The upcoming survival FPS sport impressed by the likes of Escape From Tarkov and DayZ, known as Highway to Vostok, has up to date its present free demo following loads of neighborhood suggestions, and you may count on the shooter to play fairly a bit higher than earlier than forward of its second demo and early entry launch.
The Highway to Vostok demo was launched final 12 months, with the developer saying that over 300,000 individuals examined the shooter. After collating all of the suggestions, capturing, looting, and AI are the areas of gameplay that can see probably the most concentrate on enhancements. Based on the roadmap, the second public demo ought to arrive within the third quarter of this 12 months, with early entry and the total launch nonetheless to be introduced.
The capturing mechanic enhancements additionally come from the bar set by video games like Escape From Tarkov, in keeping with the only developer. “I see this as a great factor, video games like this inspire us to enhance our FPS mechanics and set higher-quality objectives in the direction of weapons and capturing in videogames.”
Take a look at the Highway to Vostok replace under, with the developer nonetheless making ready to launch the second public demo sooner or later.
The Highway to Vostok public demo 1 v2 additionally has a brand new attachment system, with up to date weapon inspection UI, a recoil overhaul, and the whole weapon audio system being reworked as properly. The looting system has additionally been given an entire redo, with hotkeys, new merchandise icons, and many fewer bugs as properly.
Based on the developer, Highway to Vostok public demo 1 v2 “appears actually constructive and there have already been nice improvement strategies concerning the core mechanics,” so count on extra adjustments over time and with the second full demo launch. For those who already personal the Highway to Vostok demo it is best to have v2 routinely at this level.
There are lots of new additions in v2, like winter map choices, an enlargement to the village space, water mechanics, ladders, ambient zones, a night-vision goggles filter, variable optics for weapons, nature shaders, and an even bigger choices menu. That mentioned, swimming and fishing nonetheless want sharpening so have been eliminated, and the village map enlargement is smaller than it might be as a result of concentrate on AI adjustments.
“Although the principle demo content material is usually the identical, the so-called ‘sport really feel’ needs to be significantly better now,” says the developer, and after taking Highway to Vostok for a spin myself, I can see the way it’s been improved. Most weapons are a delight to make use of, and whereas there isn’t that a lot to do within the demo itself, the promise of this sport, and the way it takes inspiration from the likes of DayZ and Escape From Tarkov, is fairly clear.
With no launch date in sight, the Steam Early Entry web page is the perfect place to start out with Highway to Vostok. You possibly can obtain the present demo, wishlist the sport, and skim extra about what early entry means for the DayZ, Escape From Tarkov, and The Day Earlier than-type sport.
Will Highway to Vostok wind up being the most effective indie video games obtainable on PC? Will it stack up in opposition to the plethora of upcoming PC video games as properly? Solely time will inform, however we’ll be right here the entire means.