I played Don't Starve for the first time when I was 12. At that point, I had been playing video games for about 6 years. Among the games I had played at that point, Civ IV, Burnout Paradise, Lego Racers, LittleBig Planet 2, and Minecraft were the ones I had spent the most time with. But none of these games gripped me to the extend that Don’t Starve did. It was the first game I was ever really obsessed with.
On the surface, this game is simple. You have to make sure you get enough food, have a light for the night, and die to some monster attacking you. In praxis, this is one of the most complex games I’ve ever played.
There are so many different systems in this game. So many ways to make progress, and just as many ways to lose it again. You have to adapt to your environment each new game. The different characters seem like they don’t change too much at the surface, but they end up defining your entire playstyle. Between the overworld, the caves, and the ruins there is so much to explore.
Now the funny thing is that I wasn’t ever all that good at this game. My longest surviving run was up to day sixty-something, and I only got into the ruins like twice, and even then, I barely explored them. Deerclops is the only Giant I ever killed. But didn’t I just say I was obsessed with this game and how deep it is?
When I was 12, I was only allowed to play 30 minutes of video games per day, but I didn’t have a limit on internet time. My mom had some weird ideas. So I ended up playing for half an hour each day and then spending multiple hours watching videos and reading wikis all about this game.
My obsession with the game eventually died out. Neither the Shipwrecked nor the Hamlet DLC and not even the multiplayer mode were able to really get me hooked on this again, though I gave them a shot and they all seemed fine.
The soundtrack of this game is also amazing, the best Klei has ever done. The art style is fantastic. The writing is sparse but good and very intriguing. I’ve heard that they added more story to this, but like I said, not really keeping up with this game nowadays.
I’m not sure how well the game would hold up nowadays. But when I played this 2013-14, it was the best game in the world to me.
On the surface, this game is simple. You have to make sure you get enough food, have a light for the night, and die to some monster attacking you. In praxis, this is one of the most complex games I’ve ever played.
There are so many different systems in this game. So many ways to make progress, and just as many ways to lose it again. You have to adapt to your environment each new game. The different characters seem like they don’t change too much at the surface, but they end up defining your entire playstyle. Between the overworld, the caves, and the ruins there is so much to explore.
Now the funny thing is that I wasn’t ever all that good at this game. My longest surviving run was up to day sixty-something, and I only got into the ruins like twice, and even then, I barely explored them. Deerclops is the only Giant I ever killed. But didn’t I just say I was obsessed with this game and how deep it is?
When I was 12, I was only allowed to play 30 minutes of video games per day, but I didn’t have a limit on internet time. My mom had some weird ideas. So I ended up playing for half an hour each day and then spending multiple hours watching videos and reading wikis all about this game.
My obsession with the game eventually died out. Neither the Shipwrecked nor the Hamlet DLC and not even the multiplayer mode were able to really get me hooked on this again, though I gave them a shot and they all seemed fine.
The soundtrack of this game is also amazing, the best Klei has ever done. The art style is fantastic. The writing is sparse but good and very intriguing. I’ve heard that they added more story to this, but like I said, not really keeping up with this game nowadays.
I’m not sure how well the game would hold up nowadays. But when I played this 2013-14, it was the best game in the world to me.
Archagent
2 years ago