One of the FUNNEST ROLE-PLAYING GAMES I've Ever Played - Space Station 14 

Couldn't have put it better myself. Just in the two months I've played so far, I've had some of my favorite gaming moments ever. It really is such a fun experience and I'm excited to keep getting more involved. Thanks for showing new players like myself, the ropes!

I've played 1 round of SS13 ages ago, but this video got me into SS14 and I'm having a blast.

​@@Jolfgardtell me if you ever meet Tun-Death-Dueler, if you do, say hi for me, he might give you something

It's a shame to see your propaganda rotting the minds of new players and locking them into an objectively inferior and content-lacking clone of the game by making it seem like a sequel rather than the rip-off it is. At least I can find solace in the fact that you will never achieve the depth and variety in stations the original has surpassed 10-fold, which will, in many cases, prompt people to remove their blindfolds and give Byond a try.

​@@tritoner1221 Space Station is for the people who have went to *THE ASYLUM* and had their brains lobotomized. Even though I may have slight interest, I am taken back to the times I have played it. To unironically play on Fulpstation, stuck in a narrowminded playset style - and while I did experience some of Goonstation, I don't think I would ever come to be robust even after 200 hours of playtime? Can't remember. Don't _want_ to remember. There were good times, there were bad times, but I know in the end it was just a waste of my time. You have to be into the round-based gameplay, have the wiki stuff pulled up to see what interesting thing you want to try- *oh wait that's metagaming* -get into social aspects, but at that point it still drags on and gets boring. You feel as if there are greater things to do, but fidgeting around pointlessly with the higher mechanics in an attempt to be robust is the wrong approach. Hours poured in ... in hopes of being seen as a true spessman. For what? At the end, it's an egoistical play of lobotomy patients. Follow the rules or be shredded with bwoink. Play other servers... if you aren't risk averse it'll work, but if you are you'll get cold feet. You lock in with what has already been made familiar to you. Sorry, but this isn't Dark Souls or something of the like. If you are trying to kill megafauna for achievement or something on a /tg/ server, the only time you can try again is next round (which, in higher roleplay formats, you have to call a "shift"... but even if you try to roleplay speak and reference things that are basically out of game knowledge, it is verboten). In a place where knowledge is expected, where one can be stifled, holed up in their department... getting blown up or whatnot, you can see where the game fizzles out. And oh yeah. Lag and random disconnections. What about when you need to close out of the game and open it back up because of some confounding error? SS14 most likely has more future because it'll be on an optimized engine compared to BYOND. I'll never be able to escape the pseudo-trauma that playing spessmans has given me, though. In order to capture that gem of a moment you have to go through the slog of rounds. It did not help me that I was the aforementioned risk averse person, and may still be even now. You look to have fun, to gratify yourself with, perhaps, being a Roboticist, or dabbling in other science things. I was excited to learn how to refine anomalies to make a Phazon... Bluespace Bags, etc. (though mechs are and will always be mid, get better at CQC I guess) - but all that ends up being a lengthy endeavor to regularly use that knowledge, hope to get better at it, set it up a bit faster... In the end, you are better playing another game that focuses on industrials instead. It's a social experience, is what I hear. But I guess there's not much satisfactiong to be had when worrying if you'll be able to perform your tasks... be it because of incompetence or your bargain bin WiFi or laptop (performance)... hell, maybe the BYOND engine itself. I think my brain is beginning to play trumpets, oh me oh my. Enough of that, I'm going back to watching my videos and attempting to enjoy my day. Have a Blessed Day! Sincerely, Lamadon Pyreus

I entirely agree. The best way to learn is to just jump in and start doing stuff. Personally I just get nervous I might be ruining someone's game experience. But then I remind myself it's really not that serious and next round I'll do a little better!

You can’t forget that Delta V has furries, more furries, onis (weebs), Shoko (the map for weebs) and psionics. Truly the best server

@@carsonthompson4260 I mean i main deltav, so might not be wrong (weeb)

@@carsonthompson4260 I also main Delta V, but I don't see very much furry-mindedness or weebdom there. Just actually pretty decent RP and gameplay from nearly everyone, all around.

I'll definitely have to look into it, thanks for recommending it!

THANKS NI

​@@tadpolegaming4510Sec to surgery, he's turning her into a Papa John's!

@@XSniper74184 you can't consent to being a pizza

It's always great when I can make videos for interconnecting audiences.. I didn't think I'd find anyone who was a fan of both, so that's awesome!

That's what I've heard from others too, is that they like the free movement compared to the locked grid on 13. I'm glad I could bring 14 to your attention, 13 definitely still has more content though. But if you come from 13, learning 14 should be a breeze. Maybe I'll come back to it in the future for an actual gameplay video. I think it would definitely be fun. Thanks for watching!

I'd love to hear your experience afterwards if you do end up trying it out! And I've definitely thought about it!

If you aren't interested in the basic stations, there are a few servers that run on different rule sets. My personal favorite is Frontier Station, where you can buy a ship or join a crew to make money in the expanse of space.

You definitely should!

Im warning you, once you start playing you dont stop, i have over 1000 hours and i need help

@@godgaveyouhands2848 same like time goes by so fast playing it

tbh even if you dont like ss13 ss14 is still worth a shot as its quite early in development so is much less complicated and the controls are much easier to understand.

I can only hope 🤞🤞 Thanks for watching!

Pretty much 😂 I think my most used phrase in game is, "what the hell.." or "wtf.." because I'm always just reacting to something ridiculous happening. Meanwhile I'm just trying to mop and pick up trash

​@@thatboywagsthat sentence is always goes to scientific department. Like. How in the world did you manage to fuck up to the point that it even effect the whole space station. Or why the hell you let an anom goes critical and making it ass for engineer to fix the spacing issue.

@@creatorbot0056 😂😂

@@thatboywags I feel this, Wags. Mine are "What the shit," (as any Department member) and "Far out," as my roaming Tider. 😆

That's definitely how I felt my first few times playing. There was so much happening around me but I was just so thankful someone was taking the time and showing me how to make drinks as a bartender. I'll never forget making my first drink successfully and then the whole bar cheering for me 😂 Yeah, I've seen a little bit of 13 already, and just from that small bit, I could tell it's a higher learning curve for sure.

That's awesome to hear! :)

Maybe down the road. I'm still on a major learning curve with 14, and I've heard 13 is even more in depth

​@@thatboywagsYeah, SS14 is a considerably simplified remake of SS13, which is much less "noob" friendly. Reason why it's always been a rather niche game, having a very, very steep learning curve. Having to learn the billion hotkeys, the billion complicated "realistic" mechanics that are still far from coming to SS14 (technically being still a mere alpha/beta of 13, missing a crapton of content), having to deal with the archaic, convoluted UI on the same levels of a MMORPG, having also to remember by memory which commands and keys to use for each specific action or radio channel, the more "zealous" people of certain servers being pretty unwelcoming to new players or just shitters/hostile in general... It's not easy.

@@StimkySkunko There is also the added issue when it comes to SS13.. Where both UI and control schemes also depend on the codebase said server is using. Because there are several different ones that exist for the game and some are extremely different. SS14 so far that I have seen.. For the most part seems to share the same codebase.

SS14 is fast catching up to SS13, the problem with SS13 is the client side / BYOND engine. It's trash and severely limits developers

@@sean7221 BYOND can load external code, that's how the TG interface system for machines and such exist, so it isn't as limiting as people put it, the main factor here is just that it's code that has been reused for 20 years, and that's bad.

Thank you! A lot of people are asking for it, so I might have to make it a priority.

It's a super fun experience for sure! Especially since you can take it as your own pace.

Really appreciate that man, thank you 👌

I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for taking the time to watch!

@@thatboywags I hope to see ya soon on the station and have a nice time.

That's awesome I was able to introduce you to it! I've thought about making a gameplay vid for it, I'm still very much a novice tho 😂

I did not know Space Station 13 was real I was joking lol

Jokes on you, I was on Space Station 12

That's awesome, and I can definitely understand why you keep coming back to it over time. I think it'll be a game that I play for a while to come.

Thanks Butcher! I've watched a few of your videos as well and enjoy the content you make on the game! It's been fun getting involved with it. Thanks for checking out the video!

@@thatboywags Yay, I'm glad you liked them! :D

I'd highly suggest trying it out. It has a lot less content on it, but it's an overall smoother experience from what I've heard.

​@@thatboywagsyeah, i got banned in the smoothest way possible

Glad to be a part of it!

Awe that's so cool to hear! It's awesome I have the opportunity to introduce people to new games they might like. I'm glad you're having a good time with it!

Space station 14 is a remake of Space station 13

@@imasimpleman9215 i see. Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks for explaining mate

I have not played frontier yet unfortunately but I've heard great things and have seen some fun gameplay of it. I think the whole idea of working with a small crew makes me nervous because I'm still new and don't want to ruin anyone else's experience. But hopefully I'll try it soon! And as for future videos, I'd love to come back to SS14 for another. Maybe down the road.

totally understandable, that’s probably the same reason I held off on frontier as well. it’s kinda like salvage specialist, but like, a lot cooler and with friends. you can buy ships and fly around to asteroids and mine them, me and mine found and old ship full of crates the second another ship docked onto the same old ship.

Same

SoD will always be around on the channel and I'll most likely always come back to it at some point. The community has grown my channel in a huge way. I have some more content for it coming soon!

SS14 is a full remake of SS13 that uses a new engine Its not finished, but it's bound to surpass the original

Yeah it doesn't take much to run at all. If you do end up trying it out, let me know what you think!

@@thatboywags A very high learning curve and lots of different buttons for different things

I'm sure you can tell from the video that I've been playing passenger, janitor, and engi a lot 😂 but if people really wanted me to, I'd love to go back for a second type of video.

@@thatboywags I remember, months ago I played Telescience. All the sciences were really fun, but I'm not sure was SS14 has

They're not too bad, especially if you often play PC. A lot of the interactions are done via menu. So the majority is just learning how to work your inventory and the quick controls for certain things. Again, Liltenhead makes some great guides for beginners and points out controls you wouldn't normally realize right away.

I haven't tried out Frontier but it looks really cool. I'll probably try it out soon.

Oh, there's a lot in SS13 that hasn't yet made it to 14 yet but could. Surgery is like one of the really big mechanics. with things like broken bones, internal bleeding, limb replacements, implants etc. There are also a bunch of antags that haven't made it to 14 yet, like blob, sentient virus and terror spiders (I think? or are they added already?). Another big one is the station AI role.

@@Kenionatus yea a lot of antags are missing and magic is more or less nonexistant unless an admin does an event, even then there are only magic staffs and no actual independent spells. I have heard that surgery is coming soon though, so lets hope for that. There are big spiders but they are all the same and there is no brood mother so typically people take the fifteen or so ghost roles fight for a bit kill some people then die and life goes on. They can make webs but unless they actually try to make a nest, which I've never seen someone do, it doesn't matter except for spiders placing webs in combat to slow people.

@@Kenionatus I more meant that the tutorial covers how things go in the usual server, not what features have been added to the game from SS13. As always, surgery is only a week away

Frontier turned me off entirely when the Station Traffic Controller basically chewed me out for not using their proper docking procedure when I was just starting out. I'm totally into RP, but the entire attitude was just such a turnoff. Like, let me just do shit for a while and maybe fuck off with your procedures at first, would ya? I really wanted to like it too, which was a bummer, because learning the ropes of that Server is a huge hurdle compared to other Servers, as losing money risks crippling you for a _long_ time unless you just reroll or Crew up. Like, the effort of just getting set up, learning to fly and be self-sustainable and actually financially functional was challenging and complex enough without me being stepped on by some hyper-stressed, power tripping STC. I don't think I'll be coming back to Frontier, which is a shame, because I really did want to like it.

Neat indeed

Yes, there will be more SoD

Thanks:)

Sadly I haven't played Barotrauma but I've seen some videos and it looks really fun

@@thatboywags It's definitely a great game, I'd recommend it at some point. Although there are different kinds of servers like ones for serious roleplay and ones for more casual chaos

​@@irecordwithaphone1856barotrauma actually took inspiration from ss13

That's actually awesome and a little relieving to hear because I've definitely been thinking about it. I'd love to do little story diaries of different rounds and narrate my experiences.

I'm guessing people aren't too nice about what they say about BYOND? 😂

Well its moreso that SS13 is an old game and that BYOND, the engine it runs on, is even older. To quote SSeth, a very popular game reviewer, “10/10, don’t play it. Because frankly, the servers can’t handle you all.” Due to SSeth making a review of SS13, his fanbase flocked to almost every server, causing a ‘tide’ of new players, who mainly played as Assistants (or Passengers, in SS14 terms) who, as part of their default uniform, wear grey jumpsuits. All in all, players mainly don’t like when people make reviews or view said reviews because that inevitably means another ‘Greytide’ hits the servers. (Greytide being a lot of assistants, clad in grey.) Of course I do not speak for everyone, to each their own. Also as someone who plays SS13.. Ew, Antimatter engine..

Lasted 2 months wihout getting banned or they already gave you a voucher ban (the most idiotic ban to appeal)

Sounds good 😂 I'll give you a wave

Oh there definitely is. I would recommend trying out 14 if you've never played any of them before and want to get an understanding. And the maybe try 13 once you know what you're doing. Because it has a LOT more to it.

Mind elaborating?

I haven't played it myself but they never cease to make me laugh

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I definitely suggest trying out 14 and seeing how you like it! Hopefully it leads to a better experience than what you had with 13.

I'll have to look into it for sure! It sounds right up my alley 😂

would be an honor to have you at our side@@thatboywags , love your content

I heard Foxhole is a shitshow now?

Totally understandable!

I do want to check it out eventually! It feels like 14 is a good starting point to learn the mechanics and get a solid introduction. I've heard 13 has a lot more content, so I don't want to overwhelm myself too fast.

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