It’s an unnecessarily complicated system that draws attention to the man behind the curtain when you should be focused on learning the ropes. Otherwise you can purchase mana, or a launch pack with everything for $6.99. It seems like it might be possible to unlock all the elements for free with enough careful planning and time. The Sandbox doesn’t give out enough mana in Story Mode to unlock the elements when you need them, but if you switch over to Free Mode and earn some achievements you’ll be awarded more. The elements can be unlocked via IAP or mana earned in game, but the latter option is complicated. The game walks you through each element so you can learn how it interacts with the others, teaching you tricks like how to use heat and electricity to boil water, or how to grow a forest using soil, seeds and rain.Ī disproportionate amount of Story Mode is spent on working out the finer details of the freemium model, unfortunately. Story Mode is misnamed there is no story, just a complex, goal-driven training ground. There are two ways to play (with) The Sandbox: Free Mode and Story Mode. It’s less a sandbox than a blank canvas, waiting to be filled. You have electricity at your fingertips, steam and oil in your grasp, and much more.
You can draw just about any non-living thing you can imagine, paint it into a scene, and then bring it to life with the forces at your command. You can paint with pixels of stone, draw towers of earth and set them to grow. You don’t play a character in The Sandbox, you play a god. Instead it straddles the border between game and art project, rewarding players for creativity while giving them near-infinite possibilities. The Sandbox (Free) isn’t quite that kind of game. Usually when we call a game a sandbox, we’re referring to some kind of open world game where you can wander, free of restraints, and do anything you can think of.
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