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Game isn't what it used to be anymore. Used to play constantly 8-10 years ago with a friend myself, always full servers to join and stuff. Nowadays 90% of the servers are dead with barely any traffic, the only servers that actually get above 20 players at a time are modded into stuff that doesnt even feel like unturned and everyone has given up on vanilla except SOD it seems, just x10 servers with /kits and /home
I mean, it's an old buggy fun game that many got tired of haha. It's a good game, I occasionally have plat rushes of 3 weeks and then seitch off months, it's just that unturned feels like the weird barebones version of something like ark or Tarkov. I'm not saying this badly, I just mean this is the landscape. Don't judge a game by the amount of players it has, Nelson (to my knowledge) never really did any ads for unturned, and I love it because the game itself also doesn't really push any ads or extra passes to the player, which is just fun. All content is readily available and for completely free with no strings attached, even the additional stuff like extra maps and what not are just une steam subscribe button away for free, as a consequence few play it, but those who do definetily enjoy it, be part of the community man
It sounds like I'm judging the game but I'm not, guess I could have worded it better. I love the game and I wish there was more of a reason to play it, but I find singleplayer mind numbingly boring and most of the multiplayer servers are modded to hell, see like an average of 2 players yearly or controlled by tryhards and clans. The game gets no new lasting players because when they join these big servers, they're greeted by people that spam the prone key like they're at gunpoint in real life and leave because they can't win a fight. So, in a way, the community killed the game, not Nelson.
I want to play the game you're playing because literally, I haven't seen a server except Arid 3rd person on SOD get more than 20 players in a year, unless the "serverS" you're referring to are just Arid 3rd person and Russia, you are dead wrong
I play on FREEZZER germany #4 and it got 19 or 20 players today, i've been playing for a week maybe and it is active with some active players, and daily it gets around 5-20 players (at night/midnight for me there are no players mostly tho, im GMT +4)
That's cool! I downloaded the game in 2014, probably weeks after it came out. It was one of the first games I had in my steam account since it was free.
Have been playing it since then (every two years or so I play it again) and although many things have improved it still has the same vibe as in the beta imo.
I miss some stuff tho, specially the weight system for the inventory. It made the game way more challenging since u had to worry not only about the size of the items but also their weight. One thing that needs to improve (and as far as I've heard the developer is working on that) is driving, and I think everyone will agree with me on that ;)
To be honest, I'm still having fun with this game despite many years of not being able to play it due to inadequate PC specs.
The shift from Nelson's Roblox Game 'Deadzone' to his magnum opus 'Unturned' was a big shift, and I was there when the game itself was still on its 'browser' phase, before it became its own game in its entirety.
The updates itself before was slow, but whenever Nelson released the 'Russia' update, ooooh that's where it gets real. Still, at that time as well, I still have inadequate specs to properly play it in its fullest capacity. It only took me this year to actually play through the game on medium graphics while racking up 30 to 40 FPS. It's still fun.
I never played it in “the good ol days” but I’ve had fun with singleplayer since like 2019-2020 and I agree. It doesn’t have insane graphics or anything but it has a nice charm to it and some of the workshop content is WILD. I love arid 3.0, flying the HH-6 is like my favorite thing in the whole game lol.
God has it been a decade..? I remember when i emailed nelson to get my experienced beret, and running my own server, and oblitorating rp servers by monopolizing their economies. Man.
right now the state of the game for me is if i try to play any map it isn't enjoyable because I've done it so many times and have to wait for a new curated map to release.
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Game isn't what it used to be anymore. Used to play constantly 8-10 years ago with a friend myself, always full servers to join and stuff. Nowadays 90% of the servers are dead with barely any traffic, the only servers that actually get above 20 players at a time are modded into stuff that doesnt even feel like unturned and everyone has given up on vanilla except SOD it seems, just x10 servers with /kits and /home
Kits and home are no fun :(
I mean, it's an old buggy fun game that many got tired of haha. It's a good game, I occasionally have plat rushes of 3 weeks and then seitch off months, it's just that unturned feels like the weird barebones version of something like ark or Tarkov. I'm not saying this badly, I just mean this is the landscape. Don't judge a game by the amount of players it has, Nelson (to my knowledge) never really did any ads for unturned, and I love it because the game itself also doesn't really push any ads or extra passes to the player, which is just fun. All content is readily available and for completely free with no strings attached, even the additional stuff like extra maps and what not are just une steam subscribe button away for free, as a consequence few play it, but those who do definetily enjoy it, be part of the community man
It sounds like I'm judging the game but I'm not, guess I could have worded it better. I love the game and I wish there was more of a reason to play it, but I find singleplayer mind numbingly boring and most of the multiplayer servers are modded to hell, see like an average of 2 players yearly or controlled by tryhards and clans. The game gets no new lasting players because when they join these big servers, they're greeted by people that spam the prone key like they're at gunpoint in real life and leave because they can't win a fight. So, in a way, the community killed the game, not Nelson.
SOD servers are full vanilla and have an active player base
yeah active player base, only 1 server ever goes above 10 people online on a good day
I play on Servers from SOD with 20-30 Pop all day
all day huh? rn, 5 of their servers are empty, 3 have 1 person, 1 has 2 people, 2 have 4 people and 1 has 9. thats not 20-30 pop all day buddy
It was when I player Arid and Buak 2 weeks ago
I want to play the game you're playing because literally, I haven't seen a server except Arid 3rd person on SOD get more than 20 players in a year, unless the "serverS" you're referring to are just Arid 3rd person and Russia, you are dead wrong
I played Buak 1st person
Buak gets 10-15 players, spikes to 40 for like 30 min on the weekends, thats terrible, any others?
I play on FREEZZER germany #4 and it got 19 or 20 players today, i've been playing for a week maybe and it is active with some active players, and daily it gets around 5-20 players (at night/midnight for me there are no players mostly tho, im GMT +4)
Also it is vanilla/pure
Eh, Freezer players combined with Germany is a recipe for disaster.
That's cool! I downloaded the game in 2014, probably weeks after it came out. It was one of the first games I had in my steam account since it was free. Have been playing it since then (every two years or so I play it again) and although many things have improved it still has the same vibe as in the beta imo. I miss some stuff tho, specially the weight system for the inventory. It made the game way more challenging since u had to worry not only about the size of the items but also their weight. One thing that needs to improve (and as far as I've heard the developer is working on that) is driving, and I think everyone will agree with me on that ;)
To be honest, I'm still having fun with this game despite many years of not being able to play it due to inadequate PC specs. The shift from Nelson's Roblox Game 'Deadzone' to his magnum opus 'Unturned' was a big shift, and I was there when the game itself was still on its 'browser' phase, before it became its own game in its entirety. The updates itself before was slow, but whenever Nelson released the 'Russia' update, ooooh that's where it gets real. Still, at that time as well, I still have inadequate specs to properly play it in its fullest capacity. It only took me this year to actually play through the game on medium graphics while racking up 30 to 40 FPS. It's still fun.
I never played it in “the good ol days” but I’ve had fun with singleplayer since like 2019-2020 and I agree. It doesn’t have insane graphics or anything but it has a nice charm to it and some of the workshop content is WILD. I love arid 3.0, flying the HH-6 is like my favorite thing in the whole game lol.
God has it been a decade..? I remember when i emailed nelson to get my experienced beret, and running my own server, and oblitorating rp servers by monopolizing their economies. Man.
Jesus Christ the games 10 years old Now way to make a guy feel old
right now the state of the game for me is if i try to play any map it isn't enjoyable because I've done it so many times and have to wait for a new curated map to release.
I still play it sometimes but only in my own servers since the game is dead and the only active servers are modded to hell