[Originally posted 14th December 2023]
“Survive the Singularity!
Providence is a game that offers a unique survival-on-a-loop experience.”
TLDR:
Enjoyable team v team craft survival with an extraction twist
Very impressive graphics
Easy and intuitive progression
Exciting “world” boss
How to play
Currently closed access on Epic Store
Plays on PC
Game Loop
The main demo is based on a slip-world
This slip world only lasts for a set time before collapsing.
Your aim is to get resources from the slip world to your homestead
Right now there is only an example homestead, but eventually, it is where you will build your permanent persistent base.
Enter the slip world you select a squad.
Your squad consists of 3 other players.
The world is populated with up to 6 squads.
You land on your home base, which has various crafting stations and an extraction pad.
At first, you can’t stay long outside of your base because of oxygen.
You have to collect resources and upgrade your body suit.
Upgrading your body suit also allows you to carry heavy items and get a better weapon.
Most things can be harvested with your harvester gun.
Some things don’t want to be harvested and you have to take it by force, aka killing the local wildlife.
Other items are “heavy” items that need to be placed in a process to be reduced to useable light items.
As you upgrade your suit you need rarer and rarer items, sending you further away from your base.
To avoid a lot of running you can then use the build menu to craft mini outposts as strategic locations.
A few resources are only found in single locations, this can result in a contested harvest, fighting with other players with your weapons.
If you die you drop all your stuff and respawn at a respawner.
After fully upgrading your body suit, the final objective of the demo is to kill Tarus
Tarus is a giant beast that needs your full team to take down.
It is a lengthy battle, but if you win you get the Taurus head.
You need to return this to the extraction pad to “win”.
Additionally to the head, you can also package up other items to be extracted with, taking them back to your homestead.
Game feel
Even though it is the same loop, I have now played the demo several times, enjoying it each time
The weapons handle well, and the movement feels fluid
The graphics are extremely engaging
The objective system is relatively simple, however, it is very effective in moving you around the map
Having some resources be contested is exciting
Need to be smart about your movement to get into caves or up trees, for other items add an extra dimension to the gameplay
The Tarus fight was difficult and did take a long time, but it was satisfying to get the kill.
When you are getting used to the game it is pretty easy to die, which adds a nice threat level to play
There is plenty of crafting and building to get on with, even for a small demo
The idea of extracting resources is appealing, and the time limit adds additional pressure
Rating
Enjoyed the demo a lot
The graphics are great
The game handles well
Even with a simple objective loop, it is satisfying to compete
Whilst I didn’t play in VC with the team, I could see this being enjoyable.
Web3 integration
The game is on AVAX chain.
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