Dangerous Guitar Studio, the developer behind FragPunk, simply revealed that ‘Farlands’, an all-new, large ‘delivery-driven PvPvE journey’, will launch in early entry on November fifth. It’s primarily Dying Stranding as an extraction shooter, promising high-stakes engagements with ‘opportunistic’ gamers, wildlife clashes, and a big sandbox map to discover.
The trailer the staff revealed just lately smacks of generative AI, which is the primary subject, however to provide the staff credit score, they’re attempting to innovate to revive a failing recreation. On the time of writing, FragPunk was barely holding on to 700 concurrent gamers on Steam.
FragPunk Farlands Coming Quickly
FragPunk launched final yr as a free-to-play hero shooter with a singular mechanic that sees gamers utilizing playing cards to ‘break the foundations of fight’ and introduce all types of options and talents to the battlefield. It’s a vibrant, high-octane title that did properly at launch and scored some good evaluations, nevertheless it hasn’t stood the check of time properly.
On Steam, it managed a peak participant depend of 113,946 customers, which isn’t in any respect shabby. However on the time of writing, FragPunk was pulling in simply 735 gamers.
However Dangerous Guitar Studio, the staff behind the sport, isn’t retaining these eggs in a single basket. They’ve give you one thing new to doubtlessly pull gamers in, and it has been dubbed ‘Farlands’. It’s a ‘delivery-driven journey’ recreation that options PvPvE fight, an evolving world, and mechanics that make you consider nothing however Dying Stranding.
In truth, it’s bizarrely reminiscent of Dying Stranding, proper all the way down to the altering climate, the way you carry packages, and the way you improve your gear and work together with the world round you. As an example, as you change into a higher supply individual, you may get ‘mech legs’ and comparable traversal instruments.
Dangerous Guitar has stated that ‘dozens of gamers’ will share the sector, and that ‘social pressure’ will probably be fixed. You may betray anyone you need and safe their packages, blocking their deliveries and eliminating them from the sport. You go in, you scavenge, you full missions, and also you remove or staff up with different gamers.
However then you should ‘haul residence’ the assets you seize to improve your base, automobile, and equipment.
I don’t know; that feels like an extraction recreation to me, proper?
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Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and within the trade for 10+. You will in all probability discover him enjoying a post-apocalyptic recreation or an extraction shooter someplace.
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