If you too have been watching enviously as your PlayStation friends submit clips of them enjoying with an lovely wee raptor, chin up: Falcon Age is now headed in direction of PC. I’ve largely been enthralled by individuals petting the fowl, dressing it in costumes, and educating it methods because it grows, so I’ve actually been shocked to see extra now and uncover the aviculture simulator has, like, fight? And dystopian robots or one thing? Fine, tremendous, so long as I can can train my falcon to shake fingers.
Right so, apparently our colony planet has been trashed by invading machines, and solely we will save the day with a diddy fowl we befriend, elevate, gown in cute costumes, and train to battle robots. It’s what I’d do. We’ll additionally relearn misplaced expertise of crafting and farming. And scrap robots.
I’d be astonished if an enormous affect wasn’t the current worldwide curiosity within the eagle hunters of Mongolia, and particularly teenage ladies like Aisholpan Nurgaiv and Aigerim Asker.
The PC model of Falcon Age is coming with elective VR assist for Oculus Rift, Rift S, HTC Vive, and Valve Index cybergoggles. I don’t a lot take care of the goggs however I do very very similar to the concept of petting my pal with movement controls, which I imagine are an possibility out of VR too. Developers Outerloop Games additionally say they’ve tweaked the PC launch with “new content including a new combat and balance pass, bird skins, and overall quality of life improvements.”
Having debuted on PlayStation four in April, Falcon Age is coming to the Epic Games Store this summer season. Epic are likely to pay for one 12 months of PC exclusivity earlier than a game may be launched on different shops.
Disclosure: Outerloop listing former RPS columnist Cassandra Khaw as considered one of their “collaborators”, I’ve simply observed. I have no idea on what or by which capability.
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