#Slime rancher all slimes full#

So as we have seen out on The Far, Far Range, as the world we are on is known, there are many different types of Slimes, and to make the situation even more confusing, there are cross breeds available too. There are many other types to find, catch and corral too, and helpfully the in game “Slimeopedia” will give you all the details of Slimes that you catch.

The sensitivity to sunlight is also shared by their plorts, and they will disappear if exposed for too long. Going back to the Phosphors though and the problem with keeping them is that they disappear if they are exposed to direct sunlight, so you either have to keep an eye on the time of day and suck them back up into the Vacpack, or alternatively build a subterranean corral in one of the expanded areas of the Far, Far Range. In a nice touch, the wild Feral Slimes only attack you because they are hungry, so if you have a supply of food in your Vacpack, feeding them is a good tactic to avoid a confrontation, and can give you valuable plorts as well. The Phosphor Slimes need collecting at night, making things much more dangerous than normal due to the presence of wild Feral Slimes. The last type of Slime is the hardest of all the ones I’ve found to farm, as they are strictly nocturnal. Don’t get into a corral with Rock Slimes is my advice! These are vegetarian Slimes, but this time they have a favourite food – the Heart Beet – which produces more plorts if they are fed it. Rock Slimes are more dangerous, as they are able to defend themselves by rolling up and flinging themselves at you, which really smarts if you are surrounded. As they are harder to keep than the Pinks, their plorts are worth more. These Slimes are out and out predators, and will only eat meat, in the form of either chickens or their babies. There are also Tabby Slimes, which are adorable looking cat-like Slimes, grey and striped with cute cat ears. Their ease of keeping and ubiquity does however mean that their plorts are worth the least of all the Slimes. These are the easiest Slime by far to farm, as they have no preferred food and will pretty much eat anything you throw in their pen whether that be carrots, berries or baby chickens. The commonest by far is the Pink Slime, which teem in their millions everywhere you look. Many types of Slimes will be found on your expeditions out into the wilderness. The big difference is obviously that the game is played out in a first person perspective, with the Vacpack (as Beatrix’s weapon is known) front and centre just like any good FPS. Then plough that money back into expanding the farm or opening up new areas before rinsing and repeating. Gather resources, whether that’s food, Slimes or wild plorts, return to the farm, organise and sell the results. Sure, there’s more space travel and Slimes, but at its base, that’s all that this game is. Oh, and that you’re left dealing with Slimes and their poo.Īt its core then, this game is comparable to titles like Farmville, in that we are tasked with preparing and maintaining what is, in effect, a farm.

Indeed, Monomi Park, the developers, are to be congratulated for creating a world that seems so plausible and believable, if you’ll just ignore that whole “transported through space to a distant planet” stuff. The time spent in the Preview program seems to have done it some good, as the game feels solid and runs smoothly.

#Slime rancher all slimes full#

Slime Rancher has been in the Xbox Preview program for quite some time, but has only now been released as a full title. Assuming this unusual premise to the game hasn’t put you off, let’s see what the rest of the game has to offer! Yes, we have flown to the other end of the galaxy to collect poo from small, bouncing Slimes. But once they’ve been fed, they produce “plorts”, and it is these that are the goal of the game. Some are vegetarian, some are carnivorous, some don’t really care what they eat. When the Slimes are in the pen, they need to be fed and each type has a preferred food. After preparing a pen for the Slimes, we have to go out into the wilderness, track down various different types, collect them using our cool vacuum gun and then transport them to the prepared pen – inserting them into it by reversing the vacuum gun from “suck” to “blow”. But instead of sitting pretty with horses and cattle on the ranch, we have to collect and corral Slimes. Waking up on a distant planet, we are tasked with becoming a Slime Rancher, transforming a hostile planet into a cosy homestead.