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I gave it a try the other day and really enjoyed it! Really nice cartoon art style / setting. The above-ground portion of the game feels like a solid clone of the Anno series games. Then below ground adds a fun twist of exploration / resource gathering into the mix.
Really looking forward to when it releases now!
- !ozoned@lemmy.world ( @ozoned@beehaw.org ) English18•1 year ago
Yeah, it’s a LOT of fun. I always liked the Steamworld style for games. And I enjoy that they always try something new.
It has a great feel, the art is great. Apparently the demo ends before you get to the tower defense type mode. But I think they nailed the Anno feel while keeping it less complex and more interesting for me.
Yeah I really think they did a good job with having a lot of systems, yet still being pretty straightforward to understand. There were only a couple things that I didn’t immediately understand (even without reading tutorial text).
Definitely can’t wait to see if the full game holds to that pattern!
- Jarmer ( @Jarmer@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Completely agree. Usually with these colony builder style games, I run into several problems where I just don’t understand how the systems are implemented, and the game does a poor job of explaining stuff. But on this Steamworld Build, I never ran into that. Everything made sense, and I loved expanding and placing my buildings, and moving stuff around etc… REALLY well done on their part. Very much looking forward to the release.
- LennethAegis ( @LennethAegis@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Tower Defense? There’s more than just city building on top and dungeon diving underground? How many genres did they throw in this time?
- !ozoned@lemmy.world ( @ozoned@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year ago
IDK. But from what I’ve heard and seen of the trailer, there will be a sort of tower defense thing in the mines. IDK what it’ll be like, but seems interesting.
- TEKUMS ( @TEKUMS@lemmy.ca ) English1•1 year ago
Yeah, they are so good at finding the things I like about other genres and distilling them to perfection. Got me to install Anno again lol but for sure getting this day one.
- Glaive0 ( @Glaive0@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
I was super excited to hear they’ve got another game coming! I’ve done all of their others and had at least a good time with each!
- PenguinJuice ( @PenguinJuice@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
Damn I didn’t even know about this game!! This is right up my alley! Thank you! Wishlisted the fuck out of it
- Silviecat44 ( @Silviecat44@vlemmy.net ) English3•1 year ago
The steamworld series is solid. Steamworld heist is really fun
- CarlsIII ( @CarlsIII@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
@ArmoredCavalry. Not yet, but if you say there’s a new Steam World game, I’m already on board.
- PrivateButts ( @PrivateButts@geddit.social ) English2•1 year ago
I tried the demo after the telegram that they announced it with. Looks good! Still waiting on Heist 2 though.
- SeatBeeSate ( @SeatBeeSate@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
I wish they would make another entry of the dig series. I really enjoy that style of gameplay.
- Boabab ( @Boabab@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
I played it for a while and was pleasantly surprised! I’m pretty sure I’m going to buy it at some point
- SeatBeeSate ( @SeatBeeSate@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
I wish they would make another entry of the dig series. I really enjoy that style of gameplay.
- Jarmer ( @Jarmer@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
Same! Dig 2 was sooooo good. And there aren’t many like it really. Searching for all the powerups, making notes about spots on the map. Loved it. Dig 3 would be an instant purchase for me, I hope they get around to it next after Build.
- conciselyverbose ( @conciselyverbose@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
I would have been pretty close to perfectly satisfied just adding an “endless mode” DLC that randomized areas and did something to make power up progression feel bigger. I used to play the hell out of the browser mining game motherlode and this is the first example of mining feeling kind of similar that I can think of.
- Domiku ( @Domiku@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
Thanks for unlocking a memory for me! I played so much motherlode — I think my friend and I discovered it in the school computer lab. It had a great soundtrack too!
- conciselyverbose ( @conciselyverbose@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
It does seem to exist on steam. I haven’t pulled the trigger, but they made a different very different looking version, and if you dig down to the description it says it includes “motherload goldium edition”. I have it on my wishlist to buy if it’s ever discounted a bit in a steam sale, but the newer game doesn’t appeal to me enough to spend $15.
It is quite a bit different, but as far as games that scratch the “mining” itch, I found this to be really fun -
- conciselyverbose ( @conciselyverbose@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
I wanted to, but it claimed controller support and didn’t have it and I can’t be bothered with controller configuration on my Steam deck for a demo.
- wahming ( @wahming@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
It’s there a release date out for this?
The end of Demo said it’ll be released this year (2023).
- kiddblur ( @kiddblur@lemm.ee ) English1•1 year ago
I haven’t tried the demo this time around, so I’m not sure if it’s different from the last next fest, but I really enjoyed it back then. Not all the steam world games are for me, but I really love the aesthetic and that they just throw every genre at it to see what sticks. I’m excited for this to come out to play on steam deck
- AlteredStateBlob ( @AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
I have no relation to Steamworld overall, but I like me some digging type builder games. It’s decent enough concept and it felt pretty well executed. I found it to be very restrictive in building underground and didn’t find enough proper space to build and actual underground thing that wasn’t all utilitarian. Personally, I didn’t enjoy that. It’s a fault of a lot of these “clear out space and build there” games.
All in all, as someone who has no feelings about Steamworld, but a bunch on that kind of gameplay including the Anno style various pop types with various needs and all, I don’t think I’ll want to buy or play this.