When comparing Multi Theft Auto vs Starbound, the Slant community recommends Starbound for most people. In the question“What are the best LAN party PC games?” Starbound is ranked 41st while Multi Theft Auto is ranked 55th. The most important reason people chose Starbound is:
Starbound allows the player to go at their own pace while completing the tutorials. By the end of the tutorials the player will have the skills and equipment to succeed in the game and have fun doing it.
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Pros
Pro Runs well on dated hardware
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, being a game from the year 2004, works on pretty much anything today, including mobile phones. The modification itself adds little overhead to the whole system.
Pro No arbitrary limits on the number of player slots
As long as your hardware keeps up, you can have as many players playing simultaneously as you want.
Pro A wide range of gamemodes to choose from
These include Race, Deathmatch, Briefcase Race, and Freeroam, and are accompanied by a multitude of user-made gamemodes to be found on the modification's website.
Pro Informative and well paced tutorials
Starbound allows the player to go at their own pace while completing the tutorials. By the end of the tutorials the player will have the skills and equipment to succeed in the game and have fun doing it.
Pro Incredibly deep gameplay
The exploration, crafting and combat are all both very polished and deep in terms of what you can do, especially compared to other games in the genre. This makes the sandbox very fun to play in as you're never really stuck doing the same thing over and over.
Pro Boss levels
For what is a procedurally generated game, Starbound offers boss levels that once beaten unlock new sectors of space to explore.
Cons
Con First few hours can be boring
Initially the player needs to amass enough coal to fuel their ship, which is a bit of a grind.