Geologic Review: Vintage Story, Part 2

Vintage story is an ambitious game that attempts to recreate many natural processes of the real world. This is part two of a review where I discuss how realistic it is compared to real life geology and my opinions on how to improve it.

Part 1: https://youtu.be/b4e7mTRB7qg

Intro 0:00
Chapter 3: Ores 1:46
Chapter 4: Geologic Features 31:51
Chapter 5: Geologic Mechanics 41:55
Chapter 6: Gameplay 51:28
The Review: 53:34

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Soil Horizon
By Original: Wilsonbiggs Vector: EssensStrassen - http://soils.usda.gov/education/resources/lessons/profile/profile.jpg;, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113601459

Soil Comparison
Soil comparison, Billy Schweiger/National Park Service, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/soil-comparison

LMI
After Hoover (1978) Carnegie Inst.
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MSD
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Porphyry Deposit
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Fluid Inclusions
Jun Du, Honglun Chang, Hongwei Liu, Progresses in Fluid Inclusion Synthesis in Quartz (2022)

Fluid Inclusions
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Fluid Inclusion
By United States Geological Survey, US Government - http://minerals.cr.usgs.gov/gips/images/inclulrg.gif - accompanying article is at http://minerals.cr.usgs.gov/gips/na/fluid.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1654994

Phosphorite
By James St. John - Fossiliferous peloidal phosphorite (4.7 cm across) - sample of the “2nd SSF (small shelly fossil) assemblage” from the upper Zhongyicun Member, upper Zhujiaqing Formation (lower Meishucunian Stage, lower Lower Cambrian)., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34891384

By Kleberite - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=154146858

Geothermal Gradient
By Karla Panchuk (2018), modified after Steven Earle (2016). - https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/physicalgeologyh5p/chapter/3-3-earths-interior-heat/, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=132816001

Cave Pictures
By Martin St-Amant (S23678) - Own work (Martin St-Amant), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11863213

By Dave Bunnell - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5406851

By Dave Bunnell, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48901491

Main Crevice 2, Goetz-Höhle, Germany showcaves.com

Black Body Radiation
By Darth Kule - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10555337