There could also be no new concepts in video games, however for those who mash up sufficient ideas, you’ll get one thing shut sufficient to distinctive. Take Far: Lone Sails for instance, a post-apocalyptic steampunk crusing puzzle-platform simulation journey. Bet you by no means thought you’d be enjoying a type of, or for it to look fairly so pretty.
The first recreation from Swiss outfit Okomotive, Far: Lone Sails duties you with singlehandedly captaining your rickety wheeled land-ship throughout a dried-out ocean mattress, looking for shores unknown. It’s out this May, and we’ve acquired a quietly atmospheric debut trailer inside.
More than something, it appears to be like a bit like a single-player, extra story-driven tackle Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime. Rather than have two gamers dashing round a consistently harassed vessel, Far takes a slower, lonelier and extra contemplative strategy to the idea. It’s simply you and your ship out right here, with nothing however its hissing pipes and groaning engine to maintain you firm.
There’s additionally a touch of console explore-o-hit Journey to all of it. A mysterious robed determine on a pilgrimage throughout unusual lands, following hints and clues to unknown ends. It’s all very evocative, and it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how effectively the sport balances its mechanical challenges and quieter, atmospheric intents.
Far additionally guarantees an unusually violence-free post-apocalypse. No zombies or raiders or landship-borne pirates right here, simply you towards entropy itself, the climate and the ever-present risk of dwindling sources. Not that ‘non-violent’ essentially means uninteresting, because it appears to be like like there will likely be loads of intense conditions to work via, no less than based on the trailer.
Far: Lone Sails is launching in two months, on May 17th. If you just like the reduce of its jib, you possibly can wishlist it on Steam here.
