Iron Nick 最近的评测

I'd like to give this a proper review, but as the resolution refuses to budge to 1080P I cannot. This is a widely reported, and never fixed problem. Shame on the publishers. An absolute disgrace.

Fantastic potential. The Forest creates a great, eerie atmosphere on first play. The graphics, sound weather and lighting combine to put the fear in to you. The islanders being an unknown quantity adds to the tension. After a few days of hiding out, building and hunting, you might begin to wonder whether it's worth a confrontation at all. Lovely sunsets, a nice base planned out and plenty of supplies gathered. It's actually fun enough on it's own.

It's a good job there are enemies however as the game-play needs another element to it. While combat is initially quite difficult, once mastered it's actually too easy if anything. I don't want to give it away, but some weapons are perhaps too effective.

Building is satisfying, the options on offer are large and forever expanding. You're imagination and patience is the only real limit. Logging up takes a while and my game, after a few days, has pretty much turned in to a logging simulator. I'm deforesting an island, killing natives, bleeding the resources dry and building structures for my personal gain. It's a bit like colonising a couple of hundred years ago. That's not meant as a criticism, the destructive nature of the game seems all too natural.

In terms of storyline, or objectives, it becomes clear after a while that there isn't any yet. A few half-baked ideas hear and there. Plenty of intrigue and mystery to begin with, but this soon gives way to hoping stuff gets added in the next update. With a more concrete storyline, this could be a really fantastic game. There's plenty of room for expansion physically (The mountain and caves) as well as the potential for lots more buildings, better AI, new enemies, animals and tools. The sea is also an area which could get a lot more use.

This is an Alpha, so do expect bugs. Regular saving is wise. Sometimes your log-cart will flip you in to space at a million miles an hour, a bit like taking DMT. Sometimes frame-rates will drop, you'll fall through a rock, animals and enemies will disappear and other things will glitch. Overall it doesn't spoil the general enjoyment of watching the game grow from the inside. That is the idea of Early Access I suppose.

Online Multiplayer is rather laggy after the latest update, so i'll leave that part out of my review for now.

There's obviously some talented developers behind the game and I truly hope it gets the credit and attention it deserves. I'm thoroughly enjoying it my self. I'm excited every time I start the game and the timer until the next update appears. As we're nearing Alpha 0.14, I presume we have another 84 updates until Beta 1.0, then another 100 until release. I myself cannot wait. By far the most original and most exciting thing in the PC, First-Person genre I've played in a long time.