The Forever Winter
Hundreds of thousands of Scavs and millions of deaths later, The Forever Winter is growing by the day. It's only up from here. UPDATE 0.2: Gunhead is on station, explore Underground Cemetery & Frozen Swamp, Rat King looms, and Water system 2.0 is waiting. The war is never ending...
The Forever Winter is a early access, extraction shooter and pve game
developed and published by Fun Dog Studios.
Released on September 24th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Ukrainian.
It has received 15,813 reviews of which 11,713 were positive and 4,100 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 23.19€ on Steam and has a 20% discount.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super (VRAM 8 GB) / Radeon RX 5700XT (8GB)
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 87 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD recommended
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the best damn game i've ever played. its something that us non-pvp players want, pve extraction shooters. no sweaty people, brutal gameplay, methodical gunplay, risk calculations, and most importantly, fun with friends. thank you, Fun Dog. you keep doing what you do. EDIT: thanks for the awards, humans. great to see how people shares the same love for the game! https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45247082-Ursidae-Concerns-Limited/
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here is a breakdown for how this game plays and whether or not you should pick it up now. Gameplay: This is not a shooter. This is not a shooter. This is not a shooter. It is a looter with shooting mechanics. If you are looking for a shooter -do not get this game-. This is not Helldivers 2, this is not Deep Rock Galactic, this is not Call of Duty. The gameplay loop is that you are a dirty little rat man/woman/gun head and you are picking through an active war zone to collect resources for your dirty little sad rat society. The only reason you should be shooting anything is: 1. You are cornered and the only way out is through, 2. Your quest is to shoot something 3. You are shooting to bait one group of enemies into attacking a nearby pod. 4. You have a sniper rifle. This game is about using situational awareness to pick through an active war zone and exit with a bag of loot. It's like Tarkov and Death Stranding had a weird, upsetting baby with a little Neo Scavenger thrown in. I dig it, you might too. It's one of the most unique games I've ever played. The issue is that any game that comes out with unconventional game play is going to risk being off putting and The Forever Winter has that problem. The Jank: This game is in what I would argue is "too early access". This game is the jankiest early access title I've ever put my hands on. - The movement is messy. I get what they're going for with the movement. You are carrying a massive weight on your back and need to limit sprinting to emergency situations or when running across open terrain. Sprinting everywhere is not recommended, and the characters have slow acceleration that may be difficult to get used to. I feel like part of this is a developer decision but the movement is not dialed in yet and it just feels "off". Also, jumping is physics based and it's not great. I got used to the movement eventually but it's not there yet. - The graphics are not optimized. This game is a big almost 90 gig fatty. I have 64gb RAM, SSD, and a 30 series NVIDIA card and on max settings the game was incredibly choppy. TO FIX THIS: Reduce the settings to "high" or lower, and increase the FPS to 60. The game is default 30 fps for some reason and it looks/feels terrible at that setting. This kind of jank is going to be resolved over time, so if this bothers you I'd just wait it out for a more stable early access or version 1.0. IF YOU WANT TO PLAY ON LINUX: I'm using Manjaro and I have no problems with it. In order to run it go to settings ----> compitability ----> switch to the latest stable version of Proton. Avoid experimental, it will not work (Yet) The Graphics: This game is stunning. The mood? Masterful. The people making this game really care about it and it shows through the art design. There are moments in this game that took my breath away- and then a tank shoots a wall by mistake and sends itself flying backwards at mach speed. One of the cool features this game has is that each level has different set of scenarios that it cycles through. There is also one "rare" scenario on each level that is a survival horror nightmare. These levels are fantastic, and imagine my surprise when I was plunged into a level I thought I was familiar with but now it was foggy and I had to use a flashlight to get around. (I died) THE WATER THING: You have to collect water or else you will lose all of your loot. Plenty of people have talked about this. I don't want to get into it. It doesn't bother me that much because when a game is this early access there are going to be periodic loot wipes and none of the loot is that interesting right now. As it stands, this feature has gotten so much backlash I don't think it's going to last- so I wouldn't worry about it. My advice to the devs: Don't add a feature that takes away something from the player if they don't participate in it. Instead, give people a bonus for participation. Maybe extra water related quests (gotta protect that water), an experience bonus, special water items that you can only get with excess water etc. Verdict: This is a special game that is a labor of love and it's not done yet. This game has good bones, and I've had many special moments in it so far- I've also been frustrated with it and have slapped my desk a few times too. Yet this game crawls into my brain and I think "HMM, I WILL PLAY MORE OF (the) FOREVER WINTER." and I got two of my friends to buy it. If you want to support the devs (and possibly get early backer bonuses later) then pick it up now- but be aware that you are playing an unfinished product. The studio is new but it's made up of industry veterans who were sick of working in the AAA gaming mines. I bought this game to support their vision and I'm glad I did. If you're looking for something that you can play reliably now- just put it on your wish list and come back later.
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If you're wondering whether or not the game is worth your money, this is for you. Just skip to the last paragraph if you want the TLDR. Let's start with the good and what this games does well: Your status within the world of Forever Winter is really fun. You're the nobody, the hobo who's barely scraping by, and have to watch people with tremendously more resources have all the crazy fun like piloting a mech and dominating a battlefield. You are the ultimate underdog, and pulling off big kills with a full bag of loot and extracting successfully feels satisfying. The gameplay loop of dive into one shade of hell or another, loot, perform up to 3 optional objectives, and escaping is easy to jump right back into whether or not you successfully extracted from your previous mission. The game allows you to really hang out and get everything you want done on a mission, or short 3 minute speed runs of grabbing what you want or need and getting out. Being forced to stealth past platoons that will 100% dirt you, without being spotted by them or other enemies will definitely get you to hold your breath as if making the slightest sound will result in your life ending. Mission and mission rewards will guide you toward higher and higher level gameplay, rewarding you with better weapons, more money, etc. Now for the not great, not horrible, and potentially improved massively: Top of the list for not so great is sound design. It's not the worst, but trying have spatial awareness and make choices based off of audio is barely functional. A squad of 6-9 dudes jogging around a corner from you in a concrete catacomb will sound dozens of feet away even though you're right about to be in the middle of their formation. Weapons a distant rifle reports are only partially informative as to where a big fight has broken out. The sound of killing an enemy whether from a head shot or toe shot is always the same, which robs a lot of the satisfaction from airing out an enemy's cranium. I'm sincerely hoping this improves as the game develops further. Each character or "class" only somewhat feel different from one another. It's basically just movement speed and weaponry you're allowed to use. The skills for each weapon amount to additional accuracy for the most part, which makes unnoticeable differences. So I main the heaviest and slowest option, because he can use the strongest weapons and is able to increase his carry capacity in his skill tree. I'd accept the lower carry weight on others if I was allowed to use an SMG and a grenade launcher, or heavy rifle and pistol, as examples. Just think this is a weakpoint at this stage of the game. Character/classes really need more useful differences, especially since characters who cannot use heavy rifles hit a ceiling way earlier than those who can use them. The weapon variety is great, they (mostly) feel great, even if the audio leaves something to be desired. Being able to lean left and right to peak around corners is almost great, but needs more range to overcome the rough geometry (more on that in the horrible). Your support hand on several weapons obviously hasnt been focused on yet. Some weapons like the M4 and M4 spectre basically need to be hip-fired since your support hand is completely obscuring your sight. But there's no reason to think this won't be fixed and polished later. NPC mercenaries are a great concept that will likely be an awesome part of the game later on, but for now they are mostly a waste of credits. As of now, we have no way to give commands such as "stand down," or "retreat," means once they get into a fight they're going to die unless you kill EVERYONE aiming at them. So, for now, they are temporary inventory space that die in really unfortunate locations where you will be forced to abandon their loot more often than not. Quality of life stuff for looting and selling your loot would be appreciated, it's not horrible doing everything manually as is. And lastly, the horrible: The absolute worst part at this stage of the game's development is by far the rough geometry of the game. You WILL have lots of shots get swallowed up by invisible walls. Sometimes leaning can overcome this, but you need to really learn the spots on the map where you defend with an actual advantage. I don't think this is going to be the status quo of the game later on, but it's going to take a lot of refinement passes over each map to polish this stuff out. Considering the devs are currently working on more maps, I also don't think we're going to see those invisible walls get addressed anytime soon. Enemy AI is obviously super early and basic at this point. There are symbols above (most) enemies to inform you about whether or not they're alerted to your presence, are searching for you, or have no clue you're close. However, the enemies you NEED to know this about do not always behave in the way their symbol or lack thereof would suggest. The really strong enemies that can one shot you will sometimes turn and shove a failed mission right down your throat no matter how close or far you are, so long as you're within their line of sight. It's especially frustrating when you realize how overpowered stealth is 99% of the time. You'll *feel* like you're doing everything right one second, only to be considering if recovering your gear is even worth it in the next second. Stealth... so... aspects of stealth could go into the what the game does great category, but with the really strong mobs not caring how stealthy you are... it's not great. The are instances where simply being crouched will cause a platoon to be unable to see you, walk into you and get stuck behind you as they want to go in the direction you're blocking but aren't yet smart enough to figure out another path around you. This is probably the single most immersion breaking aspect of the game. There will be times when you feel like there is no rhyme or reason to why a random euruskan squad doesn't see you or all decide you've offended their ancestors and must die asap. Lastly is the home base and upgrading your home base system(s). You need water to keep from getting everything reset, which isn't too big a deal. You theoretically can save up 3 months of water and therefore wouldnt need to log in for up to 3 months without losing your base's upgrades. However the upgrades don't seem to be working as of yet, since once you logout, your water storage upgrades will disappear and you cannot try to get them to work again. The crafting upgrade doesn't seem to work yet either, as no matter what you'll only be able to craft a single type of ammo. No other ammo types and, no weapons, and no weapon parts. Final thoughts: As of version 0.1.37673.0, I think this game has a lot of potential. I actually think the devs want and plan on fulfilling that potential. Especially since they didn't want to go early access this early, but listened to their customers and released this early build for them to enjoy. In the current gaming ecosystem, I'm a sucker for devs that aren't adversarial with their customers. The game is definitely worth the money, there's plenty of fun to be had and it's something you can do for 5 minutes or a couple hours at a time. I personally think the positives outweigh the negatives, especially since nearly every negative thing I listed will likely dramatically improve as time goes on. The game play loop is there for a truly great game, most things feel great, and so long as you pick a character that can use heavy rifles you should be able to experience everything the game has to throw at you.
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First off, the Devs did and are doing a fantastic job. Second this game is in HEAVY Early Access, so don't buy the game unless you want to be kind of a tester rn. (Or wait till October for the demo) The Forever Winter has a vibe and atmosphere that is rn unmatched, the visual are amazing, the lore is dark and interesting to learn, the Maps are insane, the amount of content we have rn is way more then I expected. Playing solo or with one other play is completely different then when you play with 3-4, I believe the game scale with the number of players. The Game will have you heart pumping and your adrenaline up, it gets intense. Watching "Toothy" rip through infantry, and completely destroy armored unit, or finally finding the "Corpse Tank" and watching it rip through 6 other tanks, dozen of infantry and a dropping a hand full of drones in mere seconds, all while I'm like 5-10 feet away hiding behind metal scapes and using the smoke from burning tanks and bodies for cover. The Movement and Gunplay is a bit Clunky, and the AI are alittle buggy sometimes, nothing alittle polishing can't fix. The game still NEEDS a lot of Optimization. Some maps will tank frames way more just because of the size of them. The Quest are fun, there is still quite a few I have to try and figure out how to do, but I assume they will add more and make the ones in game rn better. The Water system is not as hindering as some say it is, you start with 3 days of water, and most matches (solo on the first map) can be done within 5 minutes, playing cautiously and focusing on loot and finding water, the first map is super easy to learn where things are, plus most quest give you water as a reward. Once you get 16 water you unlock the Rig Vendor, and there are rigs that can let you grab 3 or more large items (water) and extract with them. I personaly like it, but I do hope it will be more uh "used" if that makes sense, water is pretty easy to get/find, maybe a trader that uses water as currency. The "SCAV's" are also super cool, I like the prestige system, rn I'm mainly the shaman. (Mainly cause he looks cool) The Variety of Enemies are really good, I love all of there designs. (Maybe an S-Vest type cyborg or something) The game is not finished by a long shot. The Devs are listening to feedback and they are already fixing the issue we have rn. If your on the fence about the game, wait till the demo comes out in October. And Watching gameplay and other peoples videos and seeing how they interact and experience the world will be extremely different then how you will, each raid is always different. I think that's it I'm sure I missed something. Anyways, Love the game, can't wait to see it grow and evolve. Amazing Job Fun Dog<3
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Recommended, but before you buy exercise caution; Few raids in and the game looks good, combat feels chaotic and the extraction shooter mechanics feel like they were implemented well. The game's art style is what carries all of this however and it does an exemplary job of it, sadly there is one major downside thus far: Your base has a water level, this water level is constantly decreasing, even when the game is closed and the only way to get more water is to find it in raid or complete quests, if this level hits 0, your entire stash is GONE , unceremoniously deleted from your stash never to be seen again. This is extremely punishing for casual players and it's a bit weird as to why this mechanic was even considered to be a thing in the first place. Overall, this is a well crafted game world and lore paired with decent extraction shooter mechanics however, this water mechanic NEEDS to change if it wants any sort of chance to stay relevant long term.
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Online players
805
Developer
Fun Dog Studios
Publisher
Fun Dog Studios
Release
24 Sep 2024
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