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The constant back and forth was never too frustrating but I would have preferred the ability to unlock teleporters earlier or getting more inventory spaces by the later stages.Īlthough Beatrix does have a health bar, slimes are mostly friendly and non-dangerous.
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Often I have to plan ahead on which items I need to bring back from which areas, as well as which food items I need to bring with me when leaving the ranch. It’s an agonizing challenge to decide which items to keep. The only way to interact with anything in the world is by sucking it up and depositing it elsewhere. You only ever have four different inventory slots in your VacPack, though you can increase the number of items each slot can hold. One of the biggest limitations and challenges is inventory space. You can unlock a few teleporters but it’s not until fairly late in the game that you can build your own fast travel network. Unfortunately much of the time is spent backtracking back to the ranch. Each area has its own native slimes, food, and secrets to discover. The slime world is made up of different distinct regions and areas (and thankfully has a nice-looking in-game map). Since there’s no falling damage to worry about I particularity enjoyed the use of vertical spaces in many areas. Early on you unlock dash boots and a jetpack, making exploration fast and rewarding thanks to the many nooks, crannies, and secrets to find. The world of Slime Rancher starts small, but begins to open up as you feed giant slimes, acquire keys, and unlock doors to new areas. Once I’m satisfied, it’s time to head out into the world. In the later stages I can easily spend a solid 20 minutes running around doing odd jobs around my ranch, collecting plorts, harvesting food, checking the plort economy, unlocking new blueprints, and consulting the mission board.
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Maintaining the ranch remains fun thanks to the automated systems you can continually build toward, like auto-feeders and plort collectors. You’re limited to certain plots of land on the ranch, but eventually can expand into larger sections, including an underground cavern and some seaside docks. Slimes need to be housed in corrals while food can be grown in gardens (or chickens in coops for the carnivorous slimes). It’s shocking how satisfying that simple economy feels even 10+ hours later. The basic feedback loop for the entire game is as follows: feed slime, grab plort, sell plort. The way to make money in Slime Rancher is to sell these plorts. When a slime eats it, er, deposits a jewel-like object called a plort. Slimes bounce all around and consume different kinds of food, depending on the slime. There is a healthy amount of slime variety in the world, from the happy-go-lucky pink slimes to the explosive boom slimes and nocturnal phospor slimes. The slimes are very cute, and clearly inspired from the smiley-faced slimes of the Dragon Quest RPG series. The real action involves catching slimes and building your farm. But much of the story plays out in the background. Throughout the adventure Beatrix receives letters from her corporate overlords and past friends, as well as fetch quests from fellow ranchers and scientists. You play as Beatrix LeBeau, a young woman who sets down on a planet with only one native species: slimes. Despite the first-person angle and total lack of NPCs in the world, there is a story of sorts in Slime Rancher.