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Comment on Random Screenshots of my Games #44 - Pacific Drive

_sideffect@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Holy crap, nice write up! I didn’t read all that, but amazing effort.

The game sounds like subnautica but on land with a car… Is that a fair comparison in your opinion?

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QuantumStorm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Yeah its definitely close to that vibe. Throw in a healthy dose of the anomalies from the STALKER games and it’s damn close. It’s a great game.

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cobysev@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I’ll be honest, I haven’t been able to get into Subnautica. I spent like 2 hours swimming in circles, trying to figure out what to do in that game before I realized I was supposed to check messages or something on the escape pod first. I felt totally abandoned and alone in the ocean, without much of a direction to go. It was a little too “open world” for me, if that makes sense.

Pacific Drive, on the other hand, drops you right into the action, with three people in your ear helping guide you through this strange and unique world. You can always go off and explore regions on your own, but your primary objectives are always clear. I don’t think I could get lost if I tried.

I’ve been meaning to go back and try Subnautica again. Maybe I’ll do a write-up on it and see if I enjoy it, now that I’m used to crafting/exploring games.

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- lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  interesting perspective, because while i completed subnautica i got tired of pacific drive. mainly because subnautica is open and static. you can make your way around a problem area meaning you get by with less time scavenging, while pacific drive is relentless and random, and will absolutely fuck you up if you don’t have the right ingredients. it sells itself on its driving aesthetic, but you spend so little time actually in the car that it seems pointless. it’s all just digging through trash and crafting.
  
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