Anomaly (new DLC) Changes the Game Too Much

[Nox Tenebris]

Every DLC has made solid improvements to how the base RimWorld plays. Royalty added super powers (the "eh" DLC), Ideology made improvements to how a colony functions, and Biotech made improvements for how pawns function, grow/ evolve, and also some mech stuff.

Anomaly, however, feels like RimWorld is trying to be a completely different game. It doesn't really improve, but add. In the end, I feel like it is gonna be the one DLC that I have to decide if I want to tick on or off at the start of a playthrough since it seems like such a dramatic change, which I'm not a fan of.

New DLC should elevate the existing game, not entirely change it.

[Garatgh Deloi]

Well i would argue that mechanitors does the same thing if you choose to use them.

And it seems like the new anomoly stuff will trigger after you "Piss of some super intelligence" (so for playthrough's where you don't want to deal with it, it sounds like you simply don't have to trigger it and will likely have some additions from the DLC that aren't bound to that stuff regardless).

[Index]

That's a lot of whining.

[Astasia]

Thematically, I could definitely see people deciding not to play with elements of the DLC for many if not most playthroughs. Mechanically, I think we need more than a surface level overview to decide.

Like I do not use titles or psycasts in most runs, but I don't disable Royalty because there are useful things it adds. Worst case I imagine I would be disabling some Anomaly events in my scenarios if I don't want those elements in a run, things like flamethrowers and crossbows might always be fun to have though. We need to know more though, the "monster lab" could be a useful progression system similar to genetics, perhaps we can have undead drones doing work for us similar to mechinators or dryads. Or it could just be used to solve the problems added by the DLC and be otherwise useless content. I'm definitely on the fence right now.

[ACS36]

Originally posted by Garatgh Deloi:

Well i would argue that mechanitors does the same thing if you choose to use them.

You're right -- that's why I never do mechanitor play through. It's not appealing, and I'd guess most players avoid it. If they tracked stats on the game, I bet you most people who play rimworld, never do a mechanitor play through because it just changes the game too much and the level of complexity involve isn't that appealing to average player base.

I'd suspect most players will find the new DLC frustrating and specific type of kill boxes will be more necessary than ever to deal with new threats as weapons are often not good enough.

[Pumpkin]

i read news about this new DLC and this part :

A parasite has mind-controlled some of your colonists - but who? They pretend to be human as they work to infest others. Track evidence, imprison, interrogate, and medically test people to find out who is infested before it’s too late.

give me a The thing movie vibe :)

[Harduk]

simply kill the gods with CE

[fitznorway]

I mean, okay, dont buy it.

[Doot]

Originally posted by ACS36:

I bet you most people who play rimworld, never do a mechanitor play through because it just changes the game too much and the level of complexity involve isn't that appealing to average player base.

I love mechanitors, they're one of my favorite ways to play. To me it's all about theme. Someone who implants themselves with devices to control biomechanical robots makes sense to me in the universe RimWorld has built, flesh monsters and undead occult stuff does not.

[Veylox]

A whole bunch of words that mean nothing, this thread.

[Kleme]

"Anomaly, however, feels like RimWorld is trying to be a completely different game."

That's the intention, yes. Have you read the blog post?
“I wanted to give players new kinds of emotions they haven’t encountered before in RimWorld. We’ve explored feelings around dramatic combat tension, family warmth, problem-solving and many more. Now I wanted to provoke new emotions - dread, psychological tension, suspicion and mystery. The horror theme unlocks a new emotional landscape for us to explore."

[Astasia]

At least maybe people will stop asking for z-levels now.

Not likely.

[Steelfleece]

I'm going to hazard a guess that this DLC will be a bit more on the 'optional' side than, say, Biotech. More along the lines of Royalty or Ideology. Can take it or leave it.

Personally, I think I'll work on rebuilding my post-1.5 mod list first and then trying it out later.

[MadArtillery]

Certainly a curveball. The Flesh That Hates was not what I was expecting. Should be quite lively, I've been playing with some of this style of stuff for a bit now through mods and it's been pretty cool, quite invigorating. Think I'll enjoy the wild side. Also saw flamethrowers and that is always a win in my book.

[8faiNt ı♣ı]

This dlc is fine and the content is good. BUT we needed better diplomacy options.

[trashoras]

I will jugde the expansion after seeing and playing it by myself. At first the choosen szenario seemed a bit underwhelming but reading again and thinking about it made me more confident, that this will be a nice addition to this game.

There will be a huge loadout from biotech to anomaly by taming monsters and stuff. There will be more warcrimes, more blood, more fun.