I cannot put down Aground. I played the demo on PC and bought the full game on Switch. Controls were clearly designed for mouse and keyboard, but the mapping to joycons is satisfactory 99% of the time.
I have played for dozens of hours and have no good sense of how far through the game I am; it just keeps throwing more at me. Some goals are made explicit via quests, some are alluded at only through NPC dialogue, and some are just “explore and find out”.
It’s very clearly in the Minecraft / Terraria genre of “wake up alone and start punching trees” but sufficiently different from either to be a novel experience. Combat is very simple but it’s also not a huge part of the game. The main loop is: meet a new NPC who gives you a tool or blueprint » explore for resources » make a new building for your village » craft better gear » open new area » repeat; though the loops start to overlap at a certain point as your villages grow.
I cannot put down Aground. I played the demo on PC and bought the full game on Switch. Controls were clearly designed for mouse and keyboard, but the mapping to joycons is satisfactory 99% of the time.
I have played for dozens of hours and have no good sense of how far through the game I am; it just keeps throwing more at me. Some goals are made explicit via quests, some are alluded at only through NPC dialogue, and some are just “explore and find out”.
It’s very clearly in the Minecraft / Terraria genre of “wake up alone and start punching trees” but sufficiently different from either to be a novel experience. Combat is very simple but it’s also not a huge part of the game. The main loop is: meet a new NPC who gives you a tool or blueprint » explore for resources » make a new building for your village » craft better gear » open new area » repeat; though the loops start to overlap at a certain point as your villages grow.