How have people been liking this? I finally dug into it for a few hours and am super happy with how it turned out all these years later.
All I’ve done is the first intro mission: Explore planet --> Discover thing --> Collect 20 things from the core of the planet --> Deliver things --> Taken to new place
It’s an awesome mix of Terraria + guided storytelling. Inventory management and such is a huge improvement over Terraria, exploration and maneuverability is nice, and crafting seems easier and more straightforward. It was quite the thrill exploring underneath this starting planet with super basic tools, only to have to slowly and carefully escape after all of it. Once I got to [[new place]] it really seems to open up and get a lot more interesting too.
I’ve been enjoying it quite a lot. I’m about 17 hours of playtime in and haven’t started getting bored, which is a good sign. I’ve gotten to the point that I’m visiting other stars and types of planets. There is some gating that makes sure you don’t go somewhere you can’t handle yet (like needing to make an environmental suit in order to harvest fuel that allows you to travel to the next star system, upgrading to anti-radiation gear to go to certain planets, etc.)
Have read some complaints about it being a “lather-rinse-repeat” kind of game where you are just upgrading your weapons and armor to go to the next planet that has proportionally more difficult things, meaning you never feel more powerful. I can see that point of view, honestly, but this isn’t really an ARPG where you’re unlocking crazy new weapons and abilities. The weapons and armor are, again, mostly a throttle to stop you from moving to a planet/star that you aren’t ready for yet.
Just started a game and my spawn point is next to a camp. There are two tents that I can use to regenerate health. A campfire, chairs and crates full of stuff. Guy comes by and explains that if I’m looking for cores I should go to the abandoned mine nearby.. It’s inhabited by various creatures but full of treasure. Cool.
My kid and I started playing this and I’m over the moon. Starbound is exactly what I was looking for in multiplayer adventure/RPG with story, quest, and exploration elements. I’m still trying to figure out how to repair my dang ship but I have hope that any day now I can hit the skies. Who else is still playing, and why aren’t we Steam friends?
It’s a great game, I finished the storyline. It gets a bit repetitive towards the end but is fun getting there. You could just settle down on a planet and build a huge base instead though.
I did a couple of the bounties and they’re fun. You have to track the bounty down, usually across systems (stock up on fuel!), and scan for fingerprints and search for clues and such. You earn rank with the Peacekeepers when you complete a bounty and also some sort of “credits” that I suppose can be traded in for specific Peacekeeper items…but I haven’t gotten that far yet.
It’s amazing how much content this game has already and it’s nice to see Chucklefish devoting time and energy to it still. Outstanding value for $15 particularly when compared to a $60 game like Rage 2 which I played all of 3 hours and haven’t really felt the urge to go back.
My daughters have absolutely fallen in love with Starbound. They’ve spent a ton of time playing together cooperatively and it’s excellent to see them coordinating around resources, equipment, battles, etc.
However, all good things must come to an end, so I’m trying to get ahead of the end of this. The only other relevant points here are that one of them dislikes Terraria and we don’t want them playing anything that’s graphically violent (beyond, say, the level of Starbound).
They love the exploration and collecting, boss battles, etc. They’re playing Starbound in Casual mode, so there aren’t a lot of consequences to dying.
Any suggestions for what PC game I could get them next that would allow them to collaborate in a similar way?
