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Better Late Than Dead

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Action/Adventure
Publisher: Excalibur Publishing
Developer: Odin Game Studio
Release Date: July 2015

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'Better Late Than Dead' Announced, Coming To Early Access - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on May 19, 2015 @ 11:51 a.m. PDT

Better Late Than Dead is a survival game where you explore an open sandbox environment which, depending on your intention, could have or could not have a foreseeable end.

Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang on to a thread, you realize that this island is not as it seems.

You awaken on an island with no memory but a child’s photograph is in your pocket. To uncover the mysteries of the island and the past, the player will need to search for resources and locate a way to escape. Played in both first and third person view, the game features a crafting system that is inspired by classic point and click adventure games. Players will not stack items in a table but will create new items by using actions like Cut & Tie.  

You’ll explore an open sandbox environment where further investigation reveals the incongruous and outlandish nature of your environment. Craft items, seek shelter, quench your thirst, satisfy your hunger and fend off animals. What will you need to escape the island? The answers are waiting.

As time passes and hopes of survival hang on to a thread, you realize that this island is not as it seems.

Commenting on the game, Odin’s co-founder Alexandre Kikuchi offered: “We’ve developed an adventure game based on survival elements that challenges the player with common decisions, where men and animals are part of one plot, but different destinies await. Better Late than DEAD brings a new challenge for old and new survivors!”

 

Key Features:

  • Uncover a story that unfolds with new updates
  • Craft items using a combination of objects and methods like cutting and tying
  • Online Multiplayer mode
  • Lose blood, break bones, be poisoned and stave off hunger and thirst
  • Varying weather conditions that affect gameplay
  • Procedurally generated items that the player must find in order to leave the island
  • Dangerous animals including wolves, snakes and sharks
  • Permadeath – Will you be able to escape the island or will you succumb to its menace?

Better Late Than DEAD will be available on Steam Early Access July 9, 2015 for £10.99 / $14.99.



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