Author: [email protected] (Christopher Livingston)
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How ‘driving survival game’ Pacific Drive is being built for people who don’t like survival games
“I’ve been working on survival games for quite a while,” says Seth Rosen as we chat over Zoom. “Funnily enough, I don’t like them.” That is pretty funny, because Rosen was technical designer for Klei Entertainment’s Don’t Starve: Reign of Giants and project lead for Don’t Starve Together, eternally one of the most popular games…
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Enshrouded player discovers the best way to fly isn’t using a glider, it’s using a bed
Enshrouded sleepflying trick” There are a few ways to get around in survival RPG Enshrouded. Running, obviously, and using your grappling hook to yank yourself across broken bridges and chasms. There’s also plenty of fast travel between ancient spires, your bases, and any flame altars you’ve placed in the world. Best of all you can…
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Enshrouded doesn’t have PvP, but players are still getting robbed and griefed by strangers
There’s no PVP in survival game Enshrouded, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to hurt other players. Despite the 100% co-op nature of player interaction, there have been reports of some dastardly deeds being done in multiplayer sessions. No one’s died yet, but friendly co-op vibes have definitely been hacked to death. Enshrouded works…
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Enshrouded amber: Three spots to quickly find it
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If you’re hunting for Enshrouded amber locations, you’re not the only one. Amber is a mid-game resource that can be used to unlock the fireball level 2 spell with the alchemist, craft mage gear, and upgrade your flame altar from level 3 to level 4. Amber is incredibly useful… but it’s also pretty hard to…
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Where to find metal scraps in Enshrouded
The first weapons and tools you’ll craft in co-op survival RPG Enshrouded will be made of wood and stone, but pretty quickly you’ll want to make yourself some sturdier gear. Once you begin finding metal scraps you’ll be able to craft better tools, weapons, and armor, and once you’ve met the Blacksmith you’ll even be…
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This co-op survival game looks like a mad scientist’s mashup of Lethal Company and Half-Life—and there’s a demo out now
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Yeah, I know, there have already been a couple big co-op survival games released in just the past week, the record-smashing monster-managing Palworld and sprawling fantasy RPG Enshrouded. But there’s always room for one more, isn’t there? This one isn’t taking its cues from Pokémon or using Valheim and Zelda as an inspiration: co-op survival…
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The developer of strategy city builder Manor Lords expected 14,000 Steam wishlists… and wound up with 2 million
When I first saw footage of medieval city builder Manor Lords a few years ago I added it to my Steam wishlist before the trailer had even finished playing. That’s how good it looked. I wasn’t alone, either. Manor Lords has occupied second place on Steam’s top wishlisted games for at least a year, where…
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The 5 colony sims coming in 2024 I’m most looking forward to
For evil and benevolent overlords of RimWorld, Dwarf Fortress, Stranded: Alien Dawn, and other great colony simulation games, there’s some great news as we kick off 2024. I know it’s hard to pull yourself away from the intricacies and drama of managing your settlements, but there’s a wave of cool-looking colony sims headed our way…
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2024 is already looking like a fantastic year for survival games
Sharpen your axe, fill your canteen, and make sure you pack some emergency rations: 2024 is shaping up to be an excellent year for survival games. Not only are there a lot of them coming in the near future, they all look substantially different from one another. Do you want to explore a fantasy realm…
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My new favorite survival game companion is Pacific Drive’s clunky sci-fi station wagon
It’s bad news when the US government takes over a huge parcel of land and uses it to run secret experiments. It’s worse when the government seals off that land with towering concrete walls and entirely dips. And, wow, whatever the government was doing in driving survival game Pacific Drive, they sure mucked things up.…