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Dread Hunger
« on: April 27, 2021, 12:35:52 pm »
This is an 8 player co-op game of survival and deception.

Survive the Arctic
Build fires to stay warm, fend off wolves and other predators, and hunt for food to stay alive in the brutal and unforgiving Canadian Arctic.

Betray Your Friends
Feed them tainted food, lure animals to attack them, hex them with blood magic, or if all else fails… just shoot them in the back

You Are What You Eat
In the Arctic, you’ll have to make some grim choices to stay fed. Butcher bodies and use the pieces as weapons - or food.

Captain a Ship
Steer a 19th century warship around (or into) icebergs. Find coal for the ever-hungry boiler to keep the ship moving... or blow it up

Brave a Perilous World
Plan around a full day and night cycle, contend with unexpected whiteouts, and try to outrun a massive blizzard that looms over the expedition.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1418630/Dread_Hunger/

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Re: Dread Hunger
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2021, 12:36:50 pm »

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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2021, 12:37:22 pm »
This guy had a pretty good review of it:

Dread Hunger is an Imposter/Hidden Role/Social Deduction game I've had the chance to playtest for quite a while now. The goal is pretty simple, you are the crew member of an expedition and you need to get your ship through the arctic. To achieve that goal, you will need to go out and explore the map, find and bring coal back to the ship, light up the boiler and steer the warship through the ice.

While this may sound extremely simple on paper, the game has quite a lot of depth and has a surprisingly steep learning curve, especially at first. There is a lot to take in and grasping the basics might take a few games, and it'll take even more time to master some of the mechanics the game has to offer.

Dread Hunger is also a survival game and as such, it has your typical survival mechanics and more! Mainly, you will need to learn to manage your warmth and hunger, leaving these two mechanics neglected will lead to a slow and rather painful death. Learning the crafting recipes and what each item does, learning the map and learning the useful spots and where to find ressources will all take practice and experience, while it may feel frustrating at first, it will become second nature in no time. And that's what makes Dread Hunger fun in a way, learning through trial and error is part of the fun and you will experience many unfortunate deaths you will quickly understand how to prevent.

As for the social deduction aspect, the game uses proximity voice chat for better immersion and realism, making it hard to keep track of everyone's whereabouts and harder to convince everyone you are telling the truth while making it easier to be deceived. This sort of keeps everyone confused and unsure about what is going on, which can lead to mutinies and other fun but disastrous moments.

The game also offers a variety of cool mechanics for the players to mess around with, thralls will have plenty of ways to mess with the survivors, ensuring total paranoia among the crew. Poisoning food, blowing the ship up, summoning cannibals, sabotaging the boiler room or blowing up the survivors as they attempt to transport nitroglycerin to a nearby iceberg, these are all valid strategies. And of course, you can also shoot or stab your fellow crewmates in their back, whatever works for you!
As a survivor, you will need good teamwork to make it out of the deadly arctic, you will have many items at your disposal to ensure the survival of your crew. But none of that will matter if you can't work together.

Unfortunately, one downside with these types of games is that they are better played with friends, while this is no fault of the devs, this game might not be something you want to play with random people. And since this game is better played with 8 people, getting a group of 8 to play might be a challenge in itself. You can still play with your friends and fill the rest of the lobby with random people though.

The developers are very active on the Discord server, I suggest joining the official server as it will allow you to post your feedback, share your thoughts and find people to play with!

Pros:
Solid core gameplay loop and mechanics
Decent atmosphere
Good visuals
Good replayability if you enjoy the social aspect
Very fun to play with a group of friends

Neutral:
Steep learning curve, while I don't mind this aspect, the game might feel frustrating to some at first
I would love to see even more love put toward the atmosphere and lore to a degre, I think there is room to make the exploration more interesting, more unique places and/or sightings
Content is on the lighter side for now, but more should come soon! There is a roadmap available stating that new weapons, maps, NPCs, customization are all planned to be added in the future

Cons:
Rough around the edges in some aspects, such as some of the animations looking a little stiff, certain visual effects are still WIP etc...
Better played with friends, getting 8 people to play is a challenge

Overall though, a great and fun game, definitely recommend getting it!

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Re: Dread Hunger
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2021, 12:46:26 pm »
It sounds like an attempt to make Among Us into a larger game with a different perspective.  I'm not sure $25 is the right price point for a rough around the edges early access game but I like the idea of being able to have more people playing at once.  I think we would need to be able to get a large group together to play it though.