Boundless first burst onto the gaming scene as Oort Online back in 2014. It has been a Steam Greenlight project since then, including an early name change in October 2015 as well. Now, almost three years later, Boundless has launched not only on PC, but also as a console exclusive on the PlayStation 4. Can developer Wonderstruck’s crafting survival game differentiate itself enough from all the others, since it features an always online, cross-platform universe of procedurally generated worlds" Read our verdict in our Boundless review below.
A Procedural Universe
Boundless may appear at first glance to be a Minecraft clone. It has a similar core gameplay loop, to be sure. Players must collect nearby resources to craft things such as crafting tables, furnaces, workbenches, and more, in order to craft better items, to then collect better resources with. But Boundless differentiates itself in several ways. First off, Boundless features a procedurally-generated universe, full of pseudo-randomly generated worlds. Much like No Man?s Sky, planets are created with different types of weather, resources, fauna, and overall difficulty. Procedural generation means that sometimes you?ll end up with a planet described as an ?inhospitable lush world,? which of course makes no sense but is fun all the same to attempt to survive in. As with many games in this genre, the start of Boundless is likely the slowest part of playing it. There is a tutorial, but it doesn?t do a great job...