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Does adding story to open world survival games work well? An agonising deep-dive into the strange game that is The Forest.

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Tags: spoiler, open world, survival, gameplay.emergent, storytelling, narrative, mystery, horror, subnautica, base building, exploration, early access, the forest, crafting, criticism, quality assurance, logic, sound design, immersion, inconsistency, player freedom, design.level, navigation, desensitization, scale, movies, underwater, valley, game mechanics, expectation, disappointment, plot holes, ludonarrative dissonance, gamedev, planning, deep dives, video essays, videos, sovietwomble, long watch
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Title
What's so strange about The Forest? (2014)
Authors
SovietWomble
Duration
3:18:08
Published
May 9 2023