My short review about the Vain #video #survivalgame

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Foreword:

The game has some good ideas and the two developers both seem to be honest, hardworking guys.

The game is always absolutely free as a demo in the latest version and this will probably remain the case in a slimmed down form after the game is released.

What kind of game is it actually:

I'll keep it short, if you know Zomboid, DayZ, 7 Days to Die, Scum etc. then you'll definitely be in good hands with this game. It already offers a lot of variety.

For example, you can play different types of games. You can either play online with others on a server. Or you can play alone and there's even a sandbox version in addition to the single player, with a kind of god mode where you can just start playing and try everything out without having to panic about dying. Panic because there's also an iron mode and a perma death mode.

There's a subtle building mode in the game, so you can build bases and also conquer bases. The construction mode itself is not very complicated and you can only convert or expand buildings that already exist in the game into bases. But this is absolutely fine and sufficient.
You can also find lots of cars. From police cars to trucks, mobile homes and even ambulances, everything is there. You often have to repair the car first, but you can drive all the different types. There is even a cool ATV in the game.
What else? Oh yes, you have to pay attention to food and drink, exhaustion and sleep, illnesses and if you get bitten by a zombie you are infected and should immediately look for suitable meds. There is already a lot of stuff for farming and mining and there is a lot more in the main game. There are still a few placeholders in the game, but these are not annoying.
The inventory is very well divided into categories, but only in list form and still a bit cumbersome, but that will definitely get better. The graphics are also supposed to get a lot better, although thanks to Unreal Engine 5 they are already really good. Depending on your graphics card, you can also use the latest Unreal Engine versions.

In my opinion, the game is still somewhat poorly optimized. With my small Intel ARC 380 6GB 2200MhZ performance, an i5 12th generation with 12 cores and 32 gig 3200 MhZ RAM, I can only play with low to medium settings, otherwise it stutters. This definitely needs to be improved.

My conclusion:

If you like games like this, you should really give it a try and take a few hours to do it, don't give up right at the beginning, because many cool features only develop or are only gradually understood. Why (?) well, you are not particularly guided by the hand and have to discover a lot of things yourself. There are even supposed to be tasks in the game, i.e. RPG elements. There is even a real moving train in the game and the map is a whole 14 square kilometers in size with lots of content.

Finally, I want to mention that the character editor is probably one of the most comprehensive I've ever seen. There are sliders and endless customization options, and if more hair and eye colors and a few more hairstyle types are added later, then that will be really cool.

So folks, grab one of the 70 functioning melee weapons or one of the 10 firearms in the game, or just a cool bow and off you go. You can also fish, swim and hunt. There's something for everyone and for just a demo, the game works really well!

Greetings, your Andi

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May 2023 - PC Game Release Dates:

Age of Wonders 4 - May 2
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Miasma Chronicles - May 23
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - May 23
Amnesia: The Bunker - May 23
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - May 25
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Humanity - May 2023



June 2023 - PC Game Release Dates:

Killer Frequency - June 1
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Greyhill Incident - June 9
Goodbye Volcano High - June 15
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Aliens: Dark Descent - June 20
Crash Team Rumble - June 20
Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom (expansion) - June 20
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Starfield - September 6
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Hyenas - 2023
Judas - TBA
Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game - Early 2023
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Lies of P - TBA
Lightyear Frontier - spring 2023
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Kind regards, Andreas :)

Stalker 2 release date

According to Steam, the Stalker 2 release date will be December 2023. Take this listing as an estimate until we get a solid release date from the developers.

https://youtu.be/BB87nZ2Wldg

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Stalker 2: Aktuellste News zu Heart of Chernobyl

https://youtu.be/THVczP3GDwQ

Release: Wann erscheint Stalker 2?

Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl sollte ursprünglich am 28. April 2022 erscheinen. Das wurde auf der E3 2021 bekannt gegeben. Wie die Entwickler im Januar 2022 jedoch verrieten, sollte das Spiel um sieben Monate nach hinten verschoben werden, genauer gesagt zum 8. Dezember 2022 was den Spielern am Ende sicher zu Gute kommen wird. Wegen des Ukraine-Krieg, wovon das Studio stark betroffen ist, verschiebt sich ein Release bis zu einem aktuell unbekannten Datum.


Plattformen: Worauf ist Stalker 2 spielbar?

Stalker 2 ist zum Release für den PC sowie Xbox Series X und S verfügbar. Andere Plattformen sollen später folgen, Heart of Chernobyl erscheint also zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt ebenfalls für die Playstation 5 und ist nicht Xbox-exklusiv.


Story: Worum geht es in Stalker 2?

Die Rahmenhandlung: Fest steht, dass es uns in Stalker 2 erneut in die verstrahlte Sperrzone rund um das ehemalige Atomkraftwerk von Tschernobyl nahe der verlassenen Stadt Pripyat verschlägt. Dort sind die Naturgesetze teilweise außer Kraft gesetzt und die Tierwelt durch Radioaktivität stark mutiert. In dieser verfallenen und lebensfeindlichen Umgebung sind die titelgebenden Stalker aktiv, die als Glücksritter auf der Suche nach wertvollen Artefakten sind.

Der Protagonist: Wir schlüpfen in die Rolle des neuen Protagonisten Skif, dessen Handlungen laut Entwickler »ein neues Kapitel in der Geschichte der Zone einläuten sollen«. Über die konkrete Story ist zwar kaum etwas bekannt, allerdings scheint Skif es äußerst eilig zu haben, in das hochgefährliche Zentrum der Sperrzone zu gelangen. Nach was er genau sucht, ist unklar.

Mutanten und Experimente: Der erste Trailer liefert auch Hinweise auf grauenvolle Experimente mit Mutanten, die offenbar im Inneren eines alten Reaktors gezüchtet wurden. Ob Skif also lediglich auf Reichtum aus ist oder einer großen Verschwörung hinterher jagt, bleibt offen.

Entscheidungen beeinflussen die Handlung: Was wir allerdings wissen: Stalker 2 soll eine abgeschlossene und nichtlineare Story bieten, die durch Entscheidungen des Spielers beeinflusst wird und in mehrere Enden münden kann.

Im Video von Game Star ist alles noch einmal ausführlicher zusammen gefasst: