Each planet has a primary biome, a description, and a difficulty rating going from Low to Inconceivable.Įvery planet also has structures that house people of different races. There are five different types of stars you can go to: Gentle, Temperate, Radioactive, Frozen, and Fiery. After all, the game is about exploring the universe. Starbound has a virtually infinite world to explore.

The three biomes do not affect each other, and come to a halt when in contact with the other. Corruption and Crimson can permanently affect the Jungle, which can block progression. The Corruption, Crimson, and Hallow are all biomes that spread. This causes two large streaks to appear through the world, one of Corruption or Crimson (depending on the world), and one of Hallow, a land of light and painful enemies. Worlds are generated with a random set of metals, the tiers being Copper/Tin, Iron/Lead, Silver/Tungsten, and Gold/Platinum.Īfter the Wall of Flesh, the first boss that is necessary in progression (There are many bosses before it but they’re all theoretically unnecessary), is defeated, hardmode starts. In addition to these, every world is generated with a biome of evil, the Corruption, a land of darkness and curses, or the Crimson, a land of flesh and ichor. Every world also has a jungle, a desert, two oceans, a frost biome, and grasslands. Every world has a procedurally generated Dungeon and Lihzahrd Temple. Terraria generates worlds of three different sizes that the player chooses from. You can expand your ship, recruit new crew members, or build a huge base. Starbound has a main quest line as well as many sidequests. Starbound is about exploring the universe and progression. You chop down a tree, make a lot of crafting tables, mine some ores, craft better gear, fight bosses, craft gear from their drops, rinse and repeat.

I’m going to try to compare these games on many topics, so prepare for a lot to read. But development hell isn’t necessarily a bad thing, since great things take great time, right? On July 22nd, 2016, Starbound came out of early access after months of Soon™. Sandbox games seem to be gathering more and more popularity over the past ten years, games such as Minecraft and Terraria selling millions of units. This has been a discussion topic around the web, so I thought I’d write about it, since I know a lot about one of these games.

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