Sandbox Survival Game For the Stars Announced for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 August 2024 / 3,997 Views
Publisher Snail have announced andbox survival game, For the Stars, for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
"We’re thrilled to finally officially announce For the Stars after three years of development," said game director Primus Majda.
"We are gamers first and foremost. We love survival games and Snail has a lot of experience with them. We have an ambitious game in mind, and we are taking what we’ve learned from other projects to make it happen. Our goal is to create a game that’s played like a sandbox survival game, but has the impact of a 4X galaxy civilization game."
View the developer vision overview video below:
Read details on the game below:
For the Stars invites you to explore and settle a vast universe of diverse planets, each with its own unique wonders and mysteries to uncover. As an intrepid explorer and scientist, your mission is to travel from world to world, uncovering secrets of alien civilizations, seeking out rare and exotic creatures and resources, and using them to tame the deadly biomes you encounter.
Your mission is to establish thriving outposts on alien worlds, harness their unique traits, and unlock advanced technologies. Conquer the challenges of hostile biomes, forge alliances, and build a legacy that spans the galaxy.
Diverse Worlds
Each planet you visit offers new challenges and rewards, with distinct ecosystems, creatures and resources. From lush, verdant worlds to barren, rocky landscapes, the variety ensures no two explorations are the same.
Strange Alien Ruins
Discover remnants of lost civilizations, ancient ruins, and hidden treasures that tell the stories of the cosmos.
Unique Resources
Collect and harness strange resources found on different planets. Build advanced outposts, craft powerful tools, and develop cutting-edge technology needed to overcome each world’s challenges.
Advanced Construction
Establish and expand outposts on various planets. Balance your needs with laboratories, factories, and living quarters. Your ingenuity and strategy will determine the success of your colonies and determine if they can withstand the trials of space.
Extensive Research
Start with advanced technologies that you can innovate on. Unlock new technologies by studying alien artifacts and natural phenomena. Research to help you overcome specific challenges, build more efficient outposts, create advanced equipment, and explore further into the unknown.
Customizable Spacecraft
Design and build your own spacecraft to travel between planets. Each ship can be tailored to your specific needs using resources and technology you have found, whether it’s for combat, exploration, or resource gathering.
Dynamic Combat
Engage in fast-paced combat using both futuristic weapons and special abilities with alien origins. Customize your arsenal for counterplay against hostile alien creatures, enemy players, and other threats.
Multiplayer Exploration
Team up with friends or make new allies as you explore the galaxy together in a persistent multiplayer universe. Collaborate on building projects, share discoveries, and tackle challenges as a united front. Choose to enter contested regions to fight other players for control of the galaxy.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Ah the next Snail games project hmm. Well the voxels or whichever of Pix Ark and whatever others I haven't looked into they may have been working out but in space and realistic artstyle quite the challenge.
Not a great question to ask but still a fairly ok game I guess depending how they handle content/the premise which I think is a bit complicated what they may be trying to do (or not revealing too much either/trying to make it come together still) not just well not well communicated.
Also the crafting/scanning/exploration/planets. They can try but players want more than fancy locations. They want content, what to explore, what to fight/save themselves of creatures/other threats on these planets. It's all good and well to go 'we have an idea, we have the setting, the world look nice' but if you don't do anything fun in them or challenge players just so something fancy looking it's not worth it.
For a getting it out there this trailer is 'fine' but it's not exactly great or convincing either. It's too early but it's a fair 'here is the title, a in-progress premise' trailer which is better than nothing to get people to know about it/maybe follow along as it goes.
They aren't really convincing anyone just the bare minimum that are easily convinced then those that will MAYBE be on board but want more from it.
Enough needs to be presented first or people won't care enough. This trailer to me doesn't tell me a lot and isn't very convincing I've seen or played enough survival games, give me a reason to be interested not tell me so little, say your working on it and of course it's still too far out to be clear what it's identity is.
I'm not fussed either way I'm not interested in this game but it has it's ok ideas/premise but needs work of course.
The machines/whatever about humanity thing has been done to death so unless it's got enough there who really cares.
Also Ark did tech armour and other things so how is this any different?
How is this more or less exciting then more on a planet, survive, find a way off it type survival games with fanbases already and far enough along. I can still find Minecraft mods with more exciting content and uniqueness then the same surface level popular tech mods there people won't dig deeper past either. I'm willing to.
