Better than Snowrunners?

[KAZOO]

I can't really get into Snowrunners. I think normal mode is too boring, and hard mode is too punishing.

How is this game in regard to that?

[=[GcC]= SamuthNBS]

I would say mechanically it's a bit easier as there's less mud and more tools to help you get over obstacles, but much harder with regards to planning what you need before you leave the garage. You can't flip a truck, jump back to the garage to get another one to rescue it with - you have to bring the second truck with you on the expedition otherwise you're on your own. You can recover trucks, but it costs money.

[Pandorian]

I'm not sure how to compare it to the difficulty modes of Snowrunner as this game's gameplay loop is completely different.

Effectively your limiting factor is going to be the fuel you take with you and the amount that is available to be scavenged on the map. Your base will give you a set amount and you can choose to build structures that allow them to be more but it isn't refreshed until you finish the expedition. The other source of fuel is going to be from airdrops. You can only deploy up to four vehicles so there's no bringing in extra fuel once the mission starts.

You can of course be limited by the amount of anchors/jacks you take with you but most of the time these aren't needed unless you flip your vehicle a lot. Money is really only a limiting factor if you recover your truck a lot or don't store the anchors/jacks you buy in the expedition base.

I've completed some "Very Hard" missions with just one vehicle but the difficulty rating seems to be based on the distance you have to travel. So if you have a bunch of fuel it's just an endurance test. Some of my longer missions have been 1+ hours long.

[FreedSnipers]

Honestly so far... its like taking all the hauling missions out of snowrunner, turning the garage into a.. outpost like area and then having you do missions like the side missions in snow runner. the "story" is well. i just played for 12 hours and i have no idea really what the story is. other then you are like hired to drive around and do odd jobs. thats been my take. the more I play it the more i want to just play snowRunner. I am trying to give it a honest run.. I just spent almost a hour trying to explore a small zone that just didnt want to track the exploration. I had to drive 12 feet pop out my drone.. fly around return it drive 12 feet then do it again. its the only way i could get the % explored to increase. I also had to drive around and find trees.. but then to get the picture of the tree i had to find the right pixle on said tree to even find out if it was the right tree. I really want to like this game.. its just been hard.

[Peeto]

Originally posted by FreedSnipers:

Honestly so far... its like taking all the hauling missions out of snowrunner, turning the garage into a.. outpost like area and then having you do missions like the side missions in snow runner. the "story" is well. i just played for 12 hours and i have no idea really what the story is. other then you are like hired to drive around and do odd jobs. thats been my take. the more I play it the more i want to just play snowRunner. I am trying to give it a honest run.. I just spent almost a hour trying to explore a small zone that just didnt want to track the exploration. I had to drive 12 feet pop out my drone.. fly around return it drive 12 feet then do it again. its the only way i could get the % explored to increase. I also had to drive around and find trees.. but then to get the picture of the tree i had to find the right pixle on said tree to even find out if it was the right tree. I really want to like this game.. its just been hard.

I feel the same, I am little dissapointed, I am thinking about refund.. paid 70 eur for expeditions.. and I just want to play... snowrunner more 🤣

[darthcuda]

It is definitely not better than Snowrunner. I have Snowrunner for EGS and Steam and I have about 800 total hours in it. With this title I doubt I'll be playing it more than 1 year from now (I have the dlc so I will come back for sure). I don't hate this game but I don't love it eithier. It's just okay for me so far. 6/10

[Sober999]

Not really comparable, this is different type of game... you dont haul cargo here

[glowpiPe]

Can't really compare the two. Its like comparing Euro truck simulator with big rig racing. Yes, both are games where you drive trucks, but thats more or less the only similarities.

The things we can compare i would say its slightly even. The engine seems a bit more fleshed out in exp and the vehicle hitboxes seems better, yet to hardlock a truck on a tree branch in expeditions, which i do almost daily in snowrunner. The UI is much better in Snowrunner Imo. the function menu was simple, but it worked. The new UI in exp is counterintuitive.

Trucks feel a bit heavier in expeditions than their counterparts in snowrunner, but it hardly matters, atleast this far for me in the arizona map, as you hardly ever drive over soft mud. Its mostly rockcrawling on hard surfaces. I have yet to fina a route where i got hardstuck and had to rescue on expeditions. Seems a lot easier than most snowrunner maps. Its like running michigan with the ziks most of the time.

There are some really nice features in exp i hope comes to snowrunner. The rack with its own slots to fill up with fuel or repair parts is nice. The two-way winch is awesome and the drone, while realy bad to fly, could be a decent addition to snowrunner. Imagine having the drone to fly around with to scout out routes, explore the map and find out what you need to fix certain roadblocks etc.

You don't have as much freedom in exp. Its almost lobby based. You choose a mission, and you need to choose a loadout for that mission. Need to choose trucks beforehand and can't change after. Bring enough fuel, repair parts, mission stuff and tools to recover your vehicle. You can keep driving after the main objective, but you still can't get a new truck from the garage. This adds to the expedition feel of the game. as if you were going on a roadtrip, you would need to pack all you needed for that trip. Couldn't just magically teleport home to another truck if you forgot something. But you can recover the truck back to the spawnpoint, your home base and buy more fuel etc.

Its two wildly different games. If you enjoy rebuilding the maps, roads etc, hauling heavy cargo and do missions. Stick with snowrunner.

If scouting and exploring is your thing, then expeditions might be for you, but do not go into expeditions thinking its snowrunner 2. Its far far from the same game

[disregarD.]

I loved Snowrunner and got really excited to see this so this is helpful. I may wait a bit on this one

[Lovecheese45]

You can make snow runner SUPER SUPER easy by downloading overpowered mod trucks

[glowpiPe]

Originally posted by Lovecheese45:

You can make snow runner SUPER SUPER easy by downloading overpowered mod trucks

Its easy enough with basegame trucks. dlc trucks make it even easier.

And what makes you think you can't install mods on expeditions that make the game super easy? which you don't even need to because it is already super easy

[SGTgrumpz]

Absolutely is not better than snowrunner

[Sethioz]

better? it depends what you value in games. i think Snowrunner has more to do and has more trucks, but expeditions is still lot of fun.
as someone said, it requires more planning and some side missions are very hard, but in my opinion that's more fun.

i like new features, such as drone, tyre pressure regulator, anchors and car jack, but overall it's same as mudrunner and snowrunner, but more story-focused.

it has its ups and downs, i'll write detailed review tomorrow once its officially released as steam doesn't allow reviews on games that are not officially out.

[EyeXombie]

If you don't like Snowrunner you probably won't like this.