Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2828860/The_Forever_Winter/
The Forever Winter, which has launched in early access today, is a grim dark take on the PvE extraction shooter.
I’m pretty sold on the art style and premise, but will be holding off until a little later to play the game as it looks pretty rough around the edges.
Has anyone played / is planning to play this game?
I’m in the same boat. The water based upkeep mechanic seems punishing, especially for time starved / more casual gamers.
I do think it’s very on theme with the game, I hope that they’ll tweak it over time - something interesting could be adding a way for more active players to contribute surplus water to a shared supply.
If they manage to tidy the game up and fix some of the glaring issues I’d likely still give it a try even with the water “feature”.
Does the mechanic turn you off the game completely?
Yes, I don’t like mechanics that happen while the game is turned off. It’s unnecessary. I keep reading from players who are defending this mechanic that it’s so easy to get several days or almost a month of water supply in just a few hours of gameplay. But if it’s so easy to get the water why not just remove the mechanic? They wouldn’t even notice and everyone else wouldn’t have to play with this FOMO mechanic.