I'm a bit of a pantheist I suppose: I don't believe in a big beardy god in the sky, but I choose to believe there's something divine in all living creatures. Barring the wasp, which can do one. I hate wasps, the feeling seems to be mutual, and as the summer rolls around I once more gear up for battle with the bastards of the skies. If I could press a button and remove all wasps from the face of the Earth I would do it in a heartbeat.
Sir, this is PC Gamer. Ah yes, well I was just looking at this spiffing new update for Grounded, Obsidian's excellent garden-em-up survival sim that pits you against the innate hostility of insects. It's called the Super Duper update because, drum roll please, it adds an item duplication machine called the Super Duper.
This new device lets players duplicate specific equipment and items using Raw Science and a new item called duper discs found in the yard. Your first disc will unlock the machine, and subsequent discs will unlock higher-tier duping possibilities. The machine can duplicate trinkets, unique items, and upgrade stones, and most notably the cloned item will retain all of the original's smithing upgrades. Basically this is going to remove (some) of the item grinding, which is great.
Alongside the Super Duper comes a new Base Coziness system (in Grounded you take shelter from the insect masses in your base). Buildings, furniture and decorations now all add up to a certain coziness level for your base, which in itself will cause your character's coziness level to rise in this environment and grant beneficial status effects: decrease hunger, thirst drain, and slow healing. There are five levels of coziness and each one unlocks new decorative options, a base building mutation, and new
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