Grounded

打不开

I had Grounded in my queue to play for the longest time, good reviews but the whole 'honey I shrunk the kids thing' didn't really appeal (it still doesn't), and I had played Smalland already which seemed very similar... but I can 100% confirm its a game any survival fan needs to play. There are very few fully formed Survival games on the market, many are stuck in early access.. but this one has clearly had many iterations of improvement, and its 95% a fully fleshed out top title game.. all the menus and the crafting and the quality of life, variety of weapons, the world.. its all quality. [b]Game Difficulty:[/b] [list] [*] [b]Perfect Parry/Block:[/b] One criticism (for my skill level) is that the game leans heavily into that perfect parry/block mechanic that so many games do now.. and if you are really good at that.. the game is almost trivialised, bosses become 'easy', but if you cant.. the game becomes really very difficult.. and I fall into that latter camp.. however.. if you don't mind giving up some achievements.. you can adjust the game difficulty in many ways which saves the game for sure.. I changed so many things, including monster health down to a 0.25x multiplier (so they hit for 100% damage but have 25% health).. stamina use off.. keep backpack on death (can die to teleport home), no fall deaths, etc etc.. and I still found the game super challenging.. so the fact I could change settings opened the game to me where I probably would have given up otherwise.. death runs for bags are never fun if you are dieing regularly, and the bosses are tough too.. [*] [b]New Game+:[/b] The other great thing is you can genuinely play this game 'until you have had enough', I am currently on New Game+ Level 5 (NG+5), that means its my 6th run through the game, every run becomes increasingly harder, but there is new loot and upgrades that makes it rewarding to do it again.. I love that.. also.. you keep all your builds/base/everything, so you keep most of your work in place....i.e. if you built some stairacase to a rare item.. its still there next time.. this is essential. [/list] [b]The only major annoyances:[/b] [i] (small in the grand scheme of things but still)[/i] [list] [*] [b]Torch Lighting:[/b] You need a spare hand for a torch, but almost all of the weapons (and harvesting tools) in the game are 2-Handed.. its awful.. you are in tunnels swinging an axe in the dark or trying to mine in the dark.. should have been a separate slot or a torch trinket.. anything to make 2H weapons feel worth using. You also cant change weapons to a 2H item (bow or axe or hammer etc) when your inventory is full which can be hectic in battle... [*] [b]Mazes:[/b] Every Lab is a Maze.. I had to spend so much time watching youtube videos.. even on my 5th run through I still get lost and need dumb luck to find the right location in the right order. [*] [b]Parkour:[/b] There is a lot of Parkour.. I dont mind a little but every play through you need to find most of the molars for your stat boosts, luckily in most cases you can build stairs to make it easier next time.. but its a little heavy for my likings. [*] [b]NG+ Mats:[/b] New Game+ I do love, and I think they ran out of time to finesse this, but would have loved some way to craft better trinkets or refund materials from weapons/armour I don't want to keep using.. but again small things.. overall its enough content to pull you through to NG+4 for the highest tier weapons.. love it. [/list] So TL;DR, 100% [b]Grounded is a need to play survival game for fans of the genre[/b] even if its an older title.. Grounded 2 can wait a year or 2 to be finished before looking into the sequel, no need to skip this one...

amazing game, also easy to catch up if your friends play for a bit without you fat jermiah

juego hermoso

Good game, similar to Abiotic Factor (the goat)

dope

Fun game to play solo or with friends. The setting and environment has a unique charm that helps draw you in.