PC Gamer review of FF

Farthest Frontier General Discussion
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Nice review, seems like he got a bit of everything. :joy:

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Wow!! Sounds like a headache in waiting, so much detail to pay attention too. Not sure I will have the time to play this.

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But, well done regardless, I am sure it is a great game!

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Well, it depends on how you decide to play the game. You can play without the combat side of things and choose an easy difficulty too.

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That will help for sure.

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Yes, from a distance it reads like itĀ“s more stressful than RealLife itself. Hell, even plants can catch diseases xD.
Already excited!

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I suppose it could be but itā€™s pretty easy to get by for a long time actually without having to worry about the deeper systems, like crops etc. Raiders can be a whole 'nuther headache too but thankfully you can play without 'em. Overall itā€™s pretty easy to start a game as easy or as hard as you want it.

You canā€™t change these settings after the fact, however, tho it would be nice if Crate could see about making that a possibilty. I could see how some settings in particular would be difficult or impossible to make changeable on-the-fly, but it would be nice to be able to toggle raiders on or off without having to roll a new save.

Regardless, it has plenty of ā€œrerollā€ addictiveness imo, much like GD, and I find I have no qualms with squashing a session if it isnt going how I like and starting anew. The random map generation is actually what I find to be largely responsible for that quality, tho it would probably be insulting for me to not also nod at the numerous gameplay factors involved that likewise contribute.

Thereā€™s a surprising amount going on in FF and I feel like Crate has shown here that they donā€™t deserve to be restricted to making diabloā€™s the rest of their lives, as some out there seem to believe :smirk: Theyā€™ve done a beautiful job with everything from the art and tone of the game to the music and sound and the various mechanics. Iā€™m looking forward to see what else theyā€™ll add over the early access periodā€¦ and beyond.

Cuz you just know theyā€™ll dote on it well after official release much like GD.

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Thanks for the insights. Iā€™m always struggling with the idea of adjusting game difficulty back and forth on the fly though.
I think it was Max Payne where this was possible and it felt weird. If you couldnā€™t get past that one sticky situation, you just slide over to Easy in game options, master the obstacle, and slide back to difficult. Felt quite lame and a lot like cheating.

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