Looking forward to seeing the changes! And I would love to say it was on purpose to farm engagement, but I'm just bad at math.

Terrain ruggedness shouldn't be viewed as a bug. It adds character to the world. "Do I try and follow the ridge around or risk crossing the gorge?"

Similar here, I love the eccentric terrain!

THIS is another reason the game is better, the direct Developer will comment on videos and fan stuff.

@@LabiaLickerI love vintage story, but because of the terrain I really dont explore much. It would be cool if it happened every so often, but when every area in the game has me climbing giant cliffs it gets old super fast.

Raw gritty stake by the looks of it

The gear not only turns to show temporal unstabilities and the likelyhood of drifters to spawn it also loses it's color in order to show your own stability. If the gauge loses all color you start to lose health. With the xskills mod you can even get skills that affect your own stability to reduce the speed your "sanity" drops down. Maybe you don't get it right after all.

I think a reason some people associate temporal stability with "sanity" is that drifters only seem to be perceived by player/humanoid characters. To animals, they do not exist. And some of them really do appear to just be partially phased into this world. I reserve judgement if it's a valid take until the lore is fully fleshed out. I am not currently sure that the Drifters are meant to be .

@@theguyfromsaturn I'm assuming that's because only the person seeing the drifters is "temporally radiated" and this personal instability draws them only to this person. And for why they're phasing after the temporal storm?... Maybe the local stability is rising rapidly after the storm ends and they're struggling to stay in the world? Like they want to stay, but are being forcefully pulled back to their dimension? Only Tyron knows 🤷

​@@theguyfromsaturni think they're meant to be some form of people who didn't make it through the calamity like we did.

I would argue vs is more chill, the time it takes to simply knap an axe, or smith a scythe, waiting for grain to ripen; it all ads up to a game that takes its time, I would consider VS a better 'podcast game' than mc by a lot

I agree. This to me looks like an alternative, not an upgrade.

My favorite way of looking at it is like this: Minecraft is about macro, vintage is about micro. Minecraft is known to have massive sprawling creations, be it with redstone or just the sheer block count. Vintage story is known for its ability to chisel blocks and add extreme amounts of detail on each. Because for vintage story, it's the little details that count. The micro.

@@jesfest nice way of looking at it when it comes to the creative aspects

both games have creative modes, and configurable game options. we can make both games equally chill.

Very true! Everything feels like you have to earn it and it makes the game play way more enjoyable for me.

Same here. I played Minecraft since about 2010 (and I am feeling old now), and I still like it very much. I do think it kind of lost its vision since the time after the nether update, but it is still nice to play. I started Vintage story about three weeks ago and am now on my first steps into bronze age. And let me tell you, when the first temporal storm hit, I was sure I would just put this game away and be done with it. I loved the atmosphere, the more realistic design, the complex chains to craft even the simplest stuff, because the payoff was far greater than in Minecraft. Not only emotional, but a copper pickaxe takes less resources and holds for more blocks than an iron one ever did in Minecraft. But the Temporal storm mechanic caught me off guard. I was expecting something like in 7 Days to Die, Hordes of Zombies crashing against my non-existent defenses. so I searched for defenses and found none that I could build. Alright, I killed one or two drifters before, and maybe I could just hide in my little hut, so how bad could it be? After all, the game had to give you something to not kill you outright, right? The temporal storm hit, and I could look outside through some small holes. It looked amazing, and again, I loved the atmosphere, how the world warped, and the thing-that-should-not-be in the distance. And then a wendigo-looking drifter spawned inside of my hut and killed me in one hit. I was more perplexed than shocked or angry. I was now back at spawn, not at my bed how I had expected, and died a couple more times trying to escape those drifters right in the middle of the night. I managed to dig a little hole in the earth, hid there, and realized I needed this for my base, stupid as it was. But from then, it was just a waiting game, which kinda sucked. I don't know how people survive temporal storms in the early game in any other way except for cheesing them in a "murderhole", as I had learned afterwards. Afterwards, I went back to crafting and the progression, and I liked the exploration of the caves, mining, occasional more dangerous drifters, and loved it again. So it stuck with me, and I am absolutely happy. But, the temporal storms need more work, I feel. TL;DR: Love the game, especially the horror vibe, but some mechanics might need to be improved to make it at least a little bit less frustrating for new players.

I feel the exact same way. People say you can just mod MC to make up for all the things that it lacks, but I think that misses the point. VS's devs go out of their way to make all of the little things perfect.

Glad you enjoy it!

Chiseling is hands-down my favorite feature, Minecraft is really missing it!

I loved chiseling so much I wrote a whole mod to help with it xD

@@qptech What is the name of the mod, so I can check it out?

Chisel Tools (stuff for like rotating and flipping on all 3 axis, survival copying and pasting, loading and saving between worlds etc) @@pawofthewild

@@TheVintarian Chiseling has been around for years and years in Minecraft. Please stop comparing vanilla Minecraft to a modded Minecraft clone. It's just stupid.

Yeah, prospecting is very engaging when you learn to use it, but the game doesn't have enough support text to help you learn IMO. I had to ask the Discord a lot of questions when learning proper prospecting, which it is nice that you can do that, I don't think that referencing outside of the in game guidebook should ever be necessary when the game has one.

@@charliesoulfire2140 I agree, it could definitely be documented better in the handbook

@@charliesoulfire2140 it explains it, but a more practical tutorial in game would be helpful. but to me its like learning all the base game mine-craft recipes for the first time again.

Thank you! It just brings something different to the table.

Glad you gave the game a shot! It is a super neat experience and feels so much better than MC in my opinion :p

Isn't it stressful when a creeper can come and just delete you, and your build? Vintage story is very peaceful in its own right too.

It's a fun mechanic, just a big barrier for new players I think.

haha idk if the whole process is fun but when you get results its a massive dopamine shot

Me too! It would be cool for it to a slightly larger part of the game.

This is a big talking point, better combat. A lot of people say it, but I'm honestly curious on what people want. Like are we talking the ability to parry? Maybe having alternate attacks by holding the button down, or using the right click? A combo system like Zeno clash? Directional attacks? I imagine not going so far as to air juggle your opponents, but that would be funny! I think bullseye is also a great ranged mod, I would love it as standard but sling users might be upset. More weapon types with unique properties gets my vote. Weapons that might stun, others that cleave, maybe one that applies a DOT... Could be a mace, great sword, and dagger respectively. But yeah, I want to hear what others want because I swear it's in the top 3 of desires for this game.

It's amazing. Meanwhile minecraft devs won't even give vertical slabs because it "inhibits creativity". You have infinite possibilities with a chisel. You can literally make ANYTHING. it's amazing.

You're welcome! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

@@TheVintarian I hope I do too!

Yet at the same time they should be base game

Terrafirmacraft was the GOAT way back when. I believe a few of the devs that worked on TFC are on the vintage story team.

Thank you! Thanks for always watching. It's cool to see another creator enjoy what we do!

@@TheVintarian We small lads need to stick together, plus your videos are just plain good

It's one of the best little details about the game.

That's really awesome!

That is a thing in the works im sure multi block moving structures

The beautiful part about this community is that you can suggest that as a mod in the discord. Someone would probably make it happen, as it's a really neat idea.

@@theleh thanks I'll keep that in mind and make the suggestion later tonight or this weekend

Inventory is something you craft yes, but so easy from the start with just reeds but there are other things you may need to put in those slots so it's a sacrifice you sometimes have to make Hp is actually just gained by a better balanced diet which is neat And tools for sure, getting your first copper pick and hammer is a major leap because then SO MUCH just opens out for you to do and it's pretty much the end of what is basically an extended "tutorial phase"

You can do the same with chisel and bits in minecraft and this idea was way before vintage story. (Btw good to know this game was a minecraft mod too. The mod name was: Vintagecraft)

@@gaborcsako256 Yeah, VintageCraft was the work of the devs before they decided to branch away and make their own separate game and engine. I think it was a really good choice on their behalf since it gives them much more freedom.

@@genericusername5671 The decision to branch away and create their own game and engine was a bold move by the devs, offering them greater freedom and creativity. Both games have their merits, and it's great that players have diverse options to explore their building potential.

@@gaborcsako256 I agree. Often I've heard the games being pitted against each other, when in reality it is up to each individual player's own personal preference. :)

And you can turn it off very easily when you create a world...

@@weevil8025 not when I played but that was many updates ago

You left a comment 5 days ago though, how are people supposed to know that you can disable it? Your comment implies you still cant. @@optionalcoast7478

True! It's worth the time investment.

It is super fun, the mechanics can be pretty daunting so I can understand that. I think it’s worth a shot, there’s an in-game explanation for anything and everything which helps a lot.

I think console would be more likely at the current stage, remember minecraft took ages to release on pocket edition and it was very barebones at the time because phone hardware was just simply not good enough. I think its the same case here but I'd love to see VS on mobile some day!

@@anthavoc_2871 Well for Minecraft, also they started from the scratch in C++ for Pocket Edition (same for console edition now called Legacy edition), because couldn't port Java code to mobile or something else. For VS, I think the code base would allow to port the game to mobile, but VS devs know more stuff about it. But I think if they would port it to mobile, then at least with decent chunk for survial feature including "infinite" world.

Yeah, the problem is that VS trying to be immersive but in small elements it fails to deliver just that. For example when sound and animation speed just not matching like when you are using the anvil. Did any of the creator think that is a correct timing with that sound effect? And this is only one example there are tons of things in the game that is off. I would never buy something that 20$ and this early access.

Fun Fact: There IS A redstone mod for the game.. Called Signals.