How long does it take to finish Voidtrain?

[WarriorDan]

Hi, just curious, since I've currently invested over 15 hours in Voidtrain so far, (with about 13 or 14 levels of research done,) and I'm curious how much there is left to do? The game's pacing is insufferably slow even when compared to other survival games, often with the player having nothing to do for the vast majority of the time except just endlessly collect resources and maybe kill the same 4 or 5 enemies at depot stops. There are aspects I enjoy, like the crafting and building, but at this point, the game's so boring that the only way I can entertain myself is by playing YouTube in the background. If you love this game, good for you. I don't hate it, but I am getting bored of it, and am just hoping there's light down the tunnel for me. It'd be nice to know I only have a few hours left of this snail-paced game. I'd be grateful to anyone who can give me a rough idea of how long your playthroughs was.

PS. for those immature children who may start screeching nonsensically at me for buying the game over at EGS, keep on crying. There are some legitimate things to criticize Epic for, like their obsession with exclusives, their lack of social features, refusal to mandate user reviews be available on all product pages, etc., and if you refuse to buy from them for those reasons, I can respect that, but if your reasoning is just "boo hoo I don't like it because it's not Valve", you're just as pathetic as the console war morons who bicker over whether Xbox or Playstation is the superior brand, and I have no problem laughing at your pathetic corporate boot-licking.

[Feebs]

given that its on early access. who knows? I dont think the ending is in yet.

Ive yet to get it myself but I will next week.

[Infern]

Progression is probably tied to how much research you go through. Since the more stuff you "unlock" the more mechanics are unlocked. Yeah the enemies at the depots get harder and harder. Wearing stronger gear each time.

I've been extending my train bit by bit. Probably a more fun game with more people though.

[WarriorDan]

Originally posted by Feebs:

given that its on early access. who knows? I dont think the ending is in yet.

Ive yet to get it myself but I will next week.

I'd cautiously recommend it. If you're not put off by the increasingly slow pace of the gameplay, (after the first 4-5 hours, progress starts really slowing down at a noticeable rate via greatly increased requirements for task completion, etc,) or the really lackluster combat, there's a lot otherwise to enjoy. I do hope this game really evolves over time, similar to how The Forest did.

[Feebs]

Oh yeah it is def a very slow paced game and I think the devs are aware of that.

[Varaziel]

would love to know aswell. is it possible to keep playing after finishing the story? dont really want to be forced to stop at the end.

[Mrlione]

Originally posted by ox_7:// OMYT .1911 /:___777.:

would love to know aswell. is it possible to keep playing after finishing the story? dont really want to be forced to stop at the end.

as far as i can tell, it just repeats after you complete all research. depo void depo void etc. i dont think there is an end added or if there will be one added

[Mrlione]

Originally posted by WarriorDan:

Originally posted by Feebs:

given that its on early access. who knows? I dont think the ending is in yet.

Ive yet to get it myself but I will next week.

I'd cautiously recommend it. If you're not put off by the increasingly slow pace of the gameplay, (after the first 4-5 hours, progress starts really slowing down at a noticeable rate via greatly increased requirements for task completion, etc,) or the really lackluster combat, there's a lot otherwise to enjoy. I do hope this game really evolves over time, similar to how The Forest did.

yea i was able to hit the 4 hour mark and get the steam engine, needed a buddy to help me collect stuff bc even on the slowest setting i miss stuff. and at the already slow pacing i didnt want to keep stoping

[AlterEgo1987]

Originally posted by Lucas Hobbs:

Originally posted by WarriorDan:

I'd cautiously recommend it. If you're not put off by the increasingly slow pace of the gameplay, (after the first 4-5 hours, progress starts really slowing down at a noticeable rate via greatly increased requirements for task completion, etc,) or the really lackluster combat, there's a lot otherwise to enjoy. I do hope this game really evolves over time, similar to how The Forest did.

yea i was able to hit the 4 hour mark and get the steam engine, needed a buddy to help me collect stuff bc even on the slowest setting i miss stuff. and at the already slow pacing i didnt want to keep stoping

im 25 hours into the game and just about to hit research lvl 20. ive noticed train cars on the side, island puzzles to winch to and solve, train stations {not depot} where you can do battle arenas for loot and loot chests every 5 waves completed. eventually, you're going to have trains with Nazi's on them shooting at you too{at least thats what the trailer showed} and your ROFLEEMO's unlock deco items when you feed them mushrooms, along with doing certain things to help you out. i have 2. one protects my train and the other gathers random resources for me every so often.

[Garlin]

Originally posted by AlterEgo1987:

Originally posted by Lucas Hobbs:

yea i was able to hit the 4 hour mark and get the steam engine, needed a buddy to help me collect stuff bc even on the slowest setting i miss stuff. and at the already slow pacing i didnt want to keep stoping

im 25 hours into the game and just about to hit research lvl 20. ive noticed train cars on the side, island puzzles to winch to and solve, train stations {not depot} where you can do battle arenas for loot and loot chests every 5 waves completed. eventually, you're going to have trains with Nazi's on them shooting at you too{at least thats what the trailer showed} and your ROFLEEMO's unlock deco items when you feed them mushrooms, along with doing certain things to help you out. i have 2. one protects my train and the other gathers random resources for me every so often.

Might be good to throw some spoiler covers on some of this stuff, a lot of people won't be playing until its out on steam and there are a lot of things described here that don't show up until a ways in the game.

[bongojones]

Im about 4 hours in and judging by the wiki Ive seen all the enemies/ creatures, and there's woefully few of them. Cool game but needs more content.

[StormStudios]

I'm on research level 28, and depo unknown, but I got the message "To be continued" and I think that's where it cuts of until the next update when they add chp. 2

[Ricies]

at the moment there is about 33 levels to the research. i expect more as they add more to the story and the game with future updates. i have about 35 hours so far in the game, i have not hit the train chase which has been hinted as near the end of the current content. pobs because ive been a material whoe

[Asriel]

Originally posted by Ricies:

at the moment there is about 33 levels to the research. i expect more as they add more to the story and the game with future updates. i have about 35 hours so far in the game, i have not hit the train chase which has been hinted as near the end of the current content. pobs because ive been a material whoe

I already finished all the research right after I unlocked all part where you get prophecies, I decided to skip a whole zone by using afterburner, and I realized that I maybe have no even unlock half of the game content before the whole damn research progress is done. The game is really slow ngl.

[Asmosis]

you'd finish story content around 10-15 hours and research around 20-30 hours depending whether you aggressively push research or take it easy.

Decor i have no idea, the stuff that pops out is so random it's really hard to gauge.

[[ÄäSC]Sadgasm]

I just now hit the "to be continued" screen/message at about 26 hours, taking it very very slowly. Research is right at the lvl where you can build the diesel engine.