Smalland: Survive the Wilds

good

画面像十几年前的页游，我以为是十几年前的游戏，点出来一看24年的，真吐了，手感也一坨，不如禁闭求生一根。 最难绷是被朋友骗来玩这游戏，玩了不到一个小时他先说太垃圾不想玩了，8块的cdk退不了当教训了

Smalland was a good experience overall, but has me somewhat conflicted: On one hand it was a very good exploration and adventure experience, it really made me fell small and weak, every root and crevisse harbouring lethal danger, any height a challenge to scale. So it felt immensely satisfying to progressively become the king of the undergrowth. I used to fight for my life with a sword, now I soar above my enemies while my Scorpion and Tarantula hold agro, land to cast a few firebolts, then resume flying, like some wizard bird master of beasts. Base building is also quite pleasant, structures effortlessly look good thanks to the cute graphics. On the other hand, Smalland annoyed me on a lot of aspects. It's nowhere near as polished as Grounded and many mechanics are plain annoying, but I'll mention only two main points here: - Companions UI/behaviors are very annoying, very frequently you will be putting your companions in wait mode unknowingly while simply gathering resources. They struggle to keep up with the player and target enemies effectively, particularly in base defense, and the randomness on egg spawn/rarity/traits is not fun to deal with. - Base building is offputting. At first it's nice, buildings look great, but so much farming is required, and the base defense event is awful to manage: No matter how hard I tried enemies always slip through gaps and no walls truly hold them off. Final stage enemies smash through the most solid structure in only 1-2 hits, so if they don't agro you say bye to your base, they'll tear right through. I tried using spikes that have an insane iron cost, and they pretty much vanished without making a difference. Finally, there are too many resources, comparatively with the length of the game. So I didn't feel incentivized to build a lot, I just wanted to get it done and move on.