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I don't "get" survival games
Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:16 pm
There's been an absolute explosion of these games the past 2-3 years. And it seems like every few months another one of these things is coming out.
Player Unknown's Battlegrounds
Fortnite
Subnautica
H1Z1
Ark
DayZ
Rust
the list goes on and on, more are coming too.
On top of that they all seem to be pretty popular (guess most of them are free to play)
They are all over Twitch, seems like at any given time over half of the top 20 games being watched are these survival games.
I just don't get it. They seem more like a whacky side mode not a main game. I find them repetitive as hell. I can see how they'd be fun to blow off steam after playing some real games for awhile, but people play these things for hours on end. They also all seem fundamentally the exact same game with varying gimmicks on top of things. Oh this one has dinosaurs, oh this one has zombies, oh this one is underwater, and so on.
What do people find so appealing about them? Is it just that they are free? Why do we need 200 of them?
Feels like I'm definitely missing something because this has become one of the hottest genres out there and I couldn't be less interested in it.
Player Unknown's Battlegrounds
Fortnite
Subnautica
H1Z1
Ark
DayZ
Rust
the list goes on and on, more are coming too.
On top of that they all seem to be pretty popular (guess most of them are free to play)
They are all over Twitch, seems like at any given time over half of the top 20 games being watched are these survival games.
I just don't get it. They seem more like a whacky side mode not a main game. I find them repetitive as hell. I can see how they'd be fun to blow off steam after playing some real games for awhile, but people play these things for hours on end. They also all seem fundamentally the exact same game with varying gimmicks on top of things. Oh this one has dinosaurs, oh this one has zombies, oh this one is underwater, and so on.
What do people find so appealing about them? Is it just that they are free? Why do we need 200 of them?
Feels like I'm definitely missing something because this has become one of the hottest genres out there and I couldn't be less interested in it.
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Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:17 pm to IAmReality
quote:
Subnautica
Ark
DayZ
Rust
Are nothing like
quote:
Player Unknown's Battlegrounds
Fortnite
H1Z1
Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:26 pm to bluebarracuda
Well ya there are the battleground ones vs. the sandbox ones, those are sort of sub genres.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:27 pm to IAmReality
the multiplayer ones like pubg are just fun as hell shooters
the survival games where u build stuff suck imo, single player ones like the long dark are all about the atmosphere
the survival games where u build stuff suck imo, single player ones like the long dark are all about the atmosphere
Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:31 pm to sgallo3
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the survival games where u build stuff suck imo
frick no they don't. They're 10000x better versions of minecraft
Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:39 pm to IAmReality
Some of those don't belong with the others.
Guy who helped DayZ and H1Z1 made his own game, PUBG.
DayZ mod for ARMA 2 was brilliant, DayZ standalone is an EA failure. Rust will be in EA till Steam shuts down, just like DayZ standalone.
Ark literally put out paid DLC while in EA. It's an okay game but business practices are scummy.
Guy who helped DayZ and H1Z1 made his own game, PUBG.
DayZ mod for ARMA 2 was brilliant, DayZ standalone is an EA failure. Rust will be in EA till Steam shuts down, just like DayZ standalone.
Ark literally put out paid DLC while in EA. It's an okay game but business practices are scummy.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:40 pm to IAmReality
Didn't even list the best one - The Long Dark
Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:43 pm to IAmReality
Blame Minecraft
Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:46 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
quote:
Blame Minecraft
Yeah it was sort of the original I guess. Although I think people focus more on the building/sandbox of that game than the survival.
Regardless, kind of ironic South Park did a whole episode about people not 'getting' Minecraft and I was like, yeah that's me.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:49 pm to IAmReality
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Although I think people focus more on the building/sandbox of that game than the survival.
Rust is 90% base building
Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:56 pm to Parmen
quote:
DayZ standalone is an EA failure
The only failure on this board is you.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 9:56 pm to IAmReality
Sometimes people find smaller aspects of gameplay more fun than a full game.
When Will Wright was making Raid on Bungeling Bay he decided playing with the level editor was more fun than the actual game. Based off that experience he created SimCity.
When Will Wright was making Raid on Bungeling Bay he decided playing with the level editor was more fun than the actual game. Based off that experience he created SimCity.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:19 pm to Parmen
quote:
DayZ standalone is an EA failure
Id rank DayZ standalone above any Metal Gear game.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:25 pm to IAmReality
Subnautica is nothing like others on the list. It's single player surviving alone in an ocean. It is basically base building survival with a little planetary lore and story.
Survival games aren't for everyone but I love me some subnauctica.
There are almost no underwater games and this one is beautiful. Great game and probably the best early access game in the history of early access games.
Survival games aren't for everyone but I love me some subnauctica.
There are almost no underwater games and this one is beautiful. Great game and probably the best early access game in the history of early access games.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:31 pm to RATeamWannabe
quote:
The only failure on this board is you.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:34 pm to IAmReality
quote:
There's been an absolute explosion of these games the past 2-3 years. And it seems like every few months another one of these things is coming out.
Player Unknown's Battlegrounds
Fortnite
Subnautica
H1Z1
Ark
DayZ
Rust
Some of things are not like the others...
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:51 pm to SG_Geaux
He is a shite poster but perseveres contrary to our wish.
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:55 pm to IAmReality
Battle royale =\= survival. Games like Ark are trash
Posted on 2/7/18 at 10:58 pm to RATeamWannabe
Rekt
Posted on 2/7/18 at 11:21 pm to Carson123987
that’s one opinion at least
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