Originally posted by shadain597:

Originally posted by The Big Brzezinski:

Get all that done, condense the game to a two hour or so experience, you'd have a pretty sick (if basic) roguelike mode. Might make for a good mod.

Okay, that I might be willing to try. Losing a few hours of mostly combat-related play isn't nearly as daunting as losing however many hours of base-building and resource gathering.

IMO, base building, aside from the necessary temporary bases, is not what you should be doing in PD. Everything else is just part of the game, and PD teaches you how to be efficient in resource gathering and figuring out what you need to survive and what you just want, for whatever reason.

Edit: I should add that permadeath, IMO, is not really a challenge. It's just a change in the (self imposed) rules of the game. It might change your playing style and shorten your game, but the game mechanics are still the same.

No maps and no portals do add additional challenge and drastically change the game. Some might consider it a grind, but it definitely changes the way you play the game and adds many more challenges. I highly recommend it to anyone how is looking for a challenge.