Sons of the Forest’s newest patch notes are extra disturbing than I anticipated

Sons of the Forest continues its evolution from uncompromising horror survival game to playable meme generator with its newest patch, the headline addition of which is an electrical unicycle. Named the Knight V (pronounced “Knight 5”), this discoverable automobile lets gamers scoot across the game’s huge cannibal island at excessive velocity, like a greyhound with worms. Fairly why there’d be an electrical unicycle on an uncharted island full of cannibals is one other query, however videogames have by no means allowed logic to get in the way in which of enjoyable.

Extremely impractical transportation is not the one new characteristic added by Patch 03. Gamers can even discover a pair of evening imaginative and prescient goggles within the wilderness, serving to you navigate at evening with out attracting consideration from the native people-eaters.  In the meantime, the crafting system has been expanded to incorporate photo voltaic panels, light-bulbs and electrical wiring, for these gamers who wish to appeal to much more consideration to their location.

Alongside these added extras, Patch 03 consists of a much wider array of stability tweaks, system adjustments, and smaller additions. Certainly, the changelog is sort of the learn. Changes vary from the mundane, reminiscent of “improved some enemy base assault logic” to the disconcerting, like “dismembering lifeless characters with melee is now simpler” to the outright disturbed, most notable of which is “lifeless infants now have buoyancy in water”.

Now, I’ve to say, a game that features each an electrical unicycle and floating lifeless infants provides me pause for thought, and I begin to question what precisely Sons of the Forest is making an attempt to realize as an expertise. The unique game was pretty constant in its horror themes, taking its world and its denizens principally severely. Because of this, it extra twisted horror moments have been efficient, since you’d already purchased into the world.

Sons of the Forest, by comparability, is more and more shifting towards a daft, meme-baity sandbox that solely moonlights in horror. Which is okay, however I query whether or not such a game additionally wants to incorporate issues like “puffy lifeless our bodies” and realistically buoyant child corpses. Whether or not fictional or in any other case, folks are inclined to take the thought of toddler demise fairly severely, and maybe together with such concepts alongside the power to zoom round on a automobile usually reserved for clowns is not the wisest inventive selection.

Right, I am going to put away my soapbox now. You may learn the total listing of additives and changes made by Sons of the Forest’s newest patch right here. The game’s presently in (pretty speedy) Early Entry improvement, with tough plans for a full launch in 6-8 months’ time. Should you’re already taking part in Sons of the Forest and want just a little assist discovering gear, try our intensive array of guides for the game.