Gaming…Thursday? #8: From Dust
Lots of you have been asking me why my delay on the 8th installment of my Gaming Saturday series is so long so here is my explanation paired with a new game…Wait what?…You didn’t ask me? You know what, just go to hell and never return, I’ll continue to write these no matter if you read them or just seek the noobish mistakes I make when writing English.
Who of you hasn’t dreamed of being a got at least once? Having powers to shape the world anew? You know what, all of you should play From Dust right now. Why? Let me tell you!
In the newest god-game published by Ubisoft you play the role of the breath. An immaterial being that is able to move materials from one place to another. Of course you are in dept of the people who summoned you on their search for their ancestors and so you help them reaching their goals. The game is explained that simple yet it allows a deep gameplay especially in the later levels. You can tell your people to civilize around a totem forming something like a “base” for them. But first you have to make sure they will be able to reach it. There might be a stream of lava blocking the way. Do you want to build a bridge from sand so you can pass?. Careful the lava might find another way downtown, harming your village leading to the death of “your” people. Your people need to traverse the sea? Jellify all water and dig it out so they can walk on the ground of the sea while you laugh like a maniac, feeling like Moses…and then realise that the water will liquefy before the tribe reaches the other side, making the water-walls clash on them, leading to a certain death.
Playing god suddenly feels less enjoyable but really challenging when the beautiful yet fragile world gets faced by the cruelty of the nature. You always have to find the balance between creating a wonderful and functional world with your terraforming abilities and between creating something too fragile. Water washes the sand away and lava sets your whole world on fire if you don’t care, and you’re more likely to get caught by the cruel nature the nearer you get to the creation of utopia.
Besides the story mode there are also a couple of challenges but there’s one thing really missing in my opinion. Some sort of challenging endless mode . If you wish you can play any map endlessly but most get boring after about an hour because you solved every problem that might show up. Another missing thing is a really cool multiplayer mode, yet I have to say that I prefer a missing multiplayer to a really unworthy multiplayer mode. Although some little flaws I really love this god-game that has a small touch of a physics-game.
Don’t forget to watch the videos people on youtube I provide you. Until next time, bye.
