During the Gamescom we discovered Survarium, a new Free-to-Play post-apocalyptic MMOFPS from Vostok Games that takes the player to a more likely future in which humanity has literally destroyed the flora and fauna of the planet, and only a few factions remain and strive to survive.

The game works with a graphics engine developed by Vostok Games which uses DX 11, which already tells you the nice graphics the game has. The game uses multi-threading and is very scalable, however as the game is currently in its Alpha phase, and it will probably be improved in several ways prior to launch. In the game players can choose which ideology to follow, being able to be a supporter of scientific and technical progress or a Forest advocate that consider himself part of the nature.

In Survarium the events take place all around the globe, and real locations are used as prototypes for the game. First Ukraine and ex-USSR areas, then the entire world. In the demo that Oleg Yavorsky (PR and Marketing Director of Vostok Games) show us was a huge map, in which there was a time limit before a devastating storm will hit the spot and wipe everything away, so you and your have to find items and materials to build a device to protect your base from the storm.

The player who carries the items, can't shoot, so he have to move quickly and with care, and he need to be protected by their teammates. Some of the members of the team have to watch their base because the enemies can steal the components that you have collected. The characters can be equipped with several pieces of equipment that increase your stats and improve your overall performance, which fits perfectly with the hit-boxes system the game offers, where if you take a shot in an arm, you will have a hard time trying to aim and you won’t be able to shot at all when both arms are hit.

Another interesting point are anomalies, special areas of the map with very dangerous conditions. For example, you could walk into a radioactive environment where you will need oxygen supplies to survive. If you run out of air in these areas it is very likely that you die, but they usually contain valuable objects that are worth the risk. The thing is that you have to enter, quickly get what you need, and get the hell out.

The game looks good well and the idea is very original, Vostok Games plans to release the game before 2014 in Russia and later in the rest of the markets.

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