tools. And when I had some basic skill I spent much longer using them to build things that objectively weren't very good. It's not a productive use of time and it's far too absorbing. It's a kind of gluttony.<br /><br />2. I don't like blocks. I just don't enjoy the look of Minecraft. Or any of the games that look like it. I don't see it as cute or even stylized. It just looks unfinished. <br /><br />Put the two together and Minecraft doesn't really work for me as a concept. It's both too dangerously compelling and too unnappealing at the same time. I'd love another Landmark, though, but with far more templates and much better tools, so I could actually make things that looked halfway decent.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-16361811616014787722021-01-19T08:54:19.966+00:002021-01-19T08:54:19.966+00:00I find your reviews very helpful, not so much beca...I find your reviews very helpful, not so much because I'm likely to play the same games but because they give me very precise, experiential detail on why you find the games entertaining or otherwise. Also because they're funny, of course. But it's the "why" games work that's so hard to dig out of most reviews, not the "how" or "if". I'm very interested in the mechanics and the graphics too, but in terms of whether I'm going to like something or not it's more about how it's going to feel to play it and that's something I don't generally get from watching videos.<br /><br />And I don't see why you'd need a point in a comment. I rarely have one in a post!Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-2315480831251235312021-01-18T23:57:19.915+00:002021-01-18T23:57:19.915+00:00When I'm actually buying single-player/co-op f...When I'm actually buying single-player/co-op focused games nowadays instead of passively harvesting from bundles, I tend to look for:<br />A - Large open-world games packed with content and collectables, where there's a ton to do and I will probably rack up 80 hours following the plot and mashing my face into corners looking for secrets.<br />B - Short indie games around $5-$10, that'll take about three to six hours to beat but provide a memorable Experience.<br />C: Something more expensive but in my Specific Niche of content. Point and click style Wadjet Eye adventures, for example, or grid-based turn-based dungeon crawls in the 1980s Wizardry style, the more retro the better. I'm willing to pay a fair bit for these because so few get made.<br /><br />I may have had a point but I have forgotten what it would be.XyzzySqrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07492223901575470508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-88525305237115279972021-01-18T22:56:08.489+00:002021-01-18T22:56:08.489+00:00I'm curious to how you would react to somethin...I'm curious to how you would react to something like Minecraft, that has the infinity of an MMO but with maybe some of the novelty you crave? It's worked out that way for me during the pandemic.Everwakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00568047016912855438noreply@blogger.com