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Blasta

Mar 5, 2021 @ 6:30am

enough content atm or wait for full realease ?

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giimer Mar 5, 2021 @ 6:34am

Wait

Dragon

Mar 5, 2021 @ 6:39am

The game is extremely polished already and plays pretty smooth. The only content I would consider missing that alludes to the Early Access tag is some management windows and bits of QoL stuff. Also one line of research that says "coming soon". The rest of the game is very solid and content-rich for an Early Access one.

The devs are planning to add combat later as well so, we don't have that yet. It's not something you would immediately miss though. Plenty of fun to be had in the meantime without it, although the game may feel like a creative sandbox mode for some.

Dervrak

Mar 5, 2021 @ 6:59am

I would say the game is about 90% finished. It runs smooth and there are no crashes. There still some optimization to do as the game slows down and save file bloat occurs when you have really extensive Dyson Sphere construction going on. There is one path on the tech tree that is unfinished, "Accelerants" I believe, so they will likely be adding new technologies and new resources. Also planets could use a bit of variety as there are currently only about six types (Desert, Ocean, Ice, Lava, Earth Like, Gas Giant) and they are all the same size (except gas giants of course). There is also some issues with conveyors refusing to connect properly and general weirdness with running lines especially as things get "crunched" together at the poles. Also the "win" condition seems to be tacked on (you just get a message saying "you won") and you don't even need a Dyson Sphere to get it, just complete the tech tree.

giimer Mar 5, 2021 @ 8:51am

Wait. Wait for the appearance of the workshop and the provision of modding tools. The game is well polished, but the replayability is low. Likewise, factorio had a well-debugged modding platform and years of debugging.

PS. I know about dsp.thunderstore.io. But this is still a fix, not an increase in diversity.

VA gamer

Mar 5, 2021 @ 8:56am

If it matters - the price is expected to increase at full release, according to the EA stuff on the store page

Ghost Engineer has Dyson Sphere Program

Mar 5, 2021 @ 8:56am

Depends what you consider enough. The game can be finished and it takes longer than you might think. It might be a little low on variety right now, but I played over 60h and still haven't gotten bored.

Destro Yersul has Dyson Sphere Program

Mar 5, 2021 @ 8:59am

Originally posted by giimer:
Wait. Wait for the appearance of the workshop and the provision of modding tools. The game is well polished, but the replayability is low. Likewise, factorio had a well-debugged modding platform and years of debugging.

PS. I know about dsp.thunderstore.io. But this is still a fix, not an increase in diversity.

Imagine being worried about replayability in a 100+ hour game with a $20 pricetag. Mods are a fair point, but come on...

giimer Mar 5, 2021 @ 9:12am

I have played factorio for over 2000 hours. And I'm worried about the replayability.

Destro Yersul has Dyson Sphere Program

Mar 5, 2021 @ 9:16am

Originally posted by giimer:
I have played factorio for over 2000 hours. And I'm worried about the replayability.

I feel like you might have unrealistic expectations.

I paid $20 for this, and I got 150 hours out of it. If I don't play any more (unlikely) and updates died tomorrow, never to return (also unlikely)... I'm good, man. I got my money's worth.

Last edited by Destro Yersul; Mar 5, 2021 @ 9:21am

Mahzrael

Mar 5, 2021 @ 9:27am

I am over 100h in, havn't even started the sphere, but I'm near the end of the tech tree (capable of making the second-to-last cube, but its production is not automated yet). At 20 dollar price tag, I'm at 20 cents an hour, and still have content I can explore. What more could you (reasonably) ask for ?

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><Ce|\|T>< has Dyson Sphere Program

Mar 5, 2021 @ 10:17am

I've 110 hours in the game. The game is addictive. The fact that you can explore a galaxy, that you can fire at a star, ... This game is rewarding... If you like the genre, You can definitively go for it :D

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umop-apisdn has Dyson Sphere Program

Mar 5, 2021 @ 10:32am

The amount of content and polish on this game is absolutely amazing, especially considering that it was released as Early Access only 6 weeks ago at a third the price of a AAA title.

I'm at nearly 220 hours, and have yet to "finish the game". I recognize that my playstyle in these games is different from most people's, but most people will probably get at least 50-60 hours from this game, in my opinion. Finishing in under 40 hours in your first playthrough would be astounding to me, despite the developer's statement that it can theoretically be done in 25-30 hours.

If you want to use Mahzrael's metric of "money to hours played", I'm sitting at less than 10 cents an hour, after taxes, and I'm not done yet. The "average person" would pay less than 50 cents per hour if they played this game as if it were job and had laser focus on "beating the game". I've spent more on a "cheap" lunch than I spent on this game, and more than a month after purchase I'm still spending almost as much time thinking about different things to do and different ways to do things when I'm not playing as I spend actually playing.

As my review states, this game is amazingly complete and polished for an EA game; for that matter, it's more "complete" than a lot of full-price AAA games I've seen/played. If it looks like something you might enjoy, give it a shot. If it doesn't, then keep scrolling.
Play it or don't; just don't waste time sitting on the fence.

Last edited by umop-apisdn; Mar 6, 2021 @ 5:44pm

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