Scavengers - Preview, survival and fighting in the weather

Di battle royale we have seen so many, not to mention the games survival, both genres that aim to put a strain on the player. Among various enemies, dangers and safe areas to reach, you have tried a little of all colors, with the evolution of the market you need a product to be rather intriguing to be able to stand out in these two macro-genres. If there is an adjective we could give a scavengers, that's right intriguing, like the recent trailer we got to see at the The Game Awards 2020 (here our dedicated article).

The aforementioned event kicked off a Closed Beta to try out the branded game Midwinter Entertainment, before this soon makes its debut on PC, PlayStation 4 e Xbox One. As confirmed by the software itself in the testing phase, this is a still preliminary version, which only partially represents the product that will debut on our screens, and which could therefore contain features that will be removed and updated, as well as several bugs. To our amazement however, we got to testing a game on PC that seems almost complete, as well as original and fun. So let's find out all the details together!

The dangers of Scavengers

As already mentioned, everyone knows nowadays the iconic safe zone, to be reached before the external barriers of the battle royale shrink and swallow the players. But what would happen, if in such a title you were not only faced with human and computer-controlled adversaries, but also a thousand types of different dangers? From fame, cold e infected coming from every corner as attracted by the noise, Scavengers highlights this scenario, not leaving a second to reflect during the exciting matches.

The game comes with solid third-person gameplay, a basic but functional crafting system, and a not excessive amount of weapons and resources: everything seems well balanced at this stage. The right means to survive the thousand dangers are placed in the hands of the player (obviously they must be collected from the ground in the various locations), but it is up to the latter to know how to manage time and the dangers to which it is exposed. By collaborating with your team, even if it takes a lot of effort, you can survive the elements and human and undead enemies (as long as it does not occur to anyone to stop and rest). Whether it's a storm or an enemy team, Scavengers offers no pleasant surprises.

This formula might sound rather tricky, but the game manages to pose challenges from a fair perspective, making them all fun, especially when you are able to communicate and move correctly with your team; it must be said that the excellent ping system implemented it helps a lot for this. By choosing different characters, with different skills and equipment, you can then create the right compositions to face the game environment and other teams, especially thanks to the considerable possibilities for customizing the equipment which are proposed in pre-match.

Escape from the worldo

In fact, at the end of each game, in the game menu, users can dismantle the resources obtained, creating with the various materials the equipment to choose from in your paraphernalia, which arrives directly in the game and really makes the difference. Just like for the play system, in the current state everything is explained correctly by well thought out tutorials, not nagging and boring thankfully. On the graphic side, the game still has some small precautions to consider, due to some textures not in high definition and various animations to be reviewed, nothing that cannot be solved with some patches. This is proposed with a style reminiscent of the universe of Borderlands, halfway between comics and realism, and with a successful and inviting result. On the technical side, the work is quite solid, some less demanding configurations may struggle to reach the maximum graphic details, but the settings are well layered and adapt to the needs of each player.

As is the case with most of the titles voted on multiplayer online courses, we will be able to find out if Scavengers will be a success only following continuous support from the developer, able to integrate new content and do not weaken the community hearth, which would otherwise risk going out due to the cold, just as happens with the protagonists of this terrifying adventure. We are therefore waiting to find out when the game will come out of its Closed Beta and how this will be managed later, it is certain that we can not wait to put our hand and tell you about the final version.