How is this game to easy? Sunken Map

[Darkreaver1980]

So, after playing all snowrunner seasons and reading about how easy roadcraft is, i was absoluty crushed by the map "sunken".

Basicaly, the wohle map is a huge clusterfxxx. Its unlike anyhting in snowrunner because the ground actualy has lots of cracks and there are thousands of physical objects on any route.

So how exactly is this game more easy?! I didnt had that much problems in any snowrunner map

[gibbelblonk]

vehicles don't need gas or repairs and have more power than in Snowrunner, you can just drive anywhere through anything.

[SpitfireMkVIII]

I agree. I think most folks complaining about the difficulty only did the tutorial and maybe Aftermath. There's a huge difficulty spike as soon as you enter the second-half of Sunken (although Incommunicado with its lack of early bridges ain't no walk in the park either).

Overall, I'm liking the vibe. Roadcraft for me has been more more "solve this logistical challenge" than Snowrunner's "run yourself in 4-wheel low for the next 10 minutes".

Originally posted by gibbelblonk:

vehicles don't need gas or repairs and have more power than in Snowrunner, you can just drive anywhere through anything.

I disagree. I've gotten myself rolled/stuck plenty of times - especially on the Sunken. Not having a winch on every vehicle combined with the Scout's winch being comically weak, means you'll end up running a recovery crane to most major spills. Props to the Field Service Vehicle for getting me out of a few tight spots as well.

Fuel and repairs would just add tedium to the experience, imo. But it sounds like from the dev posts that they'll adding that in with "Hard Mode" anyway.

[Mirage]

Sunken is a lot more difficult than the other maps, especially the AI routes.

[shadow82]

You can cut trees, pave any surface and build bridges next to everywhere. You make the game as hard as you wish. Wanna reach that castle ? You can use the dirt road, make a proper road or just build a bridge to it. You wanna cross the river ? Use existing bridges, the railroad or build things yourself.

If you just invest a bit in harvesting and scrapping you are overflown with money which let you buy anything you need, including materials and fuel. I spent the whole day yesterday to make a road spanning south to north on a later map, because it was lacking proper road system. Guess what ? All my missions are now using this road, including myself driving around and none of the AIs are failing.

No, the game is not hard. Drown-out and tedious at time ? Yes, but that's just this kind of game at their core.

[Disgruntled Democracy Officer]

Originally posted by Darkreaver1980:

So, after playing all snowrunner seasons and reading about how easy roadcraft is, i was absoluty crushed by the map "sunken".

Basicaly, the wohle map is a huge clusterfxxx. Its unlike anyhting in snowrunner because the ground actualy has lots of cracks and there are thousands of physical objects on any route.

So how exactly is this game more easy?! I didnt had that much problems in any snowrunner map

If i can 100% sunken, so can you

[Disgruntled Democracy Officer]

Originally posted by SpitfireMkVIII:

There's a huge difficulty spike as soon as you enter the second-half of Sunken (although Incommunicado with its lack of early bridges ain't no walk in the park either).

I chose sunken first, got it to 100% before touching incommunicado.

And, i'm telling you incommunicado is about 30x easier.

[『 Blank 』]

I can flip over my truck carrying 15 pipes, ram it with a bulldozer to straighten it and continue on without any penalties or losing my load.

[Khalani]

Originally posted by 『 Blank 』:

I can flip over my truck carrying 15 pipes, ram it with a bulldozer to straighten it and continue on without any penalties or losing my load.

It's time consuming driving your dozer over and flip it upside again though. So your penalty is time itself.

Also overloading trucks can cause some jiggle physics explosion which catapults you into the air.

[joridiculous]

What's so difficult? You dump an insane amount of sand to make a road (or deep holes) driveable, then you get the cement going and can build bridges everywhere.
The 'challenge' is not rage quitting moving garbage with a crane for hours or trying to use the paver on a flat road getting stuck on a seed or a feather

[JeanDeaux]

My first time in Sunken right now, doesn't seem that hard so far with 57% completed. Hardest part was the Rose quarry but a well placed set of bridges solved that problem.

[Pandorian]

Later maps are even harder. There is more semi traffic on upslope/curved roads that pretty much requires you to either bypass or asphalt. Roads are a disaster and need cleared of rocks or whole swathes of forest chopped down and then stump ground before starting the asphalt process.

[SpitfireMkVIII]

Originally posted by Disgruntled Democracy Officer:

Originally posted by SpitfireMkVIII:

There's a huge difficulty spike as soon as you enter the second-half of Sunken (although Incommunicado with its lack of early bridges ain't no walk in the park either).

I chose sunken first, got it to 100% before touching incommunicado.

And, i'm telling you incommunicado is about 30x easier.

Oof. I did it the other way around, so I can see why you'd feel that way. I definitely rate Sunken the hardest thus far, moreso than even Sandswept (which I just finished).