Survival Simulation Megathread: How do you joust a bear?

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The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Really must get around to buying Long Dark. This may seem like a daft question, but if I buy it on Xbox Live as an early access now, that's the only time I need to pay for it? I'm not going to pay again when it's actually complete?

# ¿ Sep 21, 2015 11:08

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 20:06

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I played an hour preview of The Solus Project, which is as close to 'The Martian: the game' as you're going to get. Pretty fun, and I kinda want to play a bit more now. I was very aware my time was running out and didn't need that pressure as well as trying not to die. I might have to slap some money down for it.

I saw pictures on Reddit of some guy's 'first hour in Solus Project' and he seemed to get a hell of a lot further than I did.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2016 12:21

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Demiurge4 posted:

I've heard about that game, is it anything like a proper survival game? I played Biosys years ago which was a Myst-like take on the old Robinson's Requiem games and I've been hankering for something like it since.

Oh yeah, you need to eat and drink, stay warm, sleep, etc. There's a tiny bit of hand holding, and honestly, I could have used a little bit more beyond that.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2016 16:56

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The Solus Project and Firewatch are also on sale. The Solus Project is cheaper when purchased as a bundle with their previous game The Ball, so I did that.

# ¿ Jun 24, 2016 11:23

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Admiral Joeslop posted:

I considered that one; how is it? Is it basically a sci-fi version of TLD?

Edit: Referring to Solus; Firewatch looks neat but I'm cheap.

I've played an hour preview on Xbox, and it was pretty fun. It was vaunted as being like 'The Martian: the game', and it's not too dissimilar from that concept. Crashed ship, find water, find food, make fire, explore, sleep, etc.

# ¿ Jun 24, 2016 12:54

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

You didn't land on a beach and have to find shelter and light a fire and whatnot?

# ¿ Jun 24, 2016 14:55

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I like The Long Dark, but walking is so slow.

# ¿ Aug 19, 2016 12:33

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Walking is so slow in TLD and everything is really far away.

# ¿ Oct 5, 2016 11:01

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 20:06

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

TLD needs polar bears.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2016 10:07

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