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Unfortunately, once Utopia got it's unlimited power source online, the planet fell apart and everybody died. It seems like mining the planet like swiss cheese and removing the core might not have been a good idea.
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This is a lovely timewaster for half an hour or so, however long it takes you to beat it. I have a huge soft spot for mining and gathering games, so this gets an obligatory five out of five from me. As has already been noted, it's far too short, and the problem seems to be that the "tiers" of equipment are extremely imbalanced. You can get only the first four tiers of ore from the middle-tier, smargd (emerald, in case you were wondering) equipment, but from that you can go straight down another...four(?) tiers of ore and within minutes have everything maxed out. 90% of the effort in the game goes to getting those first four ores. So, the problem could be rectified somewhat just by tweaking the equipment balance a bit. It also bugged me slightly that there is no quest for obtaining diamonds, and I think the game could use more ores and more things to do with them (and the money you make from them) in general.
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+lolfan18 Wolfram is the old name for what is now called tungsten, that's why its chemical formula on the periodic table is "W".
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Fun game, but too little upgrades in too huge incriments. Quests are just grindy and not really unique, and you need lots of money early and are flooded with extra money in the end. Also, you can re-buy equipment you already have, such as the diamond chassis, which can cause you to accidentally drain all your money.Few things to improve on, but fun concept.
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wait, if this is utopian mining, where is all of utopia in this? and also what is the bots name? + to know these situations.
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Fun, but a bit simple. I got upgrades quickly. Maybe randomize the core and don't put it on the map. Once I got diamond drill and chassis I went right to it. The game said take it to the lab but I couldn't because I hadn't done the ruby quest for Fry yet. Only real complaint is that sometimes I could buy the same upgrade more than once. To get it to say "no need to buy" I had to actually leave for another dig and come back.
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Wait, there's no achievement for clearing all the dirt? Then what did I just spend the last two and a half hours of my life doing?
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only thing i really missed in the game was some way to teleport to the base so we wouldnt have to walk,maybe at the cost of some energy to teleport
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Good Points: Nice time waster, had achievable goals and was simple and easy to play. I enjoy when graphics are simple.
Bad Points: I kept buying things I already owned without realising it. So a definite you can't buy this would be good. Maybe something more expensive then $7500 because that was easy to achieve. Maybe like a special core holding chassis or something so that you have a reason to mine other gems before getting the COre. AND every time someone sent me on a mission and i accidentally got 1 less gem then i was supposed to it wouldn't let me sell the one dodgy one and i'd have to sell all i held and re-mine the chosen gems. Anyway, good game! Wouldn't mind a sequel or something. :)
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You can buy the diamond upgrades over and over again with no effect on anything. Should also read "NO NEED TO BUY" after buying diamond upgrades. There's also way too much money in the end-game, but nice game 4/5
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mediocre digging game needs more innovation and objects. adding quests was a decent attempt, but that alone couldn't carry this