I'm torn on for what platform to buy this game. I do prefer handheld gaming to the big screen but can anyone attest to the performance on steam deck? I also have a Series X if the steam deck just isn't capable.
SAND LAND - Review Thread
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I did a search yesterday and apparently it runs very well on Steam Deck. Maybe not solid 60, but seems like a 30 or 40 fps cap runs liek a dream. The PC specs are very low
This will be one of "screw the reviews" kind of game. Cool vehicles with smooth transition? Checked. Large worlds to explore? Checked. Toriyama Akira arts? Checked.
That's all I need.
That's all I need.
As someone with an older rig (i7-7700k, RTX 2070), the game is running flawlessly for me. There was some minor shader stutter during the intro cutscenes, but after the scenes with Rao's introduction they've been totally gone and it's been smooth as butter. And this is with everything turned up to max and running at 1440p.
About 12h in and loving it, while the PC version is really awful stutter wise I'm shocked at how good the sidequests are... Just did the sister sidequest and I was floored by the end
My only really big complaint is defeating high level enemies and doing sidequests gives such a small amount of XP that the player can basically ignore them because there's no real incentive
My only really big complaint is defeating high level enemies and doing sidequests gives such a small amount of XP that the player can basically ignore them because there's no real incentive
Just to let you know, quite a few sidequests have multiple endings.
I'm about 10 hours in.
I've soured on it. The open world is not a good open world with invisible walls and too many ravines that you can't cross. This breaks up the map and takes away the feeling of an open world imo.
The story is trash and the main mission gameplay is not very good. It's very disjointed, you spend too much time traveling through boring dungeonesque ships and ruins and many of the cutscenes happen in weird places with weird timing.
I'm going to mainline it and get rid of it.
I've soured on it. The open world is not a good open world with invisible walls and too many ravines that you can't cross. This breaks up the map and takes away the feeling of an open world imo.
The story is trash and the main mission gameplay is not very good. It's very disjointed, you spend too much time traveling through boring dungeonesque ships and ruins and many of the cutscenes happen in weird places with weird timing.
I'm going to mainline it and get rid of it.
Oh wow that's interesting, I thought those dialogue options were just superficial
I haven't read/watched any other Sand Land media but I'm sure I saw in a review that it's a direct adaptation of the source material.
If you leave it a bit longer after they've finished speaking, they continue. It's not very natural though, it takes a while!
I'm enjoying it, although even on hard it's still really frictionless.
It's a very holistic experience - none of the individual mechanics are that special, but between the exploration, side-quests, combat, customisation, not to mention the sheer charm of the world and its characters, there's enough here to keep me coming back.
It's not perfect, but it's definitely a cut above your average tie-in game. Shame it seems to be getting overlooked.
It's a very holistic experience - none of the individual mechanics are that special, but between the exploration, side-quests, combat, customisation, not to mention the sheer charm of the world and its characters, there's enough here to keep me coming back.
It's not perfect, but it's definitely a cut above your average tie-in game. Shame it seems to be getting overlooked.
Ah yeah, I thought it sometimes went automatically but wasn't sure.
To be fair the game seems to treat its world as a sort of metroidvania since a lot of other pathways and secrets can be hidden behind things like stronger rocks, high cliffs, ramps and crates and stuff.
Also I definitely agree the game has a ton of jank, but I enjoy it. It's very Megaman Legends-esque. Seems like a highly divisive game for a lot of people. You either love it, or hate it. For me it's harkening back to PS2 era games, and I'm sort of in love with it for that reason.
I have run into a few bosses that have given me a little trouble, but I haven't run into too many issues yet.
It's like an expanded version of the anime/manga if anything.
I am definitely enjoying Sand Land. Supposed to be going to some Junker's Market but that was several hours ago and I'm just wandering the desert in a tank, loving the music and ambience and occasional giant scorpion combats.
picked this up after reading thru this thread and am having a great time. excited to see how far the vehicle stuff goes, just got the jump bot
question: i picked up a part for the "option" vehicle slot but can't seem to equip it, anyone run into this? i see it in my inventory and it doesn't look like it's level gated so not sure what I'm missing
question: i picked up a part for the "option" vehicle slot but can't seem to equip it, anyone run into this? i see it in my inventory and it doesn't look like it's level gated so not sure what I'm missing
Options are vehicle specific I believe so is it maybe for something else or one you don't have yet?
Probably not the game for me, but it's an interesting looking game at least so tried the demo on PC and the resolution/scaling is extremely odd. No DLSS/FSR, but the Resolution Scale setting of High/Medium/Low does nothing in terms of visual quality/perf so that setting seems broken.
However, changing the actual rendering resolution instead seems to alter some form of reconstruction, rather than actually changing the output res. Like running at 4k and setting the resolution to 1440p doesn't change the output res - it still looks "4k" and decidedly not 1440p (there's not even a split second of screen flicker/adjustment), but you'll notice some slightly flickering artifacts on foliage now.
So it looks like it's maybe using UE4's TAA upscaling, and have incorrectly mapped that to the actual rendering resolution setting instead of the Resolution Scale setting? Dunno, odd.
No excuse for no shader precompilation though. I mean sure I doubt I'll be buying this game anytime soon, but goddamn if a game hasn't been featured on DF there's basically zero chance this stuff will ever be addressed. I'm still seeing UE games released on a monthly basis it seems that make no attempt to address shader stuttering, it's beyond pathetic at this point. It's 2024 people.
However, changing the actual rendering resolution instead seems to alter some form of reconstruction, rather than actually changing the output res. Like running at 4k and setting the resolution to 1440p doesn't change the output res - it still looks "4k" and decidedly not 1440p (there's not even a split second of screen flicker/adjustment), but you'll notice some slightly flickering artifacts on foliage now.
So it looks like it's maybe using UE4's TAA upscaling, and have incorrectly mapped that to the actual rendering resolution setting instead of the Resolution Scale setting? Dunno, odd.
No excuse for no shader precompilation though. I mean sure I doubt I'll be buying this game anytime soon, but goddamn if a game hasn't been featured on DF there's basically zero chance this stuff will ever be addressed. I'm still seeing UE games released on a monthly basis it seems that make no attempt to address shader stuttering, it's beyond pathetic at this point. It's 2024 people.
one thing i do wish they patch in is checking completed things off the map. like there's a bandit camp that says hostile when i hover over it even tho i ran thru it like 4 times, and im not sure if it's just cuz enemies eventually respawn or if it glitched or whatever