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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i bought this game so long ago, and i keep forgetting i own it until something like this pops up like once every couple years.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

I just learned of it today and was checking out their dev blog and it went back to 2011??? That's crazy.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Legendary game, only thing that comes close to M&B Warband as a sandbox IMO (shoutouts to Daggerfall)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You ever play X3? That's what I've considered to be the Warband of space games for a long while.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I couldn't get into it, but I do have several dozen hours on X4 :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yoo, for real? Okay, this is gonna be a big deal for me if that's accurate

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If it's even close to M&B or Daggerfall my upcoming summer break is in trouble.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes its a lot like M&B but in space, it cost like 10€ but if you want to try it first, look at the video SsethTzeentach made about it, there is a (developers approved) code to play for free. I would also recommend looking at ironcladlion's videos, because the modding scene is BIG and add a ton of replayability to the game. Honestly 11/10 i spend a few months each year replaying the fuck out of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Just played through the tutorial. Looks and plays great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm guessing one of the reasons it's not in Steam is that it depends on Java to run? I don't recall every having a Java based game on Steam

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] technohacker 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] technohacker 2 points 1 week ago

Huh, i thought PZ shipped a Java runtime?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Oh my, you're right! I thought it's in unity, because of their later strong stance against it. Maybe PC version is in Java and some of the ports in Unity?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can't see a problem with Java on Steam as long as you bundle the runtime and not depend on linking to it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

It would be very very arbitrary of Steam to bar a game based on the language it’s written on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Mindustry is on steam

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Why would that be the first reason you came up with and not the fact that steam takes a ridiculous 30% cut from dev's work? And yes, the game is that good, so good they can tell steam to fuck off. Makes me like the game even more..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

As a dev while steams cut is large and id like to see it go down, you do get a lot for it.