The Forever Winter

this game is F-ing amazing worth every penny and more !!!!5 stars hands down

Love the atmosphere and gameplay loop. Runs great. Beautiful graphics and style. Tense extraction shooter which lives by its worldbuilding and excellent design. I don't find it too janky and so far it has been running steadily on my rig. 30hrs in and just getting into it for real. A+

Skynet meets Clive Barker.. its janky but has emergent battles so good youll want to tell your mom you love her.. oh and gigastructures🫡

I’m glad I stumbled upon this one. The oppressive atmosphere and how the world is built makes it believable that you are a in a horrible, battle-ridden place, dominated by terrifying machines and hostile factions. While you are a small scavenger, but not a defenseless one. The chosen style/design is fitting and the graphics are nice in my opinion. The game runs smoothly on “high settings” and I had no crashes to report. The only thing that once happened was that the game got stuck but resumed after like 6 seconds. The multiplayer experience was pleasant so far, the community seems very helpful and friendly. There are things like bugs and some of the animations/interactions with enemies that need work, but since it’s in early access I expect a lot of those to be ironed out in the future. Judging from some other reviews, a lot has improved already and I don’t agree with the “mixed” status it has at the moment. It deserves better. This game truly feels like there are people with passion and love for what they do behind it.

I'm only just really getting started at 16.5 hours but I have fallen in love with this game. Pros: -Unmatched art direction -The music, the enemies, the levels, the scavs, the character portraits, everything -Tense atmosphere, a mixture of feeling badass when you get the jump on weaker targets vs feeling helpless and like prey vs the more dangerous enemies -Seems like there is a lot to do even in early access. You will not be flying through this game by any means. The base requirements take a lot of resources, and some of the quests can take a while to complete. Fortunately, the RNG of the levels, the layouts, and the enemies you run into will keep it feeling fresh. -Cool playable characters. My favorites are Scavgirl, Shaman, and Gunhead. And you level them up and unlock upgrades, though I kind of wish there was a little more balancing between them. -I mentioned the levels before, but they are really jaw dropping at times. Cons: -Navigating the levels can be very jank. The collision, especially on like scrap piles or trying to climb a wall can be very hit or miss or outright glitchy. Got stuck inside a wall once. -Some quests are easy, some are a massive grind, like the ones that ask you to construct base upgrades or hunt for very specific drops. Good luck. -The enemy detection and aggro can be very inconsistent. I appreciate that their attention being divided and your threat level are taken into account, but even beyond that they sometimes can start to detect you through walls which isn't great. -Game is not very optimized at all, but looks good even on low settings. I run some options on ultra, and some on low, and get 90+ fps, but if I turn certain ones like shaders or gobal illumination up it will tank the frames -Inconsistent keybinds. Some keys have dual use, like e for leaning and activation but they don't rebind properly, at least in my experience Overall: I can tell it still needs work but I haven't played a game with this much style and heart in quite some time. It is fun solo and with randos and especially with friends. Was very sceptical of this game when it first released on EA but am so happy I gave it a chance. I can see myself playing this for the long haul as long as it keeps being supported.

Аудиовизуальный ад, рожденный союзом Гигера, Бексиньского и мрачного индастриала. 10/10.Это монументальное полотно тотального упадка, где жуткая биомеханика переплетается с сочащейся безысходностью. Вы — лишь песчинка под ногами стометровых стальных титанов, шагающих по горам пепла под багровым небом. Саундтрек и звуковой дизайн — полноценная половина этого шедевра. Утробный гул моторов, скрежет металла, механический шепот ИИ и грязный, давящий индастриал-эмбиент создают осязаемую стену звука, от которой шевелятся волосы. Геймплей пока сыроват, но этот симбиоз визуального кошмара и индустриальной симфонии уникален.Сюда идут не за геймплеем, сюда идут смотреть и слушать, как красиво умирает человечество.

Its an awesome style that gets improvements/additions constantly. I remember when I first got it my friends and I had to look up how to get certain quests activated and working but other than that its been fun to find out for ourselves how everything works. Can feel like a horror game at times and all around is one of my favorite games I've played.

Cool game but wow needs a lot of work, animations are rough in a lot of places, playing the game feels clunky, enemy ai is really wacky for a game with so much ai, maps look cool at a first glance but are kind of sloppily put together at a closer look. But they say its extremely early still so hopefully they can work on these areas instead of only new content drops. I didn't get far but I hope once the game is more refined in a later stage I can play it again and enjoy it. Some of the coolest designs I've seen tho, insane concept art too.

Great atmosphere and visual design. I keep getting killed but still want to try again. Playing the EA but have not encountered any bugs yet (10 hours in).