Worth it?

[JGM]

There seems to be a vary of mixed reviews, alot of them put me off buying this game but others make me want to try it out, I have £20 and the games i'm pondering about are Stonehearth, Astroneer and Survival Colony and i'm not sure what game to get, any advice?

[Ric]

I have all of thoese games and really depends on what aspect of the survival game you want. I've not played colony survival for too long but it's clearly still in early development so while fun, needs a fair bit of work. More about you being a living lord in your own world with minecraft aspects.

Stonehearth is by far the most developed as it's being going for a while and is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cute! Great dev team and regualr updates/dev blogs. More of a city management style game.

Astroneer I've played only for a short time. It was fun but it became very samey to me a little quickly. Asmittedly it was a while ago that I played so should really try it again to see whats changed. It's a cool little game though. More barren survival feel than the other 2.

So while I would personally recommend stonehearth they all have great potential for the future!

Hope this helps :)

[JGM]

Originally posted by Ric666:

I have all of thoese games and really depends on what aspect of the survival game you want. I've not played colony survival for too long but it's clearly still in early development so while fun, needs a fair bit of work. More about you being a living lord in your own world with minecraft aspects.

Stonehearth is by far the most developed as it's being going for a while and is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cute! Great dev team and regualr updates/dev blogs. More of a city management style game.

Astroneer I've played only for a short time. It was fun but it became very samey to me a little quickly. Asmittedly it was a while ago that I played so should really try it again to see whats changed. It's a cool little game though. More barren survival feel than the other 2.

So while I would personally recommend stonehearth they all have great potential for the future!

Hope this helps :)

Thank you for the advice I'll keep it in bind with my purchase :)

[Pipliznl]

Originally posted by PikaJew:

Thank you for the advice I'll keep it in bind with my purchase :)

If you've got any specific questions, we'd love to answer them!

[JGM]

Originally posted by Pipliznl:

Originally posted by PikaJew:

Thank you for the advice I'll keep it in bind with my purchase :)

If you've got any specific questions, we'd love to answer them!

Do you have a summary sort of video that will talk us players through what you will be planning to do throughout Summer 2017 etc.

[Koutetsusteel]

Originally posted by PikaJew:

There seems to be a vary of mixed reviews, alot of them put me off buying this game but others make me want to try it out, I have £20 and the games i'm pondering about are Stonehearth, Astroneer and Survival Colony and i'm not sure what game to get, any advice?

Vary of mixed reviews? According to steam it's "Very Positive" and standing at a 9/10 rating...

The "reviews" that you speak of are probably just people on forums whining because they don't get enough allowance money to buy a billion games while the Steam Summer Sale is going on.

[JGM]

Originally posted by Koutetsusteel:

Originally posted by PikaJew:

There seems to be a vary of mixed reviews, alot of them put me off buying this game but others make me want to try it out, I have £20 and the games i'm pondering about are Stonehearth, Astroneer and Survival Colony and i'm not sure what game to get, any advice?

Vary of mixed reviews? According to steam it's "Very Positive" and standing at a 9/10 rating...

The "reviews" that you speak of are probably just people on forums whining because they don't get enough allowance money to buy a billion games while the Steam Summer Sale is going on.

People invested serious time saying the cons of it and it is varied (Throughout the detailed ones) reguardless of steam saying iy is 'Very Positive' when i look over it there are some very discerning reviews on it that put me off

[Sleazy Ninja]

Well let's just say that except building a large colony for the sake of having a large colony there really is very little to it. You get some food production going, build some shelter (not because it's needed but because you want to) and get some mining going. 1 or 2 guards will keep the lot safe. After that it's just expanding for the sake of expanding without it adding something new.

There's berries and a very easy wheat to bread chain for food.
There are 4-5 resources to be mined.
There are 3-4 types of decent looking building blocks
There are 4 models
There is 1 type of enemy
No animations except for walking around and sleeping (with their eyes open)
I guess around 20 things to craft (including the blocks)

If you want to support them then I guess 20 euro is fine, but if you're looking for a game that has complexity then you might want to move on for now and check back much later. For me it got boring after very few hours just because there was no meaningful progression or anything else to discover. When I look at the roadmap there are promising things ahead, but I fear it will always lack the complexity I long for and probably is for another target audience than me.

[AvilerED]

It really comes down to whether you want to participate in first person in the colony you are building in a game that is VERY new and has quite a bit of development and polish ahead of it and are willing to invest in that future (Colony Survival) or whether you'd like to be more of a "god" directing your colonists to do everything from above in a game that has had quite a bit of time in development and has a good polish to it (StoneHearth) or whether you want an individual sci-fi space survival adventure (Astroneer).

As far as my personal mileage, I've picked up Astroneer (which my computer can not handle well, so I don't have much time in, unfortunately :/) and Colony Survival both at the earliest opportunity that I could. StoneHearth is on my wishlist, but I'm not as excited about it as I am about Colony Survival. Your mileage may vary.

[Pipliznl]

Originally posted by PikaJew:

Do you have a summary sort of video that will talk us players through what you will be planning to do throughout Summer 2017 etc.

Not a video, but we've got a roadmap: http://www.colonysurvival.nl/2017/06/roadmap-things-we-want-to-add-during.html

[JGM]

I have come to the conclusion that I will purchase stonehearth, it looks like cubeworld, A game I love, and it seems to be fleshed out more than Colony Survival and Astroneer. Thank you everyone for your help and guidence on selecting a game and helping me out with my Queries :) Love ya G's

[ForgeTec]

I own stone hearth its a fun game I'd also recommend rimworld

that said I'd definatly wishlist this game as a must have in a few months - so far the devs have been helpfull and honest about the game with rapid feed back and been really clever in keeping the people involved

like how japanese was the highest rated language video watched so they added that as first translation / some themed items to show they are paying attention with a bit more content (which honestly I would be more shocked if it didn't come) this game will be a heavy contender in the sandbox world right up there with the big names - simple to learn hard to master its a fun time and should be watched and purchased when you get the $$