Sons of the Forest (2024)

Join me as I turn Sons of the Forest from a cannibal survival horror game into a camping/ hiking sightseeing adventure with my partner.

Began the journey by jumping in an abandoned golf cart and racing through the woods to a cave we wanted to check out. We played thumping slavic beats out the radio as we bounced over rocks and logs. I had to babysit Kelvin in the back.

We entered the cave where cannibals once dwelled and explored with our flashlights illuminating the way, crouching through gaps and jumping over ledges. The only living creature we found was a shark in a lagoon. My partner informed me I didn't need to unload eight shots into the shark. I'm not sure what came over me and I hope the sharks family gets closure by eating me later in the game.

Found a rebreather after having a look around and used it to go on a little sightseeing tour of the underwater cave network which conveniently led us to the ocean outside right next to our tent. I really love the lighting in this game, notice how the flare lights up the cave and then reflects onto the rebreather as I dive below the surface, fading away as I dive deeper - pretty neat!

Woke up the next morning, chopped some wood, made a fire to cook breakfast and then knocked up a couple of benches to enjoy the view. My partner then spent the next 5 minutes sitting next to me trying to make me laugh by turning her characters head to look at me at varying speeds.

I'm pooped after that. Thanks for coming along and hope you enjoyed the trip:)

I'm a sucker for survival games and Sons of the Forest is out in early access on PC so i've been diving in.

It's definitely an improvement on the first game in terms of graphics and overall gameplay. There are a few bugs but nothing game braking yet. For me though I always play games like this, Green Hell, 7 Days to Die etc. as mainly survival builders and thankfully Sons of the Forest has a peaceful mode which means you can focus on the survival aspect!

I really enjoy games that let you head out into the wilderness and leave you to do whatever you want. I have a hatchet and a knife and that's all I need. The building is intuitive and lets you choose between blueprints or free style building which is excellent. Having a lot of fun cutting logs and laying them down slowly building my cabin up one layer at a time. Below you can see the roof supporting structures I had to build.

I'll include some pictures of what i've built so far, it's definitely a learning curve but part of the fun is just figuring it all out for yourself! It's currently winter so the lake froze which meant I could build a jetty out into the water and it'll stay there when spring comes around! One thing to note with building at the moment is when building A frame structures it's hard to fill in the triangle gaps when doing the wall because currently the game doesn't auto chop the logs to length which is odd because it does for other structures like frames...

Anyway, I'm sure the story is good too but i'll likely never experience it, i'm just here to build and survive off the land!