Survival is confusing after the campaign

[liq3]

There's no explanation of the differences. I've figured out the probable following differences from reading the forum and playing once to a loss:

1. Orbital scanner does nothing? (still not sure) if it doesn't, why is it even available?
   
2. you only have to survive 90 minutes.
   
3. The rift portal thing does nothing as well.

It was pretty confusing since at the start I'm thinking I have to build a rift portal and charge it up, after the 90 minutes are up. I thought maybe there would be other maps like campaign, but I guess not? Disabling/removing the buildings or some sort of in game explanation would be great.

[LORD© TESTICLE™ SMASHER®]

>click Survival
>Click Custom Difficulty
>Customise everything including time limits
Enjoy.

[liq3]

Think you may have missed the point of my post. Maybe try reading it again?

[The Tempted Man]

Because there is nothing to explain. You fight until you die or get bored, hence the name.

https://riftbreaker.fandom.com/wiki/Survival

[liq3]

While wikis are great, players shouldn't be expected to have to check one to understand what they're getting into. Like I didn't understand what survival meant compared to the campaign.

[Dregora]

Originally posted by liq3:

While wikis are great, players shouldn't be expected to have to check one to understand what they're getting into. Like I didn't understand what survival meant compared to the campaign.

There's no narrative and you fight to survive until you die. Like most survival modes.

[Kotli]

Orbital scanner and Rift Portal are pointless in survival as there's no alternate maps to jump to.
As for time limit that can be changed in Custom options setting

[Ydyp]

Originally posted by Kotli:

Orbital scanner and Rift Portal are pointless in survival as there's no alternate maps to jump to.
As for time limit that can be changed in Custom options setting

To bad the orbital scanner and rift portal useage can't be toggled on for a custom survival map, so that it works like in the campaign without the limit of number of maps you can scan for in the end.

[Rogue]

1. You no longer travel to other maps, so scanner is useless
2. This you can customize.
3. Rift portal is usable I guess for no timer runs? Never build it.

It's just a single map where you try to survive as long as possible. If you clear each type of survival map, you get a skin for your robot...

[SpookySunday]

Originally posted by liq3:

• Orbital scanner does nothing? (still not sure) if it doesn't, why is it even available?

Agreed, the scanner should not be available in this mode.
And indeed, there should be more accurate description, as well as tool tips when you custuomize your survival game.

I hope there will be mod support in the future, so this "open game" mode gets more fleshed out. I'm thinking about Space Exploration (Factorio mod) scale. That'd be great.