'The Forest'

[Benny]

Oh great, you roll in here and tell me the shiny new thing I just bought is actually a lump of un-polished coal. Go on, you might as well tell me who shot JR you beast.

[albert]

To be fair most of us tried it a year ago. I'm optimistic

I can donate a copy of Sir, You're Being Hunted Benny, that's rather interesting.

[Benny]

Damn you and your post bumps. I hope number mups Peggle or friggin Portal, I'll end up buying them too!

(I've got '...hunted', will have a proper go at some point. I got bored )

[Benny]

I like it....There I've said it.

Goddam bald freakshows came at me during the day when I wasn't ready. 1 day, 1 log cabin and 2 dead rats later. I'm going back in.....

[smilodon]

There's multiplayer I'll come in and sacrifice you to the Great Spider God

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[TeaLeaf]

Ok, ok, I added the game to the library.   Looking forward to throwing logs hundreds of yards, that's what I bought the game for really, the superman experience.  That and the un-polished coal.

[Benny]

4 days and counting. Food sorted. Safe home area sorted. Bed sorted. Coast found.
Just need to build me a house boat and I'm fully sorted.

[smilodon]

Glad you're enjoying it.

Reinstalled this last week, my whelmed is still fairly under. Maybe these survival sims just aren't for me. Either I'm mobbed by looney cannibals on day one or I die of boredom. Either way there's always something else I'd rather be playing so it back in my uninstalled Steam games pile.

[albert]

Whilst I'm bumping old posts I have the pleasure of coming across another glum Smilo survival game comment. Awesome.

So onto my primary reason for posting. OB and I got together and played this on Friday in Co-op mode. We build a log cabin, got attacked, did pretty well, made a few things, and are setting up a nice little base area.

I imagine we will shortly go off and try and explore a bit, probably in daylight.

My feeling on this game is it is a survival game, in EA but unlike most other survival games has a story and a purpose other than grinding and building, and not dying.

It still looks great, and has a very logical learning curve, the inventory and crafting are intuitive, the natives who like to attack you are varied in their aggression and attack type. I like this game, with 3 or 4 people it will be great fun exploring.

[smilodon]

Albert, I'm glad you enjoy the Forest good for you. I don't though, I think it's a poor game. We're of course both entitled to an opinion. What we're also entitled to is to be free to express that opinion without snarky comments.

As Forum Admin I'm tasked with making sure these forums remain a pleasant and friendly place to come and discuss all manner of topics be that games, Twitch Channels or whatever. Where we disagree we will remain courteous and friendly. We certainly will NOT be banding about criticism and engaging in snarky comments. That road just leads to a forum ban and no one wants that.

I've only played the Forest solo and it's not very forgiving. Also it just seems to be a resource gathering and building game. Some find that fine, others find it a grind. Each to their own. It's odd because I really loved Minecraft and that had no content as such, just a world to explore and build. But there was something endearing about the little blocky world that I think a lot of Survival games lack. Arc has it's Dinosaures but too may of this genre just have a procedurally generated world, a resource gathering and building mechanic and some sort of antagonist be that zombies, cannibals or whatever. It seems a bit 'gaming light'.

 I also worry, and I'm not alone in this, that the Indie/Steam early access model is ripe for abuse. It's not that much of a stretch to imagine a small group of developers starting a survival game with:

first person only (no main character required)

 procedural generation (no world building required)

gathering - building (no infrastructure required)

spawned AI zombies/monsters (no NPC characters required)

continue without end (no plot or story required)

call it early access and sit back and take the money.

There are a lot of games sitting in early access and not so many of them have have so far launched as full games. Obviously a lot of these games are being made with the best intentions and for small indie developers without a big budget it can often be the only way to develop a game. However I do think it would be very naive to think none were just dressed up cash cows that will never be finished. The concern is how to work out which are genuine and which are not.

Caveat Emptor

[albert]

Hey Smilo, All I can say is back in 2015 I found it a tough game solo and if you can't survive you can't enjoy the story. It's over a year since you last tried it, perhaps join OB and I and we can play it together and it might be more like you wished for first time out. These games change a lot over time.
Cheers,
Bert


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[albert]

Hi OB,

So just copying your Slot1 MP files into my folder worked. Sort of.. if I want to play as your character. I'll look into how I can play as my character today. Either way the actual character has little relevance in this game as there are not ranks or account bound items. Technically I could just play as you and build a few things and then upload the profile to Google.
Cheers,
Bert


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[OldBloke]

Hi OB,

So just copying your Slot1 MP files into my folder worked. Sort of.. if I want to play as your character. I'll look into how I can play as my character today. Either way the actual character has little relevance in this game as there are not ranks or account bound items. Technically I could just play as you and build a few things and then upload the profile to Google.
Cheers,
Bert


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Sounds like a good compromise :thumb:

[Armitage]

i bought a copy today

[sulky_uk]

its on sale 33% off