Road to Vostokis in the top 10most wishlisted shooters on Steam, and the developer will dropa new demo tomorrowto showcasehow far the game has come.
Surviving is not easy on the remote border between Finland andRussia.
Close your eyes and picture the setting: the smell of birch trees is poisoning the freezing air. Last night’s dinner feels like a distant memory, andthe silence is punctuated by the threatening drone of helicopter rotors.
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Move over, Call of Duty.
Road to Vostokmixes this reality with a trusty but heavy Kalashnikov dangling off your shoulder, well-armed bandits ready to put a hole through your head, anda place where you can only die once.
Demo 2 v2 Patch Notes
October 1st will mark the second version of the new Road to Vostok demo. The original one was a sandbox with attractive graphics and great gun mechanics, buttomorrow’s version promises to turn that into a real game.
After making your fun for two years, you will finally be able to interact with the task system. In tandem with this is the introduction of the Doctor, a new trader providing both wares and jobs.
If tomorrow will be your first time playing the Road to Vostok demo, the second version should make adapting to theborder hellscapeeasier thanks tostarter kits and a more comprehensive tutorial.
Combat promises to feel very different thanks tochanges to AIand the introduction of body armor, different ammunition types, and landmines that can be defused or destroyed.
To help play with this, the developers are addingnew weapons, scopes, and muzzle devices.
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Although it already looked great in the first demo, the update promisesupgrades to the border zone, both in terms of visual fidelity and new areas.
The survival part ofRoad to Vostokshould begin to take shapewith the new crafting system, the addition of underground elements, new medical items, and more dynamic loot pools based on the location and container type.
As with any update to a game still in development, there arefixes across the board,though bugs are to be expected.
Road to Vostokput out itsfirst Steam demo in 2022with littlemore than a shooting rangeand a barren environment.
This Finnish survival game has quietly made its way tothe top 10 most wishlisted shooters on Steamright behind Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and hasover 2000 Patreonmembers.
What was essentiallya Unity tech demobecame a fully fleshed game, developed almost singlehandedly by a Finnish former Lieutenant.
Besides the seductively ominous setting,Road to Vostokappeals to players because ofthe transparency.
To illustrate, when the Unity runtime fee debacle hit,the lead developer chose to change to the open-source Godot engineand documented the transition on YouTube.
The frequent updates and previews combined with hands-on demos mean thatplayers know what to expectand what not to asRoad to Vostokapproaches a release state.
Well, When Is It Out?
There is no public release date yet, and the developers seem to not be in a rush. If thetheRoad to Vostokroadmapis anything to go by,early access is not too far awaythough.
The upcomingPublic Demo 2 v2 is the very last step on the roadmap before the early access phasebegins. The site says the demo and commercial branches will be ready around Q3 2024, but that is not set in stone.
Download the demo tomorrow, take enough food, water, and 7.62x39mm roundsinto an abandoned bunker, anddo not forget your guitar.
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