The Outsider is the only DLC that adds additional gameplay content, including a new playable character and 5 more missions. The other 2 are simply cosmetic skins(hats) and not worth the money, even if it just an extra 50cents.
I feel the city builder genre is a picky niche, so I wouldn't be surprised if hardcore fans of that genre are disappointed.
Iirc their games usually are very low entry, nice game for the new gamer or one that wants less stressful scenarios.
I love their aesthetic so I think they usually are pretty great, but don't think they've ever been "challenging". Which is where I think a city builder will run into trouble.
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04-27-2024 at 08:56 AM.
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Looks like they finally stumbled with Build, everything else has great reviews. Wonder what made that different.
I mean, if you're saying anything above an 80 metacritic score is "great" and anything under that is a "stumble", then yeah, but that's a pretty narrowly focused way of looking at it. Quest is sitting at an 81 on metacritic and Build is at a 74, that's a pretty minimal difference. You could've called Quest a stumble by that logic since it was a drop from the highs of Dig 2 and Heist.
Build was from a different developer (The Station) but Image and Form/Thunderful Development (the makers of the rest of the series), also made The Gunk in the meantime, which is rated even lower than Build.
I mean, if you're saying anything above an 80 metacritic score is "great" and anything under that is a "stumble", then yeah, but that's a pretty narrowly focused way of looking at it. Quest is sitting at an 81 on metacritic and Build is at a 74, that's a pretty minimal difference. You could've called Quest a stumble by that logic since it was a drop from the highs of Dig 2 and Heist.
Build was from a different developer (The Station) but Image and Form/Thunderful Development (the makers of the rest of the series), also made The Gunk in the meantime, which is rated even lower than Build.
Interesting. From my perspective, I mostly go off of Steam reviews (unless it involves drama like Crew Motorfest), and have enough games already that I pretty much only buy Overwhelmingly positive games unless there is some other factor (like a noiseypixel review, or a dev I love).
From that perspective:
2023 Build (38% off $25)- mostly positive
2019 Quest (85% off $25)- very positive
2017 Dig 2 (87& off $20)- overwhelmingly positive
2016 Heist (93% off $15)- overwhelmingly positive
Dig 2013 (91% off $10)- very positive
Interesting. From my perspective, I mostly go off of Steam reviews (unless it involves drama like Crew Motorfest), and have enough games already that I pretty much only buy Overwhelmingly positive games unless there is some other factor (like a noiseypixel review, or a dev I love).
From that perspective:
2023 Build (38% off $25)- mostly positive
2019 Quest (85% off $25)- very positive
2017 Dig 2 (87& off $20)- overwhelmingly positive
2016 Heist (93% off $15)- overwhelmingly positive
Dig 2013 (91% off $10)- very positive
Sure, I get where you're coming from, with limited time and more games than ever to choose from (often from our own stuffed backlogs) it's easy to choose not to play games that are "good" because we can't even get to the ones that are "great" or "incredible".
The entire Steamworld series falls into that "good" category for me. I played Dig 1 years ago and have always wanted to get around to the others, I even just bought Heist, Dig 2 and Quest a few weeks ago because they were so cheap, though I'm probably not gonna play them anytime soon. But it still seems odd to consider something with mostly positive reviews (and especially something with very positive reviews) a stumble just because they're not overwhelmingly positive. If they were getting into mostly negative I could understand.
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Iirc their games usually are very low entry, nice game for the new gamer or one that wants less stressful scenarios.
I love their aesthetic so I think they usually are pretty great, but don't think they've ever been "challenging". Which is where I think a city builder will run into trouble.
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Build was from a different developer (The Station) but Image and Form/Thunderful Development (the makers of the rest of the series), also made The Gunk in the meantime, which is rated even lower than Build.
Build was from a different developer (The Station) but Image and Form/Thunderful Development (the makers of the rest of the series), also made The Gunk in the meantime, which is rated even lower than Build.
From that perspective:
2023 Build (38% off $25)- mostly positive
2019 Quest (85% off $25)- very positive
2017 Dig 2 (87& off $20)- overwhelmingly positive
2016 Heist (93% off $15)- overwhelmingly positive
Dig 2013 (91% off $10)- very positive
From that perspective:
2023 Build (38% off $25)- mostly positive
2019 Quest (85% off $25)- very positive
2017 Dig 2 (87& off $20)- overwhelmingly positive
2016 Heist (93% off $15)- overwhelmingly positive
Dig 2013 (91% off $10)- very positive
The entire Steamworld series falls into that "good" category for me. I played Dig 1 years ago and have always wanted to get around to the others, I even just bought Heist, Dig 2 and Quest a few weeks ago because they were so cheap, though I'm probably not gonna play them anytime soon. But it still seems odd to consider something with mostly positive reviews (and especially something with very positive reviews) a stumble just because they're not overwhelmingly positive. If they were getting into mostly negative I could understand.