Beyond Contact - Apocalyptic Open World Sandbox Survival

Beyond Contact Gameplay with Splat! Let's Play Beyond Contact and check out a game where per usual we'll be marooned on a far off planet. This time it's imploding and dying. Lets get off this rock by crafting and stuff!
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[@Reoh0z]

I enjoy games that start us off with a heavy commitment of time dedicated to something like oxygen here, and then tech that makes it become less of an issue over time freeing us up to spend that time in other areas. Sounds like this game hit it right with you considering that but then presenting the solution to fix it.

[@TheNeomare]

Yea i have the exactly same feel need to play it some more to confirm but it seams like its going in that direction.

[@lumberluc]

"This is why I don't do science missions. You get magnaton pulses, I don't know what those are, but it sounds dangerous." The science is simple, if your a metal ship, in space, and you encounter a planet with a giant magnetic field, your going to get drawn right in like a fat boy at a buffet.

[@TheNeomare]

So yea i was inspired by Splats video and i played the game for like 4 hours now. From what i can tell it is like if you took Don't Starve, made it SCI-Fi, added bunch of other things and slapped a story on top of it. And well... that is actually a pretty great thing!! Collecting materials feels the same. Fighting feels the same, its not best but its workable. Progression seams similar as well where you have to collect some rarer materials to go up the research tiers. Obviosly items are different since it is different setting and aparently there is also some more complex baseduilding. There are also Quest giving NPCs.. and well the game has a lot going for it. There is also that constant pressure of early game being a bit tough time pressure wise, you run around mostly making sure your oxygen and food stays healthy. I have some gripes though. I would actually like to read the story elements in peace, but game does not pause so if you wona do so you have to pay some oxygen task for it.. so in a way if you wona play optimal you would skip all the story dialogue... which is a shame. It is voice acted and all. Also Voice acting just cuts of if she comments on something like being on low oxygen or similar. It is an early access game so i am sure they will polish there gripes and i am expecting we will have a pretty amazing games in our hands if they finish it. So fingers crossed! After my adventure abrutly ended by walking into an anomaly I decided i will record my next try and i will upload an hour long video of non cut gameplay every 2 days. So if you are interested into consistently seing both good and bad this game has to offer search for "Beyond Contact, Science Fiction version of Don't Starve with NPCs and Story Elements? Yes please!" on my channel. Have a nice day :).

[@KAKADOUJACK]

I love this artstyle! Also, I'm always happy to see sci fi games like this that don't take an hour to get going and overload you with lore. I love games with deep lore, don't get me wrong, but I don't want to have it all thrown at me up front.

[@CthonicSoulChicken]

I think Dark Souls set the standard for dealing with lore of staggering depth and not overloading the player. I'd say they even went the opposite way--just enough to set the scene, but cryptic enough to where you're unsettled by what you don't know. Naturally not the ideal for EVERY game, but absolutely perfect for that series. Very well thought out.

[@velarswood]

That works for 90 percent of games like shooters

[@Gigusx]

The problem with not shoving down lore down your throat is that if you really like the story then you'll not be able to experience it to a fuller extent if the game deliberately tells you "just enough". There's a fine line and you really need to know the audience and be creative about the storytelling methods.

[@Haz-Zzz]

Artstyle remind me a lot of subnautica, the UI aswell, the sounds.. most of it makes me think the same person who made Subnautica made this game

[@RipleRR]

Really looks like a sci-fi game with a heavy Don`t Starve influence. Love that game - something new in a similar genre is very welcome

[@Bullybob77]

i thought the same. i liked dont starve but i personally like space much more

[@TheNeomare]

I agree like 100 percent. I actually called it: "Beyond Contact, Science Fiction version of Don't Starve with NPCs and Story Elements? Yes please!". Because thats just what it is, like a SCI-FI version of Don't Starve. Obviosly it has its own thing going as well but comparison is hard to avoid.

[@ndowroccus4168]

DONT STARVE NEEDS A SEQUEL, STAT!!! Hamlet, was cool …but; 1. Don’t Starve: IN SPACE! :Obviously what you hinted at…instead of don’t starve being limited to a world with teleports, make it more like NoManssky but smaller universe, than that game. Craft spaceship to leave world and visit new ones, with randomly generated plants and animals - with each world having your basic core of each, and then like 5-10 other sources that can be randomdigitized’ stats and mats. For instance, randomly generated tree with mats being wood+fish….just make an animation that simulates a wiggly fish, and they hang from the tree, in game. Or a creature with a turtle body and a flower growing out of top, killing it yields meat and sticks and a flower. 2. Character/Swapping: Need to have a game system where using a certain character, allows doing something in game that no one else can do (but this will require a new craft-able thing maybe called a ‘Transmorforpicator’! Let’s you change your character into another character. Of course have them locked and need to unlock, using gameplay. 3. Updated mobs + flora and minerals, but keep most already there. Just add extra like Hamlite’ a fleshy colored metal. 4. Add new weather conditions and storms, updated with the randomized, for creating cool new worlds. Hey, if I can do it, and I’m not a coder, I’m sure any software designer can make a cool world generator. New weather could be like, silica rain, that damaged buildings not reinforced with a silica shell (craftable item that will be introduce…. That can be “added” to an exsisting item or structure. Or possibly “Hamlet Fog”, a smelly sweat&bacon tinged fog, that turns the air into a thing that transforms you into a pig for a short period, unless ‘Gaseous Maskeous’ is worn. Fish Tornados, moving through landscape, that removes coatings from structures, sends fish flying all over, that melt in the heat and creates “death clouds” that require gas mask. ‘Green Snow’, just use exsisting snow graphics but change the hue to a greenish tint, the snow covers everything like winter does, but happens only every 4 days, slows characters, mask required after melt, etc….just make cool stuff. 5. Daytime/Nightime. Introduce different time changes on different worlds, most will be normal day/night…. But have some that have a TWILIGHT period, able to introduce new creatures, flora, minerals, weather…or DOUBLE-DAY, when the two sins of a two sun system focus their energy on one day, burning everything not coated in whatever substance game designed add. Even require a double day suit. Perhaps wood doesn’t burn on some worlds… 6. Hobby/Talent: introduce a hobby system, much like RPG classes, except you get them all (all in game classes). You level them up through successfully using the class skills, and experience points. Hobbies like Scout (like Boy Scouts, general survival skills), Biologist, Chemistry, Alchemy, Woodwooker, masonry, dancing (increase movement and combat skills), singing (gather pets class), Astronaut (increase spaceship travel and scanning new worlds), Scientist (scan worlds, and flora/crits/minerals), Miner, Axeman, etc. 7. New Creatures, Flora, Minerals & Chemistry. Like fish that breath little fireballs, kangaroos with guns/lasers), Elephotomis (Elephant and a Rhino), Burtle (turtle and a bird), etc

[@MrGeyt2006]

game: actively showing "+12 mineral data" in the middle of the screen Splat: oh man that gave us like 10 mineral data I think he does this on purpose. I love it

[@jackal327]

Yeah, come on. Many things he complains either is explained somewhere or is very visible

[@StarlasAiko]

Just Splat being Splat. He does that deliberately so that we are more encouraged to get the game ourselves to show how it's done right.

[@JayJayM57]

youtubers do that, to get comments as youtube judge comments as interaction and recomends videos base on interation.

[@LuchileoDSGNG]

@@Neyreyan it’s not weed related… don’t put stupid on weed!

[@Areanyusernamesleft]

@@StarlasAiko So it's "performative incompetence"? ;)

[@ruvadar]

In case it wasn't said already, you can fill your oxygen up all the way at the gas vents by just holding down left mouse button when you first click it

[@TheNeomare]

That actually sounds like a glitch to me. Why would that even be a thing. Why not give back all the oxygen right away from just a single click.

[@ruvadar]

@@TheNeomare I could see that, but it seems to me its an air vent so some should be trickling out at all times anyway

[@TheNeomare]

@@ruvadar i tried it out and my oxygen went to 100 and started flashing and stayed at 100 for 2 minutes even after i moved from the bouble. I managed to get it going down instantly again by clicking on a new bouble. Just clicking. Also there is like a LOT of these oxygen vents and they do replenish with time so yea air is trickling out all the time but after you harvest the majority of it the litle that remains should not be of any use at that point anway. And if you let it alone for a day or so it builds up again and can be used again. That is my interpretation anyway. But anway it is just a game if somebody wants to remove the mechanic alltogether and just relax and play i guess its fair game. Until they patch it anyway which i think they should. Thank you for mentioning it though it is good to be aware of it :).

[@TheGreatSeraphim]

The crafting from chests sold me. Its one of my favorite minecraft mods. And the only other game I know that kinda auto grabs stuff so you're not having to carry it in your inventory is the survival its. And its only a partial feature

[@LaserGadgets]

Ima bit confused. Seems to have a back story, why is it "sandbox"? Reminds me a bit of Subnautica without the water so far. Will there be any combat?

[@TheNeomare]

Yea progression has a similar feel to Subnautica. Its Sandbox until you decide to progress the story by going to next objective. The feel is different though since it is isometric obviosly. There is combat, enemies do not fallow you around so you can easily avoid them at least early on. Not sure for later on but there are definatly things to swing at if that is what you wish. To me this game is mechanic wise most similar to Don't Starve but i like the estethics of it way more. And it seams like there is some complex base building later on so it might diverege there. Oh and it has a workable story at least in my opinion. Anyway if you are on the edge I will put out an hour or so gameplay every two days so check it out if you like. Search for "Beyond Contact" (DUH!) on my channel :). Have a nice day :D.

[@LaserGadgets]

@@TheNeomare I was really sure, sandbox means no-story-free-roaming-around-the-map. Glad there is a real story though. Don't starve was really boring, I never got the hype. Bought it for under 5 bucks, still regret it. But maybe its one of those games you gotta play in CoOp!

[@TheNeomare]

@@LaserGadgets I don't know anymore. Reluctant to clean cut anything anymore not to offend somebody. But by your definition it is definatly not a sandbox then and i would tend to agree with that definition. And in my book it is a huge plus because i like stories :). Don't Starve was a decent game. As for the hype haha thats the beast of its own. Played it a bit nothing to special. Have high hopes for this one though :).

[@LaserGadgets]

@@TheNeomare Oh I like stories too. Its a bit pointless to run around without a reason, and build things...specially in survival games.

[@TheNeomare]

@@LaserGadgets Exactly! :) It is nice to have a goal something to work towards :) and stories are to me the most natural and interesting way for defining these goals :).

[@UristMcFarmer]

I think they may have nailed the No Man's Sky aesthetic too well. Instead of seeing it for what it is, I see it as No Man's Sky on one planet with no ship.

[@alexsmith6322]

…..because that IS what it is lol. You aren’t seeing anything that they aren’t showing you, what they’ve showed is another “open world exploration game” that is really a resource gatherer sim

[@Badmojoz]

You really do play every game there is huh... I love it, keep going please!

[@lukusblack6442]

To me this is a bit Subnautica, Astroneer and Keplerth all together. I love it. Wishlisted.

[@Reoh0z]

> "...everyone's gone, just like that." She gave up on them quickly.

[@nsgcommando2861]

This game's mining and research system is quite a lot like that of Astronomer tbh. Seems fun though

[@DamsdelDrennon]

I'm liking the look of this game, and not just its look in fact, dedicated research points with corresponding research branches seem very interesting and a great way to keep exploring and not stick to one field.

[@andilekhumalo9598]

This is absolutely brilliant Ticks ALL the boxes twice over just from your review alone.

[@Diffidentone]

8:10 Think the problem was that ship was most likely union made.

[@zenithquasar9623]

Omg, I love the menu screen, so pretty!

[@kimponder761]

0:23 to 0:25 is gonna be my new notification sound for your posts.

[@fathanmaulana9393]

GREAT!! you are one of my favorite CHANNEL!!

[@brettnewman7390]

This is how games should be! Easy to get into, good AI, intriguing background story, good playability, and good voice work!

[@jerradwhitehurst6959]

I'm already in love with these beautiful cut scene graphics 😍

[@DindellaTheDefender]

Splattercat, reading: Smooth minerals. Me: You've been hit by, you've been struck by Smooth Minerals.

[@MR-dj8ll]

this game looks awesome. I dont feel like you showed off much of the actual game tho. I would really like to see a more in-depth look at this game

[@jamesreynolds9909]

True, but that would take the fun out of it

[@TheNeomare]

@Michael Resh I am sure there will be plenty let's plays of it. If you are looking for something somewhat consistent i will throw out a 1 hour video every 2 days. Search for "Beyond Contact, Science Fiction version of Don't Starve with NPCs and Story Elements? Yes please!".

[@someguy4384]

Jackson out here doing his best and getting things done, and Quinn be all "But..are you sure about that?"

[@AlphaOfCrimson]

"His cappa done got ditated." Classic Splat!

[@barsni4779]

- You're the only research team in the range - Alright, Enterprise is on... Wait, forse of habit.

[@crushingit5128]

Not sure if this will help any people who are interested in space crafting theme games, but I played No Man's Sky for the first time this week (after years and years of patches and free updates); and I must say it really ticks the space, mining, building, research, travel, explore, craft, mysterious plot, and tech tree boxes. But it meets all those criteria with like an A+++. All the while the plot, advancinh tech and story keeps you moving and exploring new places. I highly recommend fans of the crafting genre to check it out

[@Taluien]

As a former War Thunder player, I can tell you with near certainty: "You've got a hole... in your left wing!"

[@StaredownGames]

I was hooked on that game until nothing I did mattered anymore. Got bored. lol

[@MarkHerndon]

Thanks for posting the video I had no idea about this game. It's exactly the type I like to play and will be downloading it asap. Looks like a cross between an adult Starcontrol Origins and perhaps early Civilization games.

[@halason1]

you have my dream job, playing indie games all day

[@tomduke1297]

its only 15€ and looks interesting so far, im gona get it. thnx splat! nice find! ;)

[@matkaine]

Menu screen looks gorgeous

[@TheH0U53]

Love how this game looks! And I'm happy I finally started catching your streams, they are a lot of fun!

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

"Well... thats not a suitable description of my seed." Hmmmmmm

[@murasaki848]

23:48 For the younger viewers, the song is 'So Long, Farewell', from 'The Sound of Music'.

[@magusi9029]

Thanks for the gameplay preview. I’ll personally stick with NMS-VR for this kind of experience.

[@PaulBeetge]

You barely scratched the surface of this game.

[@_Raddou]

Hey, @SplatterCatGaming! Just wanted to say that I love your channel, and the games you play are the games I like most. Now I just have to get a decent PC or laptop to play them on :))

[@AeryelleCat]

Oh dang. The game actually gives the players.....things that they wants rather than the bare minimum. Thats quite cool.

[@Transmissional]

Love that art style and loving her voice...tis moments like this that have me hating my hearing loss. Anyways I like games like this when they are narratively driven.

[@ahonokotoba]

The cinematics graphics style won me on this one Automatic wishlist

[@EverClear0]

Amazing, crisp, vibrant art.

[@peasant8246]

23:35 "The sun is setting... I should drink my own piss." :D

[@TheBlueRoseKnight]

I'm amazed that the "Smooth mineral" Didn't get a Smooth Criminal reference

[@DaemonJax]

Voice actress sounds like Tali from Mass Effect. So that's nice.

[@torymiddlebrooks]

A very smooth aesthetic and presentation

[@neonshadow5005]

Looks really good visually and style-wise.

[@ryan7216]

The female voice actor sounds like Sypha, from Castlevania

[@yaffa_dc8857]

Quinn's voice actress in this game sounds familiar. Like she played Sypha or something from the Netflix Castlevania.

[@hatework4282]

I was going to say the same thing. I'd be curious if it was the same voice actress.

[@Palocles]

I love how you play as a sexy french bird.

[@1MegaBubble]

Welp, you've put this one on my radar. Thanks, SplatCat

[@bulletsix]

i will keeping my eye on that, it looks really interesting, thank you! :)

[@gnarlyb]

that voice actress sounds like Sypha Beldanes from the castlevania anime...

[@NegatveSpace]

Wow that menu is the coolest I've seen in over a decade

[@Eikioma]

The art is really good, really like that.

[@voyteck7696]

I hope you can build concrete hi-tech buildings and have all sorts of moon buggies and vehicles, plasma rifles and pistols and stuff :D

[@thadofalltrades]

Is that the voice actress for Sypha in Castlevania?

[@thadofalltrades]

@@Neyreyan not the same person, but they sound very similar

[@Qulize]

I dig the art style. Definitely in my wishlist.

[@Nahelus]

Sandbox meaning for user: doing ton of amazing things Sandbox for devs: walk and gather shit for hours

[@BudaKhan420]

Kenshi and No Mans Sky had a baby?

[@JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter]

Love the random ass sound of music vocalization bro 😭🙏

[@TheAzPackrat]

Nice looking game. I will pick it up as soon as I can afford it..... Great art style as well.... Semper Fi....

[@krevetka9744]

"I know we can make it, Carl" sure nothing bad happens after you say such stuff to a Carl

[@Reoh0z]

Suddenly musical.

[@KlickPy]

Isn't Quinn's voice actor the same one as Sypha from Castlevania

[@oak1780]

voice actress sounds like Sypha from the Netflix Castlevania series

[@wilv363]

Pretty sure it is

[@NoNamenoonehere]

A magnaton pulse is a extremely dangerous thing

[@msolomonii9825]

missed the advanced backpack that was right-there!, AGH!

[@jonahavri9606]

Its looking out to be a Terrestial Subnautica ARPG and its beautiful 😍

[@JustanOlGuy]

I just wanna watch cartoons... Prolly gettin this one...!...

[@tezwoacz]

The protagonist sounds like BMO from adventure time....I just cant stop smiling listening to her lol.

[@matthuck378]

I wish these types of games have a slider for "time", ie: so you can make all the times faster or slower depending on what you're doing or want to do. I also think it's dumb that you need to craft storage for all your materials. I get a backpack for carrying stuff, but c'mon...You can just put things in piles like our ancestors did for like two hundred thousand years and I still do for books I'm reading, clothes I need to launder, etc.

[@redbaron9142]

This is exciting, so much to scan and explore and create, with versatility.

[@alexs5814]

huh, this have a feel of Subnautica in space what with the building up after a crash, the artstyle and the constant problems with oxygen^^

[@MuradBeybalaev]

Forgiving Don't Starve on an alient planet.

[@Vigilence]

Color palette looks nice.

[@MrMonkeyhanger]

> Wants to write funny word > Can only use numbers > Doesn't write boobies You let me let down, splattercat, you let me down

[@badejong]

looks like a nice game. I would like to see more. 👍👍👍

[@Rapturnal]

xD My very first thought after watching the opening - The entire game probably wouldn't have happened if they had sent a planetary observation probe prior to dispatching a team.

[@nathanielofwendell7182]

Is that the same voice actress as Sypha Belnades in Castlevania? She sounds really familiar

[@zappedguy1327]

This looks really good.I’m already sucked in wanting to know what happened to the rest of the crew.

[@thefella131]

A poor No man's sky point and click. 👍

[@brianlynchehaun1963]

Weird question, but can you see the voice cast? I've googled, wiki'd, IMDB'd, and can't find anything. I ask as I'm 100% certain I've heard Quinn's voice in another game, and it's driving me up the wall....

[@brianlynchehaun1963]

@@Neyreyan Cool. Well, I have no idea where I know her voice from in that case, cause nothing listed in her resume is anything I've watched/played.

[@lyubomyrlohin6843]

18:15 You missed something useful on the ground, like always

[@dewbertb]

"liquids to breathe" 🤨 ?? I don't think Splat is human 👽

[@1Mishkinn]

I like. Thanks for sharing Splatty. Moar plz 👍🤣

[@HerrFinsternis]

This menu looks AWESOME 🤩

[@VenomStryker]

The UWC is one of those civilizations who has no such thing as a "Prime Directive". If we can do good....INTERVENE! lol

[@diskonekted3724]

Is quinn voiced by Alejandra Reynoso? Sounds like Sypha from Castlevania....

[@S4t4n_NZ]

Definitely on my wanted list

[@KageRyuu6]

This is why you Exterminate Xenos, you don't Rescue Xenos!

[@pheade1254]

I would like to see this streamed.

[@Sebastianmaz615]

Beautiful game graphically with its' art style. Cool opening sequence; got my attention. 😃👍🏻

[@brandonkenney6310]

Well, it's clearly not The Federation of Star Trek as the first 60 seconds of the intro outlined a plan that violates the Prime Directive.

[@darth_dan8886]

Got me quite interested in this one actually...

[@kerai86]

80085 is a funny word you can put in numbers.

[@dracon501]

So No Mans Sky without the insane amount of freedom

[@randallporter1404]

17:16 Hate it when dialog is always interrupted by other events. Hey devs, just put everything else on pause during dialog. Interrupting dialog not only breaks immersion but it is often missed in part or whole. So either leave it out and save yourself some development cost or fix the engine to allow your players to hear the story.

[@dawnmccarthy1]

Like No Man's Sky mixed with Don't Starve?