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Khanstant
Apr 5, 2007

The 7th Guest posted:

It's crazy addicting. If they actually improve the gameplay systems with Sandrock I'd absolutely be in for it.

I played the EA when it became available and it was much improved in every way so far. I think the core gameplay loop is more or less the same, but every part of the process felt much better, flowed better, went smoother and faster. Load times also massively improved, and that was before the first optimization pass they did bringing load times like 90% lower, very tempted to just play the EA as it comes out.

The map and town feel better in Sandrock, I like the characters more, and the story has me more engaged and invested in the town. The basic theme of "working towards telesis" is just a nice vibe and theme. The water conservation stuff makes using water feel more fun than just busywork moving water around willynilly. The holiday games and stuff I've done were fun and felt fair to win or excel at. I have a hard time recommending Portia even though Sandrock isn't finished, it's just such a massive improvement all around I'd almsot say hop into it now knowing there will be bugs now and then and you'll likely reach the end of content until the next content patch.

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