Is it good?
it's better than 99.9% of survival crafting games so I guess by that metric it is
>>739633368No.It's great.
votv collab was cool but after you get joel abducted and loot all the collectibles/decorations there seems to be little reason to come back, even compared to most realms in the game
>>739633368Are they allowed to rip off half life?
>>739633797if valve allowed skibidi toilet shit to sell in stores I dont think they care about "what if you were a group of random scientists surviving black mesa mixed with SCP labs" done in good faith
>>739633368Very good
>>739633368I stopped playing it because it was so kino.
for me it's manufacturing > offices > laboratories > hydroplant > reactors > defense sector
>>739633797it looks shit like HL, but then also crafting and also wacky shit, is it really kino or just memeslop?
>>739634136kino memeslop
>>739633797Is Esoteric Ebb allowed to rip off Disco Elysium? There is only so much you can copyright.
>>739633368it's pretty damn fun overall, but it's not without its flaws.
>>739634136I dunno what you want out of it, if you prefer making a luxurious base with all the bells and whistles that's an option, if you want to just bum rush and see a lot of new content that also works fine, the amount of grinding and farming mats you need to do as a solo player for progression is honestly not that bad if you know what you're looking for. You can also tweak settings to make certain stuff like hunger/thirst/exp gain a non issue.
yeah I dont usually like survival crafting shit and I played it completely solo, its so fungot burnt out by the hydroplant though
>>739633368It is very good.>>739633579I think that was the purpose.
Half of the people I know really fucking hate inventory management crafting games. If you're not one of those guys, honestly give it a try, and at most ONE friend that wants to try it alongside you. It's honestly better to do it alone the first time because there's always some snag involved with the story if you have to rely on others to catch up or slow down.
Go into server settings and set enemy health to 0.5x but keep all other valuesI fucking hate bullet sponge enemies
>>739633368it's good. level design reminded me of how dark souls' 1 firelink shrine looped back on itself. good stuff
>>739634513the hp scaling is weird, if you try getting in a straightforward fight with a lot of enemies they're incredibly tanky, but if you just run around sprint attacking with a crowbar a huge percent of enemies in the game get one-shot
>>739634513The enemies are already squishy, though.
>>739633368it's gooduntil sector 6, from that the game becomes insufferable
are potions and soups and distillations worth the trouble? I've ignored the mechanic so far
>>739634665If you aren't making soup you're just making the game harder on yourself. Soup trivializes food requirements.
>>739634390it looks extremely ugly, is it less bad in reality or something?
>>73963466595% of the game mechanics are solutions for non-existing problems.Soups outvalue every other food in game.The only potion you need is a +15% exp one.
>>739634905That picture is with some lowest and second to lowest settings
>>739634905Yes.
>>739633368one of the best co-op experiences.
>>739634665soups are absolutely worth it
>>739634665soups are greati have not tried any of the other shit
>>739633368Yeah, I initially dismissed it as another survival crafting game but the premise of it being Half-Life only as a random scientist and the ability to build stupid shit to help you survive sold me on it.I beat it in 120 hours or so and that includes fucking around with fishing and playing around making bases and experimenting with cooking. I'll play it again someday, but be warned the ending sucks and the final sections are a fucking slog.
>>739633368i say this with complete confidence: it is one of the very few games that does "survival craft" right because its actually interwoven with the game rather than tacked on.
>abioticLife>factorHalfIt's just Half Life.
>>739635343Gloomwood sucks ass
>>739633368it's one of my favorite games released in the last two decades>>739635096If you make a base on the train, does it prevent all the silver from respawning?
>>739634136It's kino. Even the main plot is good & your role in it is funny. I don't want to spoil the end, but you should be able to pick up during the game what your role inadvertently is in the story.The game is extremely charming, it doesn't force you to do tons of grinding, sometimes new tiers of weapons are just reskins of something 2 tiers ago, but they're usually unique with unique effects & you continually unlock new gear and weapons from the start til the very end. There's so much built-in qol that you dont even need mods.Game is really good, but is even better with friends. I was interested in it long before it came out and clued in my friends. We planned to do a 1.0 playthrough with our whole group, but had to delay it by a couple weeks. I ended up completing the entire game solo because I just couldn't put it down, I then immediately replayed it with friends & kept my mouth shut so they could have a blind experience. I enjoyed it as much if not more the 2nd time around & they're all itching for another play-through too. We'll probably wait til they're done adding content though. This isn't some open world survival craft like Valheim or Minecraft where you need hundreds of a resource to build a base or upgrade your shit. There are also world modifiers so even if you aren't happy with the resource drop rates, carry weights, etc you can tweak it all to your heart's content.
>>739634531Forgot to mention this. The level design is also 10/10. You'll constantly be looping back to areas, unlocking shortcuts, etc. It is the closest I have seen a game get to DS1's "ooooooooooooooooo!!" Feeling when you see how the world fits together over the course if a play-through. The level design may genuinely be the most impressive part of the game.
>>739635343FUCK YOU! WHY EVEN POST THAT?
>>739635661playing through from when the game was just the labs made me wonder about how much they truly had planned out from the start vs how much they kind of glued together when they needed a new access point since nearly every door to a new area was there from the point each area was added
>>739634513scrub behavior, enemies already turn into tissue when you graduate to real weapons
>>739635661Yeah, it's always a great feeling when you're about the starve, you're exhausted, and your equipment is damaged only to open a door and find you're in the main lobby. It's a great sense of relief and knowing you have a new shortcut.On an unrelated note, I also was terrified of this faggot for the first hour or so, but he became such a routine I felt bad putting him in his cuckcage for the endgame.
>>739635343Fuck off dude
This game's hunger and thirst mechanics are pretty half assed
>>739633368>The trailer music is fucking cool>The music in game is barely there and not memorable outside of a couple of sectionsThe Royal Road theme is stuck in my head, as is the Reactor theme with that witch laughing and rambling over the intercom, but otherwise the music is meh.
>>739636314https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-PY_mczdq4>GOOOOOOD MOOOOOOORRRRNIIIIING CHIIIILDREEEN!!!
>>739636131I hate the sounds she makes
It's uncomfyPeople will say that's the pointBut I don't want to subject myself to endless hours of eating monster chunks and shitting while trapped in a large dirty room
>>739635473When Portal Worlds reset, if someone is inside of one then it doesn't get restocked, so having your base in there could hinder you from collecting the Silver Scraps there.
>>739636905pretend you're brazilian
>>739636954I make my teleport point in the hallway just outside the portal for that reason. A base in the train itself sounds like a pain to walk around in anyway.
>>739636131I think it's most fun to never contain Leyak. While it does lose some of its scare over time, she can still catch you off guard at times til the very end. This is even more pronounced in multiplayer, because only one person is targeted/can see her at a time, so instead of getting used to it & thinking "hmm. Its been about the right time aaaaaaand there she is." You may go 1-9 cycles before she targets back on you, which really ends up catching you off guard. There's no rhythm to settle in to. 10/10 stalker based on real mythos.
>>739636905I found it funny that you're better off pooing in the shitty makeshift toilet rather than a real one or the advanced telepotty because then you can gran the shit and make powerful bombs with it. You're throwing shit at the Order and Gatekeepers with extra steps like a chimp.
>>739637402If it ain't a portal toilet, I'm shitting my pants
>>739637361I used to put it in the box, but now I just always carry the xray gun because i'm so sick of dumping greyebs into the container to upkeep it
>>739637402Now that pets have been overhauled I wonder if they can take over the poop economy. I tried having a pen of skinks in 1.0 for it but they just kept clipping through furniture and escaping
>>739636905most of the facility looks really nice though, it's barely even messed up
It's good but there's a real risk of the devs getting eternally derailed with dumb shit instead of focusing on the good parts. The last 20% of the game was blatantly fucking rushed out. The final boss was a abomination of pure dogshit. Really should stick to what they know rather than try to cram square pegs in round holes. More portal worlds that AREN'T fucking collabs, more evergreen locations, maybe going back and fleshing out some of the weaker areas (Residences especially)
>>739633368its the best survival crafter since valheim
>>739636905You can make anywhere in the game comfy with enough furniture. I made the starting canteen into a comfy lab/living room area that Doc Brown would have been at home in. I even boarded up the uncomfier windows looking into storage rooms and the door to the broken lift with coloured cubicle walls and paintings.
>>739637780the final boss sucking ass was just a clever reference to Nihilanth sucking ass
>>739636905>I don't want to subject myself to endless hours of eating monster chunks and shitting while trapped in a large dirty roommate its just like the favela youre posting from
>>739634604The sprint attack is extremely strong and I think with the way armor works single big hits are better than spamming
>>739633368if you loved half-life or ark: survival evolved, the game is a near perfect blend of the two
>>739633368It has some balancing issues around the amount of material available especially in multiplayer but overall very solid.
>>739637967comparing it to ark feels like a disservice, everything lame eye-rolling aspect of the genre that ark more or less solidified, it tends to do in a better way
>>739637501you get more shit faster if you use the makeshit toilet the moment any of the continence warnings appear, over twice as fast as waiting to poop your pants
>>739633368Why is this gun so stupidly good? I was so disappointed when I got to the end and realized nothing else could compare.
>>739638216It makes the final boss a joke if you set up charging stations around the island for it.
>>739637895You can only abuse the sprint attack for so long before it gets tiresome. Throwing blade weapons is much more convenient, and is why the quantum pick was strong enough that even nerfing the damage didn't stop it from being the best.
>>739638114original Ark before all the extra bullshit was comfy as fuck, I trained a pair of T-Rexes and named them Grace and GloryAF reminds me of Ark basebuilding more than anything else desu, even more fun than Valheim
The threads when this first came out for 1.0 were so comfy. I remember some of the neat bases people were making and everyone finding out how bullshit charge attacks were.
>>739633368I just lost the level 20 Tareccary that leads my gang, TO A BRIDGE, so it's a shit fucking game. And the Sow has to be the one with a collar because it'll fucking die to its own 'milk' prompt until that's fixed.
>>739638259>Go into final boss>Friends only carry that and a melee weapon each>Their deatomizers run out of juice>Have to sit there whittling it down with the five different ranged weapons I brought (which they cannot fire due to not meeting stat requirements) while they both complain about the game not "accommodating their builds"miserable experience
>>739638523That sucks, and I agree it's bad design, but I always have ranged and melee weapons just in case. The rebar launcher was not as good as some people said, but the disco laser grenades were great and I always carried several to fuck up large groups or bosses.
>>739634513>>739634604The enemies only seem spongy when you don't aim for the head. Every limb has an HP value, so if you're swinging at someone's torso you're most likely hitting an arm first and doing only arm damage, which has to reach 0 to overflow into torso damage. Meanwhile head health is usually lower and takes 2x damage for most enemies.
>>739633368its UE5 yet somehow it works just finestrange that the dev is also white
>>739638623we made one of the laser grenades and it bugged out and vanished forever the very first time we tested it. It must have fallen through the floor.
>>739638713autistic racebaiting aside it does run very well and I wish the votv dev would just ask them how to make his UE4 game stop running like shit
>>739638713it "works" until you're halfway through the game and suddenly half your framerate is missing near your base
>>739638814TURN OFF THE PARTICLE CORE YOU DUMB FUCK
>>739636314A music overhaul could really 11/10 this game honestly. The only tracks that even stood out to me at all were Frake's area in Manufacturing, and the Reactors theme.
>>739638867I turned off every damn thing nothing helps. I am not going back to 1080p like a caveman.
>>739633368Friendslop games were a mistake
>>739638216>>739638259I can't wait until the recharger gets fixed and then 50 weight added to it to rein-in all the Deatomizer shitters. There's so many more fun guns to be using.
>>739639030This is a solo game that you can optionally make worse by bringing friends
>>739639030Singleplayer is actually fun. Especially so when you don't have to worry about crafting the same shit twice for a friend
>>739638885Canaan sounds nice as well. It sounds like a Tim Burton film theme.
>>739639103Sorry, I already won. Yes, I did beat the game, I got the achievement and everything.>>739639167>>739639189This, friends would make it fun in a different way, but the atmosphere and story will be ruined by chucklefucks sprinting off everywhere and fucking about.
>>739639103Most of the guns are dogshit. Maybe the screen shotgun and disc launchers come close but then you have to worry about getting and carrying ammo around.
>>739639167>>739639189I see
>>739639453I meant scp shotgun. Dunno why it corrected to screen
>>739639103I always have at least four guns at any time, deatomizer is always one of them because it's fun to use. If they nerf laser chargers even harder I'll just mod it back because anti-fun balancing for single player games is petty and retarded
>>739639519I loved that one>Uh, this is anomalous because it had weird properties once>It seems normal now but it's here just in case>We never get told why it's hereMy theory is the person using it was anomalous and it was always an ordinary gun.
>>739633368Only negatives I can think of is it needs more enemy variation, maybe introduce something harder earlier.And some of my friends struggled with the labyrinth aspect, having to memorize the layout of the facility.And most cooking recipes being pointless.And that there's no level up picks, you just advance on a predetermined power scale.Great game.
>>739639603 if you upgrade it you'll find out why it was taken in
>>739639453Every shotgun except the Scrapshot line is good. Energy pistol with the Acid or disruptor coating is fantastic (damage is added to each of its 5 ticks). Hypercross Magbow is one of the GOATs. Manomin Magnum is insane DPS and so are the Patois/Plasmois. It's just the 9mm guns sucking the most dick.
>>739639603>he doesn't knowUpgrade it my friend.
>>739638523Oh yeah that was a negative, I started the final boss with only melee weapons on me. The NPCs should say something like I need a ranged weapon.
>>739634665Soup makes food and water a non issue. And most distillations are kinda ass except Acid, Thermal, Reforge, Somnivorous, which are kinda busted. And Restorative Tincture is straight up better Healing Syringe for the same material cost. Its not a listed effect but Curative Tincture heals all rads for cheap. And Brainpower Tincture gives a EXP boost for 10 minutes, giving a safe use for human brains.
>>739638523>>739639823They did mitigate it somewhat by having it launch the claw down onto the battlefield sometimes, which allegedly shares its damage with the boss. That wasn't even there in 1.0 though, they had to add it later when they realized what a massive fuckup the fight was.
>>739638114Ark is based. You're just a casual gamer.
>>739634905Yes. You can turn everything down to minimum except lighting, it totally breaks the reflection and radial lighting systems.
>>739639693>>739639789>ptsd from fighting tarasque>prepare to fight behemoth loaded up with everything I can possibly carry>finally nut up and fire>
>shit myself>pick up the poop>"used in (1) soup recipe"
I better not see that fucking table
>>739633368Very good, at least with friends
>>739638216>nothing elseENTER
>>739639693>>739639789>fire the gun>friend that is in a completely different sector gets flashbanged>it was a misclick>I was in our base>looking at the storage
>>739640239poup
>>739640415The future is now, old man
>first time playing>spend a while grinding aiming so I can get biometric arm wraps and finally start using cool guns>didn't realize that literally any gun that can be enhanced loses the biometric requirement upon being enhancedoh okay
>>739640560I don't know what's up with this thing, but it just didn't work for me on day 1 and I haven't tried it again since. I'm not sure if it was my copy of the game or if it's an issue they patched, but the majority of hits would just simply not connect with the enemy. I'd battle charge a guy like 6 times and 1 hit would deal damage despite getting a little puff of dust on them with every hit.
>>739640589Biometric shit just needs to go. It's a GIGA noob-trap not only because the first tier of guns isn't worth grinding for, but because it has so little armor and enemies target your arms so heavily that it just leads the new player into dying instantly to things. There's no purpose, the restricted guns aren't that impactful.
>>739640716Hardlight is laser*plasma damage and doesn't do what it says. It inherits resistances and immunities over strengths, so it deals 0.65x damage to hardlight shields and won't work on anything immune to plasma OR laser.Basically it's a picky bitch and will either vaporize something or not even scratch them.
R8 my labs baseI had to put a turret over in the kitchen area because theres a pest always spawning there destroying my stoves
>>739641438You get a point for actually using the other room instead of putting everything on one wall like everyone else, otherwise it's every other lab base/10If you want to stop enemies spawning put another crafting bench nearby.
>>739641438>6 water filtersWhat's the benefit here? 1 filter can fill the other 5 even if they're still barrels. You can even just leave the barrels full of tainted water to refill the 1 filter you end up using all the time.
>>739641438>selecting Fanny Pack to fill the hotbar with items you can already access by holding X
>>739633368Is this thing playable as a sandbox without completing the story?Also how gay is it? It looks like it's made by the kind of fella who apologizes for a tweet from 7 years ago, but I can't quite put my finger on why.
>>739642245it's made by australians and most of the voices are youtubers
>>739642245It's not procedurally generated, so eventually you'll want to advance to the next areas for something new to do/build.It's 100% nongay.
>>739634665>SoupsYes, they're essentially a multiplier to the amount of nutrition you have on hand.>PotionsBarely. Most of them have really short effects and are super gimmicky, the only ones worth brewing are the brainpower one for more experience and the healing one because it's a really strong healing source. You can feed giganto tinctures to your peccary to turn it into a tareccary.Coatings on the other hand are a little bit better, the fog-based one lets you make your guns ignore resistances and there's a decent number of enemies that take half damage from bullets. Acid coating is probably the best damage boost. You can get your ranged weapons to never lose durability with enough crafting levels so the coatings stay on indefinitely.You need to engage with distillations if you want to cook more stuff because it's the only way to get vials of milk and that's used for a lot of cooking recipes.
>>739642298>australians>most of the voices are youtubersThat's exceptionally double gay.Anything content-wise other than the trankenstein character creator where you can put a woman's torso on a man's legs?>>739642328Does stuff respawn in explored areas like Sk*rim?
>basing in every new area you reach10/10 based and slow-roller pilled>basing in Offices1/10, this is a comfy game, why are you focusing on being optimal, just set a TP point here. Also the security office on 2F is a cramped scambase. You can be safe anywhere.
>>739640736it keeps noobs from picking up immediate improvements on the security pistol
>>739642652You can enter other dimensions through portals, those reset every few days.
>>739635343why haven't you table posters killed yourself yet
>>739633797Half-Life ripped off The Mist by Stephen King.
>>739642737Once you get teleporters having more than one proper base is pointless. A couple benches, a recharger, some boxes and maybe a bed are all I put down.
>>739642839The SMG is already worse than security pistol, you can't use a shield and the recoil is so severe that there's no point rapid-firing it, since you'll just hit their limbs and the walls. I don't even think it secures any manufacturing-section kills in fewer shots despite the damage bump.
normal fish
>>739639693>doesn't do what it used to do because it felt underappreciated and wanted to be cleanedkind of based
>>739642987Upgrade your drill
>>739642737Office is comfy as fuck
>>739642987Disturbing! Now we don't know what their anomalous properties even are!
>>739642987>anything from dunkeltaler>normalenjoy those fish shoving pudding down your throat while you're sleeping
>>739633368NTA Yes but drops off late game imo
>>739643169>He thought it was pudding.
>>739643578cat milk is still milk
>>739633368absolute fucking kinography up through labs and then a total slog fest afterwardsunfortunate
>>739642859Eh, good enough. I'll wait for it to be 20 or less with DLCs on sale and get it.
>>739643636*futa cum
imagining the voices collab from the perspective of someone who knew nothing about it and only played abiotic factor, I feel like you would only learn that it's a game where you do chores and that it has aliens, and even the aliens part is kind of misleading because the greys dont actively start fucking with you until you're like 3 weeks into the current alphait is cool for anyone who actually cares about the lore of the operation canary stuff, I guess, since so far that has only been disseminated through a handful of youtube videos and their discord
>>739633579It felt like the introduction to a sidequest chain but it's just the end and there's nothing. It should have at least been for setting up a system of periodic satellite dish checking/repairing for minor rewards or something (like a randomized wishing shelf would have been enough). It's really disappointing because you enter it, marvel at the size like you think there'll be a lot to do, and then it's just nothing at all.
>>739643636>Arirals fucking your face while you sleep.>What up with a full stomach the next day and max satiety.
>>739637821yeeeees
>>739644165r u genuinely retarded or something?the dlcs are literally just empty rooms with a theme. they are basically legal donations for the dev.
>>739645513Why are you so aggressive? Are you black?
>>739644670I already felt that way in the mine full of grubs, having never heard of Core Keeper before. Crossovers exclusively cater to fans of both properties and either pass unnoticed or totally alienate everyone else.
>>739634665Soups are great for FoodDistillations and Chemicals are good for turning unused resources into useful shit like health, pets, or XP boosts
>>739645646im on my first playthrough and I had no idea the grub mine was a crossover until you just said so, I basically looked in there once and forgot it existed because it wasn't part of progress for the main story
>>739645747There's nothing of real value to take home besides fishing for crabs if you like cooking. I'm compelled to get all the collectibles like an autist but it's not necessary.
>>739644675That's typical for AFCanaan>whooooaa it's huuuuuuge oh there's like fucking nothing hereHive>whoooooa it's huuuuuuge oh there's like fucking nothing hereNorth Pole>whoooooa it's huuuuuuge oh there's like fucking nothing here
>>739645983It's got the Core Companion trinket, which is now the best trinket in the game with pets.
>>739646045All of those have something significant to collect
>>739645616i will accept your concession
>>739636905I Luv me Meaty Stew tho.
>>739638523Your group was absolutely retarded to not immediately recognise a boss arena when they saw it, and set up recharge points for the guns. Not that that mattered to us, as we rolled for shotgun nuclear obliteration on the first shot. It's how we found out that boss has timed stages
>>739646208>i will accept your concession
>>739646245I only eat A&L to go sanic speed
>>739639519>gearing up with friends for final fight>one trolls another that is afk by leading a level 1 security bot into the base to whack him>afk friend comes back>has his fucking shotgun>is in the middle of our fucking base>nuke procs>"He killed me!">screen goes white>half the base is fucking gone>figure we will re-organize everything later>beat the last boss>was late at night>choose to not play again until August's patch drops>have to deal with this mistake in a few months
>>739640415A weak weapon.Behold, the tool which can fell gods
no
>>739633368I haven't played in a while, but if you want fun base raids there was a mod that made raids 10x bigger so having defenses made it worth it.
>every door on the votv base is a level 1 security clearanceno wonder the arirals waltz through that shit like it's not even there
>>739646561Literally the best weapon in the game
>>739646659>playing alone>every single raid so far is either pests or 1 grunt>think base defense doesnt matter>suddenly get raided by like 12 time traveling pilgrims who are all tanky as fuck and absolutely destroy me>then game goes back to random weak-ass grunt raidswhat did I do to incur that
>>739647112NTA, even though is the trade off for it I wish it repaired slightly better but its so funny to throw it broken with bleed procs
do the drives do anything at all beyond the one you need for the quest? you cant even dismantle them for tech scrap or anything
>>739647159>pilgrims who are all tanky as fuckWhat, the Canaanites? The pitchfork ones can be annoying but they all die really easily.
>>739647159The game really needs to take the weaker raids out of the pool when stronger raids start unlocking.
>>739647379I know they're normally weak, for whatever reason they seemed to have way more hp during the raid than they normally did. They got stuck in the door and I had to wail on them for a good length of time to finally kill them.
>>739647379The hatchet and torch ones have far more HP than the pitchfork/crossbow types, and will indeed slap the shit out of a new player who doesn't stay out of their reach (heavy bleed and armor-ignoring attacks respectively).
leyak my belovedleyak-pest is so fuckin OP it isnt funny
>nose adds new exits to the base layout>they're operable in the crossover with a different game before he gets around to getting them working in his own game
>>739633368Probably one of the most fun survival crafting games ever very nice level design.
>>739646561>A weapon unbound in it's destructive ability>Limited by the fact that it breaks super fast>Oh wait not anymore thanks to the repair coating from chemistry
>>739647464I've had Canaanite raids a few times and they always were simple to deal with, so I dunno.>>739647521I have never noticed the axe/torch ones having more HP, if that is true.
Is the quantum pick still goated? I always level throwing
how do I level my scientist's charisma to romance her
>>739647583>Could tame a shitload of Snow Peccaries, Tarrasque Peccaries, or even a Peccary Alpha if I could find the bloody thing>But no other pet could match the adorableness and sheer lethality of Leyak JuniorSad that X-Ray Turrets fire off on him constantly, though.
>>739648127Why do you have X-Ray Turrets place down?
when teh FUCK are we getting into containment block curie?
>>739637361>because only one person is targeted/can see her at a time,Whenever I played with friend it was always me, constantly so never any else...Th9se fuckers never had to bother with always having a x ray lamp on them at all times
>>739648509It doesn't re-select a new target until you go to sleep. And then it can still just select you again.
>get to the labs>like it so much I decide to move my whole base from office to there, it seems like a huge sector anyways and the new hub for the second half of the game>every sector after that connects back to office anyways so now I have to go through the office sector when getting anywhere I mean I love the labs, its my favorite sector, and I love my base, but it seems like putting your base anywhere BUT the office sector is pointless
>>739648690Once you get access to teleporters it's a moot point. You can just connect every base and they are all equally convenient. My favorite base is way down in power services.
Is there a way to open the metal crates? It seems like there is but I never figured it out.>>739649178I like that base BUT the upstairs has all those unmovable crates and very few power outlets. It has a nice vibe and view though.
>>739648081they lowered the damage ~15 points but it's still the best
>>739649178do they connect storage too?
>>739649701you can chain extension cords with tech scrap, with power splitters one outlet can go anywhere you want.
>>739648690I like that there's all these out of the way places you can make bases, but its almost never worth it
>>739650071telemugs make any base worth it
>>739650032Looks ugly though. Lasers might make a cleaner look but they're so expensive to craft. And again, the layout sucks with all the immovable boxes.
>>739650190I'm not convinced lasers work when the area isn't loaded so I fear for my food spoilage to rely on them
>>739650127Maybe, but when I played through I foolishly played through with friendsWe had one base in the pre-order portal world and the only other base we ever made was an FOB at reactors
>>739643801I doubt this will happen, but I hope they have an update where they improve the flow of everything after labs. Security sucks outside of black ball farming and reactor is brutal, which would be fine if the area after it wasn't an absolute snoozefest where the biggest danger was falling into an endless void.
>>739633368It was GotY 2025.
do bionic legs stack with exor agility if I wear them plus 2 exor pieces?
>>739633368First 50% of the game is excellent, second 50% steadily gets worse and worse. Not very relaxing or comfy for a survival game and no real reason to build extensive bases or go back to replay once you've completed it. Solid 7/10, 6 if you catch me on an ungenerous day.
>>739650959Yes. It's the race-car build. If you use a shield, you only have room for a beanie or cowboy hat on your head though. It doesn't matter because enemies don't aim at your head or legs.
>>739651157*only have room for those hats to stay in the first weight class
>>739651157sweet
I already went through the game using blunt and now they add new weapons. Gaay.
>>739633368>friendslop
Unfinished game which they rushed to 1.0. Loses its charm after manufacturing. No surprise the early 2 areas are the most loved while the later half have mixed or downright terrible reviews. The "Science" is superficial at best, a marketing slogan at worst. Nothing really stands out in this game as much as the gravity gun in HL2, which was two decades ago.Also,>drive something>zero sfx
>better with friends
>>739651793>best played solo>friendslopbot be gone
>>739651958>>drive something>>zero sfxi think your game is bugged, all the vehicles have engine noises
>>739633368>open world survival cratingyou should be permanently ip banned
>>739652180this game works better as a single player experience IMO
>>739653027The game's designated nogames vendetta-fag found the thread, it's not genuine posting anymore fyi.
>>739633797They had to change the scientist designs because they felt like they'd get in trouble. OP's pic is the old header.
>>739653729is that why all the women in this game are ugly monsters
>>739653012it's not open world, in fact it's highly linear without prior knowledge
>>739654614Stop replying to it, he's not going to suddenly play the game or stop with the disinfo after investing 6 months of shitting on it on /v/
>genuinely 50 hours into the game>still haven't bothered upgrading my crafting bench in my main base to automatically pull from nearby chests, would rather dig through all of them (they are also not organized at all)
>>739652180abiotic factor is absolutely not better with friends because your friend will do 1 of 2 things1)sit for literal hours at the craft bench using up all the shit making garbage and fucking up your setup before logging off with all your shit2)always want to replay the same portal world to grind shit so they can sit in your base and fucking eat all your items before logging off
>>739652180Nobody should play AF coop as their first experience with the game. It doesn't even feel designed for that, so many tense and difficult sections would have the life sucked out of them if you were in a call with somebody else while playing it together. The best way is for everybody to play the game once by themselves and then do a coop playthrough, where now everybody knows where they want to go and what they want to do. Your first time playing is always going to be kind of a trial, and you'll be thinking constantly about "what could I do better if I started over".
>>739655410m8 you are mentally illthat thing is literally my #1 priority and then the dist pad and item terminal as soon as they're available abiotic has possibly the best crafting/storage system in any of these kinds of games, but only after you actually build the infrastructure to make it good
>>739633368It's one of two games I played in 2025.
>>739651958>Loses its charm after manufacturinHydroplant*
>>739655410>friend says they're in charge of setting up the base>we NEVER get the Dioxohealer upgrade
if Xiu and Nia were the first canaries and were there before Dr. Hud, and Hud got abducted in 1993 when Abiotic Factor takes place, when the hell did Dee get there and how long was he there before Kel? What year is Kel supposed to be there at? Was it just sitting empty for decades?
>>739656934I don't think it was confirmed anywhere that these 5 are the only canaries, they're just the only ones with designs.
>votv cross over scav/prototype cross over with expie figurine, fentanyl barrel and death pit portal world when?
>>739657425Sorry, you gotta wait for Dredge's turn before you can get your furry pit simulator.
The Fragments zone is such unbelievable dogshit.
>>739657470>inb4 it's dave the diver
>>739656708>finally get to residence sector>explore a bit>lose all will to play the game and enver finish itand then I found out this is a very common experience
Does this game have good multiplayer or NPC companions yet? Survival crafting base building games are boring to me since you just build an elaborate base that sits empty.
>>739633368It's Half Life but instead of being the hero Gordon Freeman saving the world you're just some random retard scientist at Black Mesa when shit hits the fan, and you're just trying to survive. It's kino.
>>739657593not really, you can raise pets and there are a handful of traveling vendors but that's ityou are alone for the most part if not playing with other people
>>739656223You're playing with retards.
>>739656934Abiotic Factor doesn't need to happen at the same time as the events of Dr. Hud's abduction, there are temporally differing perforations as well.
>>739657543I think this mainly happens when you're looking for the next batshit insane challenge after Reactors, when Residences is more like a lore-focused place. Like maybe it isn't a great idea to have one sector be the pure combat challenge and then tamer sectors after, but that's what it is.
>>739657978Dang I'll skip then thanks Anon. Still looking for an experience like Conan Exiles or modded Project Zomboid with NPCs and such.
>>739657425i would rather not have the furfag painful-death fetish game get a crossover with AF
>>739635408Factor Abiotic 3 confirmed!
>>739636131I think she's kinda cute in a fucked up pug sort of way. I want a plush.
>>739633368I'm not a big survival game guy but this game is genuinely one of favorites.
I just got to the area with the floating drone guy and was wondering does the game end end where the world is essentially over or is there like endgame stuff where you just fuck around after the main story? Also I equipped both rat items and didn't get the achievement, is there something I'm missing?
>>739661830there's optional stuff you can do after beating the game, although I guess most/all of it can technically be done without finishing the main objectives. I don't know about the achievement though.
>>739661982You won't believe me but I literally just got it. Idk why it wasn't working, apparently didn't have the hydroplant achievement either. But that's cool, was just wondering cause I couldn't find any updated info.
>>739662015no idea, but I have had a game or two that has only updated achievements once I started running the game again.
>>739661830nothing happens after the final boss you can just roam the map like normal
I want to start a new playthrough now. Where should I stick my base? I don't want to do the security office again even though it's pro.
I love my wife.
>>739663403I like the big apartment in hydroplant with the huge kitchen.
>>739633368it's greatthe last area sucks though, hopefully they flesh it out more in updates
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>>739663469Yeah but I'll need something earlier to shack up in. Partially one of the reasons I don't want to do the sec office again is the stalker once spawned inside and got me reaaal good rather than outside like every single other time. I guess it pretty much is the best though. I might just block off the doors to the back or something.
>>739663459Where's your bobblehead
>>739663675hummina hummina
I love coffee in my coffee hole
People who hate survival games enjoy itPeople who love survival games dislike itIt's a twitch highlight bait game. The base building amounts to you running in, dumping your materials and leaving. There is no "playing the base" for a while between progress
>>739633579You can't even get more than one microwave now
>>739664991You've made this exact post before and it hasn't gotten any less retarded since.
>>739635473The best place to make a minibase on the train is to run the power line from the outlet to the very last car along the top of the train. You'll probably need some ramps and two bridges if you're early game. Build your crafting table/repair bench on the roof and it makes salvaging everything on the train EZ
>>739635009Comfy bases. Guess I'm picking this game up next seasonal sale.
>>739663403I like the early game more than the late game (I usually stop at hydro) so I'll tell you all the different places I've made bases>security office: a classic but a bit boring>above the forge: small, but comfy>in the trailer/small building between where you first find Frake and the Train: not much indoor space, but a ton of outdoor space; easy antejuice access>the security office hallway in manufacturing: current base, very nice, easy access to labs and the offices thanks to the portals, nice delineated rooms>the aquarium in labs: my absolute favorite, my storage was on the second floor, my bedroom was in between the aquariums, endless supply of CPUs>the tram station at the very ass-end of labs (by the tarrasque): multi-floor, cool views of Cahn's house, endless supply of CPUs, free protection via the turrets, reactor access via the pipes, but very, very out of the way
>>739665007it seemed like it was pretty limited on the types of things you were allowed to cook in it anyway
>>739665598It was basically an oven, so if you hadn't unlocked that yet, there's not too much you can make with it
Just started with 3 friends and we just finished the silent hill horror section.Any "oh shit nigger what the fuck are you doing" advice?Other than make soup which we have been doing?
>>739665717Remember that the worlds through the portals reset twice a week so you should be looting them
No they characters have annoying voices and the gameplay isnt even base building its just survival craft move from one area to another.Terrible fuckin letdown of a game
>>739665717pro tip: you can extend wires/plugs using tech scrap
>>739633579votv has a number of fairly iconic items like the axe or unknown device or cigs or even something as simple as the hacksaw that we could have copped but instead they made up a new x-ray lamp recolor that has limited usefulness outside of the story event it's made for, feels like it got shafted in that regard
>>73966579540 hours in and didnt know this
>>739665808they could have let you source beer bottles and gas from there to make new jury-rigged molotovs that are less effective than the thermite ones but easier to spam en-masse
>>739663675>>739663459its actually impressive how this game manages to have basically zero designs that people would want to fuck, it's perhaps the most asexual game to exist
>>739666621>tfw no hot exor wife
>>739666985exor cha get points for being the only melee-focused enemy Ive actually died to, they're kind of bastards
>>739647429I think they do. I'm only getting GK stooges or Canan pilgrims now but that's maybe because I setup in the Dusk Reactor.
>>739666621>janet! they're calling us the least sexual game around.
>>739668662
>>739668672
What happened to Wave Reactor
>>739663403I do new playthroughs with new bases pretty often, and one of my favorites actually turned out to be the forgotten old Mapping Center in Manufacturing. I loved the verticality it supported.Its map position isn't as unplayable as it looks, since there's a nearby portal to Office 3F (set up a bounce pad and a cloth rope in the portal's room), down the hall from that one is the portal to Labs, and pretty much the next area you go to is giving you access to personal TPs to connect to crafting benches elsewhere. Later on Mapping Center can connect to Residences.
>>739669110Dr. Hill beat it up with his hands, like the volatile exor
I just started solo and I got fucking wrecked. I had no food because I kept stomping pests and ended up with no food. Also I thought the fucking security bots would be allies but they're fucking enemies so I almost died and it fucked up my powered bench. Should I restart and give it another go? Also spoilers I guess but do I eventually get more alive NPCs besides Warren?
>>739656934i dont think the canaries are even in Dunkeltaler for periods longer than a yea, if that.
>>739669330>Should I restart and give it another go?No>Also spoilers I guess but do I eventually get more alive NPCs besides Warren?yes>died to a security botthey're tough early game, build a couple of those windmills and some batteries and place them in its path and you'll be fineAnd use a hammer to repair broken furniture
>>739669330Yeah bio scrap is pretty much what you get for "failed" harvests on enemies, and doing net+stomp always gives that, so you should stop fighting pests that way once you get table legs and sharp weapons. Don't forget you can buy food from vending machines if you're in trouble, and can pick up and move the water coolers all around office sector back to your base.Bots are the designated tough enemy of the early game, be careful not to build near one. You can actually distract one forever where it spawns by placing a certain base defense item that can never break apart...
>>739669521What's that?
>>739633797>>739633368im pretty sure the guy getting out of the portal is a scrapped enemy from half life 2, it had skin and mesh and all already in the game.
>>739633368>picrelNext time you guys play vidya pay close attention to checkerboard floors. They are everywhere, especially in AAA games. You get addicted through witchcraft.>Anon might say, I don't believe so it doesn't affect me!That's exactly where they want you. Playing and playing in willful ignorance to the end, soul goes to hell forever.Mark 16:16 KJVHe that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
>>739672602How it works in nature: https://youtu.be/qjloPutUCeo?si=s5EebsqjY2xOn4z9
>>739641438placing the bench there doesn't prevent electro pests from spawning and they will constantly attack your storages
>>739672690correctionplacing the bench there doesn't prevent electro pests from spawning and they will constantly be instakilled by your laser turret and feed you infinite meat and capacitors
Dropped it when I got into security. Enemies are too tanky and revisiting worlds to grind materials felt like crap. Being that sandboxy ruins the charm imo.
>>739636795Who was this bitch anyways
>early game 10/10>mid game6/10>late game1/10
>>739633368Great game & I high recommend it. Even more fun if you got 1 or two friends for co-op.Just don't play it with your gf which afterwards becomes ex-gf or you will never be able to enjoy the game again
>>739634665Take all the negative perks for food and water meters soups make them a non-issue with even only a few crops. Less than 15 minutes of effort and it pays out for the rest of the game. A solo player only needs a few crops and one stove.
I think it would be cool if there were "biome" bonuses that you could get depending on where you build your base. Would give a reason to make bases in more remote parts of the facility.
>>739637361>my friendflips out and starts shooting>calls me a blind flaggot >tries to melee it and he just becomes a red mistI laughed so fucking hard at that.Next it showed up in the dark caves when I was farming the crystal guys for throwing knifes. First time I heard it and it made me jump out of my chair and smack my drink.
>>739681062I suppose you could put your base near the exit portal of an IS world
>>739682343I'm talking something like building in the power services area and getting a bonus to your crops growing. Or maybe building in certain parts of reactors will reduce how much power base buildings use. Stuff like that.
>>739681062>>739682708Yeah it seems almost obvious considering there's so many spots that scream "put a base here" but they are worse in every way compared to the transport links of the canteen
>>739633368it starts off strong but falls off hard after the train section. for a game thats suppose to be "SCP" inspired there's a disgusting small amount of actual interesting SCPs and especially interesting portal worlds.Once you reach Hydroplant it just becomes a boring combat and grind sim that drags on way too long. Wish we had more interesting worlds like Silent Hill.Plus the devs have become really fucking annoying, shoving their two retarded self-inserts and even killing off the one interesting character bro we had.
>Make a "home" world that costs money>it's fucking useless as an actual "home" world and annoying to build in???
>>739634513the stat balance is so fucking weird. In Manu you get bodied by everything but once you reach a certain point you become almost immortal but at the same time every new enemy is a fucking sponge.
>>739635661>that office shortcutI fucking came.
>>739666621I want to fuck the peccaries
>>739683179>Enter that sakura place>FPS halvesI used it to fish a couple of times but that's it. Never bothered coming back when I had higher security clearance for the hidden switches. What did those even do?
>>739684252>>FPS halvesthe random FPS downs are genuine insane in the game and I think still not fixed. Another issue with Sakura is how far away the actual home is.
>>739645646I don't like how the crossovers are basically nothingburgers for the most part but I get why.
>>739679879What I did was play with a friend, and when we were done for the night I'd play a solo world up to the point where we got together so I could indulge in all the dialogue, emails, explore with a fine-toothed comb more, etc. Felt like that was the best way to enjoy something with my buddy but not have each other wait on one another reading emails etc for minutes at a time.
>>739681062I like this idea. Some immovable piece of furniture, different for each designated base spot, that gives you a buff like what you get at the end of some portal worlds if you stay in the base area for x minutes or something. I found quite a few cool, out-of-the-way spots that were clearly just blank slates for bases with plugs all over.. but never really *actually* considered using them because the locker room in offices floor 2 was just too convenient... free storage for early game until you get the item distributor that doesn't work with the lockers for some reason, pool for water, fridge, water coolers around, lots of little rooms with plugs (gym, upstairs gym, kitchen, pool) for base expansions as you progress, central to basically everything.
>>739656934is Nia even supposed to be Dr. Sun or is she someone else?
is there something better than the makeshift night vision goggles later? I think they're better than the headlamp but I dont like seeing most of the game in green
>>739633368Unironically yes, probably the best purchase I made either last year or this year. I bought it out of curiosity and was blown away by how deep it gets. Plus it's cheap. Only reason I haven't been playing it recently is because I'm stuck at a part and don't know how to progress.
>>739687845Yes but it makes everything blue insteadIdk why you would ever not use the headlamp desu, much more atmospheric
>>739666985Uh, anon, your exor armor? She might be retarded but she'll die for me, damnit!
>>739663459>wifeAnd daughter!
>>739687934It has shit battery capacitySo it forces you to use crystalline vial, although that isn't a big problem since trinkets are fucking horrible
>>739688739the game is unplayable without the cube trinket though
I haven't bothered repairing any vehicles yet, it feels like they mainly exist for the wackiness factor given how early you get personal teleporters even if your goal is just moving a ton of shit from point A to B.
>>739687934The headlamp creates light, NVGs don't.
>>739689435are there any enemies that actually react to light like that? they havent seemed to be that smart but Im also rarely stealthing given that I have the perk that makes it harder to do so
>>739688879>go up ladder>float over platform it goes to>fall to deathI keep the cube on my hotbar and just pull it out / hold it when I need height.
>>739689503I think most enemies that have sight will notice you more easily if you stand in light, it probably doesn't affect it much though.
AF is a genuinely good game, especially if you liked half-life for it's style. I normally don't really care for survival/crafting games all that much because as an anon put it in another thread, a lot of them are farm useless item to make a stronger item that allows you to farm the next level of useless item. Somehow AF seems to MOSTLY sidestep this by feeding you a decent amount of what you'd need to make the majority of what is in the game if you simply explore and it often feels like progress in crafting isn't so much as gated by resource counts as it is by how far you've progressed in the game world to unlock new recipes. And often if you don't have the resources to make something right away it's typically something you can obtain in fairly short order without farming 100X of whatever item it is. What really sucked me into the game is just how well made the levels are in regards to layouts and how it most of it loops back on itself to the main hub in so many different ways, you got locked doors/elevators in logical places, trams, portals and those waterway pipes that spit you out. The game's fairly large but it never feels so large that you can't mentally map the majority of it without too much trouble. All this coming from someone who plays on the default settings, you can alter so much of the experience by customizing your world, how fast XP is earned and such to really tailor the game to your own needs. So far all the updates besides two fairly small bonus worlds have been free and with the sheer amount of free content this game has gotten and still is planned I can't see why I wouldn't eventually end up paying for some sorta full on expansion if one ever came about.
>>739665717You an eat brains to get an exp boost buff. It will make you vomit so the downside is burning through food faster. Don't forget to use traps, even when exploring in to new areas. Bot CPUs are frequently needed for upgrades so set up killboxes for passive income.
>>739669330Don't be afraid to change the game settings if you aren't having fun, though I would say you should get a bit further in so you get a taste of the balance first. Early game is the most difficult because your still battling to eke out a living.
>>739633579the fish from that area just give antefish filets, it feels a bit rushed and undercooked honestly despite mostly using assets from another game
Definitely in my top 10 games ever.My biggest gripe is that the mobility power creep really throws off the pacing of the game later on, and I think it's a large factor why people find later areas less enjoyable.What's the point of the vehicles, and especially the SUVs when you've had personal teleporters since before you even reach them? Trams are nifty for world building but also completely pointless once you get access to teleporters.The mobility backpacks and the cube are in need of some sort of rework to make them feel less mandatory, step one is probably to reduce their effectiveness when you are overweight.People would complain, but I think the game would benefit from it.
>>739692026I was honestly surprised that the personal teleporters let you bring your entire inventory and have no usage limit other than charging, it's extremely powerful and seems to step on the interconnectedness that they worked for.
>>739637361No.Suffer.
>>739692218>the toiletkek
>>739657425This game is just a shitty torture simulator with REALLY bad gameplay.
>wanted to build a base in dunkeltaler>pc constantly goes off with the email sound effect for no reason
>>739688879That's the most useless trinket bro wtfI guess you like waiting twice as long to actually touch the ground?
>>739637361The first time we played the game, my friend was the one who first saw herI'm always a bit reckless so I walked right into the containment room first>anon wtf are you doing? wtf is that?!>what? there's nothing fucking in here dude, just a weird gun thing>no dude I saw a fucking monster and you ran right into it>wtf no I didn't
>misplaced one of my teleporters god knows wherethis is like giving a blind man sight and then taking it away an hour later
