Darwin Project First Impressions - WayTooManyGames

Battle Royale done right. Watch yourself Fortnite.

[PressXtoBacon]

dammit! I missed the beta.

[SlySouls]

Early bird gets the worm? Or something like that. Haha

[shaun mcwayne]

Yeah but the second mouse gets the cheese. Lol

[PressXtoBacon]

I don't like worms though

[Joel_Drake2]

The full game will come out eventually. Now I'm hyped.

[Jinger]

Huh, I remember this from E3, and I remember the stupid announcer being SUPER annoying during the gameplay. Glad to see it plays alright, but this is a sign the 'Battle Royal' genre is going to get over saturated so fast...

[PressXtoBacon]

true. But so far I've really liked them. If this is as good as OP says, I'll take this over Fornite

[SlySouls]

See, Fortnite has the stupid jump mechanic. I love everything about that game except that.

[SlySouls]

It looked dumb af at the time but reading this gets me a bit excited.

[PressXtoBacon]

Right? I'm just disappointed that I have to wait now

[lptmg]

wasn't that bad when you compare him to that EA guy presenting NFS Payback

[Jinger]

Haha so much CRINGE!

[gutteranthems]

Hey y'all. I wrote this piece and am going to hang here for a bit. let me know if you have any questions about the game!

[PressXtoBacon]

I liked crafting in TLoU multiplayer. Is it anything like that? It sounds.... restricted

[gutteranthems]

In terms of the items you can craft, it definitely is more restricted. Not terribly so, but it's noticeable.

The crafting in The Last of Us. is designed to give players a growing advantage over the course of the match by creating different types of items out of the rarer and better resources. Darwin Project just gives you the two resources and allows you to stack stat bonuses on top of whatever you've already crafted, instead of creating a new kind of item.

[Joel_Drake2]

How are the combat (shooting etc) mechanics?

[gutteranthems]

Interesting and definitely a cartoonish. There's significant knockback with each hit, both melee and projectile arrow shots. Melee makes sense, but I was surprised to see that with projectiles. However, it does make the game more interesting. It's a valid strategy to knockback your opponent, retreat to craft, and return better equipped. It doesn't get you TOO much time, but it's easy to run out of arrows and this is a great quick fix.

As for firing mechanics, they're pretty good, but you definitely feel like you're firing low velocity projectiles. Range is short, but can be upgraded, and there's a tremendous downward arc/lob effect.

[Vasto]

Best Battleground game I have ever played.

I remember Press Play was working an a game like this before Microsoft gave them the snub.

[gutteranthems]

I loved it. I'm hoping there are more features in the full release, outside of what they teased. Teams of two is cool and all, but I'm not sure it would hold my attention for a long time.

But they are DEFINITELY on the right track. Never had a bad game or an unpleasant crowd