The Forever Winter - Full Length Cinematic Trailer
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
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The Forever Winter releases 9/24/24 in early access. Epic made it possible for us to make this game, their engine is an absolute beast and it’s letting small teams knock it out of the park visually.
We also want to share that they provided some much needed fire support and that assistance is allowing us to localize in a ton of languages.
If this video does really well the team can’t wait to do another. Thinking a mother courage life cycle short would be killer!
Really appreciate the support of the community, we know it’s out of control long but we really wanted to capture the vibe of our world and we could not have done it without our homies at Black Amber, and my bros Erasmus Brosdau and Soheyl Mohammad.
See you soon scavs.
So glad to finally see this get posted
You made me aware this game even exists. These guys are the goat but you're their goat.
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Thank you for talkin about this game
Thanks for your videos about FW, I wouldn't have been nearly as interested without your in-depth breakdown videos and developer interviews
Thanks for your videos, they actually introduced me to this masterpiece. You've done a great job spreading the word of the forever winter.
0:36 A robot with a gun for a head, holding another gun is the best character design I have ever seen
That head is an aa12. A full automatic 12 gauge...nasty.
Wot a lovely day.
It’s so fucking goofy and 100% my kind of shit.
but the spider bot with spinny shovel head
Borderlands 3 character design if it was good:
4:56 all the helmets have their night vision mounting brackets removed because the goggles are the only thing worth salvaging from the fallen soldiers. In some of the scav designs you can see that they directly graft the brackets onto their skulls.
There isn't really a big hole in the helmet behind that bracket though. I suppose they cut the helmet rather than remove the screws?
that is so metal
@@steven401ytx Faster and more efficient to take it all as one piece instead of several
I saw that and I was thinking they were taking the prefrontal lobes of the fallen to put in robots. So even if you die part of your mind fights on as a robot
@@rawnuklesnah too high up if you look close. It's def the NV mount cut out
0:20 bros a techpriest
A techpriest before the mechanicus was even created
This totally could be the war against the machines from warhammer lore
First thing I thought 😂
The Omnissiah approves.
@@Cpint fr
A man's flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe.
He who controls the spice controls the universe.
I suppose you could imagine this as some sort of apocalyptic butlerian jihad scenario on Arakis
...that implies too much reverence. this is a game where you're meat and will be reconstituted killed and reused over and over and over.
This game is revolutionary in the industry by concept alone. And don't even get me started on the depth of lore and the design language. How entire cultures and societies are built around this staggeringly monumental war apparatus, the vast majority of which are there to wage it. But then there's the little guys, a subculture that does what it must, and only that. As close to the line as possible without going over...over and over again. Picking through the machine's endlessly replenished excursionary rejectamenta, we play as scavs-perhaps the least capable, but who are possibly out of all of those who are left, the most human.
I wonder how much modding potential this game might have.. With the systems in place, the AI, etc. imagine what you could do adding new machines, changing the entire world aesthetic, tweaking the AI, etc.
Watching the mech digest that poor bastard was terrifying especially when the previous guy was dropped out the chute, something tells me that wasn’t an instant death
HUMANITY IS DEAD
BLOOD IS FUEL
HELL IS FULL
Its honnetly one of the most intruiging and horrifying things Ive seen so far. They've made allusions to harvesting organs before, but this seems totally different. What would a machine need for raw biomass like that?
I think the devs said that rogue mech uses biofuel to power itself. It's basically eating people to keep itself alive.
If you've seen the concept art then you would know that it's definitely not a painless death as it sucks you dry over days or weeks depending on if you survive your (probably botched) organ transplants after your original ones fail after being sucked dry. Then it digests you after your transplants fail and you become a husk and then discarded.
There was some vid that shows the designs of the mech (Toothy, I think the name was) and one particular diagram shows how the human inside the bag is digested step by step. Though, I was unclear whether it was digested or converted, actually, since there was references to artificial organs and whatnot.
Fun Dog...if you were going for "unbelievably dark and soul-crushing" for your vibe...Congratulations! You knocked it out of the park.
You mean knocked it out of the wasteland
Warhammer 40,000 isn't _allowed_ to be this grimdark anymore.
Ok now that's going a bit far 😅@@agentoranj5858
At least there are still cat bobbleheads. The perfect spark to show why humans haven’t just given up.
@@agentoranj5858 Y'know, even at its "worst" in 40k, there's still ultimately people thriving in the Imperium. With what this trailer is showing us and from what I understand of the lore, I don't think *anyone* is having a good time in there. There's not even a "guy at the top" to reap the benefits, it's all just machines sending people to die.
Call me edgy if you like, but god that's so fucking good as a vibe for a post apocalyptic setting.
The most gripping thing about this otherworldly stylization is how strangely realistic it feels
Is this the world we want?
@@clickingsensorthing It's the future where we are headed to.
@@clickingsensorthing It's the world the globalists want.
This game looks like one of those animated stories you’d see on “Love Death + Robots” and Im all for it.
EXACTLY! I was trying to remember.
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Reminds me a lot of Animatrix Second Renaissance.
The stylizied designs for the humans really sell it
Yes bro, love death and robots is amazing
4:15 was absolutely gut wrenching to watch as that bag dumped its waste material so it could be used again, replacing its last victim with the old man. That machine didnt register him as a human being or even as an object to be treated with any form of dignity. All it saw was living flesh to fuel its mayhem, and the old man was powerless to stop it from turning him into another digested and discarded corpse.
I think that mech was one of the piloted one's. You know, a human pilot inside one.
In forever winter there are no morals.
Strong sides fight each other.
People in the middle of it are just fuel.
The dead is most of the battle field.
@@fatandhandsome4423 thats even more wild
Yep, it's a beautiful concept and the art style is stunning. But there ain't no way i'm playing this shit. Just this trailer will give me fucking nightmares for days.
@@Sparkplugcrazytalk *I am ready.*
@@fatandhandsome4423 that particular robot is a rouge medical AI it basically just walks around the battle field using Humans as batteries
That final line is genuinely haunting: "Is this the world we want?"
I am so excited to finally try this. Wishing everyone at Fun Dog the best for the future!
I wonder how long this game has been in development. Because it seems like it's got a lot of influence from the Ukraine War and seems to have a very relevant political message about modern warfare. It feels like a modern day Casa Blanca.
40 guys are gonna play this game, miss the themes and just go cool, then try to replicate it. Whether they succeed or not in doing so they will make the world a worse place.
What line? There was zero dialogue lmao
@@TheBeatSmash
It was at the very end, a line of text saying that
@@TheBeatSmash there's text at the end
Robot companion with gun for head is my new favorite character
Yeah me too and even l have my favorite character is Old Man and Big Man with Big Gun. 😁👍
Please be a good game, all the love and trust in the world is vibing your way
The devs seem like they know what their doing…they said it themselves that they despise the state of the current gaming industry…chances are they know better than to cut corners like they do…
@@dedman1096 the game isnt in the ideal state to be released , yet they are releasing it as early access , the game needs at least another year before releasing as early access , the gameplay is rough
Ill wait till they flesh things out, the beta was very rough tbh
It looks and sounds amazing. I'm incredibly excited for it...except the decaying water mechanic. I'm not going to invest in a game that penalizes me for not playing it. Guess we'll see what they decide on that given the feedback.
It’s going early access so probably regardless it’ll end up inhibited by a Mixed rating
that last scene with the guy walking in ashes/snow and the camera tilting towards those bombers flying above an endless wasteland was so depressing and soul crushing.... i love it!!!
Yeah even that song l can feel it emosional. 😔
R.I.P GunHead, Spider-Bot, & Old Man.
They may not have been official soldiers, but their sacrifices will not be in vain.
*Pressed F to pay respect*
"Gun Head" lol I love it
@@RafaelConcepcion-un1ko F
@@Trymeplays yeah same. 😁👍
and so the legend of Gun head and the Old man is born. "The old man and the sea of bullets".
This isn't grim dark.
This is ADVANCED grim dark
Always remember; You're not this guy, you are _this_ guy.
And there is not hero here only man and women running gun with empty half magazine.
( Tell me if this line was wrong or right. )
@@natannoel5974 completely butchered
@@natannoel5974I'm only sure about that it was "half-empty magazines" and not "empty half". But it's alright, English isn't my first one either
@@hellhedgehog2560 Thanks Bro, yeaaah me too bercause lam from indonesia and how about you bro? 😁👍
@@natannoel5974 pessimists proclaim that it's half-empty, optimists will say the magazine is half-full
Was that a battle robot digesting people for energy like a pitcher plant?
Jesus, my nightmares could never be so creative.
They've actually shown some concept art of that mech on other social media, and yes it takes people and digests them as living batteries, using nanotech to replace failing organs until they spit out the bones and look for a fresh body.
There’s actually a robot concept called EATR developed by DARPA that could forage for biomass to power itself… They say it would only use plant matter, yet listed chicken fat as a potential fuel source…
The US military just developed a carnivorous robot that is capable of digesting "living matter" for energy.
That's Toothy, and you are correct. And that's pretty par for the course in Forever Winter, from what I understand.
@@Kitkat-986 Because literally no one paid attention to warning Sci-Fi concepts like those in Horizon Zero Dawn (to name something very recent compared to how long those warnings have been going on.)
old man reaction lore just dropped 🔥
Face looked a bit weird
@@weegee9072 Fits the tone and art style of the game
Old Man is slowly becoming my favorite character.
@@weegee9072Reminds me of Brink. It was ugly then too.
Dunno why it keeps being done for gritty textured games instead of something closer to TF2’s style.
he did the pointing soyjack thing!
I became a dad and workin myself to death in this economy, with no time to play video games anymore sadly. I REALLY hope you guys succeed, looks like an amazing game. Looking forward to watching everyone else play. God speed Fun Dog Devs!
This Winter sure feels like it goes on Forever
they said the thing
Patrolling the "wherever we are" almost makes you wish for nuclear summer.
@@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly Found the N.C.R. Trooper.
John forever winter
All of this forever winter almost makes you wish you were patrolling the Mojave or something
"Is this the world we want?" -proceeds to show you every reason you want to be in that universe
(Side note to the devs: We definitely get the bigger message, and we hope Earth doesn't meet this fate. In the meantime, we'll be playing THIS masterpiece!)
I get the message but like... damn. Imagine being lucky... or cursed, depending on your view I guess, to pilot one of those big ass mechs and be as revered as they are. Like wanting to be in Warhammer 40k to be a Space Marine, or Helldivers to be... well, a Helldiver.
1. CAN I PET THAT DOG?
2. Water more important than Old Man confirmed
The old can't reproduce. Water is always needed. It's a brutal reality.
He was already dead, the harvester requires more then 1 healthy guy and a injured old man to take down
This is probably the best trailer I've ever seen, the music is incredible. Hope the game lives up to the hype.
I'm so ready! I can't wait to play and make videos, not long now!
les gooo even Pilps is hyped bout this sneak release
I'll definitely watch!
yooooo
Bruh, you barely upload as it is
Same. I'm planning to take a sick day off work so I can stream it lmao.
@1:14 that must be the Fun Dog
Yes
Love how the main characters of this die, shows how no one in this world is safe from the war.
It showed him being captured, not killed. He still has a chance to escape
@@kaicmmamaybe, but remember that mech also drop the body of previous capture after drain it dry there, so maybe quicker death would have been a mercy for him
@@kaicmma its not a capturing device, its a shredder
@danieldan7713 oh he's a smoothie
@@kaicmmaSays the Venus Fly Trap, to the fly.
something i find truly unique in the visual aspect of this univers and despite what the title might suggest is that this place feels neither hot nor cold, the lighting make it looks like a huge fire took place here but on the other hands some of the scavs are wearing heavy thick clothing wile other are roaming arround only wearing a t-shirt...feels like war has destroyed the very notions of cold and hot, just like the colors of the world who seems to have faded into this exageration of Jean Pierre Jeunet cepia philter wich also reminds me of the movie waltz with bashir and OG call of dury 4 missions set in the middle east.
i love it already.
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.... and not everyone gets to be the supersoldier. Or even much of a soldier at all.
Most just become meat for the grinder. Occasionally literally.
I can imagine this being a parody opening where "there is only war" part fades in... and then more bits do so as well, lol.
No emperor to die for... What's even the point ?
Fitting, given that this is directed by Erasmus, who made Lord inheritor prologue with the parading imperial fists.
So happy for STALKER and Warhammer to finally have a child together.
"War shows a mans courage, hunger shows a mans character". thats the kinda vibes here. Love it looking foward to playing it.
"War shows a man's internal organs" is the vibe I get from this game, personally.
The only thing that war shows is humanity'a utter stupidity.
"War pulls humans into depravity and desperation if they are not at the top believing they profit from it."
Is what I'm getting from it.
The courage aspect is only what those gritting through it keep telling themselves as they suffer.
good grief the message here is so on the nose it’s actually insane and it still flew over your head and made you think there ie some honorable thing here
I'm so grateful that developer (and not marketing) led games like this are being made again.
That last scene with the guy getting dropped in the sack was actually a bit gut wrenching. Very, very few things have been able to get a reaction like that from me these days so excellent work!
It wasn't until now that I noticed Toothy dump the remains of the previous occupant of that bag, then put the old man in it.
Worse yet is that bag is going to break his body down, keeping him alive, and more horrifically, conscious through most of the process replacing organ function with synthetic organs until the body is eventually fully broken down and discarded like seen earlier in the trailer. Yeah it's probably one of the worst ways someone could imagine going. Grimdark indeed.
Your soft
@@hedquarterz You're* 🤡
@@hedquarterz Me when I do a penis check on my homies.
WOW. What a Trailer. This is how Trailers should be shot. No Spoilers, but keeps the Audience on its heels.
3:57 turning a heartbeat into 808s made my body feel like it's experienced a new emotion i've never felt before. im telling God on this sound designer, he should be a seraph in heaven.
I love how all the previous teasers/cinematics interlink together in this trailer and on top of that we get a little extra footage from each one to see what happens in full.
3:05 - the floor/ground flexes when the guy jumps off and lands on the other side. Have that in-game on similarly weak structures. Guaranteed heart attack moment and adds to the realism.
Also a robot having an upside down AA-12 as a head is metal as phuck
First time in my life (43) I regret that I do not have good pc (console pleb here). Tho...now it is the time to buy one on instalments. Thank you for this trailer and all your work @fun dog studios. God bless you all.
Many come to the PC 'mastery' in this manner. One needs only see enlightenment and choose to strive for it. Welcome, friend.
Honestly surreal to think that early access starts NEXT WEEK!
I'm so ready.
It speaks volumes of how dangerous scavenging is, for that area to be the 'safe' one.
That the previous trailers/teasers now come together in this one made me speechless. This is an incredible little story that shows how far from grace the world of The Forever Winter has fallen. True grimdark.
This game looks like you put your heart and soul in it. I might sound simple saying that, but im almost 40 years old. I remember the old days of gaming industry, and i think today games lack atmosphere, immersion, and a believable world. Long story short, games have an identity crisis while being overly expensive. And your game screams immersion and atmosphere, and the price is very decent. I will gladly support your project and cross my fingers this becomes one of the best PVE Coop experiences ever, since good PVE Co-op games are very hard to make. Thanks Fun Dog!
I completely agree. I'm a little scared about some of the noise I have heard about it being in a very early alpha state though.
While I am more than happy to buy the game now in what ever state it's in I see how hyped we all are for it. I know that lots of spoiled instant gratification types will flip their shit about anything less than perfection. I want the game to grow and spawn sequels, and I have my concerns that it's just not ready yet.
Whatever the case I'll be buying it on ea release and I'll do my best to help make it a winner.
@@muthulhuv608 I get you. Well, i am from an era where games were choppy, buggy, something like a hypetrain did not exist. But the atmosphere and immersion were top notch. On the other hand, its a multiplayer PVE Co-op experience, and those games are tougher to make. I dont mind choppy animations, or stupid AI behaviour, i can already see YT channels posting videos about how hilarious "gamebreaking and literally unplayable" Forever Winter is. But you know what? I dont care. I am the type of guy, who can enjoy a game even if its steam reviews are mixed. Last title was Gray Zone Warfare. People complaining and meanwhile me, who does not give a shit, since i simply enjoy the game. PVE in Tarkov, sweat drowned people complaining they cant own Timmies on PVP because lots of adult folk moved to PVE, and the complainers get stomped by other sweat soaked PVPers, so they exhale and rant that PVE is rubbish. Meanwhile those that like PVE dont care and just enjoy it. I hope you get my vibe, because my point is that PVE Forever Winter might have a bumpy road, but you cant satisfy everybody.
Jason Willey absolutely nailed this soundtrack and the entire aesthetic is top notch. So excited for this release.
5:20 almost looks like a QR code hidden in the title card between the R and the W, I wonder what it is
Never forget why you started the game! You are but a small fighter on this entertainment business but you have loud voice and people are listening. Do not change your plans and promises. We all believe in you! We all will support you.
Toothy digesting people alive for Bio Fuel Is both Awesome and Terrifying at the same time
I heard we can learn more about the lore through social media? Is there a specific place to look you could recommend?
The one apocalypse game that actually makes you dread it.
And it hits closer to home then you'd like.
Peak.
well said
One of the best trailers of this year. I hope they deliver in gameplay.
I don't care how it works, I love that based on depictions of gunhead, he just slaps 1 up there and its good to go, loving the balance between realism vs fun fundamental in the design.
The fact that the music of the trailer sounds like Danger feels like this game was made for me, can't wait to play this!
Characters look like a claymation. Hitting that Phil Tippett vibe.
Yeah remind me of film MAD GOD by Phil tripped. 😁👍
it's fascinating to me how effective having only the people not be hyper realistic is for the art style. Anything 'natural' becomes something out of place in a highly disturbing visual metaphor for the setting.
Warhammer 40k is my all-time favourite sci-fi universe. You guys nailed the grim darkness. Keep making this game awesome. Thank you.
Lost how dark it is. Literally a "Hell no longer exist, for it is now Earth"
Not a single word spoken...Yet so much was said. 💪
Blame! vibes watching this, I'm genuinely hyped
U one of 7 people on this planet who knows Blame, eh? Impressive
@@theProClaimer I love Niheis mangas, got almost all of them, Blame! being my favourite. Love the atmosphere and the artwork, this feels like it was heavily inspired by it, and also has those dolls that bring Aposimz to mind
@@theProClaimerMake that 8.
@@theProClaimer make it 9, bro I binge read it all and then went to read his next work Tower dungeon LMAO
This is definitely the closest we've got to the ecumenopolis of BLAME!. The shot of the endless city dotted with those strange aircraft was magnificent.
Though, I think it fits the Trantor of the Foundation series more.
The wait to play this piece of art aches my heart.
This has the vibe of "The Second Renaissance: Part II” from 'The Animatrix'. A desolate earth ravaged by all-out war, and populated by man-made horrors that churn the stomach and weaken the soul.
Can't wait to play this. ✊
💯
that was the inspiration
@@danieldan7713 Among other things.
Dear god I i wish this was a movie or a tv show. I would watch the shit out of it everyday!
Literally counting down the days!!
Absolutely loving the music in this game. Matches the vibes perfectly.
I’m really looking forward to playing this it’s looking insanely good so far
Just a fair warning to anyone watching. Devs had confirmed in QnA that they will be implementing water death mechanic that will punish players for not logging into the game often enough.
Players will be losing losing a significant part of your progress - base upgrades, access to merchants, personal inventory and money.
Keep it in mind before deciding to buy the game.
I'm extremely excited to see how it will play and this hidden QR code doesn't make the wait any easier. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to make it visible.
The trailer is more than great. Really good work!
I was already fully sold on the game, the concept, the art direction, the team behind it. Everything screamed "my type of game", and yet even still with every tease and reveal they show us, I can't help but fall even more in love with this fucking game.
Landscapes look amazing, it's just what i imagine, would buy just for the tour, exploring, for visuals.
Face at 4:03 is goofy, but still cool, has a style, and that's awesome.
They're a relatively small indie studio, I think realistic faces would have been better but that's probably both beyond their scope and not their intention
I actually think the style is a nice blend of being unique with a good quality. I also feel the style gives more life to expressions.
But let's face it, I'm sure we all would make that face in an ambush with the knowledge that one machine can essentially strip your flesh and organs like you were digested in a matter of seconds.
I actually like the goofyness of the character design.
Nice contrast with the machine world, putting in perspective our frail but familiar nature.
Design over fidelity!
I'm half convinced it's a reference to that meme of the guy in front of a tornado
(2:23) This part gave me severe, Animatrix's Second Renaissance flashbacks. Nothing gives me more chills than seeing machines tearing apart humans like if they were toilet paper.
This is one game where I'm actually excited for its release
RIP Gun Head you were the best character design I've ever seen. I cannot wait for this game.
Most of all, it's awesome to see such a world and atmosphere get realised and recieve the emphasis it deserves, if the rush of taking in the lore is merely a newcomer's thing in other games, or just a very slight breath of air in between mindless hero action; this game will surely deliver in its promise to put the artist and their art in the forefront.
Toothy just standing there with his cape of body bags is beyond menacing
Buying this the moment I hear good reviews
This is giving "Lost Planet during the Age of Strife following the uprising of the Men of Iron" from 40k and I'm all for it
I'm so happy I managed to find a new job in time for this, being able to hopefully not only pay for and enjoy the game but maybe the music and an art book as well. Love what I'm seeing.
Wow, it's just amazing to see something like this finally come to life, I feel like whenever I found some project like this that was bold, innovative and kind of niche, some problem would arise and it would never be completed. The fact you guys pulled this off is just a testament to your will. Live the ou guys, and looking forward to the release and so many more interesting project like this one.
ISOPOD SPOTTED
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REAL ISOPOD HOURS
ISOPOD ALERT
I love everything about this!!! the concept, the character designs, the machines, the hybrids, the setting, that music was epic.
I cannot wait for this game! I posted this video on almost every discord I'm in. The hype is real. I hope the IP eventually evolves into a survival mmo some day. Would be amazing
Love the slighlty cartoony style. The close-up in 4:01
The King in Yellow? Really cool trailer, I can't wait for this. Also 4:02, that has meme potential, I can feel it.
SIGNALIS REFERENCE?
it's more and more exciting the closer this game comes to its early-access release
this game is shaping up to be something truly special
This takes me back to the good old days of cinematic trailers that are hype and awesome vignettes from within the world. Love the gameplay that’s been shown and can’t wait to hop into early access!!!
This is so well made. There's so much that's just being hinted at, alluded to, or barely showing itself, but it says so much about what's going on. It's so unsettling. I adore it.
It is not often I am rendered speechless, this is one of those times. Five minutes, thirty one seconds of awe. When a game trailer can manage to make me feel more emotional attachment to characters in it, in that short amount of time, wow. This was more enjoyable than most of the movies and shows I have watched as of late. Bravo!
This goes so hard its incredible. 5 minutes of "Show, don't tell" storytelling
Feels good to know there's a breath fresh air in the industry and dev-team that want to get something very original on all fronts going.
Truly amazing trailer, the same as everything else so far, the gameplay segments, faction overviews, etc... I love everything I've seen so far, especially the aesthetic, the setting, the world. That battle kicking off in the distance before they choose to go the "hopefully" safer route.
A real case of concept art brought to life, something I’ve always looked up to
This small indie dev just made an amazing episode that I could see on netflix or prime, only it's 1000x more entertaining than the sht they make
This is incredibly intense and downright disturbing - totally messed up, but in the best way possible. It’s been a while since a trailer made me feel this much.
I hope the devs really work to make this game the quality that it deserves to be. Man I hope this game succeeds.
loving this soundtrack, ABSOLUTE HEAT 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The scene at the end with the mech incinerating bodies and the old man falling down the chute got to me in a way I was not expecting, genuinely such a great example of “show not tell” it’s hard to think of a more horrific way to go out
Apparently, not incinerated.
It's far worse and more agonizing than that.
@@OrionDawn15Yeah, Old man is being digested right afterward.
all the music that you are using are just pure gold for my hear i cant wait to hear the full album
If the gameplay is as good as this trailer, it will definitely be top tier game. I REALLY hope it won't disappoint.
The settings of this game is next level! Let's gooo!
"Extinction is the rule.
Survival is the exception".
- Carl Sagan
I may just get a pc just for this game. Especially if my gaming laptop has issues running it
Based devs
At the end of the trailer I wasn't even disappointed. "Guess it's time for a gaming PC."
Fighting a war that we don't even know the reason for. Day in, day out, losing body after body, bullet by bullet. Become one with the soil, as the architect cements your dead body into the landscape.
When the looters become the loot. I'm pretty stoked.
the aesthetic of this game is UNMATCHED, i can't wait for early access