I bought the orig Don't Starve at GOG and loved it. Then DS ROG came along and I bought it. It was good but I liked the orig DS better. Then... along came DS Shipwrecked and that one became my Fav game of the series. All of them have replayability. Then I was excited to see DS Hamlet and immediately purchased it. Boy was I extremely disappointed. I truly regret ever purchasing it. The graphics are worse than those in ROG. I've played with it about 4 times and went back to Shipwrecked which I play a bit at least 3 or 4 times per week. Hamlet game play strategy is way too different from the other games in the DS series and it's confusing to say the least. NOTE: Upon adding Hamlet to the other DS games, it seems the creators altered the orig DS - I've tried playing it a few times and they added a new Boss to the mix that you can't block from being in the game when you first do your setup. So you work at setting up your first "base" and apparently if you don't move along within a very few amount of days, the new "Boss" will appear and begin destroying everything you built. That ruined the orig DS for me. So now I only play Shipwrecked. And the creators never fixed a bug in Shipwrecked - even if you choose NO Summer (Dry - None) there will still be times that heat appears. Also at times twigs and grass will still look like they're ready to pick/harvest but you already picked them. (that's annoying but it's random and doesn't affect the entire patch you're trying to harvest. I'll try Hamlet again down the road but for now I'll stick with my fav - Shipwrecked.
I have Win 8.1 (64bit) and DirectX9. This game will load but I'm unable to get past the main menu. Have tried using the keyboard & mouse to no avail. Just discovered the game is 32bit and that's prob why it won't run on my pc.
I enjoyed Don't Starve & Don't Starve ROG but this is my all time fav in the series. It's fun to be able to build a water craft and sail the ocean to other small islands. As with its predecessors, it's micromanagement at its finest for those who enjoy that sort of thing. :)b You have more control over setting how you want your world to be in this DLC. The game play is endless. I've been hooked on Don't Starve games for a few years now, although D&D RPG's are normally my preferred genre. This is a nice change of pace and a game that you can put down and return to later without too much trouble trying to remember where you left off. I've never experienced a glitch in any of the Don't Starve games.
I was a big fan of Spiderweb software for many years and only because I got started on their EXILE game series. I purchased all of the Exile series full price and loved the randomness and replayability of all of that series. Without ever trying a trial version, I purchased the entire Geneforge series through Spiderweb and was greatly disappointed. Geneforge lacks the creativity of Exile & seems to have been thrown together without much thought. It's also not a very long lasting game. Also - if you can afford the frustration of wearing out your mouse rather frequently, then choose this game. I just purchased Avadon through GOG today and am hoping it's much better than Geneforge. But if it isn't I won't be out over $100 like I was from purchasing Geneforge through Spiderweb. I wish that GOG would offer the entire Exile series. I think many of the rpg/adventure folks would really enjoy it.
I continue to be surprised and amazed that the more I play this game - the more new things I discover. Really didn't expect much out of this game since my favs are rpgs but this game has kept me captivated for over 3 weeks now. Just reached level 4 of 5 in Adventure mode today. If you enjoy a good challenge then you should appreciate this game. And yes this game can be addictive. :)
