TL;DR
"Fog of War" in the technology tree to add a layer of discovery/mystery to the gameand make the technology tree less imposing/overwhelming.
What?
When opening the Tech Tree, everything is in front of you. That can be a little bit overwhelming especially for new players.It also removes the some mystery from the Alien Planet and spoils the fun of discovery!
It would be nice if the list was shorter and technologies with red boxes that are no where near to be
researched would slowly disappear to indicate that they are "beyond your imagination".
- Step 1: red box (same as ingame now)
- Step 2: light grey box with Icon (or less saturated one), a name and research effects that are less saturated icons or black silhouettes
- Step 3: dark grey box with a black silhouette for the icon, blanked out or obfuscated name, research effects that are less saturated icons or black silhouettes
- Step 4: no box on the left screen, black or grey box on the Tree side (if necessary because some get already hidden)
Only when the corresponding pack is researched it would be visible.
It would be nice if it was the same across all saves where it's like Achievements
and if needed you could enable it on save creation or options to play it "blind".
A Achievements Tab in the main menu could be beneficial to see unlocked Achievements and Technologies.
As a way to browse your unlocks.
Why?
Because new Players will be more exited to find technologies and unlocking them would be more fun.It would add a new layer of discovery and mystery. As a bonus new players get less overwhelmed by the sheer amount of technologies.
