2 people found this review helpful
Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 25.3 hrs on record (15.4 hrs at review time)
Posted: 23 Feb, 2023 @ 1:31pm
Updated: 4 Mar, 2023 @ 4:15pm

Early Access Review
6/10
comparing The Forest ✖ Sons Of The Forest

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Graphics
- It's quite nice to walk and just enjoy the view.
NPC companion
- Sometimes you get funny moments with Kelvil and he is in general usefull, but sometimes he is just sabotagin you.
More inventory items
- some items are making the game more fun, giving you more content to play with.
Fighting system
- it's still the same as it was in the first game, it's improved a lot but same mechanic, definetly more fun.
Bulding system
- it's very refreshing to build the structures by your own hands, but it gets repetetive after some time, still plus

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Story
- There is no much to it, im not gonna spoiler anything but it's very blure. Not much said about it, so everything you have to make an estimate of. You don't know anything 100% sure. Weird type of story telling. Too much mystery which don't make much sense.
Map
- It's so large, pointlessly large, it's so empty, like im playing ubisoft game ? Also the fact that all locations you have marked on the GPS, really bad feature, not making the game any better.
Cutscenes
- I know Early accecs game, im really hoping the animations will get reworked, because it's very painfull to watch that.
Guns
- depends on each individual, but for me, in the start it was fun, but it's making the game super easy, no point using mele weapon after finding the shotgun.
Bugs
- also early acces, so i uderstand, but still there is many.

In general the game is empty, very short story only if you factor it in the walking simulator, the story is long enough. Building is fun at the start, exploring is no required, in fact building same, story has potencial, but it's very poorly made. I think the developers did amaizing job with The Forest, but Sons of The Forest is just disappointing. I'm really sorry as someone who liked the first game.

I had some fun time with friends, also the atmosphere is not bad, yet it's disappointing for me.

Don't rush in to buying it because everyone is hyping it. It need time, yet i think it will never overcome the first game.
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