It's The Season For Playing Games - Don't Starve

Don't Starve takes the roguelike tropes of going as far as you can go and retrying to a different path.

by Daavpuke on Dec 27, 2012

Merry Christmas or whatever generic holiday or icon celebration you choose to idolize. We here at NoobFeed should be getting ready to warm your heart for some Game of the Year awards, but until that time, everyone is stuffing their faces and basking in commercialism. Not me though; yours truly cares about the entertainment and information rate of our dear readers. That’s why this holiday season, I’ll be looking over a variety of games we might not have discussed thoroughly yet.

Today, we’ll look at games with multiple playthroughs, because their mechanics invite us to revisit them often. The first of these tantalizing games is Don’t Starve, a randomly generated survival game from Klei Entertainment that recently made Mark of the Ninja and Shank. This stylish title takes the roguelike tropes of going as far as you can go and retrying to a different path. Instead, players do better each time and choose when they want their game to become a new experience. Its concept is cleverly crafted and balances familiarity and renewal perfectly. Find out a ton more in our playthrough commentaries below. For more streams and action as it happens, you can always check out the TwitchTV channel.