How long to beat?

[Mrwhasyou]

Since the game is in early access, I wonder how much content the game has. What average hours of content is there?

[Tenoshii]

At least 30 hours of content if you just focus on pushing to see what the game has to offer. If you frequently decide to experiment with mechanics or try out the customization and terraforming options available to you in designing/building your town, you'll get a bit more than 30 hours.

[Piperbird]

I've got 72 hours and I haven't even gotten all the town people yet. You can just play as long as you want.

[Mrwhasyou]

Thanks for answers.

[....]

This isnt a game you "beat" - its a farming sim where you build your own town.

[Tenoshii]

Originally posted by ....:

This isnt a game you "beat" - its a farming sim where you build your own town.

In the traditional sense sure (finishing main quest, beating the final boss, etc), however in general some players consider sandbox games of this genre as "beat" or "finished" once you've completed each type of mechanic/feature and acquired all the items. That is something that you can certainly do in this game.

[m.e.o.w.]

Originally posted by Tenoshii:

Originally posted by ....:

This isnt a game you "beat" - its a farming sim where you build your own town.

In the traditional sense sure (finishing main quest, beating the final boss, etc), however in general some players consider sandbox games of this genre as "beat" or "finished" once you've completed each type of mechanic/feature and acquired all the items. That is something that you can certainly do in this game.

in that respect I guess you could join multiplayer game in progress and beat the game in minutes!

You can cheese your way through this game really easy. Don't do that, you are wasting the most enjoyable part of the game (learning and skilling up). If you don't like that, this isn't the game for you - this isn't a game you want to buy if all you want to do is "beat it."

[boxinabox]

RNG can be a big determining factor. I have only gotten Irwin twice and Franklyn about four times, and I'm already halfway through winter. Given these two have some key items necessary to progress, it's been slow going for me. Though I don't mind, because I am enjoying the whole experience, and don't want it to end quite yet.

[Tea ♡]

Originally posted by boxinabox:

RNG can be a big determining factor. I have only gotten Irwin twice and Franklyn about four times, and I'm already halfway through winter. Given these two have some key items necessary to progress, it's been slow going for me. Though I don't mind, because I am enjoying the whole experience, and don't want it to end quite yet.

+1
Not to mention they could ask for impossible things early game.
some dishes can only be made from seasonal vegetables.. :(

[Tenoshii]

Originally posted by Aiona0001:

in that respect I guess you could join multiplayer game in progress and beat the game in minutes!

I suppose you could. Though at that point, it's not terribly different from just using admin commands to hand yourself all the items you want. I doubt most people trivialize the act of acquiring things from a game in that way when all they plan to do is just collect it and be done.

Originally posted by Aiona0001:

You can cheese your way through this game really easy. Don't do that, you are wasting the most enjoyable part of the game (learning and skilling up). If you don't like that, this isn't the game for you - this isn't a game you want to buy if all you want to do is "beat it."

Nothing wrong with a player establishing criteria or goals that they consider qualifying as "beating" a game when they are playing sandbox titles with limited or no framework around start/finish of the content.

I'd wager for a good portion of players, once they are doing playing around with the features they find enjoyable after leveling up and/or collecting the items they like using, they are probably very close to being done playing the game.

[PTRKRULZ]

~20 hours in is where the new content rapidly slows to a trickle. You can still get new townspeople, grind for vehicles, and enjoy the sandbox content, but at that point there's no more "main story", it's essentially self-directed.

[☢ Echo]

It all depends on what kind of player you are, if you rush through everything, and push yourself to the 'end', then the assumptions given earlier do sound reasonable, but earlier on the Discord, there was a few players with +200 hours, still going hard on the game :)