What is the goal of this game?

[levassee]

What is the goal of this game, there is no real danger, no quests, just build a habitat, that's all?

[levassee]

It's a lie to say that it's a survival game.

[Philtre]

Publicado originalmente por levassee:

It's a lie to say that it's a survival game.

Well, it has hunger and oxygen, so it technically counts. The main goal, as already mentioned, is to terraform the planet to an Earthlike condition, and the main appeal, as far as I'm concerned, is seeing the changes that happen in the world as you approach that goal.

[nagball]

Some of us are happy just to build a habitat and terraform the planet. As someone who is not interested in violence, monsters, aggressive aliens this game is perfect for me and others. There are lots of games that I was initially interested in but as soon as it come's to combat I forget about them no matter how good the feedback they are getting. It is clear from your posts you do not like this game so why not just delete it and move on to something you like playing?

[Aushlin]

pretty sure Developer thinks of the game as Survival-lite, as in not heavy. just enough to remind you it is their, but not so much that its terribly in the way.

[satans_favourite]

it is a open world sandbox game with some survival elements. but they have to give it a number of categories for the steam listing. is it a survival game? no. is it a enjoyable game to spend time on? oh hell yeah. if you like sandbox games it sure is.

[avatar.zero]

Publicado originalmente por satans_favourite:

but they have to give it a number of categories for the steam listing.

If you're talking about the tags, those are set by players, not by the publishers/devs.

[Zippy]

The "goal" in my opinion, is to just relax and create your own world.
This game is awesome at that.

[Mohguy]

Publicado originalmente por levassee:

It's a lie to say that it's a survival game.

I don't believe that the devs themselves sold the game as the future Subnautica, it was rather the players who made the comparison.

And for information, Planet Crafter has as much of a "survival" dimension as Subnautica : oxygen, food and water, and we can add heat or cold (in BZ) but it's marginal. In Subnautica there are a few more creatures but they only represent a tiny threat. A survival game is not necessarily defined because there are creatures that can kill you
And I say that without it being a reproach because Subnautica is one of my favorite games, it's just a game with a very light survival dimension

On the other hand, personally I find it a bit of a shame that environmental threats are not more present in Planet Crafter.
Apart from the meteorites which can kill you there is nothing (or am I forgetting something? there is heat in the lava zone but it is minimal)
While there is nevertheless the potential to add more, notably with the storms that there are sometimes, and which could have been dangers (a bit like in a No man's sky)

[Gecko-[GER]]

Some people buy something and only afterwards ask themselves what it is good for. Incomprehensible.

[GreyBeard512]

The most survivalish thing in the game is food. There is some food available to start with, but you have too get food production up and running before you run out of the initial food.

It is more of a laid-back base building game.

[Cobretti]

It can be as survival or laid back as you want it to be. It's annoying when people say "this isn't survival" when the devs gave you difficulty settings to make early game pretty challenging, especially new players.

Here, do this Mr Hardcore Survivalist:

- Custom World
- Random Start location
- Terraformation Pace : 0.1
- Vitals Depletion : 2
- Meteor Events : 2
- Power Consumption: 2
- Dying consequence: Delete save

Come back once you are living off your own vegetables on those settings.

[GroomerHasIt]

Great game! Love the building aspect, and the survival aspect. Plus there is so many possibilities for being creative with this game. Will there be any additions to crafting aspect ie. more than bees, butterflies, fish and frogs? I'm a junkie for genetic manipulation and this game has all the potential for such creativity and exploration. Definitely don't want it to change into some first person shooter game - don't really care for that. The pace is great and the asteroid of blue chests was interesting - got lots of goodies. Any idea on next update?

[littlesaddle]

I am in the elder category. But I have played 5000 hrs in 7d2d. Many Hrs in Gta. Even more Hrs in Ark. played Valhiem many hrs . My list of games is long. But I LIKE also playing less Adrenaline base games too. And this one fits that Catagory. There are Pleanty of "Death awaits around every corner" Games. Life needs some relaxing Games too. That dont "kill your pocket book with 'in game purchases" that are required to advance.

[kamspokx]

Publicado originalmente por littlesaddle:

I am in the elder category. But I have played 5000 hrs in 7d2d. Many Hrs in Gta. Even more Hrs in Ark. played Valhiem many hrs . My list of games is long. But I LIKE also playing less Adrenaline base games too. And this one fits that Catagory. There are Pleanty of "Death awaits around every corner" Games. Life needs some relaxing Games too. That dont "kill your pocket book with 'in game purchases" that are required to advance.

Welcome to Planet Crafters! A little more subtlety, a little less adrenaline. Kinda zen-like in fact - watching things grow.

[Maviba]

Publicado originalmente por levassee:

What is the goal of this game, there is no real danger, no quests, just build a habitat, that's all?

Chilling, exploring, examing and learning the story behind this planet.