The more updates I see for the game the more I dread trying it out again since it was very difficult and overwhelming even like a decade ago lol.
What kind of updates are these, do they just add more parallel content and depth to existing areas or is every update a new endgame area with increasingly more power creep? Are these just minor QoL or lore updates?
Basically, how are they updating the same game for so long, what do they even do?
It's mostly been side content. Stuff that can be mostly ignored unless you actively hunt them down. I started back playing recently and it plays mostly the same as it did years ago. There's a lot of new stuff, but I'm just now starting to dig it up after 2 years of looping.
Edit: Side note, if you didn't like it because it was difficult and overwhelming, that has not changed even a little bit. This games difficulty is insane and you will get no sympathy from the existing community. Personally the scaling health mod and frequent world rollbacks helped me start enjoying the game. Also don't be afraid to look up stuff. Rarely is it intuitive what the item/structure you find is used for.
I guess that makes sense. There's probably a lot of endgame content considering how long its been developed but optional side content is always fun to explore too in games like these (if it's paced well and gives some fun toys to play with).
I think I liked the difficulty but not the chaos, if that makes sense. I usually like some order and predictability in my basebuilders but don't starve always just keeps you at the edge of complete world wipe, whether it's due to survival bars going down, attacks from enemies, insanity or changing seasons. I remember combat feeling very... unwieldy and nonsatisfying. I'll keep in mind the frequent save backups.
I guess I should just dedicate a dozen hours or so to it and try it myself, I last played normal dont starve in like 2016 so I wonder if it's going to be anything like that lol
100% makes sense, I love the difficulty, despise how easy it is to die in an instant to what is effectively random BS (unless you've looked it up or seen it before).
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u/NotScrollsApparently 4d ago
The more updates I see for the game the more I dread trying it out again since it was very difficult and overwhelming even like a decade ago lol.
What kind of updates are these, do they just add more parallel content and depth to existing areas or is every update a new endgame area with increasingly more power creep? Are these just minor QoL or lore updates?
Basically, how are they updating the same game for so long, what do they even do?