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Dread Hunger
By: CharlieUtter Date: April 27, 2021, 12:35 pm
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This is an 8 player co-op game of survival and deception.
Survive the Arctic
Build fires to stay warm, fend off wolves and other predators,
and hunt for food to stay alive in the brutal and unforgiving
Canadian Arctic.
Betray Your Friends
Feed them tainted food, lure animals to attack them, hex them
with blood magic, or if all else fails… just shoot them in the
back
You Are What You Eat
In the Arctic, you’ll have to make some grim choices to stay
fed. Butcher bodies and use the pieces as weapons - or food.
Captain a Ship
Steer a 19th century warship around (or into) icebergs. Find
coal for the ever-hungry boiler to keep the ship moving... or
blow it up
Brave a Perilous World
Plan around a full day and night cycle, contend with unexpected
whiteouts, and try to outrun a massive blizzard that looms over
the expedition.
HTML https://store.steampowered.com/app/1418630/Dread_Hunger/
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Re: Dread Hunger
By: CharlieUtter Date: April 27, 2021, 12:36 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJCI1j-N58M
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Re: Dread Hunger
By: CharlieUtter Date: April 27, 2021, 12:37 pm
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This guy had a pretty good review of it:
Dread Hunger is an Imposter/Hidden Role/Social Deduction game
I've had the chance to playtest for quite a while now. The goal
is pretty simple, you are the crew member of an expedition and
you need to get your ship through the arctic. To achieve that
goal, you will need to go out and explore the map, find and
bring coal back to the ship, light up the boiler and steer the
warship through the ice.
While this may sound extremely simple on paper, the game has
quite a lot of depth and has a surprisingly steep learning
curve, especially at first. There is a lot to take in and
grasping the basics might take a few games, and it'll take even
more time to master some of the mechanics the game has to offer.
Dread Hunger is also a survival game and as such, it has your
typical survival mechanics and more! Mainly, you will need to
learn to manage your warmth and hunger, leaving these two
mechanics neglected will lead to a slow and rather painful
death. Learning the crafting recipes and what each item does,
learning the map and learning the useful spots and where to find
ressources will all take practice and experience, while it may
feel frustrating at first, it will become second nature in no
time. And that's what makes Dread Hunger fun in a way, learning
through trial and error is part of the fun and you will
experience many unfortunate deaths you will quickly understand
how to prevent.
As for the social deduction aspect, the game uses proximity
voice chat for better immersion and realism, making it hard to
keep track of everyone's whereabouts and harder to convince
everyone you are telling the truth while making it easier to be
deceived. This sort of keeps everyone confused and unsure about
what is going on, which can lead to mutinies and other fun but
disastrous moments.
The game also offers a variety of cool mechanics for the players
to mess around with, thralls will have plenty of ways to mess
with the survivors, ensuring total paranoia among the crew.
Poisoning food, blowing the ship up, summoning cannibals,
sabotaging the boiler room or blowing up the survivors as they
attempt to transport nitroglycerin to a nearby iceberg, these
are all valid strategies. And of course, you can also shoot or
stab your fellow crewmates in their back, whatever works for
you!
As a survivor, you will need good teamwork to make it out of the
deadly arctic, you will have many items at your disposal to
ensure the survival of your crew. But none of that will matter
if you can't work together.
Unfortunately, one downside with these types of games is that
they are better played with friends, while this is no fault of
the devs, this game might not be something you want to play with
random people. And since this game is better played with 8
people, getting a group of 8 to play might be a challenge in
itself. You can still play with your friends and fill the rest
of the lobby with random people though.
The developers are very active on the Discord server, I suggest
joining the official server as it will allow you to post your
feedback, share your thoughts and find people to play with!
Pros:
Solid core gameplay loop and mechanics
Decent atmosphere
Good visuals
Good replayability if you enjoy the social aspect
Very fun to play with a group of friends
Neutral:
Steep learning curve, while I don't mind this aspect, the game
might feel frustrating to some at first
I would love to see even more love put toward the atmosphere and
lore to a degre, I think there is room to make the exploration
more interesting, more unique places and/or sightings
Content is on the lighter side for now, but more should come
soon! There is a roadmap available stating that new weapons,
maps, NPCs, customization are all planned to be added in the
future
Cons:
Rough around the edges in some aspects, such as some of the
animations looking a little stiff, certain visual effects are
still WIP etc...
Better played with friends, getting 8 people to play is a
challenge
Overall though, a great and fun game, definitely recommend
getting it!
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Re: Dread Hunger
By: Riggs Date: April 27, 2021, 12:46 pm
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It sounds like an attempt to make Among Us into a larger game
with a different perspective. I'm not sure $25 is the right
price point for a rough around the edges early access game but I
like the idea of being able to have more people playing at once.
I think we would need to be able to get a large group together
to play it though.
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