The Universim is the ultimate world building god game (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by dracs@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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Never thought this game would be done :) Full release, first look

https://youtu.be/kAfYFwqWin0?si=qOBnQLB8GLr_knDj

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[-] AverageGoob@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Glad it has released. Gave it a shot and realized why I put it down in the first place. It's a slog to play. 90% of the time I am just waiting around for research to complete.

[-] graymess@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Research? I guess I don't know what a god game is. I was picturing Black & White and I don't remember research being a component.

[-] AverageGoob@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Yeah your "nuggets" do research which is how you progress basically. Research though is just straight up time gated with no way to increase the rate. Most research items take 5-13 minutes. At most you can cut that down by half by increasing game speed by 2x. I have played the whole game up until this point on this speed and it still feels like I need a 3x or even a 4x.

[-] graymess@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Time gated? That sounds fucking awful. Who puts time gated mechanics in a game outside of mobile garbage?

[-] AverageGoob@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I mean I get it - research takes time, but at least dress up a little with like "science points" or something rather than just a straight up time limit.