The upcoming survival FPS recreation 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 folks examined the shooter. After collating all of the suggestions, taking pictures, looting, and AI are the areas of gameplay that can see essentially the most deal with enhancements. In line with the roadmap, the second public demo ought to arrive within the third quarter of this 12 months, with early entry and the complete launch nonetheless to be introduced.
The taking pictures mechanic enhancements additionally come from the bar set by video games like Escape From Tarkov, based on the one 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 taking pictures in videogames.”
Try the Highway to Vostok replace beneath, 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 your complete weapon audio system being reworked as properly. The looting system has additionally been given an entire redo, with hotkeys, new merchandise icons, and lots fewer bugs as properly.
In line with the developer, Highway to Vostok public demo 1 v2 “appears actually optimistic and there have already been nice improvement recommendations concerning the core mechanics,” so count on extra modifications over time and with the second full demo launch. In the event you already personal the Highway to Vostok demo it is best to have v2 robotically at this level.
There are a variety of new additions in v2, like winter map choices, an growth to the village space, water mechanics, ladders, ambient zones, a night-vision goggles filter, variable optics for weapons, nature shaders, and a much bigger choices menu. That mentioned, swimming and fishing nonetheless want sprucing so have been eliminated, and the village map growth is smaller than it could possibly be as a result of deal with AI modifications.
“Despite the fact that the primary demo content material is usually the identical, the so-called ‘recreation really feel’ ought 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 recreation, 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 begin 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 recreation.
Will Highway to Vostok wind up being probably the greatest indie video games accessible 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.
