I feel this game's core mechanics, setting, and story is really cool. It needs a lot of polishing and updates and it needs to be better optimized but I really like it so far.
@kinderwaff
Жыл бұрын
It is available in Xbox Game Pass if anyone's wondering, that's the way I'll try it out
@pyrobryan
Жыл бұрын
I played the demo, or a free weekend, or something like that a while back. I enjoyed it, but like you said, there were quite a few quality of life improvements that were needed. It was in a state that I didn't fully enjoy playing, but everything that pushed me away is almost to be expected in a game this early in development.
@leakyabstraction
Жыл бұрын
Pretty cool, I'm really satisfied with it so far; definitely have been waiting for a game like this. I especially love that they used the inserters from Factorio. Not to mention the diggable terrain... pretty nice differentiating factor. I know I won't be popular by saying this, but I already like the gameplay 'loop' better than in Satisfactory
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
Will you be purchasing Techtonica? Also if you're interested in seeing more, make sure to join my stream on twitch.tv/totalxclipse immediately after, where we'll be doinga special launch stream
@krasje28
Жыл бұрын
Depends on the price ;)
@UNCLE_FC_BLORA
Жыл бұрын
1st thing 1st,lets be honest here.. it will be heavily compared to Satisfactory, if the price is similarly priced or.. even better, Cheaper than Satisfactory, then YES.. auto buy for me.. co-op is a big plus to buying decision also..
@HarryDinesOut
Жыл бұрын
No
@Bambeakz
Жыл бұрын
If i had to buy it i wouldn't because i am a bit done with Early Acces, Don't like the design/setting and Satisfactory looked better (at EA release). But it is on Gamepass so maybe i will try it there.
@oplawlz
Жыл бұрын
Buy it? Not until it's much further in development. Play it on game pass? Yeah I'll give it a shot. Have to say i'm concerned that it's going to get boring fast with no combat and only 4 mineable resources though.
@reverndmaynard
Жыл бұрын
I enjoy this quite a bit and had been waiting for the Early Access. But as Exclipse and others have pointed out, there are a few needed improvements. Namely...How can you delete an inventory item. If this is in the game I haven't found it with almost 30 hours (between demo and ER). But it is fun, and I wish more games like this would allow you to terraform. 7/10. but remember EARLY ACCESS!
@gravidar
Жыл бұрын
At the same (non sale) price as Satisfactory they're setting the bar quite high. It's a no from me, for now. I may pick it up at a bigger discount later as I have enough games with conveyors etc. right now! Cheers for the review, I'll keep my eye on it. Q. should early access games start low and increase price over time nearer to release?
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
I think they should increase their price over time. Certainly given inflation I can see satisfactory and tectonica rising by 30% after 1.0 if making comparisons to triple a game pricing
@iainperkins2085
Жыл бұрын
My issue with Techtonica is that I don't know why I would play it above Satisfactory. I feel that it needs to work on it's unique selling point, and am worried it doesn't really have a compelling one. I also worry that this concern is isn't an early access problem but a permanent one as I see nothing significant in the roadmap.
@zombieblaster5754
Жыл бұрын
pro tip for people is something I didnt realise until mid game is that the ores are limited(there is an infinite loop for crafting floors and conveyors and scrapping them to get around this if you want) and the drills do extend as you dig so the drills dont have to be placed right against ore to mine it, they will extend out to it.
@richard123467893
Жыл бұрын
what game are you taking about xD
@Sam-fp8zm
Жыл бұрын
they are infinite for me
@braxbludroot
Жыл бұрын
I'll be picking this one up. I know it's early, and it might seem like a risky investment, but I feel like I've had pretty good past history with early access games. I have yet to find an early access game that I've paid for that didn't end up getting me my money's worth. If it can give the studio a boost to help them continue development, it's worth it. Even if there is a lemon here and there, I've found that more often than not, they all turn out well and were worth the money. I can understand why people are wary of getting involved this early on, but I think it's worth it.
@justinwhite2725
Жыл бұрын
I encountered enough quality of life issues and progress halting bugs that I would tell most people to wait until closer to actual release. (progress halting bug - my planters won't accept seeds)
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
Oh odd I've not come across that issue
@pxprimary3790
Жыл бұрын
Very concerned about picking this up anytime soon. They had an "early access demo" a while back and it felt pretty rough to say the least. Now here we are and it's Early Access release with ~4 ores available currently it seems? I'm guessing you can exhaust the available content within a few hours or a day at most and be left waiting months if not years for enough content to really sink a long weekend or two into (or more).
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
Well I'm 24 hours into the game and haven't exhausted it yet.
@pxprimary3790
Жыл бұрын
@@TotalXclipse That's good to hear I suppose? Though there is another Satisfactory KZitemr who has like 500 hours into a single game... which let's be honest is WAY WAY beyond realistic for normal players. That said, super excited that we might have another factory game!
@gravidar
Жыл бұрын
@@pxprimary3790 Abnormal? Me? well, maybe, but not for this reason. I have 742hrs in a Satisfactory game, 400+ in subnautica, 300 in below zero, 560 in Astroneer, 270 in Planet Crafter, 200 in Astro Colony, 300 in Raft and 430 in SoTF - you get the idea, I don't like starting from scratch. Not sure whether that means this will good/bad game for me but I'll put a few more hours into Satisfactory before I take a look at this one.
@bezimienny1337
Жыл бұрын
@@pxprimary3790 there are factorio youtubers with 10 000+ hours tho
@VoidplayLP
9 ай бұрын
dont forget that factorio also basically has 4 ores.
@SilverFolfy
Жыл бұрын
I would not necessarily compare it with Factorio and Satisfactory, everyone seems to just jump to these comparisons first but there is a much more similar game out there. This game feels very much like a spiritual successor to FortressCraft Evolved for me, in both looks and feel, but it seems FortressCraft Evolved is so unknown that most did not know about the similarity. Fun fact: FortressCraft Evolved was a factory game even before Factorio was a thing. It was rather influenced by the early modded Minecraft community, mods (Buildcraft, IC2, etc) and modpacks (Tekkit & FTB)
@ImUkoo
Жыл бұрын
uhh u can compare it with Factorio and satisfactory.. they all have their own Comparisons....
@SilverFolfy
Жыл бұрын
@@ImUkoo Sure, you can compare it with many factory games. I just meant that most comparisons I saw immediately jumped to Factorio and Satifactory, as if they are the closest match to Techtonica. I understand that is the case because those are the most known and played games in the "factory-game" genre, but I wanted to point out that for people that know FortressCraft Evolved, this is a much closer match.
@ImUkoo
Жыл бұрын
@@SilverFolfy at the end of the day these youtubers make videos for the money so they don't care to compare it to actual games that are like the ones they review.
@EkpyroticBounceHouse-DunderDan
Жыл бұрын
DAMN! How have I never heard of fortress craft! It looks super super sick. It actually reminds me of my days in middle school playing the Tekkit Minecraft mod lmao the roots of a factory game player were always in me
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
I've never played fortress craft evolved.. so how would I know any differently? And if I've never heard of it, I'm sure many of my viewers haven't. So comparing it to two factory games a lot of people know (and given I've spoken directly to the Devs and they've talked about games that inspired them) I think it's a fair point I made - rather than being about the money.
@zombieblaster5754
Жыл бұрын
I saw it added to game pass and I cant put it down. its full of bugs but they are very active on discord and they are also doing what coffee stain does and giving us update videos for issues we've brought up and addressing needed changes moving forward. if you are playing this being in the discord is a must. I feind that the conveyors can be buggy af, but with all the bugs and crashes its still been a good time.
@IsThatDrak
Жыл бұрын
so far i am enjoying the game, its unique, the stats thing is driving me mad as i find myself constantly thinking how many of these do i need? i find thd the crank generators to be far more annoying than biomass...... 5mins is too short, that needs to be increased to 20mins i think. i cant get anything done without huffing my way back to the crank. overall a great game!
@meicox3924
Жыл бұрын
No infinite nodes in a mass production factory game is an instant NO for me. Grinding hours for ressources. Hell no.
@cheaperrcer5989
Жыл бұрын
was just thinking the same its unfortunate
@gaetan5161
Жыл бұрын
Well, i watch lots of content creator who played tectonica recently, and i dont feel it's a "mass production factory game" as such as Satisfactory. And the best game of this genre have finite ressources nodes as Factorio or DSP.
@GotoFail
Жыл бұрын
Finite nodes gives me an excuse to build trains :)
@4kteevee
Жыл бұрын
yea but it really is super easy to get tonsssssss of stuff and your kinda always doing something so i just check my machines and theyre full when i come back
@Gammaaf
Жыл бұрын
Same here. I want to set it and forget it. Half of the enjoyment for me is just watching a factory produce materials from an infinite source.
@gabeshivers
Жыл бұрын
Im not a factory builder gamer really, but so far I thought its pretty interesting. Plus, the soundtrack completely slaps 🔥
@standingwithukraine2695
Жыл бұрын
I like it. It's kind of confusing how to navigate the menu's and know what to do next. However its a cute little game
@Sam-fp8zm
Жыл бұрын
I played for 50 hours or so and have tons of resources, and done most missions. The research cores are weird and I move them a lot to out of the way areas. It is too dim and not bright enough if it had vibrant colors like astroneer it would be better. it is free on gamepass so it is worth a play.
@1Rictec
Жыл бұрын
too late i already did it game is great for people that like making factories and automation you cant have satisfactory, factorio, dysen sphere , and miss this one ...
@Settiis
Жыл бұрын
This game looks interesting. It’s a combination of so many games I enjoy.
@ryansta
10 ай бұрын
Where's Rabbit ? where's the Bell ? The words, the words from the developer ? Old Meg ?
@shoresy6927
Жыл бұрын
Hmmm. Seems very similar to what I'm used to.
@delcien9697
Жыл бұрын
its on xbox gamepass (for PC)! i'll be playing it on that!
@Kyun9432
10 ай бұрын
I dislike infinite nodes, so it's cool that the game doesn't have it. Every node I encounter I feel like i need to utilize and sometimes that node is in my way of factory, resulting in an ugly connection that will never go away. What I'd appreciate is that nodes last for a while in early game and late game, I wouldn't want my main mission to find more nodes to harvest.
@MDLeide
Жыл бұрын
You're not being picky. The game looks very promising, but it's borderline unplayable for me due to controls and UI. Gonna let it cook for a while longer.
@approximatelybored
Жыл бұрын
Is there a surface world hidden somewhere ? 🧐
@sijumosa
Жыл бұрын
I played for a few hours and... not again. Its confusing, controls too bad, quality of life not present, objectives mixed, exploration painfull,construction strange...not for me
@rhyswhittington8759
Жыл бұрын
I absolute hate the way the research cores work in the game. I'm having a blast so far but the core system is easily one of the most stupid things I have seen in a game like this. With shapable terrain and everything having moving parts you have to only have things on screen that you need. The cores being physical is absolutely a stupid game design choice. I hope they remove this as its actually got a lot of potential. At the moment you have to create vast towers of pointless but necessary stuff and hide it in a cave that you will never visit. I just don't get why they thought that this would be a good idea.... hopefully they see that it's ridiculous and sort it out. Other than that and obvious teething issues it's shaping up to be a fun game.
@Itazu
Жыл бұрын
I downloaded it to xbox but the screen is messed up, like a fish eye view.. and there is no Pov Slider (like in the PC version)..
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
There isn't one in the video settings?
@Itazu
Жыл бұрын
@@TotalXclipse Sadly not, there are only 4 slider - gamma, screen size X, screen size y and resolution scale. The other settings in video are just for textur quality, bloom, light quality and so on.
@edendyson8391
Жыл бұрын
Yea it doesn’t feel right and I was happy to see a factory game on gamepass but I can’t really enjoy the game rn
@Itazu
Жыл бұрын
@@edendyson8391 what language do you use? I play with German setting. I fixed this problem with a small workaround. The settings are off in many languages and everything is set to 1000% instead of 100%. Change the setting of your console to English and US country and restart your console. Start the game, set it to English and Press "Y - restore default" in the game settings. Every slider should now be 100% and the issue solved. Now you can change your console and game back to your language. The Developer already released a Patch for Steam and hopefully soon for console too.
@wretchedegg6336
10 ай бұрын
Do not buy this game while it's in early access. There is a game breaking bug that happens after you acquire the M.O.L.E. your game will enter an infinite load screen. At times, your actions button (select) will stop working, the Monorail system doesn't work, you will fall through the map at times, and much more. Play it on game pass, but don't buy the game outright Wait until it's is fully released. If you place the MOLE into a storage container before saving/quitting, you will be able to load in, but if you ever forget - kiss your save goodbye.
@DeconvertedMan
11 ай бұрын
it needs signs!
@Retodon8
Жыл бұрын
Question begging is a specific fallacy, and that's not what's happening here. Nice update video though, I hadn't noticed the game was in early access yet.
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
What is question begging?
@unknownplayercap
Жыл бұрын
Yeee, The price on this game is pretty high for what it offers and well being in Early access too. Like it would be far more understanding down the road of updates (and we have no idea how long that'll take) but at the time, It doesn't seem like a selling point to me at least when you have these other games around the same price that offer far more and well with the Demo being what it was, Doesn't help anymore with trying to sell it right now. It is on Gamepass non the less to try at least. Factorio seems like a better option right now until this game gets some updates.
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
Factorio is £30, techtonica with the sale on £21.50? Sure you're investing in an early access game but compared to most recent releases costing £45+ I think they've got the price right. I wouldn't be surprised if prices increase when it's fully released and keeping up with inflation. But yes gamepass day one helps
@Thanksforplaying
Жыл бұрын
@@TotalXclipseYou can't talk about price mate you don't pay for the games get most for free.
@taylormay9938
Жыл бұрын
@@ThanksforplayingThis doesn't mean he can't have an opinion on it. You aren't a content creator, so who are you to say what a content creator can comment on? You see your flawed logic yet?
@whowantsmypants8888
Жыл бұрын
@@Thanksforplaying Source? I've watched his channel for two years and I haven't heard he got it for free. I think you're trying to find something to be upset about imo
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
@@Thanksforplaying I can talk about price given I still buy games... Nor do I gain anything by saying that I think it's worth the price. It's an objective opinion and given you're commenting on my content, I can respond.
@theforsaken127
Жыл бұрын
It doesnt look as large in scale as Factorio or Satisfactory right?
@isael1666
Жыл бұрын
Astroneer's step brother
@jojothemonkey6420
Жыл бұрын
Lets read the words the words............. of the developaaaaaaaa.......
@edendyson8391
Жыл бұрын
I wish there was factory building games on gamepass bc rn I can’t play this game it feels weird
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
Techtonica is on gamepass 😉
@Purfunxion
Жыл бұрын
I might just have to try this and probably invest far too many hours into it...
@luisa.1966
Жыл бұрын
Anybody getting miners haven from Roblox vibes?
@userbosco
Жыл бұрын
Throw a Big Daddy ot two in there and you've got a horror genre.....
@CestDavide
Жыл бұрын
About to download it from game pass
@JDKempton
Жыл бұрын
Finite resources are an immediate turn off I won't be purchasing.
@L3wdAnimeLife
Жыл бұрын
Looks great, but i feel like it needs some more time
@gelobeep8188
Жыл бұрын
Just 0:24 i saw 24 seconds of footage and got a an opinion sovar no, it looked like satisfactory so ima just put that there Fiy even the name gave me the idea and his usual videos gave me an impression of satisfactory dlc But sovar im half way in and not realy interested
@pengurrito7136
Ай бұрын
So you never make it to the surface?
@TotalXclipse
Ай бұрын
Perhaps it's part of the story - there's been suggestions by the dev but nothing solid
@TheGarethLusk
Жыл бұрын
Feel lkke this should be right up my atreet but finding it not so satisfactory (pun intended)
@PereVS23
Жыл бұрын
Just play satisfactoy
@dariuszmajecki7141
Жыл бұрын
I may pick it up later but for now it's a no from me.
@succubuzz
Жыл бұрын
I want it, but Steam still says its not available yet D:
@succubuzz
Жыл бұрын
Of course it became available literally right after i commented!
@krasje28
Жыл бұрын
It's now
@Orblets
Жыл бұрын
@@succubuzz probably worth deleting that comment then XD seeing as it very much no longer applies
@succubuzz
Жыл бұрын
@@Orblets but leaving the comment might cause chaos, and i like chaos!
@reyhaz
Жыл бұрын
probably gonna pirate it till 1.0... got burned by Subnautica: Below Zero, bought it early access, but the game turned out at the last few updates quite unpleasant, couldn't refund it anymore... hopefully it won't come with much protection.. as I wanted to try out Stranded: Alien Dawn before buying it, but that drm protection it had, made pirate version impossible... unfortunately, had to spend like 10 hours till I realized, that game is just not fun and riddled with a lot of inconvenient features (build menu management, combat ai) that's just makes my skin crawl... so... piracy is a necessity... if the game turns out to be good and keeps that way, gonna buy it sure... I did the same with Satisfactory too... I actually own that game twice now (and with 1100+ hours on steam).
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
Piracy is not a necessity. The game is free on game pass. And pirating hurts the game industry on the whole including us gamers. If you're willing to spend 10 hours working out how to get it to work, find a way to make some extra cash in those ten hours and buy the game.
@reecewilson4448
Жыл бұрын
Keep bringing out survivals like unturned and valheim on xbox for all gens
@aenzian
Жыл бұрын
The game would be interesting, but the visuals and graphics are terrible. Too much of everything. When everything is highlighted, you can't see anything at all.
@edendyson8391
Жыл бұрын
Yea
@jordandelair2940
Жыл бұрын
Why have been woke from cryo state? To give the covenant back their bomb.
@Koto-Sama
Жыл бұрын
i find the game too expensive
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
I think the game is really fairly priced compared to other factory games and also bearing in mind a lot of studios have upped prices to keep up with inflation. Id definitely grab it whilst it's still on sale
@hahamemonke3875
Жыл бұрын
Man i hope its not good just bought it i don't need another addiction
@beat91sms
Жыл бұрын
game is nothing special. any other factory game is way better
@FranciscBartalis
Жыл бұрын
Worth a Buy is quite an established YT channel, could have chosen a different word combination, just saying.
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
It's clear from the thumbnail this is not a worth a buy video. It is questioning whether the game is worth a buy...
@71Dana
Жыл бұрын
ackchyually, the term "worth a buy" has been around longer than YT, & the internet. I love Mack from WaB, but i wanted a factory game review from a factory gamer.
@maevixie7041
Жыл бұрын
It's literally just a simple question. A random channel doesn't own a common phrase
@Censorshift
Жыл бұрын
Would have subscribed If you didn’t use the Worth A Buy moniker…. Kind of scummy to be honest
@ImUkoo
Жыл бұрын
seems like u have ptsd. get help
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
Well I can't change what the video is about...
@Censorshift
Жыл бұрын
@@TotalXclipse not saying that, you could have had the title as worth purchasing? Or worth buying? Worth A Buy is an established channel and I think you know that as people will click on your video without checking the channel name like myself.
@maevixie7041
Жыл бұрын
@@Censorshift a random youtube channel doesn't have ownership of a simple question. It's on you for assuming that a common phrase means it's a specific channel
@TotalXclipse
Жыл бұрын
@@Censorshift I understand your point, but if anyone views the thumbnail or Channel name they immediately know it's not "worth a buys" content.
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