There are some frames where they’ve selected the mice and they don’t appear to have much in the way of RPG mechanics. Certainly nothing of the same scale as Rimworld.
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ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 year agoHow can you rule out from this trailer the possibility that it shares these qualities with RimWorld? Because I sure can’t.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’d say both that you’re making a lot of assumptions off of not a lot of information, and that it can be inspired by RimWorld without being exactly like RimWorld, perhaps even with different strengths, but it certainly looks like they were inspired by RimWorld.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
It’s hard to say at this point, but there’s a lot in the trailer that makes me think “Timberborn” and only a couple of frames and pixels that make me think “Rimworld”. And given that their marketing tagline is “inspired by Rimworld” you’d think they would show off any Rimworldiness a bit more in the trailer.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Here is what I’m referring to. You can see the mouse just has a basic list of needs and maybe some kind of job specialization.
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Pawns in Rimworld have a deep backstory, full sets of skills, family, dynamic relationships with every other pawn in the world, a full inventory including every bit of clothing, and with the DLC, they gain the potential to earn royal rank, biomods, cybernetics, and spellcasting.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve only played the base game of RimWorld, and that looks very RimWorld to me.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Agree to disagree. But then, I have >1300 hours in Rimworld. It’s possible I have a much stronger feel of it and that’s colouring my perspective of this new game.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve got 2,000h in Rimworld and it’s sufficiently like Rimworld for that tagline.