The Forest

1. MarkStevens

   Nov 14, 2018

   10

   Fun game. Excellent developer that doesn't bleed the customer dry. Good performance on the base PlayStation 4. Nice price.

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2. Xatan

   Jul 7, 2020

   10

   I download it because it was on sale last month and it turned out to be the best investment I have ever done. This Game is incrediblyI download it because it was on sale last month and it turned out to be the best investment I have ever done. This Game is incredibly beautiful and thrilling. Its Story mode is great and it's difficulty on the building system and how to get good items just adds up to its reality simulation. I love the fact that this game uses a real complexity at the time of surviving on a wild place with threatening menaces surrounding you at all times while trying to achieve your escape or rule over the place. I love the game and it's design at its most!… Expand

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4. elcriticolatino

   May 6, 2021

   10

   es un excelente juego, sin mecánica tediosa y se hace divertido al jugarlo, es simple y divertido

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5. Dal_ReviewedDat

   Jan 25, 2019

   8

   I saw the Forest in the Jan'19 sale, having not known much about it - but thought at £12 it was worth a try. I was really pleased I did.I saw the Forest in the Jan'19 sale, having not known much about it - but thought at £12 it was worth a try. I was really pleased I did.
   
   Make no mistake, this is an indie game and not AAA. But, there's a lot of points throughout where I wouldn't have realised that.
   
   The basics of the game is your plane crashes, your son is taken and you have to find him. He's been taken by the local inhabitants - who happen to be 3 tribes of cannibals, nice. Your first day is manically scrounging basic resources together so that you can last the night in some relative safety. The chances are, you may not really see a cannibal on day one unless you go looking for them. Crafting is pretty deep, and early on I relied on putting things on my crafting matt and looking at the list of what it can be used for, but outside of crafting real assets can be found scattered around the island - and mainly in caves.
   This is a horror game.
   I went in my first cave and had a few cannibals run at me in the almost pitch black. My lighter (you start with) barely lit up anything apart from these faces jumping out at me, and I laid a few pant-eggs the first time down there. This is where the game excels. The AI of the cannibals is almost perfect. They don't just see you and run at you, they are inquisitive. They may follow you, stalk you, weigh you up. They may run at you and retreat if you (bravely) stand your ground, or, if your out numbered they'll divert your attention face on whilst others try and flank you. It's a nightmare I've loved. Fighting is pretty hard to start with, but after doing "cave 3" and getting the Katana weapon, and building a reasonable base with traps, it becomes less of a stress.
   Survival elements are pretty basic. You eat, drink and if you don't catch enough rain water - maybe drinking found cans or worst case, dirty stale pond water - which can give you infections etc / result in slow death without meds. The balance of exploration, survival and fighting is excellent, and you are free to build camps anywhere in the game, even caves. As the days go by, the mutants arrive, and they are a new level of weird and crazy looking - but with these you can make new armours with their skins, and even allow your character to go mad by becoming a cannibal and becoming more 'basic'.
   After my first week of playing solo, I joined up with players I met on a PS4 Forest Facebook closed group. You can have up to 4 people in a server as it stands, and the company makes the game slightly less intense as you discuss your daily missions and work together to make kills. With this though, you need more food, more water to all survive, and doing 'cannibal raids' on their villages becomes necessary more often. I spent weeks playing this with others, making cool camps, ziplines from cliffs to 2nd stories of our bases, and it was really good online fun. The lack of pvp actually adds to the Forest.
   In summary - the game is excellent. Seeing the Cannibals run their patrol routes whilst I'm hidden in a bush, filling my pants, is an experience I'll go back to again and again. It's a great survival horror and the developers are adding more fixes and updates all the time - including new enemies. I've read people complain about online duping bugs - but this isn't an MMO, so it's only down to the friends playing with each other that matters. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a new frill but isn't looking to spend £55 on a AAA title. It does help to watch a few YouTube videos of the basics etc - Farket is excellent for builds etc. Performance has been great, I've had 2 blue screens on other peoples servers in MP - which was probably because of the size of their build plans (laying blueprints everywhere) and because that guy duped a lot!! That's in 100+ hrs of the Forest, which I think is fair performance these days.... go check it out… Expand

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6. aczinoepc

   Dec 18, 2022

   8

   The Forest is a hard survival game but with a good variety of mechanics, crafts and builds. Its a good survival game, probably the best one toThe Forest is a hard survival game but with a good variety of mechanics, crafts and builds. Its a good survival game, probably the best one to play on PS4. It is most enjoyable with friends.… Expand

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7. nexus151196

   Nov 30, 2021

   7

   Очень и очень пугающая игра, Атмосфера - сумасшедшая. Жаль, что локализацию не завезли.. Играли с другом, нам понравилось. Исследовать пещерыОчень и очень пугающая игра, Атмосфера - сумасшедшая. Жаль, что локализацию не завезли.. Играли с другом, нам понравилось. Исследовать пещеры - очень интересно.… Expand

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8. Steve_tr

   Apr 29, 2021

   0

   I just bought the game and I can't even join a friend. It is stuck on "starting client" and it doesn't want to let me play with people from myI just bought the game and I can't even join a friend. It is stuck on "starting client" and it doesn't want to let me play with people from my friends list… Expand

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