Anyone else...? (silly ideas)

So, being a fan of Space. Outer Space, not Inner space. I am likely not alone with having played Dead Space.

Point it; Anyone else want to see a 'seemingly innocent planet' that is a shell for a huge labyrinthine den of doom. Something fused with Dead Space's Ishimura, Warhammer 40k Tomb Worlds. I want to see some 'Space Hulk' or something that is some weird dangerous space zombie/threat.

 

I could see landing on a basic nonchalant planet and finding a seemingly abandoned apex facility becoming a cosmic horror scenario.

 

Ooh, but I'm talkin like.. Small moon sized. Huge. Flickering lights, distanced sounds or noises. That slow creeping paranoia as you wander the pathways that almost look so similar you loose your way. The dim lights away from you slowly becoming familiar, that any shadow change causes you discomfort, the flashlight guiding your way. Bwahahah.

 

"That is no moon."

Seriously though sounds interesting, although only heard of possibility of derelict ships to sometime. As well more scenarios/missions/quests/environment that will have their theme or presence. Never really played dead space, but could only imagine from what I have seen of it. Variety is always nice and that will probably take time before there is quite a variety of different places, even ones that might be like the ones you described, if not close.

Of course each person would see that kind of ambiance differently obviously. Don't know if can be pulled off, but at least something could be attempted. After all some have a higher tolerance to those sort of things in which would case the opposite effect or neutral. Either way it would be nice to have, as with each idea to add is another that adds to the spice we call variety.

 

I'd love it. I have never played Space Hulk(s) or Dead Space games, but I'm pretty familiar with their themes (I know the basics and lore of Warhammer 40k universe, have a small army myself and I was interested in Dead Space when it came out, read articles and tried to watch some gameplay).

They say that Space Hulks can be massive treasure troves at times. Of course, there's always the risk that something else found the Hulk before you did. I suppose we'll need some flame throwers?

 

oh a planet with a dead space atmosphere *begins packing more underwear in the rucksack*

 

I've said this several times before. We need it. I have seen something of "Moontants" in Unstable so that could lead to some potential

 

Well we know of Three types of 'plagues' that may or may not be related.

Moontants, Agarans, and the Tentacles.

Human backstory says something bout Earth being overtaken, but I've run into a good amount of tentacle biomes in my travels.

Agarans are fungal and clearly..Something.

And I don't yet have much first hand knowledge of Moontants (I was holding out for the Stable, but recently caved under pressure, gotta find that oil)

Needless to say, there can easily be much more in the way of.. Terrors in the Dark.

 

I think you will like the mission where you run into the moontants. It has that kind of vibe (at least a bit of it).

 

You should probably know that the Floran are no peaceful plant people but blood-sucking nightmare monsters.....this should be the kind of stuff you're looking for, yes?

 

I just about have enough Oil to last me forever, soon Ill have hands on up in that department.

Being a Hylotl player, Floran are in two categories. Don't kill on sight, kill on sight. That is all.

 

That would be so cool! There should be a sort of prize to get to the end, so that it's worthwhile.

 

Speaking of creepy planets, what about those ocean planets? I always think that there might be a kraken in the next one... Maybe it's reserved for planets with an ocean of lava or poison?

 

As Oil is totally useless, then any Oil is enough to last forever...

 

I think Ocean planets write themselves. Abandoned, sharks, tentacles, or krakens. That being said, PACIFIC RIM! Kaiju Boss mobs underwater. Waughahahah. *cough* I mean. Wait ocean of Poison? Lava?? You are a masochist. You cant even see in Lava...not that I know that firsthand.

 

Just make a tunnel down to the bottom out of rocks... Well I still have to get to the bottom of the poison one but I can imagine finding some pretty scary things down there. I'll have to save a screenshot once I get a big enough hole, that being said I can say that lava planets suck for getting across from the 500+ damage from sticking a talon in it.

 

Really, I can only see Lava being like a part of some 'ancient temple to the ___' as a flood trap or some 'outrun this' sort of Mission that restarts when die. Doing the Moonbase blew my mind with ideas, having random planets with this stuff would be awesome, but I like the 'one and done' style of the Missions that generate once and reset so you can enjoy it again. We just need to make it like.. procedurally generated planet of DOOOOooOOOOoom

 

So... Giant dungeon planets? I think a good idea would be like an avian temple just crammed with traps and then when you get to the end it turns into temple runner down a long corridor to escape lava. Or a Glitch planet stronghold?

The Florian mission a bit more in the game is a damn good mission, even if some of it was "The floor is poison!"

Would love to see some lovecraftian horrors added but I feel like it would just be too much, because there would be nothing to stop you just going "NOPE!" and warping away. Just need some creepy vibes and some kind of enemy that oozes scary

 

Unfortunately, I don't think that they're ever going to make anything in the game truly "scary."

I mean take the lunar base for example, at it's core it should be really terrifying. I mean it is pretty much the plot of dead space, monsters mutating the crew of a mining station and then turning on what was once their old friends, but because it's Starbound they have cute hairdos and look adorable.

Like I've said before its just the Starbound aesthetic, dark undertones with lighthearted game play.

 

If you warp away, you won't get the rewards.