I honestly believe Starbound was... A failure, to say the least?

I admire the devs/mods for not locking this thread. It shows that they actually want discussion on this subject.
Also, let's cut the OP some slack here. He was being somewhat of an ass, but we don't have to be asses back.

 

Many of us had become frustrated with the delays, not understanding why Chucklefish insisted on polishing the beta as much as they did prior to release. We believed that everyone understood that the beta was not going to be representative of the finished product. Now I understand their apprehension.

[edit] And no, calling Starbound worse than a failure is not constructive.

 

I don't think you're the Master Chief.
He wouldn't be such a prissy priss about the 'oh-so-hard' beta.

 

Saying the game was a failure isn't the criticism a very early beta needs...

 

Sigh... No one read read the post about how the beta will work... This phase 1 of a 3 beta phases. It's essentially alpha and lacks a large majority of content structure and stability. This was made very clear, yet still the forums flood with people like this guy- uninformed and unforgiving

 

Well i think most would have read it, even though i personally never really was on the forums prior because i am not much of a forum warrior discussing a game that was not released yet. (I simply don't see the point in it)

However like i stated in my other post i know major features are coming and i am anxiously waiting for them. But there are some small things that i really wonder.... why ? or why not ?
Its nitpicking really and i must admit i simply cannot ignore the fact i compare certain aspects of starbound with terraria. Seeing as they are both sandbox/survival games and a 2d sidescroller i wonder why certain things that were added to terraria (after it was released mind you) made the game play so much smoother. Just to put it out there..... shift clicking to place a torch without having it in my hotbar.... amazing.

But these things are kinda irrelevant right now, balance and feature optimization first then after that we can start nitpicking on the smaller things... Which is the great thing about these games that tend to keep going for a long time... Its never finished and always room for improvement.

 

okay, let me tell you what a beta is all about.

it's about you walking and jumping while hugging a wall to see if you can phase through it or find a way to climb it, or find imbalances in mechanics like mining and fighting, it's about you beaming up and down a lot so you can see if you get struck below the ground.

that's beta, it's not to have fun, it's not to "progress" in the game, it's just testing and ironing bugs.

and while people that defend the game at this state saying it's perfect are completely batshit insane, people that diss the game because "you are not having fun" is as insane as the white knights.

don't like to test the game? wait until phase 3, then you will have a game the have the same amount of polish as terraria on release, want something that have the same amount of polish as terraria 2.0? then wait until the game is released.

it's so simple... i don't understand why people force themselves to play a buggy game with a lot of design flaws if they don't want to do that.

 

Yeah, I still accidentally hold shift while trying to place torches/mine while in Starbound.

 

Please stop saying words you don't understand the meaning of.

 

I think games like Battlefield and Medal of Honor and others have ruined what the word beta means. With those games, Beta was out while the game was being pressed to discs to be shipped, leaving zero time for anything to be done about anything, giving us pretty much exactly what the full game was minus a day one patch

Starbound's beta is now, with the game At least a couple Months out from a release, and is a game where huge changes can be made easily and within short order. To give a review of this game now is like giving a review of spaghetti after taking the dried pasta from the box and eating it. So to the OP: Stop being dense, There was no secret about the current state of the game or what's to come in the future. It's all clearly stated and mapped out

 

Have to disagree with the op.

I think character movement needs touching up, what with how silky it is and how you can easily skitter off an edge. In a game like this you need to stop on a dime.

Otherwise, I don't think the game is clunky. I've participated in several betas and this is good for an early work. Very promising.

Everything else is a work in progress. Personally, I think it's a good start. As long as the team remains open minded, anything is possible.

 

Beta doesn't solve unexisting IA and lack of gameplay. Devs have never worked on that and it's part of the hardest things to implement. And even if it's in beta the big CORE of the content is here. And it is not good.

I may never call it a good game, but I'll play it with friends, mates, coworkers, etc... Because it has the merit of beeing potentially played by anyone, even serverly disabled people in a very democratic way.

Give us gameplay value FFS. special moves, crazy stuffs, combos, etc... Make it so you can easily Mugen it. Dunno, so many good potential here...

 

My time is free so I don't know about that.

 

He must be trolling... I love the game, every aspect, survival, exploration, weapons, theme, customisation...

The BETA of this game is as if Terraria had a sequel... then had 3 more sequels. This is not the finished game even and I played for hours non-stop.

 

TBH, all of the OPs complaints are what I thought about Terraria, and Starbound has none of those issues.

 

Uh guys? He hasn't responded for a while now, I think this issue has been resolved. I just hope I don't see anymore of these threads of people who are so naive to see that beta means WIP.

 

Hello friend,

I am sorry you have not enjoyed your experience with the game so far. Perhaps if you explained a bit more as to why you thought these things people would be less harsh.

Check back in on the game if you have a change of heart, maybe features were implemented while you are gone that might interest you.

Have a good one.

 

criticism is the instrument spawn rate is way to low
not hey guys thiis game sucks with no real explanation why

this is stage 1 of beta everything is going to be super rough you can either try to play or wait till full release
in the future though if i were you i would make sure i understand what im reading about a game such as the game is in beta before investing

 

This thread is amazing.

 

Some people really are oblivious as fuuu, I guess the fact that it's the first week of open beta isn't a factor or instead of taking the good with the bad you just want to create a thread that you know will incite flame.