I've played a lot of games in my time. I have over a hundred hours in a lot of games. However, among those games, only three have given me sleepless nights. Only three have engulfed me to such a degree that I start playing when it's light, and remain playing until it's light again. Those three are maplestory, team fortress 2, and slime rancher.

A lot of slime rancher is guesswork or reading guides until you learn all the different quirks of the slimes. Most everything is in the slimepedia, but some of them aren't explained fully, such as largos and their nuances. The music is relaxing, good, and gets a bit repetitive after 14 hours straight, but the same can be said when listening to any music for 14 straight hours.

The gameplay is fun and intuitive. It was a blast to learn and master the vacuum device. The jetpack is a bit weird, kind of hard to feather, but when you get it down it's really useful.

At the time of writing, this game doesn't have much in the way of end content. Once you have a good enough ranch that you can buy anything you want, the point where money is no object, you're essentially done. There are no goals except maybe the range exchange, but I believe that is just randomized.

As far as the stability of the game is concerned, it crashed on me once, but my rig is a bit iffy at times. She's a very moody mistress.

Overall, I'm excited to see where this game goes. In the meantime, it's an excellent source of stress-relief.

I've played a lot of games in my time. I have over a hundred hours in a lot of games. However, among those games, only three have given me sleepless nights. Only three have engulfed me to such a degree that I start playing when it's light, and remain playing until it's light again. Those three are maplestory, team fortress 2, and slime rancher. A lot of slime rancher is guesswork or reading guides until you learn all the different quirks of the slimes. Most everything is in the slimepedia, but some of them aren't explained fully, such as largos and their nuances. The music is relaxing, good, and gets a bit repetitive after 14 hours straight, but the same can be said when listening to any music for 14 straight hours. The gameplay is fun and intuitive. It was a blast to learn and master the vacuum device. The jetpack is a bit weird, kind of hard to feather, but when you get it down it's really useful. At the time of writing, this game doesn't have much in the way of end content. Once you have a good enough ranch that you can buy anything you want, the point where money is no object, you're essentially done. There are no goals except maybe the range exchange, but I believe that is just randomized. As far as the stability of the game is concerned, it crashed on me once, but my rig is a bit iffy at times. She's a very moody mistress. Overall, I'm excited to see where this game goes. In the meantime, it's an excellent source of stress-relief.