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Key · 09-16-2015, 08:12 AM

How To Survive Is Getting A Sequel! Hype!!

I've talked about How To Survive in this journal before, I think. If I haven't, i'm about to. Basically, what we have here is a top down Diablo style zombie survival crafting game that is so incredible underrated it's not even funny. Seriously, I was honestly surprised to see how much fun this game turned out to be when I played it for the first time. Let's talk about it.

On Steam, it currently shows that I've only put in a little over an hour into How To Survive. Unfortunately, that's more due to the fact that I've just had so many other games taking up my time that I haven't really put aside time to play How To Survive. But when I do play it, I have a great time. I love the fact that it pretty much just throws you onto an island, and you can instantly get into the action. In basic terms, I guess it really is just getting you to know How To Survive, which if you didn't notice, it is the name of the game. It does the genre justice when it comes to zombie survival games. The only complaint I really only have is the graphics do seem a little cartoony for my taste, but honestly, that's probably it. I think this game would do really well if it were set in a more "post-apocalyptic" setting, and darker. But like I said, small complaint.

Let's talk about this supposed sequel that is coming. I wasn't even aware there was enough interest in this game to even warrant a sequel, but according to what the internet has to say, they announced a sequel to How To Survive on August 28th and it's going to feature enhanced graphics and expanded base camp. They say it's set to be sent to early access in October, so you can bet your darn tootin i'm going to be adding this to my wish list. However, I don't know if i'm going to go as far to say that i'll be picking this up as soon as it's in early access. I may actually wait for the full release before I get it. I want to enjoy it as much as possible, and sometimes, early access games can really ruin the experience with game breaking glitches etc. So for now, i'll just enjoy the first game as much as I can and continue to get excited for the sequel.

With a sequel to this game already in the horizon, I can see potentially two things happening. The sequel gets released and hardly anybody hears about it because of how underrated the first game is. At the same time, enough people have probably supported this game considering they've been able to make a sequel. I mean, there'd have to be some sort of monetary success to warrant that. On the other side, I really feel like the sequel to this game may make a new name for this style of game. I've heard rumors that it's going to ditch the top down perspective and go with the first person perspective. I hope those rumors turn out to not be true because I really like this style of game in the top down perspective. Hell, I like the top down perspective a lot as it is. If anything, I am sincerely hoping that the sequel for this game is good, and won't have many, if at all, disappointments. This is the type of game that can do really well if done right, and we've seen from the first game that the developers know how to do it right. So, add this to the list of games that i'm hoping are successful and will be a great name in the genre and will continue to be great in years to come.

09-16-2015, 08:12 AM	#277 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	How To Survive Is Getting A Sequel! Hype!! I've talked about How To Survive in this journal before, I think. If I haven't, i'm about to. Basically, what we have here is a top down Diablo style zombie survival crafting game that is so incredible underrated it's not even funny. Seriously, I was honestly surprised to see how much fun this game turned out to be when I played it for the first time. Let's talk about it. On Steam, it currently shows that I've only put in a little over an hour into How To Survive. Unfortunately, that's more due to the fact that I've just had so many other games taking up my time that I haven't really put aside time to play How To Survive. But when I do play it, I have a great time. I love the fact that it pretty much just throws you onto an island, and you can instantly get into the action. In basic terms, I guess it really is just getting you to know How To Survive, which if you didn't notice, it is the name of the game. It does the genre justice when it comes to zombie survival games. The only complaint I really only have is the graphics do seem a little cartoony for my taste, but honestly, that's probably it. I think this game would do really well if it were set in a more "post-apocalyptic" setting, and darker. But like I said, small complaint. Let's talk about this supposed sequel that is coming. I wasn't even aware there was enough interest in this game to even warrant a sequel, but according to what the internet has to say, they announced a sequel to How To Survive on August 28th and it's going to feature enhanced graphics and expanded base camp. They say it's set to be sent to early access in October, so you can bet your darn tootin i'm going to be adding this to my wish list. However, I don't know if i'm going to go as far to say that i'll be picking this up as soon as it's in early access. I may actually wait for the full release before I get it. I want to enjoy it as much as possible, and sometimes, early access games can really ruin the experience with game breaking glitches etc. So for now, i'll just enjoy the first game as much as I can and continue to get excited for the sequel. With a sequel to this game already in the horizon, I can see potentially two things happening. The sequel gets released and hardly anybody hears about it because of how underrated the first game is. At the same time, enough people have probably supported this game considering they've been able to make a sequel. I mean, there'd have to be some sort of monetary success to warrant that. On the other side, I really feel like the sequel to this game may make a new name for this style of game. I've heard rumors that it's going to ditch the top down perspective and go with the first person perspective. I hope those rumors turn out to not be true because I really like this style of game in the top down perspective. Hell, I like the top down perspective a lot as it is. If anything, I am sincerely hoping that the sequel for this game is good, and won't have many, if at all, disappointments. This is the type of game that can do really well if done right, and we've seen from the first game that the developers know how to do it right. So, add this to the list of games that i'm hoping are successful and will be a great name in the genre and will continue to be great in years to come.