I think it would be a killer game without it
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Oh itās alright I guessā¦ Iāve only played 35 hours in the last weekā¦ 
From what Iāve seen so far itās an absolutely incredible game! It looks beautiful, it sounds beautiful (seriously the SFX when you queue actions/choose items/select an area are just so fun and donāt get annoying, and the music is superb), and your colonists (Duplicants or āDupesā for short) are cute lilā guys with positive and negative traits that actually affect the game.
The game has about a dozen different maps which all (aside from the base map) add additional challenges to make the game harder. For reference I havenāt even tried any of the other maps because Iām still learning about the game even after 30+ hours. You can also change different parameters around to make the game harder or easier (make the Dupes hungrier so they consume more food per day, make them more or less prone to disease, make them more or less prone to stress, etc).
I will say that when I make some grand mistake that ruins my colony, Iām excited to start a new map and avoid the mistakes I made in the previous run while also improving other aspects of my base that werenāt as efficient as they could have been. In games like Factorio and Prison Architect, making a huge f*** up kinda ruins my fun with the game for a while.
They just released a much needed QoL update yesterday, which improved some aspects of the UI and the AI prioritization scheme, restructured the tech tree to improve the flow and logical progression, and made the game more realistic by having toxic gases and liquids cause more harm to your Dupes (they also nerfed Atmo Suits which were very OP prior to the update, they now require upkeep).
Anyways, I probably havenāt even played around with half of the content in the game and I am enjoying it greatly. Iād definitely recommend it to you or anyone here who enjoys Factorio, Prison Architect, RimWorld, and other colony management sims!
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Thanks for the detailed answer! Definitely gonna get it next chance I get.
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I pre-ordered one! Iām really excited about it!
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I think Iām living in an alternate reality or something.
Today I did overtime at work to finish up some parts in the workshop, seeing as though my finger is getting opened up tomorrow for the flexNT and I donāt want to be doing machining for a couple weeks to let it settle and find its space properly.
A workmate popped by to ask why I was still here instead of going home for the week-end. I explained I was getting new implants tomorrow and I wanted to get the parts done today. āOh yeah? Where you getting them?ā he asked. Then later another one came, I explained again, and āCool! What features will those implants have?ā was the reacion (they guy is 63 and very old fashioned, but a bit of a geek), Then a third, I explained again, and he replied āOh yeah, better let your hand rest for a while. Good idea.ā
Very matter-of-fact, casual-like, just like it was the most normal thing in the world. I would have gotten exactly the same sort of conversation if I had said I was getting the new Playstation. Of course, all my colleagues know Iām into this and they see me use the implants at work all day every day, so itās nothing new to them. Still, it feels so weird to not have to justify myself, or get judgment calls, or explain what an implant is. It was justā¦ normal.
It must be what the future feels like 
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The goal of biohacking is to come up with efficient, practical solutions such that they become contemporaryā¦ and thus no longer a hack. Itās interesting to consider this is actually happeningā¦ however limited at the moment.
It must have something to do with Finland. The Finnsā approach to anything is: if itās not harmful, do what you want, they donāt mind. And theyāre very practical: if something seems like a good idea, they embrace it. Implants tick both. Still, as a foreigner, itās a novel experience for me.
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Indeed. I think a lot of people tend to have existential fears and assign those fears to things they donāt understand like chip implantsā¦ so their definition of āharmfulā pretty much includes any black box they donāt understandā¦ as in āit could be harmful to me now or in the futureā
Yeah thereās that, and also people who think they know better than you whatās harmful to you and go out of their way to prevent you from hurting yourself - or give you an earful if they canāt.
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I understand where youāre coming from, but I think really deep down there actually afraid for themselves. Nobodyās really afraid for others.
Curse you. I have NOWā¦ sigh
I just put a reservation in for the same, somewhat hoping maybe you can pop it open and upgrade the SSD, though I expect theyāll solder it downā¦ weāll seeā¦
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Gabe Newell actually responded to an email, saying that it is indeed socketed m.2, albeit in the 2230 form factor. Itās pretty hard to find large capacity SSDs in that size at the moment, but hopefully thatāll change by the time the Deck ships.
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I feel like thatā¦ I genuinely havenāt encountered anyone truely bothered by my implants
Most are a apathetic, but still think itās neat or slightly weird
Even my freaking mom was like, āā¦huhā¦ā
so absurdly out of character
I really donāt want anyone to flip out, but I was expecting it, and it feels so anticlimactic
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Feels very Pot calling the kettle black :-/
Lol
I didnāt think either of you was in Oregonā¦ Oh, sorry, wrong kind of pot, never mind.
My mom, a minute ago: āWhat time you going to that implant thing of yours now?ā
Me: āNoonā
Mom: āOh good. Can you pick up the groceries on your way back?ā
Talk about mundaneā¦
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My dopy ass about to comment on why the steering is on the wrong side
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One of my hobbies is hypermiling (when I drive, which isnāt often). My car is modified for that purpose, and cruise control isnāt even an option when I use my hypermiling gadgets.
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