When comparing Avorion vs StoneQuest, the Slant community recommends Avorion for most people. In the question“What are the best voxel-based games for the PC?” Avorion is ranked 10th while StoneQuest is ranked 18th. The most important reason people chose Avorion is:
The game is beautifully made. The visuals are fascinating. The ship building process is not traditional. You can build any kind of ship you like. Weapon variety is huge. Game mechanics are smooth and easy to understand. Less graphical requirements. It works like a charm even on on-board graphics, though OpenGl graphics are known to cause problems in the games and slight lag/performance issues. Almost everything is available in the Demo version. The demo map is huge enough that it'll take you 2-3 months to explore if you play everyday for 2-3 hours. Plenty of weapons are upgrade options in the demo version. Multiplayer on LAN and Internet and Hosting capabilities, making it easier to play with your friends
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Pros
Pro Beautiful, new and fun
The game is beautifully made. The visuals are fascinating. The ship building process is not traditional. You can build any kind of ship you like.
Weapon variety is huge.
Game mechanics are smooth and easy to understand.
Less graphical requirements. It works like a charm even on on-board graphics, though OpenGl graphics are known to cause problems in the games and slight lag/performance issues.
Almost everything is available in the Demo version. The demo map is huge enough that it'll take you 2-3 months to explore if you play everyday for 2-3 hours. Plenty of weapons are upgrade options in the demo version.
Multiplayer on LAN and Internet and Hosting capabilities, making it easier to play with your friends
Pro Free Demo
The demo of this game is available from the official website. The demo offers all the features of the game but in limited quantity. You can build custom ships but certain blocks are not available in the demo version, certain weapon types and logic upgrades are also not available in the demo version.
Pro Amazing graphics
The graphics are just insane with only few games looking comparable.
Pro No installation required
The program can be directly launched after download, without the need for an installation or even a reboot.
Pro Small size
The application only needs a few megabytes to be downloaded and saved on your disk.
Pro Free
The game is 100% free at the moment, with no ingame-purchasing or ads. However, donations are allways welcome.
Pro Active development
Development streightly driven-ahead by enthusiastic guy who spends his whole free time with improving the game.
Pro Multiplayer
All players are put together in a giant procedurally-generated world and can build whatever comes to their minds.
Cons
Con Time consuming
Be prepared to invest a lot of time, this is not a game for the impatient!
Con Slow updates for Demo Version
The devs are concentrating more on the full version. The demo version has not been updated since the last released (2016) 8.1.5 .
8.1.5 is stable but no major/minor updates have been seen so far.
Con High hardware consumption
In order to run it with an intermediate FPS rate on high or ultra graphics you need a high-end PC.
Con Still some bugs
The game is being updated on a regular base. However, it still contains a few bugs and unfinished elements like missing models etc.
Con No modding
There is currently no possible way to create own ingame content or custom textures.
Con No single player or offline mode
In order to play the game, you need a permanent internet connection. Everyone can see anyone and there is currently no protection system against vandalism of ie. buildings yet.