Isn't this Subnautica in the space?

[Maddyl]

I just stumbled upon this. as a hardcore survival games fan, I saw the game trailer and the first feel I had was Subnautica in the space. Please help me decide buying this :)

[ElDudorino]

It gives off strong Subnautica vibes for sure. But Subnautica has life forms trying to kill you and has objectives linked to exploration, while The Planet Crafter is more about just building up resources and building the things you need to make the planet livable.

I think TPC will be adding more exploration-based objectives as they build out the story, though, so it may become more similar as they go!

TPC is much more relaxed than Subnautica in general. It also has less cool stuff to see as you explore but it's still under development.

[BRO46]

Do not know subnautica but have been playing this for over 200 hours and I LOVE it. Also, if it helps I am 76 yrs old and have been a gamer since I was 20.

[Pesky]

No combat. No constant feel that you're likely to drown. Few situations where you have any pressure to get things done quickly. It's a very relaxed and relaxing game, where you spend a lot time thinking and exploring.

It is 100% important to explore in Planet Crafter. If you try to survive and 'win' without discovering several vital things – not just sources of materials, but information about the world around you – you will fail.

[Pesky]

By the way, there's a free Demo you can play for as long as you want. Look for 'Demo', not 'Prologue'. You get around the first five hours of normal gameplay, before the full game would make things happen, give you another set of better tools, and let you proceed to another phase with different gameplay. In this demo, you can just continue with the current gameplay until you get bored.

[Maddyl]

Thank you very much for your reply guys! I have made my decision to go for it :)

[BRO46]

You will not be sorry!

[Tal]

I've only been playing it a short time and am enjoying it a lot. It reminds me a little bit of Subnautica and a lot of No Man's Sky.

[flippy232]

Def has Subnautica vibes. There was a post some time ago that this should have been the sequel - After he returned home Ryley was found guilty of theft for all the diamonds he mined on 4546B then sentenced by Alterra to terraform this planet. It would have been more interesting than BZ.

Wait...Subnautica's character was "Ryley". This game has a character that emails you named "Riley". Hmmmm...

[Lizzy_Borden_1971]

I think a lot of the Subnautica vibes comes from the fact that the same development engine is used for both. I have not played Subnautica yet, I bought both games at the same time and figured when I got tired of Planet Crafter I would switch. I have played 400+ hours over several months and two updates to the content and I am still not bored. I love the game. I like the relaxed feel and how you can do things at your own pace. I think you will realy enjoy the game. It does have a hard core mode that I have heard is pretty brutal if you are looking for a challenge. Good luck!

[Starseed]

Good choice, you will enjoy it. Its one of my favourites.

[FLYDIZZL3]

You can continue your world from the demo if you purchase the full game.

[LotusBlade]

Subnautica in space is "Breathedge", and this game is more like Satisfactory but without belts / tubes / electric lines. In terms of adventuring it is very tiny, far-far away from something like "Journey to the Savage Planet". There is no combat and only few types of building to play with. There is no story and i don't even see how you would put a story into it.

Yes, game gives incredible first impression but is rather empty and small overall. Each mechanic is half-baked. For example, there are metroidvania elements: some caves open up after you increase terraformation level, some vines help to reach higher places later on... But this is it for metroid-ish stuff, too small, too few to include it in a first place. And every system in the game follows same problem.

Feels like game should be sold to some big company and enter another development phase for 1-2 years in order to trully turn into something and have a direction. Cus clearly, single developer cannot handle the size and scope of this project. Currently it is trying really hard to be sandbox, adventure, metroid, platformer, base-building, automation, terraformation AT THE SAME TIME, while all parts are equally represent roughly 14% of gameplay.

I would rather play 7 games that consist from 100% pure genre or 2-3 mixes:
1) for terraforming you should pick Fate Tectonics / Terraformers / Farlanders / Terra Nil.
2) for base-building Forager, Galactic Mining Corp, Mindustry.
3) for automation Heart of Galaxy, Infinifactory, Slipways.
4) for adventure / platform / metroid Waking Mars, Steam World Dig 2.
All of them have this cosmic vibe of exploring distant planets and actually deliver content. And Planet Clafter only teases you. I can see dev putting effort, soul and love into it, but we need content man.