Starbound

I recently moved to Linux and I just found out that Starbound requires an open Steam client to run. It doesn't need to be owned on there, it just needs the Linux Steam client to run to open the game. This breaks the whole DRM-free part of owning it on GoG in the first place. I never had a problem like this on Windows so I assume it's a Linux only thing. Since I never had the game in the days of prerelease I'm not one of those people that will get angry on having lost things I never even new existed. But having to resort to running steam for a game I bought on GoG... that's less forgivable.

its a very good game, really shines with mods. i didnt have this game around the beta/release time, so i dont have any experience from that time, and i can see people having issues with what happened around that time, but purely from a "ive just stumbled across this game and this is my first time playing it ever in current year" its a good game. similar to terraria in that they are both 2d and block based, but they do take different approaches, but if you like one youll more than likely like the other

This game will be really good someday... maybe. As it stands now "Starbound" is a broken, bug ridden, nearly unplayable mess. I tried really hard to love this game (honestly, I still do), but after the third time of having my save game deleted I can't do it anymore. Between the plummets in the frame rate, the CONSTANT crashes, persistent black screens and countless other errors I sincerely regret being an early adopter. It won't take much to make this a great game, but its not finished yet. If anyone reading this is on the fence about getting this game as is, my advice is to wait.

I originally got this on Steam. I hate Steam. Happy it released here! It's a lot like Terraria but the worlds are smaller and they wrap. But you have more worlds to play on. You have to play the main story quest (it seems). But it's a Sandbox so you can do it at your leisure. Terraria allows for you to play whichever character on whichever world at any time. This...not so much. However, I'm starting to wonder if you have one galaxy which all your characters share and you could run into worlds of you other characters? In the beginning, the movement wasn't great and it seemed to eat up a lot of resources. It's much improved since then. There is this bug with the layers though. Over time you start seeing the layers turn black. Apparently they know about it but haven't fixed it. And then there's Moddng. Starbound supports and encourages modding. There are a lot of mods out there which can make your game unique. Make sure they're made for your version though.

First off: 3 Stars means that this game is still enjoyable on my scale. Every time i give this game another try i get alienated by the awkward controls. They allways feel so very clumsy. All the interactions with boxes, the interfaces are so slow, which gives the game a way worse "feeling" than Terraria. Also every planet yo're visiting is just a Planet with one more type of ore and the next "tier" of items.