Be our guest to find out yourself because Don’t Starve is a punishingly hard game right at the beginning. But most importantly: don’t think you can leave Wilson or whoever you are playing in the dark. Maybe you are also able to craft something. So keep an close eye on this!įirst, you explore the area. Although, no selfcare regarding those two topics means no fitness/health, either. This happens to not drop over time like Sanity or Hunger. Get ready to start another round of the survival loop if this happens! Don’t worry, though. Let this drop to zero, and it means “bye bye”. The last smaller ring simply shows your fitness or health. You will hear whispers and also see illusions. If this drops below the pre-determined level, the protagonist Wilson (or later others of your choice) will slowly go mad. Right next to it in the middle is the Sanity Indicator. If the indicator drops to zero, you lose health points over time. This shows how much hunger your character faces.

On the left, you can see your Hunger Indicator. Let me introduce the three below the bigger icon first. There you can see four circles, one larger one and three that are smaller. A very important one for you to take care of is the icon pack on the upper right screen. Directly beside this long bar you can see an icon for the map, pause function and camera. From left to right: right hand (sorry, lefties!), torso and head. The last three greyish slots indicate your character’s equipment. Depending on the capacity of your backpack (Hello, Harvest Moon…!), you have a variety of space you can fill with things you find in the wild. If you are lucky to survive that long, that is…Īt the very bottom of the screen, you have got an equipment bar. Over time and progression, you will unlock more items to create. In there, you will find every tool you can craft to make your life easier – or what you actually need of resources to survive. Let’s break down the functions you will encounter on the screen. Two patches have been made, which led me to own Don’t Starve version 1.0.2 by the point this review was written. If you find another bug, you can report it on the official Klei Entertainment forum as well. Klei Entertainment has shown incredible effort and support regarding this matter, and I can just imagine how hard it is to erase all bugs out of such a complex game with so many layers of depth.

From disappearing bunny holes to hounds spawning in the ocean (you brought swim suits, guys?) over to buffalos disappearing and just leaving behind a shadow, you will have many to encounter. But sadly, in Don’t Starve, you also will encounter something that makes you more frustrated than a big monster: bugs. When in the middle of survival, you cross paths with many animals. Frustrated as I was, I tried to test something challenging as burning down a forest. Believe me, you will encounter that loading screen more often that you actually would like to.

This can be explained easily since this survival experience generates maps randomly every single time you had faced one of the rich diversities of death. So I was startled by the long loading times. Since I have taken a lot of time to review this game, I had more than just enough of simply admiring the graphics.ĭon’t Starve runs alright on the Switch, but in modern times, we kind of got spoiled by the many titles flooding the market. From a goofy looking bird to a shark whose design lets you wonder if you want to adopt it based on its appearance or get the hell away from it. This creepy but also adorable kind of world has its personal charm that embraced me since I first saw any screen shots. I will cut out the millionth Tim Burton reference (or other names as such as Edward Gorey or Danny Elfman) in my review, but I have to admit that I LOVE the visuals in Don’t Starve. Also, I heard beefalos when none were near my character. Since I have seen it mentioned in the Klei Entertainment forums, I determined this to be a flaw. In Shipwrecked, I got an issue where the music decided to just stop at some points. You might not see it, but you can hear it…

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