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Post by heggers on May 12, 2014 13:21:15 GMT
Alternatives to playing Godus? Well stabbing myself in the eye with a rusty fork would probably be more productive and unlike 22Cans I'd learn from the experience and not do it again...
Otherwise, for a less extreme answer, I'd say almost every other game on the market is a viable option.
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Post by rubgish on May 12, 2014 15:05:35 GMT
For a (what hopefully will be) dwarf fortress style game but with a nice graphics system, check out stonehearth.net/. It's another kickstarter, but they have weekly updates & a roadmap and everything. Unfortunately, Any game that claims to be 'Dwarf Fortress but with graphics' falls far short of the amazing depth that DF gives, to the extent where I'd rather just play DF. As for the graphics being abstract, I would say that they show just enough information on the map screen to be able to build up a picture of what's happening. Combat reports are where it really shines when it comes to filling in all the action that is going on. It most likely never will have the same level of depth that dwarf fortress does, but I think it's worth checking out. It's still very early on in the development but it's pretty cool just to have a tinker around with, and even with the incredibly limited number of implemented features it's fun to play (until the AI bugs out, which usually starts happening after 20-30 minutes at current). It's certainly worth keeping an eye on for the future in 12-18 months when they should hopefully have a much more fleshed out game. |
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Post by julians on May 12, 2014 18:17:25 GMT
I was looking at KS for stonehearth but decided to pass on as I was involved in too many KS projects already. I'm looking forward to it's release though.
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Post by rhamnusia on May 13, 2014 2:47:07 GMT
I played From Dust after I started playing Godus and it went a lot further towards scratching the god itch than Godus has so far.
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Post by Lord Ba'al on May 13, 2014 2:59:02 GMT
I played From Dust after I started playing Godus and it went a lot further towards scratching the god itch than Godus has so far. I was very interested in From Dust but then I read that it was rather shallow and that the terrain manipulation was awesome but there wasn't really any game behind it. So I never got around to trying it. |
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Post by rhamnusia on May 13, 2014 5:44:44 GMT
I played From Dust after I started playing Godus and it went a lot further towards scratching the god itch than Godus has so far. I was very interested in From Dust but then I read that it was rather shallow and that the terrain manipulation was awesome but there wasn't really any game behind it. So I never got around to trying it. I found the story to be interesting, but it's definitely pretty linear. You have a set task to do, and you have to do it to move on. HOW you do it is up to you for the most part. I enjoyed the challenge of it, and the sculpting was way more satisfying than anything Godus has going. It's definitely a short game, not something meant to go on and on, but I liked the concepts in it. |
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Post by stuhacking on May 13, 2014 8:52:32 GMT
I played From Dust after I started playing Godus and it went a lot further towards scratching the god itch than Godus has so far. I was very interested in From Dust but then I read that it was rather shallow and that the terrain manipulation was awesome but there wasn't really any game behind it. So I never got around to trying it. It's fun! Once you complete it you can have a lot of fun messing about with terrain on the different stages. Only the final level is a 'true sandbox' though. Still worth playing imo. I played on XBox though, I remember at the time of the PC port a lot of people complained about controls... |
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Post by rubgish on May 13, 2014 9:01:01 GMT
Yup the PC controls on from dust were awful, they clearly hadn't thought about it very much. The way you could mold and change the terrain was great, but there really wasn't much of a game to go with it. There are a small number of levels, each of which feels linear and isolated and kinda have an 'obvious' way that they intended you to solve them. It was pretty enjoyable, but not for very long and the sandbox mode was disappointing, as while you can manipulate the landscape a lot, nothing happens as a result of your manipulation.
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Post by rhamnusia on May 13, 2014 10:52:46 GMT
I played on PC and thought the controls were fine - maybe they fixed them?
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Post by Monkeythumbz on May 13, 2014 11:09:11 GMT
SimCity 4 has been released for Mac OS X Mavericks, just in case anybody here is interested. Certainly floats my boat.
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Post by Lord Ba'al on May 13, 2014 13:34:30 GMT
SimCity 4 has been released for Mac OS X Mavericks, just in case anybody here is interested. Certainly floats my boat. Don't you mean Sim City 5? Sim City 4 is ancient by now.  Poor Mac users sure had to wait a long time for that.  |
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Post by Monkeythumbz on May 13, 2014 13:40:11 GMT
SimCity 4 has been released for Mac OS X Mavericks, just in case anybody here is interested. Certainly floats my boat. Don't you mean Sim City 5? Sim City 4 is ancient by now. Poor Mac users sure had to wait a long time for that. SimCity 4 >>>>>>>>>>>>> SimCity 5, IMHO. v4 is the best incarnation of the series since 2000, IMHO. |
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Post by Lord Ba'al on May 13, 2014 13:50:29 GMT
SimCity 4 >>>>>>>>>>>>> SimCity 5, IMHO. v4 is the best incarnation of the series since 2000, IMHO. Well I'm not passing any judgement on which one is better. I haven't even played 5 yet so I don't know what it's like. My system probably wouldn't be able to run it anyway. Sim City 4 is alright in my opinion. There are still plenty of things that could be improved. One thing that always bothered me about it is the way the regions work. I mean really, do I have to go into each of those plots and sculpt them? It takes a looong time to do that and it's not fun. Why not sculpt the whole region in one go and then divide it into plots later? The person who designed that did a really poor job in my opinion. But so you're saying that indeed Sim City 4 was released for Mac then? |
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Post by Monkeythumbz on May 13, 2014 14:07:52 GMT
But so you're saying that indeed Sim City 4 was released for Mac then? It was released ages ago, but Aspyr have just patched it and put it on Steam so now it runs with the latest Mac OS. |
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Post by stuhacking on May 13, 2014 14:08:42 GMT
Poor Mac users sure had to wait a long time for that. Switching to Mac in university was the best decision I ever made... productivity wise!  suddenly: No games to distract!  Things are a bit better now (And I wouldn't go back to Windows at the minute, tbh) |
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Post by Monkeythumbz on May 13, 2014 15:11:51 GMT
Switching to Mac in university was the best decision I ever made... productivity wise! suddenly: No games to distract! Things are a bit better now (And I wouldn't go back to Windows at the minute, tbh) It's not a God game or even anything remotely similar, but *all* Mac gamers owe it to themselves to play Escape Velocity: Nova. One of my all-time favourite games. |
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Post by Matthew Allen on May 13, 2014 16:03:11 GMT
I played From Dust after I started playing Godus and it went a lot further towards scratching the god itch than Godus has so far. Was a big fan of From Dust. Didn't have quite as much interaction with the tribe as I would've liked, but really enjoyed it for what it was worth. The devs have said a few times that Populous was their main inspiration and even a few of the From Dust challenges are Populous themed. Really enjoyed it. I've been playing Banished lately as well. More of a city builder and bot really a god game, but still a solid game (particularly considering it was made almost entirely by one developer). |
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Post by banned on May 14, 2014 0:11:31 GMT
...the PC controls on from dust were awful... What? You mean porting a game designed for a different platform does not make a delicious Zeb-like experience on the PC? I am shocked. Think anyone should tell 22cans? I wonder if a game designed around non-PC mechanics isn't a PC game at all and that claiming it is just because it was ported to be playable on a PC is insulting and shall be taken poorly by PC gamers? |
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Post by splitterwind on May 14, 2014 0:36:52 GMT
I played From Dust after I started playing Godus and it went a lot further towards scratching the god itch than Godus has so far. I was very interested in From Dust but then I read that it was rather shallow and that the terrain manipulation was awesome but there wasn't really any game behind it. So I never got around to trying it. From dust has zero replay value and the sandbox mode isn't entertaining for long. Its still worth playing imo. Its fun as long as its last and the fluid/terrain simulation is really amazing, I've never seen something similar in another game. |
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Post by World Stroking Simulator 2014™ on May 14, 2014 10:36:23 GMT
I do love Dwarf Fortress too. That graph is just about right :-D
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Poor Mac users sure had to wait a long time for that. 
suddenly: No games to distract! 
