You can go a lot higher than 1000 without optimizing for UPS, they’ve made a lot of performance improvements over the years. Highly hardware dependent, of course

Yeah, I bounced off it once for the same reason. If you can get past that it’s worth it

If you haven’t played outer wilds yet, do it. Go in blind, read/watch nothing unless you are absolutely stuck. It truly is one of the best video games ever made, and it’s definitely a cozy adventure (for the most part).

Edit: the reason you need to go in blind is because all progress happens in your own head. Once you know something you can’t un-know it. Replayability is pretty much zero.

Also, controller is 100% mandatory. Not keyboard and mouse, not even HOTAS. Controller, preferably with axes for the triggers (not buttons like the switch)

For me subnautica is in my top 5. The survival elements aren’t very important, it’s more of an exploration game.

My complaint about the first one is that they make killing people so much fun, and then punish you with the bad ending if you do it too much

• devs don’t prioritize features, management does
• it’s not laziness, it’s cost saving