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Quoting: AnzaCome think of it, releasing full game as a demo does have at least one additional benefit. As demos are usually hacked together usually in a hurry, they might not give good indication if full game will work properly on your computer (or if the final game is as fun as the demo). In this you can be pretty sure it will work.

There's always refunds, but with demo like this you don't have to go through that hassle.

I still remember the Battlefield 1942 demo would run perfectly smooth on people's systems at the time. Then when the full game released, it ran like crap on just random hardware. Like some lower end systems would run it fine, and higher end systems were sluggish, some driver conflict or feature or something. Took them a while to get it patched right, but was such a weird performance difference between the demo and full release...

I imagined this is another reason that demos kind of died off...

I would suppose that when demo comes out, there's still plenty of time to finish the game. Then the deadline suddenly comes and and game goes out in state that's still missing testing and polish. On top of that there might have been effort to make the game look as good as the prerendered trailer...

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Game that is all about breaking locks does have a luxury of making things bit more complicated. For example in Dying Light you have to be careful in order not to break your lockpick and be quick enough that zombies don't come to distract you. So the difficulty comes more from pressure than from actually complicated lock picking minigame.

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Come think of it, releasing full game as a demo does have at least one additional benefit. As demos are usually hacked together usually in a hurry, they might not give good indication if full game will work properly on your computer (or if the final game is as fun as the demo). In this you can be pretty sure it will work.

There's always refunds, but with demo like this you don't have to go through that hassle.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPGreat news. I always found the UI fairly prohibitive when trying to get into Vicky 2 (and that is after being familiar with EU4 and HoI4) - here's to hoping they'll make it all a bit more accessible without removing depth.

And no mess at launch like Imperator, please.
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They're learning. Stellaris was already good enough, so Civilization veteran like my actually finished one run of the game. Though I know that even Civilization can be daunting for some.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyThere are people who have more than 25,000 games. If they've been gaming for 25 years, that means they've been buying 1,000 games a year. Like, buying on average three games every day. How do you even imagine you could possibly potentially play 1,000 games a year? It's actually worse than that because I don't think Steam has existed for 25 years.
Meanwhile, assuming $20 per game that's $500,000. Probably more because I don't see how you can rack up that kind of numbers while carefully waiting for sales, you know?

So, rich morons?

I counted that if you subscribe to Humble Choice and get all the games each month, that's 144 games each year. There are also plenty of other bundles.

Bundles in general are good if you want to get as many games as you can. Of course there's a risk that bundles have game that you own already so you need to hook up with game collector like you that you can trust and trade some licenses. Earlier it was possible to trade gifts which would have made it easier.

As for sales, there's already five big sales on Steam each year and there's plenty of games on sale every time. Some of the games are dirt cheap. In order to get to the target number, you would still have to spend quite lot if you aim for 25000 games.

You can though recoup some costs by selling all kinds of items in the Steam marketplace. You can randomly get trading cards that you can again sell. Cheaper games that have trading cards make it somewhat more worthwhile.

Still, 25000 is quite insane, especially if you get that far more or less by accident.

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I played the demo when it was available and it really isn't easy. You really have to get good in order to progress. Save scumming wasn't option either as you have to first find the save point and in the demo there weren't more than one per level. Once it's found, you can save at any point though.

I didn't manage to finish the demo as there was timed platforming section that was just little bit too hard for me. Platforming in general is the most frustrating part of the game.

It does have certain charm though, I just might not have enough patience for it, unless they have made it easier.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI only have one question in all this--why does growing plants on an island stop it from sinking?

Maybe it's some kind of metaphor for global warming. If planet doesn't warm up, water levels don't rise.

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Quoting: NezchanAlso, a way to make flat roof pieces that don't degrade quickly as they get rained on would be super.

Later in the game stone floor acts also as a roof. As a compromise earlier in the game, 26 degree thatch roof can be walked on. For 45 degree ones you need a ladder. Just place it on the roof and you can that way get to the top of the roof. If you have a wooden beam at the top, you can walk on that and do some repairs or whatever else you want to do while you're up there.

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Quoting: jthill

what are you hoping for in the next content update

I'd like more challenging mobs. Not necessarily more aggressive, there's a lot to be said for the long peaceful interludes, but when a mob or a gang of mobs decides I'm the bad guy I'd like to be frightened. "Find your A game or get killed" s/b a thing. And a mass assault on your base should be terrifying.

I'll put spoiler tag just in case somebody wants to get surprised with the events.

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Troll attack is terrifying if don't have good enough base defenses. Imagine what kind of damage trolls do to the trees. Then imagine same kind of damage to base made out of wood. I made moat early enough so damage was limited and with my plains base plains mobs will kill some of the trolls.

Also drake seem to go for the boar pen. Luckily I built a roof just for aesthetics. I would suppose mobs from other events could do the same, but only drake fly over my moat.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeTook a while, but we figured out that the Trolls don't like being shot in the belly! Does extra damage there. Now with the Draugr Fang, even with normal arrows, I take down a Troll in 3 or 4 shots to the gut.

Regular trolls are relatively weak with decent enough gear, so I just hit them few times with an atgeir. Wouldn't be able to reach higher than gut though...

They also stagger if you shoot them in the head, which gives you moment to get some distance or deal some extra damage.

Trolls have their uses though, so it's better not to kill them right away. Chopping down trees is the usual side effect if they chase you in the forest, but even more useful is to use them as mining helpers. Just stand on top of ore, wait until troll is ready to strike and sprint away before it hits. Repeat until you have more ore than you can carry.

For getting rid of trees, later in the game lox are better than trolls. As they charge towards whatever is pestering them, trees are common collateral damage. Better to tame or kill them if they spawn close to your base...

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