Thread 717348021

What's their endgame?

It seems like a social experiment

>how long will people talk in a lobby

Was the entire test

This has something to do with optimizing loading times (big problem on PS3 hardware like switch 2)

>>717348121
I'm getting materials in this but not really sure what to do with them. I know I can make tools but occasionally I end up in a different area set up with gems instead of metals or with completely different trees.
I think i like casually clearing darkness in one massive blast more than the social stuff

>>717348121
>optimizing loading times (big problem on PS3 hardware like switch 2)
microSD express is greater than SATA SSD speeds, which is what Switch 2 uses.
Also, the playtests are for Switch 1 not Switch 2.

>>717348121
There is no talking you shake hands or use emotes. Its a strand type game.

>>717348121
Yeah, pretty much. It's like they’re stress-testing the bounds of asynchronous interaction while masking it under “cute lobbies” and “resource co-op.” The loading time theory tracks too - if they can keep people busy with emotes and pseudo-quests while the backend chugs along, then “loading” becomes a feature instead of a flaw. Kojima would be proud.

>>717348021 (OP)
They said it themselves that it’s a stress-test of their online infrastructure, though i’m sure they wanna make it a real game too given how much went into it

On the subject of loading, I was surprised at how far up the game lets you go.
Go to a completed sector and you can fly freely, just keep going up and the curvature of the surrounding planet starts becoming apparent.

I'd be tempted to make a road from one sector to another but the segments not automatically fusing and requiring specific blocks makes it way too much effort to want to do alone.

>>717350856
>Also, the playtests are for Switch 1 not Switch 2.
Is this why I never saw anything about it?

>>717352281
I wish it were seamless

>>717352529
Im playing on my switch 2

>>717352529
>>717352653
It's running as a switch 1 game, but playable on switch 2 via back compat

>>717352761
yeah screenshot resolutions are tiny, and drops from 60fps often on switch 2 :(

I took like 20 whole ass 10 block high by three block trees. made a house, textured and painted that house, and then stopped playing the game entirely.
I feel like I missed the point of this game.

>>717348121
>>717352017
>>717352250

If you believe that this isn't eventually going to be a full-fledged future "online game platform" release (a la Roblox) and is simply a server test for future existing online games like Animal Crossing and Splatoon you are actively huffing paint fumes