I didn’t actually get to see Survival mode in action, but it is supposedly much more open-ended, and will offer more of a sandbox approach, where you can define your own parameters for how the map is laid out.

This is where certain resource nodes that you’ll have familiarized yourself with by day will behave differently during the night. Maroda tells me that the Blood Moon event is deliberately balanced so that it’s then followed by a night that’s totally free of Helthings, and then you’re able to go out and find resources that have undergone a “Night Shift”. Speaking of, there are special events such as a Blood Moon event (also marked on the aforementioned sundial) that makes tougher monsters and additional challenges spawn in the village during the night. And, conveniently, the upper right corner features a neat sundial that shows weather, time, special events, and other information to help you strategize your adventures throughout the day.

You can see your relative power in the upper left corner of the HUD, but Maroda explains that increasing power levels are also visually represented with details like vines and other environmental features. Within that, you’ll see encounters that are more challenging (or less challenging) based on which power level they encompass. Each biome has totally unique resources, enemies, and encounters to find. But it’s possible that you may get even more intricate with it Maroda describes a construction system that has “barely scratched the surface” of what it’s capable of becoming.Īs you explore, you’ll come across five different biomes with three different power levels. And there’s also a nifty little menu for crafting ramps, fences, and other small structures that allow you and your party members to go up hillsides and get across water. Furthermore, if a guard tower or a gate in the village is destroyed, you and your teammates can chip in to repair it as a community project. Shops, gates, and towers in your village can be upgraded collectively. This philosophy is carried throughout each of Tribes’ different systems. You can share resources, as you saw in the war chest - because at the end of the day, if the tree dies, it's game over for everyone.”

We want Tribes of Midgard to remain a game about cooperation. By doing so, it becomes intrinsically cooperative.

“The goal was to create a new kind of genre,, where the concept of survival is transferred from the individual to the community.

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