I wouldn’t have thought it doable, however earlier this 12 months Subnautica managed to fire up my urge for food for survival video games. Which is why I’m each keen on testing oceanic surive ’em up Raft now that it’s out on Steam Early Access, and sorry that the sport’s doomed to have Subnautica talked about earlier than it in information posts.
This one’s been round for yonks as a free prototype on Itch (although it hasn’t been up to date for some time), which John and Brendy have been each huge followers of. You can nonetheless play it when you like, or learn on to sea what’s new with the Steam model. Or each.
Here’s the pitch: “Raft throws you and your friends into an epic adventure out on the big open sea, with the objective to stay alive, gather resources and build yourself a floating home worthy of survival.” I haven’t performed it, however it strikes me as ‘survival done right’ greater than it does ‘survival done novel’ – although I can see why constructing a base out at sea could be a hook that floats folks’s boats.
The headline addition for the Steam launch is multiplayer, although it’s additionally prettier and now contains reefs to discover. Provided you don’t get eaten by a shark.
What’s on the horizon for Raft? Exploring them, to start with: “First, we plan to dust off our compasses and embark on an epic quest with the introduction of landmarks; players will gather clues, set their coordinates and raft towards mysterious destinations!”
Developers Redbeet Interactive additionally discuss including “additional wildlife and other dangers” that “will bring more challenge and new ways to defend your raft”, and a artistic mode for gamers who’re too hen to face the PERILS OF THE SEA.
It can be unfair of me to explain the sport as ‘Salt however not Salt’, as a result of I seemed into it and me getting the video games blended up is wholly to do with each involving the ocean, having 4 letter names that finish in ‘t’, and John really liking them. They’re very totally different video games.
I’m nonetheless calling it Salt however not Salt in my head although.
Raft is out now on Steam Early Access for £15/$20. Redbeet’s plans being versatile, they don’t know fairly when it’d go away early entry.
