I don't want to leave my cuddlefish ;-;

[Furufoo]

So, i finally finished building my neptune rocket, i saved the game and launched it normally, finished the game and after the credits i decided to keep playing on that save, so i loaded the game and started to work on a new base, so while i was looking for some metal salvage i found my cuddlefish, wich i lost a long time ago, super happy, i tried to bring him home, but the only thing i can do is "say farewell" and play with him, after that the only option available is "play", but the option to command to follow is gone, i don't want to let my cuddlefish on dangerous waters, and i already finished the game, so no plans on launching the rocket again (except for when the achievements bug is fixed, but still), so why i can't have my cuddlefish following me around anymore ;-;

[Brechnor]

Sometimes children just have to be left alone to grow up and not be mollycoddled to death by their parents when they start to crave independence....

Ah I feel like I’m talking about real life here now and it’s a cuddlefish metaphor.

Kill it and find a new one. Maybe.

[Furufoo]

Originally posted by Brechnor:

Sometimes children just have to be left alone to grow up and not be mollycoddled to death by their parents when they start to crave independence....

Ah I feel like I’m talking about real life here now and it’s a cuddlefish metaphor.

Kill it and find a new one. Maybe.

1. You are monster for even suggesting such a thing
2. Will it follow me again if its a new one?

[Brechnor]

Originally posted by Cosmo:

Originally posted by Brechnor:

Sometimes children just have to be left alone to grow up and not be mollycoddled to death by their parents when they start to crave independence....

Ah I feel like I’m talking about real life here now and it’s a cuddlefish metaphor.

Kill it and find a new one. Maybe.

1. You are monster for even suggesting such a thing
2. Will it follow me again if its a new one?

Ok, in all seriousness I have no idea. But I am absolutely certain you can find another one or two somewhere in game. Looking for one of those may be your only option.

[Furufoo]

man thats so sad, the devs shoud'nt act like no one will ever play on their saves again after finishing the main story, it's a sandbox game afterall

[Brechnor]

Originally posted by Cosmo:

man thats so sad, the devs shoud'nt act like no one will ever play on their saves again after finishing the main story, it's a sandbox game afterall

As a matter of fact I agree with you, open world games like new Vegas forgot to allow you to continue after the end of the game, most new open world or sandbox games learn from other mistakes in the past from developer teams like that, because they know games will suffer in the long run if they don’t.

There should absolutely be a way to play post game without loading a save before hand. I mean yes there is a strong argument with immersion as you are exploring and playing, which I have argued myself... but when you finish credits roll and then....POOF you are done. Reload or that’s it, is not the best way to encourage replay-ability in an amazing world like this.

There needs to be a middle ground after that point in the game so you can just continue without going around the houses.

I mean you can complete the game and not touch half of the biomes. Let us explore post game officially, we are done with the lore at that point and we just want to have fun.

I’m only being critical because I like the game so much, but that is a point that needs to be made.

[Furufoo]

Originally posted by Brechnor:

Originally posted by Cosmo:

man thats so sad, the devs shoud'nt act like no one will ever play on their saves again after finishing the main story, it's a sandbox game afterall

As a matter of fact I agree with you, open world games like new Vegas forgot to allow you to continue after the end of the game... until they realised the mistake and patched in a way to do it, as a consequence most new open world or sandbox games learn from others mistakes in the past, because they know games will suffer in the long run if they don’t.

There should absolutely be a way to play post game without loading a save before hand. I mean yes there is a strong argument with immersion as you re exploring and playing, which I have argued myself... but when you finish credits roll and then....POOF you are done. Reload or that’s it, is not the best way to encourage replay-ability in an amazing world like this.

I’m only being critical because I like the game so much, but that is a point that needs to be made.

and the sad thing is that making the cuddlefish follow you after you built the neptune is such a minor thing that i don't think they will do it anytime soon, but untill then i will put a beacon where he is

[DonJuanDoja]

I think new game + should be you wake up as another survivor (female!) to quiet all the whiners... then you go about finding all the bases and everything your other guy built.

Same story again, maybe change a bit about the lifepods so you learn about Riley, etc...

[Meewec]

there's three eggs for the cuddlefish that i know of plus at least one time capsule that i found with one.

the eggs are in the degasi base in the reef, the alien research location that needs the orange tablet, and in the caves under the big mushroom "tree" in the norther mushroom forest

[DonJuanDoja]

This way the story still finishes for Riley. And since there's no levels or anything you wouldn't lose anything. Just leave all your gear at a base...

to add some challenge maybe make you wake up injured, no lifepod, no gear, you just gotta swim to nearest base.

All beacons and scans and everything would be wiped so you'd have to go on memory.

Say the vehicles were lost somehow so you have something to rebuild and add some challenge.

Since you're a new person all PDA data wouldn't be there, but you'd have nice stuff to find at bases you built etc.

All terrain and resource data respawned. Etc...

[pyroleaf]

you gotta

[Duke]

carry it with you

[Furufoo]

Originally posted by DonJuanDoja:

I think new game + should be you wake up as another survivor (female!) to quiet all the whiners... then you go about finding all the bases and everything your other guy built.

Same story again, maybe change a bit about the lifepods so you learn about Riley, etc...

man you are getting a little carried away here, all i asking is that it would be possible to make the cuddlefish follow you after you finished the neptune, i don't really care much about returning to alterra because i have a 1 TRILLION dollar fee to pay, money that its IMPOSSIBLE to get, and also why return when you can just keep living on a gigantic and luxuous base?

[Cougarific]

It's true, the rent is fairly affordable at a measly $500,000/day.

[GAMING_Alligator]

Originally posted by Cosmo:

So, i finally finished building my neptune rocket, i saved the game and launched it normally, finished the game and after the credits i decided to keep playing on that save, so i loaded the game and started to work on a new base, so while i was looking for some metal salvage i found my cuddlefish, wich i lost a long time ago, super happy, i tried to bring him home, but the only thing i can do is "say farewell" and play with him, after that the only option available is "play", but the option to command to follow is gone, i don't want to let my cuddlefish on dangerous waters, and i already finished the game, so no plans on launching the rocket again (except for when the achievements bug is fixed, but still), so why i can't have my cuddlefish following me around anymore ;-;

I never released my two into the wild, so once the rocket was built, I picked them up from the containment unit and took them with me into the rocket. Leaving them behind just seemed unimaginably cruel.

[Furufoo]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

It's true, the rent is fairly affordable at a measly $500,000/day.

you don't have to pay rent if you activate a certain quarantine enforcement facility