In F04 about 70% of my time is spent scraping piles (scrap all) of rubbish in my settlements.

Doesn't anyone in the post apocalyptics fucking sweep and recycle???

Homeworld 3

Oh no wait that's the opposite...

Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 to A Realm Reborn.

Granted, expansions after that were sold, but still, that one update turned the game around and allowed it to turn a multi-million dollar failure into a multi-million dollar success.

Issue with that is I pre-order the game before release based on false information. Gave up playing after 6 months because it sucked. When they finally got it to what they initially promised. It became almost unplayable by the amount of grinding that had to be done to even earn enough to by a freighter. Again gave up playing. So now sits on my shelf part of my collection.

Oh almost forgot when they updated they corrupted my save file so I lost all the progress I made in that 6 months. So that pissed me off as well.

So do it

I’ve started fresh a number of times with these updates and unfortunately what that does is just highlight how disparate and tacked-on many of them are. They do not make for a coherent, well integrated experience at all. I’m certain it’s a better experience to just be a long time player who logs back in for every update.

Why not? Not only you was much different, the game was a different man too. I want to like this game, but the gameplay loop and activities seem not for me. I played it for a few hours years ago and might go back and try again.

I remember feeling like I was scammed when this was very early development and even after initial release... bros really redeemed themselves.

If you’re wondering if the game was made any deeper and more engaging then no. But they have added a great many new side activities to do. The game was built upon horizontally rather than vertically.

So if you had the game at launch and lived every second of it and just wanted more, you’ll be very happy.

If you had the game and launch and were let down by the lack of depth the game offered, you’ll won’t get much out of it today either.

The promise of the original game was never fulfilled but the game we now have is good in its own way.

Don’t expect “lone space adventure” and you’ll be ok. The game is a survival game at its core and requires you to gather materials . . . In space!

Some people (me) can’t stand games that are just well-disguised work, no matter how pretty.

It's decent. Exploring and collecting different things and upgrading gear is kinda nifty. Late game stuff like settlements and fleets are time gated and annoying. Planetary vehicles confused the hell out of me. Building a vehicle pad and summoning it is much more effort than just using the literal spaceship I just parked. Combat feels... Bad honestly. There's a ton of weapon attachments but only like 2 feel viable but maybe that's just me.

I remember space travel feeling pretty good. It's not bullshit like starfield (where you load screen instead of actually taking off or landing) and not complex like elite dangerous (where entry has to be planned to land near your target), but a nice arcade-y feel with sick visuals.

If you can pick it up for 20 or 30 bucks I'd say it's worth if you're looking for a moderately chill game. There's a ton to discover but it gets samey after a while.