s&box

Although I agree with many of the negative reviews about the quality of some of the games on here being similar to that on roblox or fortnite there is also some genuine gems too that you just wouldn't find on those platforms and it makes this feel almost like a itch.io of games some good some bad many unfinished. Some great ones I've played (albeit somewhat unfinished some of them) and sadly some just don't have the players. Vast MMO - A Eve like space game genuinely quite fun even though I'm not a huge PvP fan in these sorts of games. Blocks & Bullets - Great PvP shooter voxel game with destruction Dark Descent - Fun little dungeon crawler Puddle Pond - Cute little fishing game Ghoul Grounds - CoD Zombies like game Peoples hatred for the character model, slop or AI usage by some of the games on this platform doesn't justify the negative for S&Box and the way it has exposed Source 2 to make it relatively easy to make networked games for people to easily realise game ideas, get it played and get feedback and maybe one day release it as a standalone game all whilst getting a slice of the pie if their game is played (with Facepunch actively trying to support the high quality ones over AI slop ones) Is it the best out there and has no flaws... no and arguably it could have potentially had longer but then they wouldn't have as much feedback from developers working on games to further improve the engine. All this is mind I'd recommend it, yes it's early days and there isn't a lot of games on there beyond Fortnite/Roblox style incremental/idles but there is also some genuinely good ones and I only hope it continues to have more people creating games on here and people playing those games supporting those developers games

was better when it was free since it actually had players, games are mid and devs are dumb and mean

The latest update has confirmed that my decision to leave s&box and not return was the right decision. Removing the server browser shows the developer's true intentions with this game. To be fair, it's their game, let them do what they want. But as a game branded as the "spiritual successor" to Garry's Mod, doing things like removing the server browser is stupidity... The only reason to use or open this is to experience Source 2 wrapped in a laggy mess, and the ability to publish Source 2 independent games in the future would be neat. Perhaps some people's egos have gotten in the way of this game's success.

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This is nothing like G-Mod. As a veteran of G-Mod, I can confidently say this is ai slop with a gravity gun and tool gun attached to it. AKA, nothing like G-Mod. I unfortunately used up my savings on this ai slop of a game.

I do not regret my purchase, but I think that unless you are a developer, or an early supporter of the project, I do not think that you should purchase this product, wait until it becomes free. I intend to revisit this review when that time comes. I don't think that it can be stated enough times that when you purchase s&box, you are not buying a game, and the experience that you are purchasing (as it is currently) will not be comparable to GMod, for the developers to ever state so I believe was one of their biggest mistakes so far. I purchased this product in order to gain access to some form of the Source2 Game Engine, and at the same time would like to support the development of this product. For all intents and purposes, this game is Roblox, plain and simple. I believe that to be a good thing, I think that the game development community can benefit immensely from an "adult" version of the Roblox platform model. For this product to do well though, I have a few recommendations: The obvious primary issue that countless users have noticed is the AI Slop. And I am well aware that the developers have repeatedly stated that they are working on "solving the issues through proper incentives" and what not (I made that quote up). I'm going to make what I believe to be a bold claim to make on a public Steam forum and state that I think it's been made clear both on Steam and across the wider social internet that generative AI is in no way a positive mark on any form of creative product. I think the s&box platform should state boldly and clearly that generative AI and the things it produces are not allowed on the platform*. (* with respect to the obvious nuance that comes with such a wide reaching statement) While I am aware that *practically* a statement such as this would come with increased expectations of a moderation team and all other logistics that would go into actually enforcing such a rule, I don't think that such measures are entirely necessary. Removing only the "most successful" of AI slop on the platform I think would do plenty to disincentivize the creation of further AI Slop. The AI Bros' brains don't work properly, they'll see one piece of AI Slop on the front page making money and think "That could be me if I waste enough tokens." Anyways, enough about my biases against the brainless. I'm sure the devs have already considered such an approach and found a plethora of problems I haven't considered. While this next "recommendation" is kind of out of the devs' hands I think and on paper seems really obvious, but somebody somewhere needs to make a commercially successful game using the tools offered by s&box. (And to do so it would likely need to be released off of the s&box platform, which I think is one of s&box's best features) I think that such a game merely existing would bring lots of positive attention to the platform in the form of people looking to create similar games and optionally modders for the hypothetical game depending on other factors who would also learn the engine. Anyways, this review is longer than I wanted it to be. If you want to make a game or support other people in making games, you can purchase s&box. If you are viewing this product for any other reason while it's price sits anywhere above 12 USD, I cannot recommend this product to you. But alternatively, if you plan on giving absolutely any money at all to the Roblox platform, ♥♥♥♥ that and spend it here instead.

Buy this if you hate having 20 bucks

just get gmod bro