The Forest (2014)

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  • Summary: As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Gamersky
    Jul 16, 2018
    90
    The Forest is an awkward open-world survival game. It's thrilling to play because of the intense atmosphere, but confusing maps and annoying enemies make it really hard for me to immerse into the game.
  2. FANDOM
    May 3, 2018
    90
    It’s a brilliant game that blends survival and horror into one terrifying, tense experience. The story it weaves is well-written, the gameplay — particularly the progression — is perfectly refined, and there are few games as hilariously engaging in their co-op.
  3. PC PowerPlay
    May 14, 2018
    90
    The Forest frequently flirts with perfection. A fantastic and engrossing survival-horror experience from start to finish.
  4. Gameblog.fr
    May 8, 2018
    80
    The Forest is one of the best survival games to date, especially because of its interesting story, inspired by horror movies like The Descent. Everything is here to remind you that the surrounding nature will do everything to destroy your morale and your life. Oppressive, stressful, but so exhilarating, The Forest is made for any survival games' fans, even if it suffers from weird physics and perfectible AI.
  5. DarkStation
    Jun 21, 2018
    80
    In a crowded landscape littered with a few too many survival crafting games, The Forest makes a pretty strong case for itself. With an open-ended world balanced by a story that moves forward, The Forest contains both freedom and mounting tension and provides not just the means for the player to survive, but a compelling reason to do so.
  6. Everyeye.it
    May 17, 2018
    80
    If you were already tired of fighting horrendous mutants, the alternative ending is the only valid reason to return to the forest. If, on the contrary, you have lived under a rock until now and you missed it, we warmly invite you to pack and board ... but watch out for the turmoil!
  7. Areajugones
    May 8, 2018
    50
    The Forest begins as a great survival game, but soon becomes mediocre due to its dull action. The poor gameplay mechanics and narrative are some of the elements that make it hard to recommend this game.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 97 out of 164
  2. Mixed: 49 out of 164
  3. Negative: 18 out of 164
  1. abbadenbach
    Jun 5, 2014
    10
    This game is Insane, is just the 0.01 alpha version, and looks amazing. Yeah it IS buggy, but c'mon, the game is in ALPHA, when people willThis game is Insane, is just the 0.01 alpha version, and looks amazing. Yeah it IS buggy, but c'mon, the game is in ALPHA, when people will understand that Alpha = Bug/glitch. The game is being developed by 4 people, so, if you are looking for an AAA game, go somewhere else… Expand
  2. TheFoxEye
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Эта игра захватила меня полностью. В ней считаются сразу 3 жанра - выживание, хоррор и чуток приключения. Сюжет хоть и запутанный но разгадывать его интересно. Боевка на 7/10 ведь тощий абориген выдерживает 7 ударов топором, а здоровый и взрослый мужик умирает от 4пощечин. Так же удтвили 2мя концовками. Обе вполне логичны (в первой гг сбивает самолет спасает сына и уплывает. Во второй он смиряется со смертью сына и остается на острове.) Рекомендю любителям выживания. Так же если имеется PS3 то советую брать именно на нее. 30FPS, 1080p, и ультра настройки если сравнитт с ПК.… Expand
  4. Miqht
    Jul 17, 2018
    9
    Remember when we all loved minecraft when we were younger? Now we get to relive that experience in this game.
  5. deax
    Nov 11, 2021
    8
    As mecânicas de sobrevivência são muito boas, o jogo é divertido, a história por mais que seja deixada de lado por um tempo é legal no final.
  6. Snjake
    Mar 18, 2023
    7
    very fun with friends and building a base then exploring the forest was fun as well
  7. Techbane
    May 31, 2018
    7
    The Forest gets off to a strong start, throwing you onto an island fraught with cannibals, with naught but an axe, backpack, and a couple TVThe Forest gets off to a strong start, throwing you onto an island fraught with cannibals, with naught but an axe, backpack, and a couple TV dinners to your name. The first few nights are spent desperately scavenging materials for tools with which to build, hunt, and defend yourself; construction (or discovery) of emergency shelters is required to be able to sleep or save the game, and doing all this while trying to stay out of sight of the roving cannibals is a wonderfully tense and even strategic experience.

    After about a week on the island, you should be well enough equipped to actually take on two or three cannibals in a fight if need be, and begin descending into the island's many cave systems which are dense with more powerful mobs but also peppered with more powerful tools. You start feeling capable of tackling the challenges both above and underground.

    After two weeks on the island, the surface will have gradually become populated exclusively by 12-foot mutants and Dr. Manhattan clones, who can all outrun you like you were standing still and two-shot you once they catch up. Attempting combat is complete suicide, and most of the weaponry you've spent your time building up is now effectively worthless, save your precious limited supply of explosives. Any base you may have built on the surface won't be worth attempting to return to as you are forced underground into a winding array of tunnel mazes, fumbling around in constant near-zero-light conditions as your sole feasible means of egress. God help you if you haven't yet found all the most important equipment by this point.

    It's also still fairly buggy.

    In short it has a strong start, but a lategame that I could only recommend to a C.H.U.D.    … Expand
  8. Mcgavyn
    Feb 24, 2019
    0
    I think you should take the private parts out and change the girl cannibals desine and you should make it split screen on ps4 and xbox butI think you should take the private parts out and change the girl cannibals desine and you should make it split screen on ps4 and xbox but other than that i think that it is the best game i have ever played… Expand

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