When comparing Mountain vs Planet Explorers, the Slant community recommends Planet Explorers for most people. In the question“What are the best Exploration games on Steam?” Planet Explorers is ranked 22nd while Mountain is ranked 25th. The most important reason people chose Planet Explorers is:
Users can build their own vehicles which makes the options pretty much limitless.
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Pros
Pro Art in the shape of a game
Once the player answers random questions and the mountain is formed all that is left to do is observe the mountain and what happens on it. More an art piece than a game this makes for an ambient experience that can be relaxing.
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.
Cons
Con No controls
Which basically means this is more a screen saver than a game. There is nothing to control, no interaction at all other than tones one keyboard will play when keys are pressed.
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.