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Update #70 - The Forest and Next Game Poll
🕑 Added 2020-08-19 16:00:00 +0000 UTCAfternoon!
I've been recording a LOT of the runner up game of the last poll, The Forest, and have already started the editing process. I already had to separate the footage out into folders since there's way more than I expected to be getting for a game I'd already played a lot of for on and off for a few years. The caves are much more of a labyrinth than I remember, and since there are actually endgame boss creatures it meant there was more to see after the main story itself is over. It's worth mentioning now that the game is buggy as hell and there'll be a lot of appropriate scenes of absolute jank, and I think it's appropriate to give it an eternal early access title.
I'm still collecting some footage of multiplayer and some story aspects, since it's not straightforward with the lore and requires you to hunt around for clues on it. There's surprisingly a lot to talk about in the story aspect of it considering it was one of those early access survival games, but then again I guess Darkwood counted as one of those too. Right now I'm expecting it to be out next week, I'll send out the credit question post when I'm confident it'll be soon.
Work also continues on the adventure game video.
However, this poll will be a more dangerous one. Factorio has officially released so I'm adding it here for consideration after the Forest video. I don't dare launch it before the next review is actually out because I know what it'll do to my schedule, but there are a few other titles on there as well from the last rounds. Choose wisely.
Thanks as always for your support!
Comments
Matthew McConnell
Oh neat, I didn't know anyone else who played BZ2, played it a ton when I was in high school.
Seed of Power
Mandalore, you did this to yourself. You know damn well if you put Factorio on the list, it will get picked.
Nothing to see here
Hey Mandlore, could you take a look at Battlezone II? I played it as a kid and I feel like it is right up your alley.
It would be definitely entertaining to hear your take on this game, after watching sseths one.
Rux74
Stronghold 2 sounds like fun
onkell
Fight the factory, battle brothers!
donmarquis
i had to vote for stronghold 2!
But that is the point of Factorio. The whole point of the game is the details. The game is "grindy" on purpose because you're not supposed to be manually doing anything. It incentivizes you to automate and abstract away the arduous details.
Planescaped
I could never get into Factorio. It just felt so aimless. Do X to get Y so that you can get more X to get Z so you can get even more X ad infinitum. Most games at least mask the resource grind behind story. Maybe it's changed since I last played.
There is only one, true option.
THE FACTORY MUST GROW
Matteo.YB
As much as I liked AVP, it can wait since Factorio's on the menu, baby
AVP Extinction was my jam as a kid, though it has not aged well. I'd expect half the video would be talking about the godawful pathfinding.
Putting Factorio on a poll? You fool
Joshua Crager
Keep up the good work, and thanks for the update!
