Caves are all empty?

[Titan]

Title. Been to 3 or 4 caves now that are just single rooms with a couple of common items in them.

[Nacalal]

Are those the actual caves or just the little dots that show up on the map?
The dots are usually some sort of hidden bunker, while the other white symbol should be a proper cave.
If you don't encounter any enemies in it, it's probably a bunker and not an actual cave.

[Caprice24]

i found that quite odd myself. most likely to be changed in the upcoming patches

[Tef-Tef]

i got killed in a cave by a bunch of cannibals and the Thumbs monster... so... no not empty lol

[45]

Originally posted by Nacalal:

Are those the actual caves or just the little dots that show up on the map?
The dots are usually some sort of hidden bunker, while the other white symbol should be a proper cave.
If you don't encounter any enemies in it, it's probably a bunker and not an actual cave.

No its caves, small room bottoms out to something clearly temp blockage with some crates

[Seth Clippinger]

I've been in every cave icon. Only two or three caves are real and the rest are just a few boxes of loot and a dead end.

[BoogieMan]

I've been in 5 caves. 3 had many enemies.

[Big Boss]

All the caves I've been in have been ... inhabited, including some strange jabba the hutt monster that was stuck in a crevice

[BoogieMan]

Originally posted by Big Boss:

All the caves I've been in have been ... inhabited, including some strange jabba the hutt monster that was stuck in a crevice

Saw that thing last night. I crept forward until I could just barely reach it. Stabbed it with my spear like 30 times and it finally died. Got an achievement for blowing it up...?

[Maltsi]

caves that doesn't show up on map are pretty much empty, maybe few enemies and few boxes of loot but thats it. marked caves are much much bigger

[I Might Tunnel]

Yeah there's a couple filler caves up in the mountains, and the "upper" part of the map. No real reason to head up there IMO

[Titan]

Originally posted by Maltsi:

caves that doesn't show up on map are pretty much empty, maybe few enemies and few boxes of loot but thats it. marked caves are much much bigger

I'm on about caves marked on the map. Ones that were also pretty close to where you spawn. They were just singular rooms with a couple of boxes in.

[Goober]

I've been in every single white cave icon seen on the GPS. Half are useless little rooms with a few boxes of loot and are more of a cavity than a cave. Don't bother crossing the mountain without the shovel, its disappointing.

[Pure Grease]

early


access



Forest was just like this, they didn't fully flesh out the cave network until much later.

[Titan]

Originally posted by Pure Grease:

early


access



Forest was just like this, they didn't fully flesh out the cave network until much later.

considering this date was supposed to be when the full release was originally scheduled for you'd think they'd have finished more than just empty rooms.

[2ndForm]

Originally posted by Titan:

Originally posted by Pure Grease:

early


access



Forest was just like this, they didn't fully flesh out the cave network until much later.

considering this date was supposed to be when the full release was originally scheduled for you'd think they'd have finished more than just empty rooms.

Game development can balloon out considerably, something assigned to take a week suddenly comes with unforeseen issues and it takes a couple of months. An element or feature you didn't consider becomes apparent, and you realise the game needs it/would be much better with it, so you tack an extra six months on.

And no one knows whats happening under the hood, or in dev versions of the game. Systems and features half constructed or being tested.

The fact is they knew they needed more time, but also that people really wanted the game and thought there was enough there to warrant releasing it into EA. I tend to agree, am glad they did, and me and my pals are having an absolute blast.

Holding up an arbitrary timeframe and demanding 'BUT YOU SAID!?!' is meaningless. This kind of sentiment is how you get games like Cyberpunk or the many others released completely broken because a) people can't wait and b) publishers know people can't wait and will buy broken junk.

This isn't broken junk, after seeing all the whinging and complaints on here I was delightfully suprised to open a game that runs silky smooth (and even ran on my mates potato that is woefully underspec), a building system that beats out the original for best in any game, and in general has quite a bit going on. Already at this early stage completely surpasses the original. I can see where this is going, and I'm excited for the journey, that's EA.

I am amazed at how dense, and realistic the environment is, it truly is incredible and the attention to detail on a whole other level. Sure there are some rough edges, sure there will be gaps, but I genuinely can't understand how you could possibly be disappointed with what they've made.