Pros and Cons of Starbound so far

Since the new update is close and we'll start over i figured ill leave feedback off of what I experienced so far.

I like the concept of being able to travel the vast universe and sectors with friends but i think maybe adding something like a guild type thing would be nice. Adding a guild for you and your friends would be a cool thing and would keep things more organized while exploring. Also maybe the idea of being able to colonize a planet in multiplayer would be nice. There are also somethings that need improvement like ship size after playing for many hours your ship gets full with valuable loot and i see it being a big problem with the space your given. A good idea would be giving people more space to start off as an extra room or two would help but there should also be an architect u can spawn so when you bring him to your ship he can expand it for some pixels. Also just like cube world and minecraft you guys should have it that if u want a specific pet you need a specific food it'll eat. An example would be a cereal bar in cube world that will tame a chicken or a carrot that will tame a pig in minecraft. The last thing is problem with hamachi its been really buggy when trying to play with friends. My friends and I tried to setup servers but the other people cant join while only the host can only join. Its a client based error.
Pros: A lot of room and areas to explore
many biomes
different types of villages, dungeons, etc
ending fun while playing with friends
Cons: Ship size
character resets in beta(but its beta so w/e)
errors with hamachi
many of the servers crash a lot

Overall Grade of beta: B+
I gave this game a B+ because of the endless fun it has along with it. The reason why i didnt give it an A+ was because its still in beta and growing but i could see this game going far and having a lasting appeal just like minecraft and terraria. This game will make me change my mind when its the full game. Also feel free to criticize my post it's my first forum post and it will help me in the future.

 

Grading a game? You wot m8. You think this is school and you are a teacher?
Just call it a review and ask what people think of the game. Yes, servers can crash because they are buggy at the moment, and the game isn't made to run with Hamachi. Pets, pets aren't in the game yet. We'll have to see how they handle those.
I believe they are adding ship expansion in the future.
Even more biomes, villages and dungeons to come.

And don't grade beta. People don't "grade" games, they review them. Games aren't so similar and standard that you can grade them like eggs.

 

Well, from what i see, all the Cons you mention is pretty much because the game is in beta (errors and stuff that must be fixed). Ship size is already planned (there are some screenshots of the old ships upgrading in size) but its not already implemented.

I dont think it matter giving a grade or score to a Beta, of course it will have problems and a lot of things may change, when (and only when) the game gets out of beta, then you can say its great or terrible (if you plan to make a review of sorts).
If you really want to make a review of a Beta, don't give it a score, just say "This is what is fun in the game, this is what is cool and this is what must be fixed or isn't really done so far", if you give a "score" you are being unfair, is like saying that a Car isn't that good because the unfinished product doesn't work because it doesn't have an engine yet.

 

Ships will be upgradeable in the full game... Not to mention upgradeable and unlockable crew members.

 

I think it's an average game with an identity crisis. It calls itself a sci-fi game but literally the only sci-fi elements are the facts that you are in space and have a spaceship to travel to other worlds. Most of the other elements in the game can be classified as fantasy. I was really hoping for a more mature sci-fi themed game.

 

Mature? ....
Starbound?

Have you been following the development? They introduced a shit demon way before beta went live. It was always meant to be taken lightly.

 

No I didn't.. I simply saw the advert on steam and read the faq on this site. Don't get me wrong, I love the game. I was just hoping for something a little more like Edge of Space, but with expanded universe.

 

I give it an A. Haven't had anything I didn't expect. Bugs, lack of content ect. I have fallen in love with the soundtrack and the animation throughout the game and the weapon names have become my favorite part of exploring a planet and getting loot. Things just need to be balanced, tweaked and added.

 

Beat the beta twice and there is some serious balance issues as well as a few other things I would like to see addressed in the next update. As soon as you start the game make a yarn spinner and with a few leather you can make snow armor that has same defence as platinum. Platinum armor is needed to make titanium, but can't be found till you get to the level 31-40 planets, by which point is worthless cos you can then just make durasteel armor instead. There is no point making melee weapons cos it's easy to find a Sniper that can one shot most stuff and only costs a little over 700 pixels from most weapon stores. The 3rd boss drops the starchart upgrade instead of the means to make one meaning that if you beat it co-op, only one of you gets to advance. Once you buy the level 40 Sniper and realize the planets don't get any harder and there is no forth boss, you realize that farming to make armor higher than snow armor seems pointless. (made impervium armor anyway). Snow armor needs making alot weaker, preferably same as copper or less. Snipers either need making really expensive or harder to acquire in some way. A level 40 boss needs adding to make impervium armor worth grinding for. Also finding the grav bubble tech on level 1-10 planets make things too easy. Also the Apex electric obstacle course is pointless when you can just mine through the wall to the chest.

 

I think all of that can be fixed by them adding the rest of the content in because the problem is not that certain items or two strong or can't be gotten yet ect it is that the gaps are not filled yet to make it all work.

 

To be honest, I have followed development since I heard about it forever ago. After playing a good bit, I am on your side. It's a strange creature, Starbound, but in all fairness what is there so far works well enough to keep me playing hours on end. I would like to see more high tech gadgetry and weaponry, but as I'm only part way to tier 3 at the moment, I think it boils down to progression. That is, the content you and I both want is there, it's just not there from the get go. Also, as we are in beta, I expect things to change a lot over time. But the humor, the attitude of the game, that's not going anywhere.

 

Yeah, the goofy bits do have their charm. Hopefully they can expand the combat system and enemy AI to match the robustness of the creature generation models. If they can make the combat feel unique with each encounter, I would play this for a very long time.

Had to post it twice.. Once for each time he beat the beta. lol

 

Forum lag doesn't usually split itself across other peoples posts and especially not after more than a few minutes. Never in my experience anyway.

 

Im really Liking this Game so far. I will have some Vids up soon. If you like add what you would like to in this game on my Post

http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/my-adverturebound.43885/

 

Sorry. Didn't mean to post twice.

 

haha.. I wasn't trying to be a jerk. I got about half way through it before I realized I had already read it and it legitimately made me lol.