Well, the first time I heard about Wurm, I was totally excited about the features... a virgin land, with no building at all and practically no NPC, where players have to build every single construction and item that appear in the game by cutting trees, crafting item, digging, building roads, farming etc., and all that in 1st person view.. it was exactly the type of game I've ever dreamed of. But when I tried it, it was nice but... I didn't really liked it, and, unlike Dwarf Fortress, I've never managed to play more than several hours at it.
The reasons of why I didn't enjoyed it like I thought I would was :
- Technically speaking, the java engine is a
terrible one to make game, especially a mmorpg.
- It was very hard to do anything alone, and I just spend a whole afternoon to make a simple dish.
- Really enjoying it need a lot of time and personnal investment, and you'll be soon or later forced to cooperate with other players (and since I can only play during weekend, and my native language isn't english, that's a bit tough)
- It was free... but not really. Without paying, you have access to only one server, who is heavily populated and builded, you're limited to level 20, you're low-priority to connect, etc
- I was disconnected -very- often during playing, which was totally anti-immersive and tiresome.
So what I want now is approximately the same concept as Wurm : A game, multiplayer or singleplayer (singleplayer will be even greater, I think), where you explore vast areas of wilderness, and build everything with your character(s), transforming the nature around you to a nice home, or even to a town, or something like that. Also, it has to be free (no charges)
So... anyone know a game like this ? I've already tried the following games :
- Dwarf fortress (hehe)
- Wurm (see above)
- Stranded (nice, but boring after you build every building)
- Clonk (great, but the characters are... difficult to control)
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Topic: Wurm-Like game ? (Read 28831 times)