Overland is a strategy, turn-based game in which you take care of a bunch of travelers on a road trip in a post-apocalyptic world.<\/p>\n
The core loop doesn\u2019t allow for much. You\u2019re immediately overrun by monsters, whatever your plan is. So you die a lot, constantly anxious. Reaching the next level is less a victory and more of a \u201cfuck it\u201d moment, knowing that the next level will be next to impossible.<\/p>\n
Overland has been hard and getting harder ever since its inception. I think that is a tragic mistake.<\/p>\n
Overland, from its aesthetic to its theme SCREAMS that this is a \u201cdoable\u201d game and not a hardcore fest. I know, Cuphead does it but that\u2019s the thing, it goes all the way: ultra-ultra cute and ultra-ultra hardcore. The dissonance works because it\u2019s unapologetic. It\u2019s part of the game\u2019s identity. Overland with its road trip theme suggests a way more laid back vibe. That it has. And that it doesn\u2019t want to follow.<\/p>\n
This game should be able to be completed in 2 hours by a not so good player<\/strong>. And then, because it\u2019s procedurally generated in many ways, it would offer very good replayability. You should be able to make a run in one evening session, go to sleep, dream about your little crew, especially the dog you named yourself, and want the next day to have another run.<\/p>\n Instead Overland, like far too many games, owes its development to fans, people who want the most hardcore shit all the time because they are \u2013and it\u2019s a little bit unhealthy- obsessed with said game.<\/p>\n I understand that that fanbase is very important when selling games. But if it\u2019s basically closing the door to the rest of the audience, that\u2019s a failure to me. Games take too long to be made and can\u2019t be dependent on a small subset of an audience. That\u2019s an incredibly fragile position to be in.<\/p>\n Game developers need to craft their experiences around time spent, respecting players. I\u2019m sorry but the reality is that there\u2019s tons of entertainment out there. You want to attract people, not deter them from having a good time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Overland is a strategy, turn-based game in which you take care of a bunch of travelers on a road trip in a post-apocalyptic world. The core loop doesn\u2019t allow for much. You\u2019re immediately overrun by monsters, whatever your plan is. So you die a lot, constantly anxious. Reaching the next level is less a victory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2920,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions\/2920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}