Thank you so much! And that's a great tip, I'll absolutely be making use of it!

Thank you! I'm Australian, in spite of my accent which can't seem to make up its mind.

@@Numaticin ah awesome. Well I've watched a couple of play throughs of this game. I think it's well made. I'd be doing a little more exploring than you're doing but I know you love those puzzles haha. I'll watch the rest soon man 👍

That makes sense, guess I just didn't think that'd be an issue for a robot, but they are sort of bio-robots aren't they.

Jonesy had one job.

I am so glad you enjoyed it, this series was a treat for me to make and the fact that it also made someone else smile is a great joy. Thanks for your comment and for watching!

They make it pretty clear in the second film they act like ants yes. I would say that the species probably has one biological sex, the Queen only being selected on individual genetic grounds. Since their reproductive cycle is inherently parasitic, they don't need a 'female' to gestate their young, they can all have the capacity to 'impregnate' their victims by supplying the genetic material to be developed in host through the face-huggers. I think that would technically make them hermaphroditic, but I'm not sure. Though, obviously in a thematic sense, the idea from the original film is that the Alien is the Male, in the broader sense, whilst all of it's victims on the Nostromo, that dude on the crashed derelict, and everyone else in its way is the Female.

12:43 Picking up objects and throwing them? The written word and more than enough written information....all hallmarks of Bethesda and especially Arkane. Dishonored 2 had omg, so much to read. Fallout's too. All of them I guess. They must hire a plethora of writers for their games and they do also have the art of throwing inanimate objects down pat.

28:47 Just do what Spock would do, lol.

You missed the coffee switch while being absorbed in the test.

@@SnowWalker1 Wow, I totally did miss that coffee switch, probably about 4 times with editing. I have not played Deathloop actually, in fact I've not heard much about it, and what I have heard has been a bit mixed, though broadly positive. The price tag has always seemed daunting, is it worth it?

@@Numaticin It's short and sweet. Very different though. I'd much rather have Prey 2. Or Dishonored 3. As for the coffee switch, you wouldn't have seen it in editing either since you did not look up. You'd have to go and watch someone else's video to see it. It was pretty cool, and it was our first idea about what would happen. I was pleasantly surprised that we were going to space. I didn't know that until Alex mentioned it and I had no idea we were in space already. I always love the space aspect of sci-fi.

I didn't like the female voice actor in this game. The male voice actor is sooo good.

Funny that you leave things behind that the game wants you to pick up. My theory is to pick every single thing that a game lets me pick up and store until there's no space left to carry anything more. In which case I'll either try to make my inventory space bigger or start going down the old micro-management path, which everyone knows is a big part of a Bethesda game.

@@SnowWalker1 I have an aversion to filling my inventory, I need about 20% free space or I start stressing out about picking up even the smallest thing. My theory is to limit collection to what's obvious and then try to figure out what I'm missing when I start dying a lot. Admittedly, there are some flaws in that method. I think the female VA is fine, at least she didn't bother me, maybe she's slightly monotone. I haven't heard the male VA though. It's still odd to me that they went through all that effort to change dialogue and get multiple actors in when you're still playing the character of Morgan. Having played it I don't see that picking my gender made any real difference, but I guess there's nothing wrong with trying to be inclusive.

@@Numaticin It was a very re-playable game for me but I always played as male Morgan, hahaha. I didn't gel with her. There's no difference in the gender in the game but I think it was made during a time when devs might have thought it best to give both, idk? Your aversion to inventory is how I feel about my pc. I can not stand to have more than half my harddrive used, lol. I'll start uninstalling games if it does. It drives me bonkers. But in games, I like to have every advantage. I get micro management burnout in the Fallouts because I want everything. In Starfield I was obsessed with picking up every gun and selling them. I did a lot of juggling to make that happen. I had a lot of credits though, lol. I bought a few ships.

@@Numaticin I take it that you didn't like Starfield. You only have 17 episodes I think but that game is VAST. I spent a lot of hours in SF and I know I haven't even touched the surface. I did a lot of base building though to my defense, lol.

My weakness... mental arithmetic!

You should consider playing stationeers. Involves a lot of arithmetic

Thank you for watching and for saying so, you're too kind!

I tune the audio mixing in a way that sounds best to me. The game's audio can be quite subdued so perhaps the background is a little lower in the quite sections. I may be partial, but the mixing seems perfectly acceptable to my ear.

Headcanon accepted!

Yeah haha, I was kicking myself over that one in the edit, I have no excuse…

That's actually really cool, I'd never heard of the film before, but I totally see it, thanks for pointing it out. What are the chance the director of The Crow has a part in the game like Jordan Vogt-Roberts? I'll keep my eye out for him.

I vote for the bots, I could deal with the platforming, but the bot sections were seriously ill-advised concepts that really should have been left on the cutting room floor. It's like after completing 10 games of sudoku someone takes your pens away and tells you to play 15 minutes of rugby before you can have them back.

@@Numaticin We must be using different brands of jump cubes, I have lost count of how many times I landed just short or a little further away from it and had to redo a section

Oh... I must have totally forgotten that there even was a bridge cube... Well, if it worked it's a solution in my book!

Life's kinda kicked me in the face which is why I haven't made anything more, and I cannot promise I will make more guides soon, however, I was planning to do a overview of the villagers and species, so if I do continue this, I'll try to touch on as much of their mechanics in future. In answer to your question however, no, I do not believe the amount of species specific shelters you have built attracts more of that species, population arrives more or less randomly, so just build around what population you have.

@@Numaticin ok awesome, thanks for the tip! I hope things get better for you 😊

it’s stated in the video

Well, to each their own, personally that tends to run me out of wood so I can't build or produce as much, besides I tend to have more Sea Marrow or Coal than I know what to do with.

agreed. Great vid and it just drove home some of the things i've thought in my runs.

Thank you kindly!

Thanks, glad you liked it! It was a bit of fun and fanfare for coming back to this game.

I'm sorry to hear that. Perhaps I could have been more direct, as you say there's a lot to take in. Is there anything in particular you're stuck on?

If you're just trying to get your first win, a lot of these tips are a little more in depth than necessary. The trees for example, I'm well over 100 hours and I couldn't tell you what trees do what. Luckily before you embark, you can click on the summary tab and it'll tell you what you can get from the trees and what you can harvest. Unless you're going extremely min max, you're not going to worry about what specific trees you're cutting. Wood is a constant need all game with planks used in nearly every building construction (as well as solves some glades) as well as needing wood for fuel as it's the most easily and readily accessible. You generally want to get paths down, woodcutter camps (2-3 depending on how many settlers you start with), shelters (basic is fine initially) and then the world is your oyster. Most folks tend to wait to pick building blueprints until either their first cornerstone choice at the start of year 2 (looking for ways to synergize cornerstones with buildings) and/or until they open their first forbidden glade so they know what resources they have to work with. Generally you want to prioritize shelter, upgrading your hearth and food ASAP as that's going to be the foundation for getting your resolve high enough starting out that you won't have Harpies or Lizards trying to leave in the first storm. After that it's about getting your economy and production online and leaning into your win con. One last tip, it's best to keep your impatience as high as possible without losing as that's going to give you a large hostility reduction. Also, you don't have to accept newcomers. It's generally wise not to once you reach a certain point as they'll also increase hostility.

Don't shy away from hitting space to pause the ingame. It gives you time to think, to (re)prioritize production, move buildings, etc. Try to focus on the deliveries/quests you picked and use downtime (when you have to wait until certain things get done) to focus on something else (improve production chains, improving people's resolve, etc.).

Thanks, for the comment too, it means a lot!