When comparing Planet Explorers vs The Forest, the Slant community recommends The Forest for most people. In the question“What are the best Sandbox games on PC?” The Forest is ranked 7th while Planet Explorers is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose The Forest is:
The graphics really stand out in The Forest, from the realistic looking foliage to the terrifying creatures in the forest. Remarkably the graphics are on par with any AAA game, which is quite a feat for an indie game.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Lots of transportation options
Users can build their own vehicles which makes the options pretty much limitless.
Pro Massive game world
The world is almost too big to traverse on foot.
Pro Great graphics
The graphics really stand out in The Forest, from the realistic looking foliage to the terrifying creatures in the forest. Remarkably the graphics are on par with any AAA game, which is quite a feat for an indie game.
Pro Awesome AI
The AI is really cool and will hunt around for the player. Also if the player kills or injures one of the tribesmen many times they will try to drag the body away or even cry over it.
Cons
Con In early access
The game is not yet finished and any design decisions can change. A good amount of the functionality is in an early state and bugs are common.
Con Jack of all trades master of none
The scope of the game is quite large when compared to something like Minecraft, which means there are quite a few mechanics in the game that just do not feel that fleshed out. While there is much one can do in the game, when closely looking at how these things work one can see their failings easily.
Con Development progress is slow
Often many devs that do Early Access bite off more than they can chew which tends to slow down development when they inevitably need to switch engines or do rewrite large portions of the game from scratch.
Con Still early alpha - very glitchy
As the game is still in early alpha, it still contains many glitches, some of which are game-breaking, such as the infinite ammo glitch.