Monorail! Humanity’s best type of transport after dirigibles and the tuktuk. House survival sandbox Astroneer has been adequate to plonk within the capability to assemble our personal railways among the many stars in its new free rails replace. It appears like a reasonably chill addition to an already chilled tackle the survival style, if I’m utilizing my chills appropriately. Elevate your visor and have a look ahead to your self under.
Constructing and working a railway in Astroneer appears easy sufficient. One of many main advantages of inserting rail connections between your bases is automation, as a result of these beauties can pilot themselves. Rail traces carry energy and oxygen too although, in order that’s a useful solution to lengthen your attain and join distant bases collectively. You possibly can assemble rail vehicles with medium storage slots, and rail engines to hold a passenger and increase your trains’ pace. There are stations to routinely load and unload cargo, and you may construct junctions to separate your tracks in a number of instructions.
Clearly, having trains round could be a bit garbage if you happen to couldn’t be a passenger, so if you happen to’re not a assured moon buggy driver then that is a straightforward solution to get from base A to outpost B with out having to drive your self. Devs System Period Softworks stated in a current vlog that the rails replace provides in some new story missions to the sport that “unravel extra mysteries” concerning the Astroneer world. The replace additionally sweeps up fairly just a few recognized bugs, and pops in some high quality of life enhancements comparable to a reworked digicam that handles tight areas higher.
Graham rated Astroneer among the many finest survival video games on PC earlier this yr. “By leaping straight into superior expertise, you get to mess around with rockets and assemble factories whereas, in one other survival sport, you’d nonetheless be placing collectively your first log cabin,” he stated. “Earlier than lengthy, you’ll be flitting off to new worlds and moons, trying to find extra assets and scientific curiosities. Even with out the battle, Astroneer has loads of momentum.”
Astroneer might be discovered on Steam for £24/$30/€28, however there’s presently 50% off. It’s on Recreation Move for PC and the Microsoft Retailer too. You possibly can learn the complete patch notes right here.