Grounded 2

ScarySquirrel

ScarySquirrel

ScarySquirrel

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I'm surprised there isn't a thread about this. Is anyone playing?

It's out now in Early Access and is 'free' if you have Game Pass Ultimate.

I did play the first on Xbox, but not for very long. I probably wouldn't have bothered with this one but I'm always on the lookout for new co-op games to play with my son. In short, we are LOVING this so far. Co-op works really well, everything is shared and whatever I progress also progresses for him, which is good. You can either have a shared world where you can log in separately if you like, or you can just have one person host a world.

The building is really easy, the combat is quite fun and is tough at times. Also had some very scary moments (mainly spiders).

Graphics are very nice too, although there's lots of people reporting performance issues. I'm on a 9800X3D/5090/64GB RAM so it's fine for me, but at 4K on High I'm still only getting 70-90 FPS. So if you have a lower end system it might have issues. Hopefully they optimise it soon, or add DLSS or something.

I'd highly recommend it.
 
it's on the list. The first game was really fun but I've not finished it yet. Have a save around half way through that I occasionally dip back in to.
Watching some streams it looks like it still needs a bit of work?
 
DanF said:
it's on the list. The first game was really fun but I've not finished it yet. Have a save around half way through that I occasionally dip back in to.
Watching some streams it looks like it still needs a bit of work?
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There's a lot more content to come that's for sure.

I've not encountered any game breaking bugs, so nothing that takes away from the experience.

We got our Red Soldier Ant mounts yesterday, they're so fun!
 
On my radar, but plan on playing either when it has had move development time, or on release.

If you haven't already, have a look at abiotic factor as that's been released now and it's on game pass too.
 
Got about 6 hours in it now and have just found it hugely unstable. Averaging one or two crasher per hour.

Will wait for a couple of updates before trying again. Shame. Loved the first one and this one looks great so far.
 
Flibster said:
Got about 6 hours in it now and have just found it hugely unstable. Averaging one or two crasher per hour.
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Actually worse than the original Grounded early access. The amount they added to that game over time was amazing though. You just kept finding new areas to plunder. Game options are basic so no it doesn't run particularly well.

Still a good start. They pack a lot of the first game mechanics and materials in straight away so it could be a bit daunting. There are large areas of the game blocked off with little barriers like the first early release but you can get high and see the scope of the game.

I'm not a great fan of mounts generally but thought I'd get one early and soon learned you need one just to get around the map efficiently. Some areas being difficult or probably not accessible without the correct one.

I'm 25 hours in with some side tracking but I think I'm near the end of the initial release.
 
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