What's the Best Way to Experience 'All' of SkyFactory?
I was a heavy player of SkyFactory many years ago but I never finished any version.
Today, I am something of a completionist, and I wish to conquer my childhood demons. Don't bother questioning this, I just gotta do it.
But now I find there are seven versions of the SkyFactory:
Original, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, One, and 5.
The completionist side of me nags that I have got to do all seven. The more rational side of me nags that there's probably some redundancy here, but I am not knowledgeable enough about the modding scene since I left to parse out where. (I'm aware there was a handing of torch here between main developers, but I played originally while the torch was being passed, so I'm not a purist.)
Putting aside 4 and 5, which are obviously different from the others and so would need to be on any completionist list, that leaves us with reconciling a list for 1, 2, 2.5, 3, and One.
I want all of your thoughts on a playlist that you believe "captures" the different SkyFactories versions. My current ideas:
Maximalist: 1, 2, 2.5, 3, One
Rationale: It's not completionist if you don't do them all
Original Releases: 1, 2, 2.5, 3
Rationale: Remasters don't really count towards completionism
Remaster Replacement: One, 2, 2.5, 3
Rationale: One has too many QoL improvements over 1 to go back to 1.
Whole Numbers: 1/One, 2, 3
Rationale: Fractional versions don't count, duh.
Minimalist: 2.5, 3
Rationale: 2.5 was the upgrade for 2, which was the upgrade 1. 3 is the first heavy mod pack shift
Ultra Minimalist: 3
Rationale: Re: minimalist, but 3 is the upgrade to 2.5.
Modern Bias: One, 2.5, 3
Rationale: Who wants to go back to the old achievement checklist?
Admittedly, this is all getting quite neurotic. And so I'm going to you always reliable and never biased folks at Reddit to ask for opinions.