I thought this is a driving game ...

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... but instead you just fast travel after tediously working on your car. And the next place you get to, you have to go around and do more tedious stuff, so it just gets annoying. Then I found I can't even save the game in case I might try it further.

We should have at least a capable 4x4 or better, a 6x6 or a larger truck, which we then get to actually drive --- or a variety of vehicles we can pick from.

What's the point of this? Having to fast travel and to be stuck in one place while painstakingly picking up stuff into an inventory that is way too small is no fun. At first I thought I like this game, but after I found that I had to work on my car for over an hour only to find out that I'm not allowed to drive it sucks. Why would I keep playing this?

[Blaze Deval]

Welp. Think Steam broke their quote button. All kinds of wack stuff bugging out with it now.

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Originally posted by Blaze Deval:

From what the dev has said [...] it's going to be more of the same as the demo.

It's a [...] game, but with a lame car.

That's what I figured.

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Originally posted by Blaze Deval:

Welp. Think Steam broke their quote button. All kinds of wack stuff bugging out with it now.

Just like all the other games ...

[Blaze Deval]

Ain't that the truth.

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[PsyBlade]

Originally posted by Blaze Deval:

It's not at all what I originally thought the game was going to be like.

I was thinking it'd be more like The Long Drive, or Jalopy but more mysterious, perhaps even a hint of 'horror'/being chased by something you could only hope to outrun in a car.

That's what I too thought when I saw the trailers. The Long Dark mixed with Jalopy and a Stalker theme.

[ikkonoishi]

The game is about collecting loot. The car only exists to give you something to use the loot on and to hold the loot with.

[Rotom]

I feel like the demo is a big issue and really misrepresents the game. Based on what I've seen from stuff like the streamer previews the car is more important later on. The storm is an active threat even before activating the teleporter. Moving quickly and using your car becomes extremely vital. You're still looting, but it's more of trying to get enough of a lead on the danger so that you have a few moments to quickly grab some loot before taking off again. This all happening on much bigger maps as well.

I'm still interested and plan on buying it, but I feel like making the demo be a single mission with a danger level of 0 where you just loot and do nothing else is the complete opposite of what was shown and what the game is even a few hours later. They needed to give you a preset loadout to take on a late early game or mid game drive after finishing the first mission. That or just give us the damn streamer demo.

[test]

You can't even get in and out of your car quickly, at least not in the demo.

And I keep wondering why the first vehicle --- the one that magically got moved over the fence and apparently got magically destroyed in the process --- had a broken transmission, how and why it got magically moved, where it came from and why I was driving towards such an apparently very dangerous place. What was I doing driving around like that, and why?

[Supreme Emperor Lord As Asriel]

They should add trash on the ground and you just grab a broom and sweep it up which gives you materials like plastic or paper.

[test]

Wait, aren't there special trucks that sweep the road with a big brush and scoop it all up into a big tank mounted to their frame?

[Blaze Deval]

Originally posted by PsyBlade:

Originally posted by Blaze Deval:

It's not at all what I originally thought the game was going to be like.

I was thinking it'd be more like The Long Drive, or Jalopy but more mysterious, perhaps even a hint of 'horror'/being chased by something you could only hope to outrun in a car.

That's what I too thought when I saw the trailers. The Long Dark mixed with Jalopy and a Stalker theme.

I know, right? How AMAZING would that be?!
A thriller-esque game about needing the car to survive at all costs, rush against the clock to repair/replace parts (by salvaging actual parts, not crafting whatever you want from bits and bobs) and escape the looming threat.

Or simply a long road trip through a dangerous and ever changing land where the focus is on the driving skill and environment rather than any draining health bars of every part or monsters.

I'd take that over what felt like a survival crafting shopping trolley sim. I was expecting a little more something along the lines of that game called "Beware" where you're in a car and have to outrun someone, or something chasing you.

Ah well.

[iwblake]

Originally posted by Cookie Monster:

Anyone else find it very stupid that you can't just craft a trunk lid for your car? Why are we using cardboard boxes?

You can craft a trunk door! If you're making a regular door, install it in the trunk location. We wanted to make it easier on players by not making the 'trunk door' a separate craftable item.

[Generolas121]

same i was also thinking the game would be more on the lines of the long drive or jalopy and was looking forward to it. but after playing the demo, the car seems completely irrelevant and could be replaced with a backpack.

[Druinthor]

That is of course completely ignoring the upgrade tree which will improve the car. Who knows how the game will change as the car upgrades