Teardown is Dead.

tear down was a great game and it's still a great game today but then that begs the question why is nobody playing it well let's get into it teardown was released as Early Access on October 29th 2020 by tuxedo Labs the premise of the game is a fully destructible voxal world where everything has the ability to be altered or destroyed the flagship of this game was its realism both in its inherent postprocessing as well as its realistic physics Dennis gustofson the lead designer of the game has put the main campaign into two parts until its full release in 2022 the campaign itself put it simply consisted of using strategic placements of targets forcing you to manipulate the environment in order to retrieve them and leave all in under a minute it had garnered hype for months before its initial release with many speculating what it had to offer some were concerned about the campaign story and its progression throughout the game however most were excited to see something that gave free range to the player and how they could complete a mission this freedom of choice and Power in game can only be comparable to a select few games however what set this apart from those was the fact that there was actual strategy needed to complete a mission now pause right there of course every game needs some sort of strategy right well this took it to the next level first let's talk a little bit about the campaign and why it perfects strategy so well in the campaign you start as Mr no named no body in a remote Warehouse in the middle of nowhere you're placed into a situation where you're in grave need for money until an opportunity arises this opportunity is supposedly innocent behind its reasoning but inevitably you find out that is morally wrong in its purpose shortly after you start to get multiple other emails from various other people asking for your demolishing talents in order to backstab others for their personal gain after multiple back and forth assignments you find out that you're actually doing business on both sides in which each subsequent mission is in retaliation to the previous this inevitably escalates until you're working for multiple people for various different reasons with one sole purpose destruction okay and maybe recollection but that's really its own thing whether that be destroying buildings flat or throwing safes into the oceans your machine that can't be stopped and can only be fed off your hunger to break crash tear down anything and everything now normally this is quite a bit of fun on its own but how how does this qualify for its own game well this is how the game has over 10 maps that are fully designed down to the Last Detail every single block has its own reflection weight destructibility inflammability all that coincide one larger build each Mission usually requires you to destroy or retrieve information scattered all across the map which seems easy right except here's the catch on most missions once you complete one target you have a 60-second timer that starts in which you must immediately retrieve the rest of the targets with the remaining time now the problem arises with the fact that it's simply impossible to get the targets within the time right well this is where the ingenious implementation of strategy occurs in a fully destructible world you find the best route you break walls you make runways with planks you collect stolen items worth money on the way you use cars to Traverse faster between targets you use explosives to level houses you practice you optimize you repeat you eventually unlock new weapons you upgrade old ones you upgrade your Warehouse you become Unstoppable you're a money-making machine buy ammo here buy gadgets there take missions here retaliate there you're unstoppable there's no direct solution to any map except you you can take as long or little time as you want but you're a man of your own work you are unstoppable and then it's over you beat the game game over right well yeah but also no after beating the campaign the game continues to offer new content for you to enjoy there's a free DLC which adds a short mini campaign in an entirely new map and environment there's thousands and thousands of public mods uploaded to the Steam Workshop as well as custom maps that are featured in game not to mention the sandbox mode which allows you to do absolutely whatever you want in whatever shape or form you really won't be getting bored anytime soon I've already put over 50 hours into the game with over half of it just playing with its creative bounds this game is a perfect concoction of strategy and fun so then why is nobody playing it anymore well technically teardown isn't completely dead but it's very close to it in comparison from previous months unfortunately in July of 2022 tuxedo Labs the company that designed teardown was bought by saber interactive there was mixed criticism with this decision because at this point teardown was at its highest peak of all time it was rated overwhelmingly positive on Steam it had a full fud of community of modders and content creators and the game gave what the people wanted however this would quickly change as the hands of the game slowly shifted ownership te Down's constant updates and improvements began to slow down content was still published while the transition would occur but it didn't feel the same in early 2023 the base price of the game was raised from $1 1999 to $29.99 which for all of the content of the game still isn't a terrible price however suspicions would arise as less communication and enthusiasm came from the game the full criticism would actually occur in November of 2023 saber interaction released the start of four future paid dlc's which cost exactly the same as the based game this was an unwanted capitalist gain seen by the community and many were flammed over over the seemingly money grab situation that this publisher was in since then the game has been on a falling Trend within the past 6 months with both content creation and modding at an all-time low however there is some new hope within the past month the game has seen a slight uptick in members as well as engagement in the game whether that be the games release on PS5 and Xbox or the increased exposure the game got from saber interactive it's still a welcoming one no matter the changes underway by the current publisher it's still a great game it implements strategy and skill into a completely destructible sandbox world the music and details of this game are amazing and provide just the right challenge in order to satisfy your destruction needs this may not be a game that you open up to grind on for hours but hey it's for sure a heck of a lot of fun to sit down and play for an hour or two destroying at heart's content which is what I think makes it a great game hey what's up so thank you for watching this video it was fun to make and as you can see uh a lot of things have happened but uh hopefully I can do more of these in the future because they're pretty fun to make actually and uh I just want to say thank you anyways that's basically it I'll see you in the next [Music] one [Music]

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Length: 7min 38sec (458 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 27 2024