This game is just not fun?

[swag disaster]

This has got to be the most boring survival game I have ever played. From what I've seen 18 hours into this game, this is a stick and grass picking up simulator with godawful, and I mean GODAWFUL combat. Seriously the combat actually shocked me with how unapologetically boring and formulaic it is. Kiting being a core mechanic of gameplay??? Yikes!

Anyways I'm pissed I just wasted my money on this game because now I can't refund it.

[RequiemsRose]

It's what I would consider a "rhythm survival" game, which basically means there is a rhythm to your daily schedule in game. It can be repetitive and grindy but if you fall into that rhythm it can be fluent and even somewhat calming. It's not for everyone though.

Combat can be a little basic if all you do is kite, but kiting isn't your only method of combat either. You want to tank? you can do so, though you will need to learn to pick your fights according to your current tankiness. You want to stick to ranged? also technically an option. You want to gather a bunch of minions who do the fighting for you? yeah, totally. Want to use other wild animals or enemies to fight? you can do that to (getting a clockwerk rhino to ram into a beefalo herd can be fun to watch). The fighting is less about your strength, and more about your wit.

Since you do seem to be stuck with it, maybe you can learn to enjoy it once you are aware of what else can actually be done in it (since the game doesn't exactly tell you anything more than "don't starve" for your tutorial).

[Justice]

have you even build science and alchemy machine? It unlocks so much recipes and stuff. to build your own base, tools, structures, backpack,crockpot, clothing, weapons and etc.

You haven't reached winter, where you need to think about stuff that help you against weather and seasonal changes.

Don't starve have simple combat, so what? There is plenty other things to do if you don't like combat. Most of the time I try use enviroment or other mobs help me beat badies who try to bite my butt if such opportunity is available

[Shame]

Yup, you are correct on that one., it is a huge grinding time sink. Hamlet is a bit more of a pleasant experience since the resource gathering is made quicker when you have the tools to do it, like shears for tall cut grass, getting you 2 stacks of grass in about a minute as opposed to going around for a solid in-game day to get just one.

Huge amounts of reviews on this game for some reason have been twisted into false positivity, probably due to the fact that there is a charm to the concept, music and aesthetic to this game, but even that has been faded out. But the initial pull is what keeps a lot of people addicted to it, probably something that happens to a lot of free to play games especially, but evidently sometimes single player games as well. It's one of those cases where in terms of gameplay it is clearly awful, but it rarely ever clicks with anyone as to why that's the case, so you end up with people that defend it to no end like their life is on the line.

Also there is the multiplayer version of this which continues to highlight the problems even more ever so slightly as that still has more development time dedicated to it. Plenty more end game content that most people won't even know exists, and they make trailers for that stuff like you're supposed to understand what's going on.

[Mustard Tiger]

Wrong you pudding head

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The Don't Starve Wiki has 1746 articles, of which a serious player should read pretty much 90% to achieve anything remotely close to consistent survival in the game.
Three expansions, hundreds of mechanics to learn and master, 19 different characters to choose from.
At 18 gameplay hours he has come to the conclusion that: "Don't Starve is a grass picking simulator".
I'm dead. Just dead.

[RCMidas]

Originally posted by .:

The Don't Starve Wiki has 1746 articles, of which a serious player should read pretty much 90% to achieve anything remotely close to consistent survival in the game.
Three expansions, hundreds of mechanics to learn and master, 19 different characters to choose from.
At 18 gameplay hours he has come to the conclusion that: "Don't Starve is a grass picking simulator".
I'm dead. Just dead.

Why do I suspect that he considers Minecraft a "tree-punching simulator" as well?

[ideaunraveled]

dies of stupidity spat on master piece i spent weeks worth of time on

[LIMP BISQUICK]

Nah, it's a fun game. Just wasn't for you I guess, it happens. Describing it as a stick and grass pickup simulator is not accurate at all tho. It can get a bit grindy at times but IIRC you can find efficient ways to accomplish things. That's how I remember it when talking about such issues. Lots of mysterious things in the world and plenty to learn. Guess it's time to boot it up soon and have some fun with it again :)

[Fweaking epic]

i'm sorry but like... you're the problem here chief. This game has lots of content, amazing music and artstyle, great replayability (unlocking new characters) and very good core mechanics like sanity management or the seasons system. If you don't find it entertaining thats perfectly fine, but in no case is it the game's fault, it's entirely yours.

[strippolka]

Plays 18hrs, you played yourself bruh.

You sound like one of those people who orders a meal at the restaurant and then say you want a refund because you didn't like it but you ate the whole plate of food.

[Megaslime]

Most of my deaths have been to enemies. The combat is truly awful and indeed very boring. It is satisfying taking down spiders, but not satisfying having your ass handed to you by an unstoppable tree that requires endless kiting to beat. I don't dislike the game enough to leave a negative review, I quite like everything, even the hopelessness and knowledge required to simply survive, but the combat? Kiting is boring and janky.

[UNBREAKABLE]

Originally posted by Megaslime:

Most of my deaths have been to enemies. The combat is truly awful and indeed very boring. It is satisfying taking down spiders, but not satisfying having your ass handed to you by an unstoppable tree that requires endless kiting to beat. I don't dislike the game enough to leave a negative review, I quite like everything, even the hopelessness and knowledge required to simply survive, but the combat? Kiting is boring and janky.

tbf treeguards can be calmed by just planting more trees around them

[AI MILKERS 🥵🥛]

I've only spent 50 minutes in the game - and yeah - I'm very inclined to agree with OP. It seems like the game seriously sucks.

[CTV90]

Originally posted by Peace:

I've only spent 50 minutes in the game - and yeah - I'm very inclined to agree with OP. It seems like the game seriously sucks.

50min? you haven't even scratched the surface of the game. Takes a few tries to get the mechanics down. I made it 50min into my first playthrough before I figured out the sanity mechanic.

Some of us prefer not to have our hand held through the entire game. Don't play 'subnautica' or 'oxygen not included'(both amazing games) if you prefer to have a step by step walk-through baked into the game.

[swag disaster]

Originally posted by .:

The Don't Starve Wiki has 1746 articles, of which a serious player should read pretty much 90% to achieve anything remotely close to consistent survival in the game.
Three expansions, hundreds of mechanics to learn and master, 19 different characters to choose from.
At 18 gameplay hours he has come to the conclusion that: "Don't Starve is a grass picking simulator".
I'm dead. Just dead.

good stay out of the gene pool