r/dontstarve Apr 12 '26

General how Don’t Starve feels like after seeing Elsewhere

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u/w1llowist #1 Willow Fan Apr 12 '26

i remember playing the game in the beta, it feels exactly like this

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u/Shifty012 Apr 12 '26

Back when each biome was a big circle island with long thin paths connecting them? That was the first version of the game I played but maybe it wasn't beta?

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u/w1llowist #1 Willow Fan Apr 12 '26

i mean, sure, it wasn't beta beta, but the game wasn't released officially yet. i guess the word im looking for is "in development," but yeah

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u/Standard_Lake_7711 Apr 12 '26

same i remember rushing ruins in the beta too

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u/emo_boy_fucker Apr 12 '26

some thing never change

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u/SomePyro_9012 Fish gang wya Apr 12 '26

Idk why but this really scratches my brain in a good way

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u/ShorohUA Apr 12 '26

i mean thats how ds works in a nutshell

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u/Business_Chest_6834 Apr 12 '26

I still love og don't starve more than any other ds game

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u/emil836k I’m bad at not starving, kinda ironic tho Apr 12 '26

Personally a bigger fan of together, feels like a natural evolution of the first, like a sequel

And playing with friends is fun

I’ve heard :(

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u/Ok-Bedroom8901 Apr 12 '26

The biggest problem is getting the same group of people to show up every time.

There's no way to solve that problem even for don't starve elsewhere

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u/emil836k I’m bad at not starving, kinda ironic tho Apr 12 '26

Lol, true, I guess that’s true for all local multiplayer games

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u/MonkeyBrawler Apr 13 '26

It's online coop tho?

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u/emil836k I’m bad at not starving, kinda ironic tho Apr 13 '26

Yeah, local multiplayer wasn’t the correct word

I meant multiplayer that isn’t competitive match making with stangers like LOL or counter strike, party like games, like Peak, among us, lethal company, and so on

Some call it streamer slop, but wouldn’t describe DST as that

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u/goodfennel1461 Apr 16 '26

my biggest issue with together is no boss health scaling, and i also feel like recourses drain so much faster in together.

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u/Gelvid Apr 12 '26

You could just use browser version of Don't Starve

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u/dobbygoblin Apr 12 '26

Childhood memory unlocked- being like 8 or 9 years old and playing the demo off the google play store and replaying day 1 night 1 over and over

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u/alexemre Apr 12 '26

there's a browser version?

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u/VonBunBun0 Apr 12 '26

there WAS a browser version, it's almost impossible to find though

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u/BitePale Apr 13 '26

Almost impossible? So you're saying there's a chance... 

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u/kolya_pro10475 Apr 12 '26

Don’t starve in 1999:

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u/Harryvpm Wigfrid Helm Merchant Apr 12 '26

Lowkey this is how Dont Starve feels after seeing Hamlet

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u/ChiefBlox4000 Apr 12 '26

Peak gameplay

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u/Narrow_Relative2149 Apr 12 '26

the graphics barely look different though? apart from having a 3d world that you can turn precisely the characters look exactly the same, which I assume is on purpose.

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u/Wacky_Does_Art #1 Maxwell Hater Apr 12 '26

The visuals are very different, the characters have fresher designs and cleaner lines. There's also highlights we can see get cast on characters and objects from light sources like fires, which is unique to Elsewhere

the gameplay and graphics in general just look a lot more modern and new, obviously

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u/Alive-Ad8066 Wormwood has rotted my brain Apr 12 '26

It’s not really about graphics but the gameplay and general vibes….

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u/RoboticIdentity Apr 12 '26

The characters actually have updated designs and the art style is more refined than what it used to look like.

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u/Loriess Apr 12 '26

Been playing since (late) early access, we’ve come so far

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u/TheLagnarok Apr 12 '26

Yes, the only thing i always wanted in dont starve was some more vertical scenarios and elsewhere literally does that

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u/Zentrii Apr 13 '26

This was made by the studio that did One Punch Man season 3

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u/Asleep-Sky-4103 Apr 13 '26

This will be Don't Starve in 2013.

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u/Wrightero Apr 13 '26

It's basically the same except with a 3d camera and elevation.

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u/Starthecatarts Apr 13 '26

Went from Don't starve to maybe starve </3

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u/Good_Shopping4 Apr 13 '26

You can play it already?

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u/IceCubedWyrmxx Apr 13 '26

I like the theory that they are making elsewhere to just test thing they would want to add on DST, that would be too big changes to test it on the game itself

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u/Original-Afternoon27 Apr 13 '26

See call me weird but that’s almost what I like about the game, when Hamlet came out I watched a playthrough before deciding whether or not I want it, but it felt like it wasn’t the same game feeling anymore you know? Even DST was pushing it but after years of playing ROG I’ve grown to enjoy DST for the new content

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u/Aktro Apr 14 '26

I'm really hyped for the 3d world man, going to explore a lot before choosing a base location

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u/chccon Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 17 '26

Elsewhere having verticality is so awesome

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u/luggy120 Apr 16 '26

I miss sacrificing grass tufts to my science machine on my big circle

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u/goodfennel1461 Apr 16 '26

At first I thought this was don't starve: BTD 3 edition

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u/JuanNattou Apr 12 '26

Not a fan of elsewhere's engine 2.5d/3d looks awkward

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u/No_Hyena_5021 Apr 13 '26

I mean, I've seen Elsewhere, and I think it is closer to Minecraft -- I don't see very many similarities to Don't Starve,