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Planetbase 2 - Dev Update 03 [Overview of new buildings and updated mechanics for older buildings] (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 18 hours ago by Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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I have 200+ hours in the original Planetbase and 100% achievements, so I am pretty biased, but I love the relative simplicity (by the standard of most city-builders) combined with the sci-fi themes and survival mechanics (albeit starting from the mid-game, the survival mechanics are not that important) of the original game.

I always wished there were more compelling late game expansions mechanics and buildings in the original. Planetbase 2 looks to be shaping up as the sequel we need 10 years after the releases of the original.

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[-] TLGA@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago

I also loved the simplicity of the first one and the sequel looks like it's going in the same direction with a bit of novelty added on top. I'm wondering if it will still be as enjoyable now that we had some more in-depth games on the same theme like surviving mars (especially the green planet extension which I really liked)

[-] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 2 points 6 hours ago

I think there is still a market for a "mid-core" type experience and honestly the core structure of Planetbase is very polished.

Even 10 years later, the game still has ~300 CCUs (so likely about 2K+ MAUs assuming an average session is 3-4 hours), a decent achievement for what is arguably a niche indie game:

https://steamdb.info/app/403190/charts/#3y

[-] TLGA@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Oh yeah I'm sure there is still a market for it. I was talking about me personally.

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