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Anon is looking for a new video game (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 21 points 2 years ago (6 children)

In a quick comparison Valheim vs Terraria. Terraria is numbers not mechanics.

I've challenged myself to kill mobs way before I was supposed to in epic souls-like battle and succeeded. There were even streamers trying to clear the game in "reverse" boss order.

Can't pull that in most games.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Dude, Valheim and Terraria are both numbers. Don't think there's a single survival crafting game that isn't numbers. Your not beating any of the late game bosses in starter armor, even existing in the areas they reside requires bigger numbers. Not so say their aren't mechanics, but they both rely on enemies getting spongier to force you to make your gear (numbers) better. Basically if you can use gear to brute force a solution, it's numbers.

    Ninja Garden is mechanics. Shooters are mechanics. Furi is mechanics. Your power level stays more or less the same, the enemies change but don't really get tankier, but they force new/different tactics. If you get upgrades it's mostly to bypass older enemies which you've already mowed down dozens of times.

    This is all imo.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Project Zomboid might be a mechanic intense survival crafting game. Armor and weapons only improve survivability slightly. Movement and experience save you from getting boxed in or losing from material means.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Doesn’t Zomboid rely on numbers in terms of skill levels for shooting, running, etc?

    Mechanics come into play, sure, but the weapons and skill levels seem to make the biggest difference.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    They make the biggest difference for each individual player. But an experienced player will take a CDDA character (scenario where you start with a bad character, naked, sick and with bad wounds all over in a flaming building in the middle of winter) and somewhat easily make them into the ultimate survivor, whereas you can give a seriously op character to a newbie with all the skill already maxed out and no negative traits and they'll probably die to the first zombie encounter.

    A lot of words to say that PZ is neither a numbers game nor really a mechanics game. Ultimately it's more of a knowledge game

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I think God Of War is similar in that you can do lots of side stuff pretty early and under leveled and if you are good enough you can pull it off, ofc it gets easier with better gear, but better gear is locked behind story progression

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