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Sons of the Forest LAUNCH FEB 23

oobymach

oobymach

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Processor AMD Ryzen 5800x3D
Motherboard MSI MPG x570S EDGE MAX WiFi
Cooling Noctua NH-D15S w. FHP141 + Xigmatek AOS XAF-F1451
Memory 32gb G.Skill Ripjaws V Samsung B-Die Dual Rank F4-4000C16D-32GVKA
Video Card(s) ASUS TUF GAMING RTX 4070ti
Storage 17tb (8+4tb WD Black HDD's, 2+2+0.5+0.5tb M.2 SSD Drives) + 16tb WD Red Pro backup drive
Display(s) Alienware AW2518H 24" 240hz, Sony X85K 43" 4k 120hz HDR TV
Case Thermaltake Core v71
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Power Supply EVGA Supernova G2 1000w
Mouse Logitech G502 Hero custom w. G900 scroll wheel mod, Rival 3 + Rival 3 wireless, JLab Epic Mouse
Keyboard Corsair K68 RGB + K70 RGB + K57 RGB Wireless + Logitech G613
Software Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores https://valid.x86.fr/s2y7ny
So excited for this, huge fan of the original, finally has a launch date and system requirements/ recommended specs. Will be throwing my money at this as soon as it launches.

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Sons Of The Forest on Steam

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
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Same
 
Went live 10 minutes ago, downloading it now!
 
"Cannibal infested" and there I lost interest. Zombies and cannibals are the laziest and shittiest of antagonists.
 
Frick said:
"Cannibal infested" and there I lost interest. Zombies and cannibals are the laziest and shittiest of antagonists.
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The AI in this game is unlike any other game out there. Watch the trailer.
 
Game runs quite well in Linux.

Got settings maxed, running Proton experimental

At first game did stutter a bit here and there but after dying (of course) and starting again, I didn't experience stutters. So I am assuming its shader caching but I could be wrong.
 

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oobymach said:
The AI in this game is unlike any other game out there. Watch the trailer.
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I've watched actual gameplay and it seems.. meh
 
ShiBDiB said:
I've watched actual gameplay and it seems.. meh
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Still has some issues but the AI is great so far, I love the way the AI hides behind things and under piles of leaves and often aren't hostile at first, I got face to face with one and he just watched me for like a minute before he punched me. Also a big fan of the 3 legged 3 armed girl who follows you, this game is creepy as fuck.
 
Yeah, after grabbing the rebreather, the mutants are now appearing on the surface, and they get into fights with local cannibals.

I wasted too much handgun ammo fighting the creepies in the cave. Should have ran past them. Grenades were easy to come by though.
 
I was looking forward to this.
When I checked the streams and some general info, I was like are you fucking kidding me? Four years or so worth of development, and they came up with pretty much a reskin of the first game, MINUS half the content? WTF is this? And it gets rating of 80%+!
 
Not sure what you mean, this is early access which means it's not finished, but the story is playable and it's a good 12+ hours of fun if you just want to beat it but I'm over 40 hours in and still love it.

I'm building a tower on top of my base to launch my hang glider from at the moment (which I built on one of the 2 concrete helipad docks, 3 sides water and one small wall to protect it, it's visible in the ending cutscenes which is sweet).
 
Kelvin's ai started off not so great, when tasked to get lumber for the treehouse he would cut down the treehouse, he's getting better but to be fair he has a severe concussion and the only way to communicate with him is pad and paper. Also I have Virginia dual wielding a pump action shotgun and a semi auto pistol with her 3 arms she uses both weapons when enemy ai are near and is a badass companion.
 
oobymach said:
Not sure what you mean, this is early access which means it's not finished, but the story is playable and it's a good 12+ hours of fun if you just want to beat it but I'm over 40 hours in and still love it.

I'm building a tower on top of my base to launch my hang glider from at the moment (which I built on one of the 2 concrete helipad docks, 3 sides water and one small wall to protect it, it's visible in the ending cutscenes which is sweet).
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You obviously didn't play the first game, otherwise you wouldn't say this.
 
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You obviously didn't play the first game, otherwise you wouldn't say this.
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I did. Got it on early access.

I agree, there is a ton to complain about. But they will fix it and keep improving it. Not bad for like a ~$30 Moose bucks honestly and far better than Triple A shit these days.
 
I don't have a problem with unfinished games in EA.
I do have a problem when a game is barely an upgrade of the previous title and releases with half the content though. That seems like a ripoff to me and raises the question WTF were the devs doing for the past four years.
I don't doubt it will be a lot better than the first game WHEN they finish it, but asking $30 for this is just wrong.
 
Octopuss said:
I don't have a problem with unfinished games in EA.
I do have a problem when a game is barely an upgrade of the previous title and releases with half the content though. That seems like a ripoff to me and raises the question WTF were the devs doing for the past four years.
I don't doubt it will be a lot better than the first game WHEN they finish it, but asking $30 for this is just wrong.
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Like I said, I have seen far worst from Triple A developers working with a budget of that of various countries GDP's.

With that said. I think I have read or seen that a ton of what the developers have done was not in the game. A lot seen in videos and stills. Kelvin using weapons was one of them as example. I do believe they removed most of it for test builds to further improve and just released this EA to simply tie over those who pre ordered and cash injection to help fund the team/developer.
 
LOL, I have just noticed what they did with the chainsaw. What dumb shit. When you are cutting a tree, Minecraft-like cubes are falling out of the trunk and you hear an axe chopping. They didn't even bother coding anything for it, they just reused an axe and sped it up. That's game development 101.
 
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