DDS2 or this?

[Roland]

I enjoyed Drug Dealer Simulator quite a bit, though I kinda fell off when DDS2 got announced.
Which do people prefer, this or DDS2?

[phrog]

This

[Oh no, my mayonnaise...]

Wouldn't support any DDS games for those Dev's are clearly very miserable people who can't stand the success of Schedule I

[Vali_Lutzifer]

DDS2 and Schedule I are two different things.

Sure, both involve selling drugs and so on. The advantage of DDS2 is the better graphics, but that's about it. You can also mix drugs, plant them, and so on. A few weeks ago, you could also hire an employee who mixes for you, but that's about all there is to the game. No gangs, no weapons to shoot with. Of course, there are cops who might raid your place, but that's it. That’s DDS2.

Schedule I is essentially the same.

Advantages:

You can have more employees.

You can build real laboratories.

You can drive cars or even skateboard.

You have firearms.

Disadvantages:

Not as good graphics (comic style).

No gangs, no cop raids, etc., but all of that is supposed to come according to the roadmap.

I hope I explained it well enough.

[Liquid Todd / Slash]

This because DDS2 looks like it uses the same engine as train station renovator.

[Roland]

Originally posted by Oh no, my mayonnaise...:

Wouldn't support any DDS games for those Dev's are clearly very miserable people who can't stand the success of Schedule I

Yea I just learned about the lawsuit. yikes!

Originally posted by Vali_Lutzifer:

DDS2 and Schedule I are two different things.

Sure, both involve selling drugs and so on. The advantage of DDS2 is the better graphics, but that's about it. You can also mix drugs, plant them, and so on. A few weeks ago, you could also hire an employee who mixes for you, but that's about all there is to the game. No gangs, no weapons to shoot with. Of course, there are cops who might raid your place, but that's it. That’s DDS2.

Schedule I is essentially the same.

Advantages:

You can have more employees.

You can build real laboratories.

You can drive cars or even skateboard.

You have firearms.

Disadvantages:

Not as good graphics (comic style).

No gangs, no cop raids, etc., but all of that is supposed to come according to the roadmap.

I hope I explained it well enough.

Thanks!

The no gangs/raids/etc has me a little apprehensive just because I've seen a lot of games never finish their roadmap. It does kinda seem like this is the better choice though

Originally posted by Liquid Todd / Slash:

This because DDS2 looks like it uses the same engine as train station renovator.

DDS1 was bizarrely heavy on the resources considering it's graphics...

[Absolute]

DDS2 devs are rats and deserve no support. Trying to sue one man because he made a better game. Scedule 1 all day

[Roland]

Originally posted by Absolute:

DDS2 devs are rats and deserve no support. Trying to sue one man because he made a better game. Scedule 1 all day

I'm feelin like i should have asked this days ago before the lawsuit.
Feels like everyone is (understandably) biased now

[Havok]

Originally posted by Roland:

Originally posted by Absolute:

DDS2 devs are rats and deserve no support. Trying to sue one man because he made a better game. Scedule 1 all day

I'm feelin like i should have asked this days ago before the lawsuit.
Feels like everyone is (understandably) biased now

Biased? No.

We are all just aware of EXACTLY what they are doing. They abandoned their own game, someone did it better, and they want to cash out. They are simply showing their true colors.

To answer your question, get this. Its much better, made by 1 person, a university student, for a project, and as a passion project to learn game development. Realistically, it could be the next stardew valley level of awesomness.

[Kashra Fall]

Originally posted by Liquid Todd / Slash:

This because DDS2 looks like it uses the same engine as train station renovator.

DDS2 uses UE5 lol.

[JarH3ad]

without ever playing DDS and trying to ignore their disgusting threat of a law suit, and going purely just off of the store pages DDS looks like they got everything from the Unity asset store or whatever Unreals equivalent is, while S1 at least actually has its own models and assets, and though some may not like the style that S1 is going for it creates its own charm and allows for a more lighter tone to the game making it less serious and thus making the mixes have weird effects seem just fine.
It does look like there more in DDS but that should be expected they have 2 games and a few DLC's, been out for far longer, and also has a publisher, while S! came out one a few days ago and is a solo dev with no publisher
(which makes me really question there "unfair competition" claim in their lawsuit)


Now adding in the threat of a lawsuit, that being IP infringement over story, gameplay mechanics, and UI
A: S! has no story, only "story" there is is the tutorial, that being you unc walking you through how to set up your business after being arrested at the end of the prolog then there are many other games that can be sued over that, im sure a good 90%% of games has some sort of NPC that guides you through the basics of the game before being left to your own will
B: gameplay mechanics, yea your building a drug empire in both, This is a cow farm. You're gonna find cows outside, this would be like if ID sued every FPS game out there because of Doom
C: UI, honestly S!'s UI is VERY early accesses and basic, and from the little of videos i saw on DDS 1 and 2's trailers and other videos, ive yet to see any similarities outside of interacting with NPS's and stations and having a new HUD popup

Honestly this law suit will likely go nowhere and just put those behind DDS in a bad light for a while