Alpha started today (for Kickstarter backers)Are you enjoying the game so far, fellow anons?
>>724052651We're not allowed to talk about it though.
>>724052651Hua sexo
>>724052651>both my two male pick and female picks wonYou can call me mr good taste
The game is fun but the artstyle is all over the place holy shit I hope they'll do a character redesign like they did in the sandrock early access
Oh shit, for real? Better log into my kickstarter to check it out, thanks anon
>>724052651Tell me about Panah. Why does she wear the mask?
>>724056864Ok I'm retarded, how do I download and play the alpha?
Tia and Freya threesome
I spent over a hundred hours on Portia and for that I was scared to pick up Sandrock. Now you're telling me there's another game and this time the girls are all hot? I'm doomed
>>724052651what do the in-game 3D models looks like?
>>724056982You use the key from Pledge Manager, then go to your Steam Account Details which has a tab named Gated Access Games from which you download it.
Is that a sexy Rommel?
>>724057091More realistic proportions.
>>724057195Got it, thanks
>>724052651Oh neat, I hadn't even realized that the alpha was finally out
>>724057091
>>724057486nta but they really gotta cut back on the bloom
>>724057486Looks ok but the Sandrock style really grew on me. I hope there's no performance issues.
>>724052651Did we choose the right ones?
>>724057486No they look much more "realistic" in game which is really bad, I hope they realise that
>>724052651>They've gone from Big Mouth aesthetic to animeWeird
If the game looks like this + Sandrock story/gameplay then it's going to be great. Sandrock was such a soulful little gem I went in expecting nothing and got a nice experience.
>>724057486The porn mods are gonna be sick
>>724052651Can't wait. Sadly, I did not buy into alpha, as i had a hard time back then.
>>724057936Lol, the fans did pick, nigga?
>>724052651Heidibro, from looks hope Panah is an interesting character. Really not a fan of them un-chibifying the designs but we'll see...
>>724058321lol no, hairy single dad and Stev the meme man from the first game won for the dudes, whereas Ines and Hua were the girl winners
>>724058242Sandrock didn't have porn mods though. And only one or two r34 animations...
>>724058061Holy tomboy sexo
>>724058061>Sandrock was such a soulful little gem I went in expecting nothing and got a nice experience.Seriously, I went in thinking it would be a mediocre 3D stardew and was blown away by the soul, quality and quantity of content.I got attached to the town in a way that stardew NEVER did to me.I had genuine trouble trying to pick between romancing Mi-an, Nia and Elsie but went with Nia in the end because how could I not. Imagine my surprise when she actually fucking proposed to me after doing all her story stuff.I am quite excited for evershine if it has half the passion Sandrock had
>>724058061Is soldier girl on the right an option? She appeals to me in a way...
>>724058061I hate all the retards that complained about the previous cartoony art style.This is bordering on soulless chink cashgrab look
>>724060778Don't think so, she doesn't appear in the main romance options or secondary ones here >>724057936Friendly reminder Heidibros were ROBBED of a bikini skin featuring her two big arguments.
>>724060939it's a chink game
>>724061003When you say main/secondary romances do you mean like how in Sandrock Nia and Mi-an got like 3x the cute content compared to the other girls? So I want the girls in the OP if I want a decent amount of romance
>>724061028Yeah but sandrock wasn't soulless
>>724060939The chink-ified faces is a little off putting, yeah. The one dude is literally from that fujo mobile game.Still, the girls look pretty sexo and if the game has the same soul as sandrock then it'll be fine
>>724061132I don't remember specifically what was said about those secondary romance (they were a stretch goal for their kickstarter), but yes most likely they'll have less content than the main romance candidates featured in the OP pic.
>>724061132Yeah pretty much, Sandrock also went through some voting rounds where the winning "main" girls would get quests, outfits and more story content while the rest got barebones content (like the teacher, Heidi, etc.)
>>724061194china doesn't make fujo games
>>724060778Every character except children and already taken people are romanceable I think. The ones in the OP have actual effort put into their romance content though.
>>724061654Oh you sweet stupid summer child
>>724061816so what game are you talking about?
>>724058061Sucks I can't even choose the hairstyle the male MC has here in the alpha
>>724061849Escape From Duckov
>>724062115I can see it. The one leaning against the tree.
Who's EL HERMANO here?
>>724062358Top left in the OP image
>>724061849I have no idea what game that guy was talking about specifically, but china makes games for all audiences. Love and Deep Space is one of the best performing mobile games. Mihoyo cultivates a fujo audience in its major games. That other chinese SDV ripoff whose name I forgot was also all in on gay romance.
What settings do I use so it doesn't run and look like complete ass on the Deck?
>>724062358He's Victor the leader of the villain group. He's also supposed to be the very first builder from when the apocalypse happened so he either invented cryosleep or figured out how to become immortal.
>>724062558Nu:Carnival as well which is an actual fujo game instead of a yume/otome game like the ones you named because it has male on male sex.
>>724062358They've been coy about how Victor looks, but I'm not sure that's going to work twice if they're trying to do a mysterious primary boyfriend. Logan had the advantage of being a conventionally hot twunk/daddy type deal under his disguise, but this dude has to compete with a squad of male models.>>724062558Love and Deepspace is also, famously, explicitly not a fujo game. But it is true that these devs understand the market they're selling to, which is to say a lot of girls and gays.
>>724062663Wasn't Peach supposed to be the first Builder, or just the greatest one what with stopping the apocalypse
>>724062476>>724062663>Victor>Long dark hair>Romanceable villain>ImmortalWhat are the chances the chinks read my obscure mango?
>>724062731Isn't that Taiwanese? They don't count.
>>724063169Depends on who you're asking
>>724063169Chinese according to Xi Jingping!
>>724062829Victor was the first builder in the age of darkness. Peach showed up and ended the age of darkness a couple hundred years later.
>>724060778>>724061003Because of the uniform I kind of assume those two at the right are the options for the default player character, though if I don't know if that makes sense at all.
I'll post screenshots when it's done dowloadingHopefully the Triad won't break my legs for breaking the NDA
where is evershine on the map? do you think we'll see Duvos shenanigans again?
I do remember some sort of duvos-border development plan thing in Sandrock so yeah Evershine might actually be right next to Duvos so expect lots of shenanigans and incursions.
>>724064381It's the northern development plan that Musa talks about when he shows up. They are making settlements near the northern border to have supply routes and buffer zones in case Duvos tries to do something. Evershine is supposed to be northeast of Atara.
So this game isn't doing early access like the others, right? Just kickstarter playtesters until full release?
>>724052651who the fuck voted for inesshe's the ugliest girl
>>724065236Fuck you
i hope evershine doesn't have the same problem as sandrock where after a while you just run out of things to do so you just wait for the main story
>>724065236The other options were 2 hags, a ni- and the daughter of Daddy Atticus
Is Sandrock worth playing? It's $2 on key sites, but the bobblehead art style really puts me off, what they were thinking.
>>724066505absolutely
Played for a bit. might grow on me later but right now it honestly looks soullessIt's jarring to see 2d assets then the models, current ui looks like those mobile games goddamn i loved sandrock what the fuck is this
>>724066505Bobbleheads are sovlful, you vill be ashamed of your words and deeds. Portia is the game with the weird artstyle, they struck the perfect middle ground in Sandrock (thrown away in Evershine because WOMEN).
>>724065236t. Panah hands typed this post.
>>724067461>thrown away in Evershine because WOMENWe already claimed this franchise during Sandrock, just look at Logan and Fang
>>724064015I believe it's part of the states overall plan to expand near the northern border, so its not on that map. Probably north of Atara.
>>724066859They added too much skin detail and changed the clay hair to real hair, it looks nothing like the first screenshots they posted. Everyone is hating on this in the feedback section so hopefully they revert it
>>724057638They are trying to cheaply emulate lens blur. Real time high quality lens blur is computationally expensive.
>>724052651>for Kickstarter backersgod damnit, was there a minimum?I didn't back because I was unemployed at the time but should have just given like $5 or something
>>724067732We had a good thing, you stupid daughter of a bitch! We had Logan, we had Heidi, we had everything we needed, and it all ran like clockwork! You could have shut your mouth, gushed, and made as much fanfiction as you ever needed! It was perfect! But no! You just had to blow it up! You, and your fujolust and your ego! You just had to be the woman! If you'd done your job, known your place, we'd all be fine right now!
>>724066505>Is Sandrock worth playing?Did you enjoy Harvest Moon / Rune Factory / Stardew Valley? Then yes. Get a mount ASAP though.
>>724068990
>>724052651I will bother playing once a mod adds facial hair to Ragnar
>>724066505Don't listen to /v/, this is one of those games
>>724058061white haired guy looks literally ripped from those Love and Deepspace threads often spammed here
>>724068990Heidi was meh
>>724068816Yeah, minimum was 35 bucks
I want to play this series, but I'm just not sure about 3d 'comfy' games like this. It just feels better in 2D. Can't explain why.
>>724069123We can't even have facial hair for our own character yet
>>724052651sex with atticus
>>724069339That's the character creator MC tho
>>724070030Yes, but I imagine the romanceable NPCs won't change their looks at all through developmentAvery and Ragnar are too clean shaven for my tastes, just give one of them stubble at leastAnd I'm not going for the 40+ year old gramps used goods Atticus
>>724070165But turning the 40+ year old father with a child gay is pretty kino. The male MC exclusively tops by the way.
>>724069739Wrong
Some characters look very off due to going for a much more realistic style, but the general gameplay loop seems interesting even if it's rough as hell what with being an alphaHua's much more genki than expected though, was expecting her to be more of the cool professional type.
>>724070093I agree but he does need some leg hair
>>724070497What happened to Victor? Is he invisible? Was he vaporized?
>>724070497This art style is soulless and disgusting, what a stupid decision
>>724052651>no blonde women this timeLooks like I'll be skipping this one
>>724070497why are they all incredibly sexy
>>724070773It's fine, although they did sacrifice their uniqueness a bit. They just can't afford to cater to a niche audience anymore. They have to sell and appeal to as many as possible after their fallout with their publisher. Despite what you might think this is a AA studio.
>>724070996It's not western made
>>724070818>no blonde women this timebro, you should see an eye doctor
>>724071583>2 redheads>1 orange, 1 pinkNah
>>724070723That is his model. He is a ghost and a shadow.Don't shame him for what he can't change.
>>724070723Devs are targeting the supernatural fuckers, and in particular are tapping the untouched invisible man niche
>>724071928Is there a supernatural woman for the men who enjoy fucking monsters?
>>724072134there was this thing in sandrock so I expect some form of humanoid monsters in evershine
>>724071067>They have to sell and appeal to as many as possibleAppeal to fujoshit more like. Shame really, I enjoyed Sandrock a lot, flawed but it had soul
>>724072134All female options fulfill that because women aren't real.
>tfw governor of a soon to be thriving cityso when do the townspeople start trading sexual favors so I lessen their tax rates?
>>724059637They weren't sexy in Sandrock.
>>724072759...for you
imagine the nude and harem mods
The CC also has a page for the previous Builders
>>724074482Even if you're banging out random text without ever proofreading or editing, how do you make a mistake like ` s and run - down?
>>724052651builders in Evershine be like
oh wow! look at that..nothing!
>>724075014It's fucked, i mean in the Options they have Open/Close instead of On/Off
>>724074482How can a male builder be married to both Logan and Fang and also have children with both of these men?
>>724052651atrocious art style change and focus on "cores" (being lazy) ruined the series
>>724052651Any of you here got into alpha?
>>724054451Who were your picks, Mr GoodTaste?
>>724057486So, the redhead beefcake is the bandit leader, right? The have the exact same silouette, and they love their "your love itnerest turned out to be a villain and dumps you" trope
>>724076205Wait, what? I only played Portia but don't remember anything like that happening
>>724058061>the brown military qt is not a romance
>>724070497it's insane to me that ines or hua got voted in rather than luca or madeleine. But it being a life sim I assume that the playerbase is mostly women so the main criteria for female core romances is "she's just like me teehee" and they're threatened by big titted blondes
>>724070996Because it's a chinese game
>>724076143Atticus, Stev, Hua, Ines
>>724076341Bro... Aadit is the Rogue Knight and in Sandrock Pen and Miguel are both the villains, mostly Pen
>>724076418Luca has a resting bitch face of a instagram influencer. Nobody likes those
[Buy a fucking ad]
>>724075390>tfw your antisoul gas got upgraded to antisoul beijing smog
>>724070497Pls say Stev is a goofy autist...
>>724076685>he doesn't remember his best bro from when Duvos invadedsad!
Don't love the new, more realistic models, but I also get that this was for a mobile spinoff they scrapped.
>>724076418Probably pretty accurate. Women getting to choose what women men can date never ends well.
>>724076685Stev was already in Sandrock bro...
>>724076767>>724076885please be patient I am very stupid
>>724076798biggest complaint (especially here with the underaged MUH GWAFFIXS faggots) was the artstyle on the previous games
>>724076418Madeline looks identical to Phyllis. I wouldn't have voted for her either. And I liked Phyllis, I just want new women.
>>724075876Adoption exists bro...Also technically marrying Logan should always mean having kids as you automatically adopt Andy with him, just as Catori's son becomes your kid if you marry her
>>724076485>Garnet 3Robbed. Also it would be funny to date a father and his daughter at the same time.
>>724076418Hua is your coworker and has history with you which automatically makes her very interesting The blondes meanwhile have resting bitch face and is related to that one hoe in Portia
>>724076685Stev was in Sandrock and he's goofy, though not autistic
>>724075876You can't, the game let you to set only one of them as "Married"
Actual fucking terrible
>>724076418Every poster complaining about resting bitch face in response to this is a woman btw
FACT: there are (biological) women in this very thread RIGHT NOW.
>>724077678what the fuck bro, the chinese ninjas will get you
>>724077678jesus christ, this looks like some chinese porn game
>>724070497all the men shave their legs and that's pretty gay
>>724077912>shaves leg hair>doesn't shave chest hairGreat mystery
>>724077708Correct. Women have been the target audience since Sandrock
>>724077678wtf. this looks nothing like the promos
>>724077912Victor's legs are furry as fuck, bro
>>724075390sovl.......
>>724077708Are you one of them though?
>>724077708No. No there aren't.
>>724077678SOVL...
All ok, but I just don't want blacks (male) in my games with dating mechanics
>>724078713why? do you feel compelled to date them?
>>724078738No but I don't like that other people can date them. Actually I don't even want to look at them.
>>724052651For me, its Stev
>>724078921Don't worry, the game is Chinese. There will be mods to turn black people white, guaranteed.
Why do women like hairy dads so much
>>724079305trauma
>>724079305Women who play these kinds of games all have unironic and clinical daddy issues
>>724076485>black guy scored higher than nerdy white guybwos... why do nerdy girls hate nerdy guys? I swear nerdy girls always want normal/non-nerdy type menb-but on social media you always see gamer couples...
>>724077689I was gonna call BS but I dont think I've ever heard a man use that phrase
>>724077912They don't shave their legs.They wax
what am i in for
>>724080836Pretty janky looking alpha, but it has potentialIt feels far better than Starsand that's for sure
>>724080836You're in for not being a bitch and leaking the alpha to everyone here
I haven't played Sandrock yet but Portia was janky as fuck in early access so maybe that's just how they release games
>>724081771Sandrock was miles ahead of portia on its first beta, even better when the full game came out.
apparently the devs are chinese or something so why does the art look like it was made by blue haired americans from san fransisco?
>>724080836Skinwalkers
I'm in the playtest now. The 3D models themselves look fine, the lighting/shadows are whack though. Makes everything look plastic(the girls) or ugly(the dudes)
>>724083990It can be really whack yeah, I made my governor have fair hair but in the status screen and some cutscenes like the intro shit looks black/dark brown
>>724083680Because blue haired americans from san francisco are the target audience.
The difference between 2d portraits and 3d models is jarringShe does NOT look like an overworked hag
>>724084606>we let foids vote out our romance with this babelel
>>724085092You already have Freya to be a blonde babe
I'm still mad Sandrock didn't get a bunch of outfit DLC after release
>>724085736they abandoned it incredibly fast compared to how long they supported Portiasome of the characters like Heidi didn't get any post-launch content, they just hyperfixated on Fang and Logan
>>724059584I'm honestly amazed the two asians didn't win
>>724076485>Women want a black dude over a nerdy soi boyHarvey bros...
>Endurance bar for mining/cuttingholy shit get rid of it
>>724087251Eh, it's better than being stamina gated in Portia and Sandrock
>>724058061The arstyle went from great and unique to chink sims. Looks like generic shit. I will be sure to leave a negative review in which i call for genocide of women since this decision was made by femoid
>>724087394Let's not pretend portia has great artstyle. The game was good despite of it
>>724087394every time there was a Sandcock thread on /v/ some retard ESL brownoids would be like>grafic not gud game not on fitgirl sirs so that's not true at all. It's a general malaise.
>>724052651Sex with Panah while holding the Sun in the palm of your hands.
>>724060478same hereit was a whitepillloved the childhood friend chick's story
>>724087394their ceo told her to make them a head taller, pretty sure its a gay dude
>>724071067Monke
>>724072278yeah this artstyle look like every foid romance novel ever + generic gookshit porn
>>724077678game shoulda went for cel shading style or something if they were dead set on soulless character design and proportions. Unity store lookin ass
>>724057936the males are so fucking ugly. fuck this game, no buy
>>724071067Mi-an my beloved
>>724070301>arstyle went from great Bro, have you seen Portia?
>>724087251>>724087342Whats the difference?
>>724087996Don't think we've seen them in-game, and in Sandrock the 2D profiles looked quite different to how the characters looked.
>>724088195>posts absolute, unfiltered sovl
reminder they changed the artstyle since too many femoids complained that the characters looked too young
>>724088225Portia and Sandrock have a stamina bar that goes down each time you perform an action that needs to be refilled by sleeping or eating.Evershine is more like the kind of stamina bar the souls games use were after doing a number of moves it empties out, but if you wait a few seconds it fills up and lets you do the action again
>>724087593But sandrock improved it in all aspects. I expected it to be refined even more but they went all in into this abomination
>>724088195SOUL
>>724088267someone post my nazi husbando in-game, pretty please
>>724088538>after doing a number of moves it empties out, but if you wait a few seconds it fills upHuh? What's the point of that? So food isn't useful anymore?
>>724088195Portia looks wack but it has way more character and thought put into it than whatever this semi-realistic slop is trying to do >>724084606 >>724077678
duuude at least remove the propeller hat it looks so bad with this artstyle
>>724088784>someone could find the little girl character cute, quick, make her literally as ugly as possible
>>724088195Nightmare Before Christmas lookin ahhSandrock was the sweetspot and the original Evershine designs were those perfected before they listened to normalfag gooners who needed everyone to look like himbos and bimbos
>>724088784by Peach how horrifyingwhat will it take to convince them to revert this horrendous artstyle 180
How bad did you fuck up to go from cute artstyle to assetbought store esthetics.Holy slop
>>724088750Food's for restoring your HP now. And I think it's ok because of Evershine's change in scope and focus since you're no longer a builder living in a mostly ok town and competing with other builders, but are a governor trying to build up your town asap and keep bandits and Duvos away
>>724068990>>724069063Replace Heidi with Nia and I'm with you. Why did you do it, womenbros? We had a good thing...
>>724088930All of the alpha testers screeching that are screeching in horror will do it
>>724088784yuck
>>724088972>hey you know all that stuff you liked in our previous games?>well fuck you!thanks
>>724088781>plays alpha of game>complains it doesn't look good enough retard
>>724087996Are you gay? Why do you care how men look?
>>724088884That's a boy
>>724089114You liked having to craft and eat fuck knows how many dried apples every day to mine worth a damn?
>>724088930Xi threatening to gulag them
>>724089123Brother, this issue comes straight from the drawing board.It's not something that will be changing much from alpha to final release
>>724089273My wife Heidi cooked me 6 dishes that refilled Stamina at 2/3rds of my Stamina bar every morning, though? Or did you not marry? Look at him and laugh!!
>>724089032>replace best girl with waifubaitNo
>>724089167no, I'm not gay. farming games are for females, anon. now post 'em
>>724089273you mean like in Portia and Sandrock, the games I enjoyed? Yes. Yes I did.Placing some apples on the drying rack isn't a herculean task. You don't have to beat the game as quickly as you can, the story is long, you can spend time running around gifting people or going on dates in the evenings if you run out of stam and are too lazy to make food
>>724089273Yes? In hopes that eventually I would be able to craft/gather/buy better food that recovered more stamina so I could gather more stuff before the day ended.
>>724089358If they can go from this >>724058061, to overly realistic garbo then they can go back. Especially since everyone's put off by it
>>724089426>implying Logan isnt exactly that for womenwe get it, you like Halle Berry but you dont understand the mind of a man. go change your tampon
>>724077708>She could be in this very room! She could be you! She could be me! She could even b--
desu I'm waiting to see if they do more merch for Sandrock. They suddenly put out an Unsuur plush like 4 months ago as well as a survey asking about future merch.I want my Mi-an and Nia merch.
>>724088735What
>>724089940MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODS
>>724089924*kisses you*
Sandrock was very good but I don't think I was halfway to the end before I dropped itCan't really pinpoint what's missing to make it a great sim but then again it was closer than RF5 and Azuma
>>724089940You little slut
>>724090609They become best friends by the end of the story (because Elsie is pretty much written out after her arc). It would be wrong to separate them and make the joint business between the 3 of us awkward.It just makes sense.
>>724090609Let's be real, it was Mi-an that pushed for it, what with her cucking you out of being co-owners of Nia's flowershop and naming the business after the two of them.
>>724090420What is better then? I havent played a better one since i played this game
Are we ever going to get a farming sim where you just autistically tend your farm and sell your produce and make the village better but you don't pursue anyone so the NPCs ask you out on dates instead of requiring the player to be active participant?
>>724090808Can't really think of a better 3D oneMy personnal goat is rf4 but they're not really in the same category
>>724090959>so the NPCs ask you out on dates>he wants a thread full of autistic screeching because a male npc asked anon's self-insert out
>>724091065rejeting Wu in Portia was pretty awkwardits okay when a cute girl does it
>>724091147It was weird in Sandrock when you be nice to Heidi as part of her quest and then she keeps coming to your house to stare you down like a psycho every morning because you wont fuck hertbf its been a while I cant remember if you lead her on or not
>pick the flirty options with Logan in that one quest for shits and giggles planning to turn him down at the end, since I was waiting for childhood friend anyway>he fucking makes out with me before I can turn him downSorry Nia, but I'm used goods now...
>>724091336Let this be a lesson. Pretending to be a homo is not a joke. It just makes you a homo.
>>724091405I was hoping it'd be as hilarious as walking out on Arvio when he does his cringe masked seduction partyWell it was still very funny in its own way at least, especially when the game went on to make me dungeon dive with Logan and Nia together.
>>724091147That's inevitable, but I feel it should be fine as long as he gets the idea when I shut him down the first time he tries.You could also manage in a way that the gay characters are openly gay from the beginning (not stereotypical flamboyant faggots but just mention it early in the first conversations, like a male ex). He tries just being friendly with non-romantic events but eventually, he's about to obviously confess and you get an interrupt prompt to wave him off without saying anything explicit. So he slinks off sadly but doesn't try further. (I know how the bear shit went, it'll probably happen here no matter how well you telegraph, but I also I don't care about v's troll narratives.)Or just make it so only the girls have romantic plots like this. You know, subvert the expectation that men must always be the pursuer. Girls get it done, strong empowering etc etc.
>>724089940wtf is this real?
>>724091307if you choose just a couple of the flirtatious options during some of her quests (even the main quest even) I'm pretty sure she will always confess first
>>724092059just have the characters sexual preference be established during character creationthat unlocks what villagers initiate a romance plot
>>724089940They put out an Unsuur plush but it was timegated Makeship shit while their own plushies and figurines are all in stock on Amazon.
Can someone with Alpha access on the official discord tell us what people are saying about the new artstyle? It looks atrocious, surely even the fujos realize that?
>>724092092Only if you want it to be.>>724092487I already have those small statues from their Amazon page. And I'm not about to buy Fang and Logan plushies. If Makeship are the only way to get more stuff of my girls then so be it.
>>724092534Haven't seen anything yet. It's mostly people sucking off the devs.
>>724092642I mean Makeship is fine if you don't happen to miss the announcement and order it within 30 days before it's gone without any restocks.
>>724092814>Escape
>>724092814This looks like a shitpost
>>724052651For me, its Panah, cant wait until the full version releases.>>724057936Do they release the other characters later?
>>724093367They're all available, it's just that those that won the poll are upgraded to Core romance tier and so get more content and are more relevant to the plot than the lesser tier ones
>>724092814Rare FtM
I tried playing Portia, but it got repetitive asf and didn't know what optional things I should be doing first, like expanding plot size. The timers on the crafting made everything obnoxious too so I ended up quitting after the first boss. Tried playing sandrock after and it was a bit more engaging, but I quit and came back and got lost on what I was doing. Not sure if I should go back to portia on a fresh save and then go to sandrock after. How long does portia take to beat if you beeline the story?
>>724094278Portia is like 50-60 hoursAsuming you only do main quest stuffBut yeah if you play Sandrock first portia becomes borderline unplayable
>>724094841You exaggerate, I did Sandrock first and was still able to go back to Portia and complete it just fine after a slight learning curve.Having stamina be so easy to regenerate and picking out the exact ores you want by just the color of the rocks gave the game its own conveniences compared to Sandrock, as well as its factory being way better
>>724057012Really? I played very little of Portia and found Sandrock to be a vast upgrade over it, is honestly one of the few open world games where I didn't feel lost.>>724057993They said they are gonna put a lot more work into the animations, I want to believe, but I feel like is gonna be much more work to make them look credible compared to Sandrock.
>>724095137I'm just parroting the general sentiment but yeah Portia it's not too bad although it is quite jarring how NPCs quickly start recycling their dialogue and all the added tedium with how the inventory/crafting system works
>>724092814>the left eye looking to the side
>>724060478hope you played the romantic missions DLC too, they were quite sweet.
>>724058502I led Heidi around and rejected her....one of my biggest regrets, she brought it up for 3 days straight, moreso than any other girl I rejected (and I rejected most of them).
>>724065146one of the kickstarter goals was to avoid EA to speedup the overall development.
>>724096279i'm curious to see if not doing an ea will make that big of a difference in development timethough i suppose BG3 taking fucking forever can be taken as a sign that it does
is there a chance someone will upload the alpha?
man I wish I had noticed this thread before.>>724097346I hope not. Is an alpha, is unfinished, is broken, it has missing stuff, little content, this is if you really wanted to support the game and are ready for something ugly.
I'll be honest with you, bros, I don't think Evershine will be as good as Sandrock. And it's not a matter of visuals. I think that games like Sandrock just come once in developer's lifetime and then they spend the rest of their career trying to chase that success
>>724098932If Evershine is a slightly worse Sandrock then I'll be fine with that. I've accepted that the fujo and hamplanet menace has more money than everyone else combined, and will make the game worse for the rest of us.But I still believe that there will be a good game there.
>>724052651i will never buy another game from this studio after the graphics downgrade due to porting sandrock to switch.
>>724098932I'm not very excited about the town building stuff but as long as the writing is as good as Sandrock I'll be happy enough
>>724098932Sandrock waa great but it wasn't perfect, the story being stretched like absolute crazy was a big downside for one, as well as it ruining Portia's fishing.
>>724098932Theres no Cooper so it automatically won't be. I don't think someone like him could even exist in this world where everyone looks like kpop models.
Got Ragnar and now i'm stuck with nothing to do
>>724057936I want Shin lame
>>724100650I bet you liked Fang in Sandrock
>>724057091Where's the construction worker's pit hair?!
>can't equip my dapper governor uniform into the cosmetics slotWhat the fuck, it's like the devs don't want me to equip better armor
>>724100650>i want fang fuckboi but whiteFuck off, fatcel
>>724101509Anon post more screenshots
>>724101509They want you to equip the Kickstarter white tee, anon.
>this discussion on romance>these anons who bought figurines on amazonYep, we have either Antoines/Pablos ITT, or real biological women.
>>724103263>Antoines/PablosI don't know what that means
>>724102549sorry but i don't want the cpc to invade my home and do a live beheading
This rain shit is very annoying
>>724103994>Hua starts talking about seeing lovely purple flowers in the distance, and how good the view is at the watch tower>can't see shit because it's raining all the time, and it ruins our photo too They really should've had the weather alternate between sunny and rainy at least to make it less annoying if they insist on making the weird rain pattern a plot point
>>724103882Chinks don't do beheadings, you'll just be sent to a work camp
Reminder yall that all chinese companies over 20 people must set up a party cell and have every decision approved by CCP. Also they get most of the proceedings. That's why the only moral thing is to pirate, as I did with Sandrock (all DLC included, even a Fennec).
>>724105842I'm sorry but how is that supposed to be worse than having to go through half a dozen "consultants"
I think it looks pretty okay desuIt's very obviously early days though, I think it'll get an art pass at least once. I agree with another anon that some kinda soft cel shading might make the style change easier to swallow.Also ease up on the bloomThe biggest issue for me so far is the dissonance between the portraits and in game models. Portraits looked like an evolution of Sandrock, but in game they look completely different. Hua a cute though, keen to see the rest of the potential wives, shame no childhood friend like Nia, they might never be able to top it
>>724100423She looks way more attractive there than in the actual artworkFrankly this seems true for most of the character models I've seen like Avery having a chadly face
>>724107597Mi-an (design) and Nia (someone from your past) basically combined into Hua. She's no osanajimi but she's the closest we have.
>>724107597I think for a game that won't release until Spring 2026 at the earliest it looks pretty good so far, also they said the Alpha would be what, 3 hours long? So I wasn't really expecting much in the first place.
>>724052651Just be warned. It's a cash grab. My Time at Sandrock has a large amount of DLC. Also there is no uniqueness in any of the characters.Not trying to hate, just disappointed at the direction this game company went.I hope I'm wrong and they actually put thought into the character development along with companions.
>>724108114they are being very blatant this time around that they're only going to put effort into 4-6 "core" characters and the rest are Venti-tier irrelevant in their eyes
>>724108114>I hope I'm wrong and they actually put thought into the character development along with companions.90% of the appeal of these games is the characters and their stories. I expect if nothing else, effort will be put into them. They've been pretty honest about how only 5 of each will be genuine romance arcs and the rest are tertiaries.
>>724107818Hua's cute, though there's something kind of awkward about going after your military subordinate. That the first romantic interaction with her was looking for a blanket to help her sleep with, instead of a cringy flirting line has me hopeful at least
So far Hua and Madeline are cute I feel like theres a chance Madeline might be Grace againKeen to see the rest of the girls. So far the guys are either fujo bait or Burgess-tier. Hoping for Unsuur and Justice type bros though, civil corps were my NIGGAS
>>724109520>Burgess-tierSo great?
desu my love of Mi-an is why I'm interested in Hua and voted for her. But I don't want her to be just a dollar store Mi-an and do hope she's an enjoyable character to have around without the comparison. iirc Mi-an was so nice that all the femcels gave her the stink eye. They didn't like the sweetness and were intimidated by goody two shoes and her helpfulness.
>>724111051The subreddit for Sandrock was hilarious. I remember reading one about how Fang was such an incredible story but criticized Nia for being shit or something.I am convinced if Nia showed up earlier than the first half of the game she would be crucified by half the fanbase
>>724111353Fang is an annoying bitchboy who needed to get beaten. t. femcel
Will they top a romance candidate like Nia?I just finished playing through sandrock and it really felt like both her or Mi-an were the intended pick.Course a lot of the characters were good.
>>724112885Unlikely. Nia is the purest white pill you can have>Childhood friend>Massive crush on you>Writes cute letters to you constantly>Leaves home for you>Stays for you>If you don't ask her out, she asks you out>Will also propose to you>Practically begging for a kid after marriageThe only downside is she shows up once about half way and then moves in at like, 80% completion. Takes a lot to hold out on marrying Mi an till Nia shows up
>>724112885The red head with the straw hat seems to be pushed as this games Temu Nia.
Goldilocks and the Three BearsThe one in the middle was "just right"
>>724112885>it really felt like both her or Mi-an were the intended pickThose two are the "core" romances. So even with Nia showing up late she gets some favoritism.
>>724113054>Takes a lot to hold out on marrying Mi an till Nia shows upJust marry both problem solved.
>>724114091Yeah its a shame they went a step too far, but the Alpha is pretty cosy so far, at its heart its still the same, but clearly refined. I am curious to see how the settlement building goes
>>724112885>Mi-anunless I messed up something in my playthrough, she was the only of the core romances that didn't try to just force a confession and make thing clear to her as I was leading her on.Did I miss something?
>>724115108she actually has autism
>>724115108Its wild how nice it feels to be confessed to like the romances in Sandrock do. It's such a small detail but waking up to Heidi and Catori asking me out made such an impact and I genuinely felt bad rejecting them.Not just that, but some of them even propose to you once the relationship progresses enough. It's nice that the player doesn't need to instigate
>>724114091they went the right direction. I don't want to get railed by a fucking shota, but a man
>>724115108Reminder that this is her idea of doing something naughty. If you don't tell her outright what's going on then she'll just be in work mode all the time.
Cooper needed more missions, but I guess it makes these little rare dialogue nuggets more special.
>>724115505Need me a romantic work autist to build a life with...I dated an actual workaholic and shit sucked tho, mostly because the relationship came last to literally everything else
>>724115417Indeed, I recorded this entire interaction and sometimes rewatch it....shame I forgot to remove the hat and the shotgun.I think each romance should have its own confession/marriage proposal because realistically it would never be the same between 2 people.I know they want to do more of these interactions and one thing I like in the beta, is how you can bring someone with you and they will help attack other NPCs,mine, craft and when they don't have the skills they will cheer on you, which is quite cute.I think the combat AI is already better than in Sandrock where sometimes it felt like they wouldn't properly aim at the target.
>>724116204>craft a nice swing>Nia ruins it
>>724116286on the bright side you can save money on the ringbut I had actually bought it months before in preparation
>>724115505honestly the worst thing about Mi-an is that when married it exposes her as just another NPC instead of you both teaming on your land to make a super workshop.
>>724115482I guess Miguel is a shota toowhy are you femoids so retarded
>>724116489I really liked Mi-an but I did not pursue her because it felt like her romance seemed to peak early, it felt like not much was gonna change, I get having a big gameplay change just for one romance might have been a lot of work, but it didn't make sense that her work rhytms wouldn't change, we should have been able to do commissions together.
Whenever I see a reddit/steam/Discord (sorry sorry I know) thread about Sandrock I feel like am the only guy surrounded by women, is a funny feeling.
>>724116489I would have liked to have seen her move into my shop as well. Even if it's just cosmetically and she doesnt use the machines, but like have her work there instead of her dinky early tables by her old home.Or at the very least allow us to upgrade the machines by her home. Perhaps Evershine will handle that stuff better since you're making entire plots and buildings.
>>724088195SOLV
>>724088784holy shit, how they went fron sandrock to this
>>724090420i think is that the story gets extended waaay to much, i dropped it too at the mid of act 3 and just finish the last missions this year and it was some 10 hours lol of the total 110+ of my playthrough, unironically the gameplay loop doesn’t hold well for so many hours and they could have cut some missions because it really drags on.
>>724098932i think that they made the wrong decision by picking their failing city building project and trying to turn it on a My time game, but if anything, it’s going to be at least enjoyable, I have 100% trust on these guys to put something decent.
>>724117998I like them taking the risk, instead of trying to make "my time at Sandrock with better graphics"
>>724119053Agreed, better they take these kinds of risks early on. The growth between Portia and Sandrock was great, I fully expect Evershine to be at least good
Don't forget to fill the questionnaire that just came out.....I wont' yet because I feel like I need to play it more before I can give an assessment.
Please Chinese god, make them add a female villainess I can correct, marry and impregnate
>>724120546
>>724120546there is one. whether or not shes a secret romance option is unknown. lots of people thirsting over her
>>724120654I am not the only one whose first thought when seeing her is Jinx from League of Legend right?
>>724121329I don't play the game nor have I seen her show and had the same thought.
>getting with Tiawouldn't that be admitting defeat?
>>724120654>>724120546That one isn't romanceable, only women get romanceable villains LOL
>>724112885The actual intended pick is Logan. There are a couple good girls and Fang thrown in because they recognize that not every single person who plays comfy farm sims is into guys and some of their audience likes weird Asian twinks.
>>724119590>let us control camera zoom instead of whatever fucked-up thing you have it set to at the moment>items need an automatic tooltip, not a button>please make ragnar's ass 40% bigger
