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Far: Changing Tides

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Genre: Action/Adventure
Publisher: Frontier Foundry
Developer: Okomotive
Release Date: Early

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'Far: Changing Tides' Unveiled for Consoles and PC, Arriving in Late 2021 - Screens & Trailer

by Judy on June 14, 2021 @ 10:30 a.m. PDT

In Far: Changing Tides, players control a hero who's trapped in a drowned landscape. Find an abandoned ship and journey to safety while seeking answers about what happened to their home.

Swapping sand dunes for sea waves, Far: Changing Tides expands on the inhospitable world created by developers, Okomotive, in their multi award-winning debut title, Far: Lone Sails. Players control Toe, a hero trapped in a drowned landscape with little chance of survival. Finding an abandoned ship, the journey to safety will take players across the horizon in a desperate bid for freedom as Toe seeks answers about what happened to their home.

With the same captivating art style, meditative side-scrolling gameplay and haunting soundtrack from composer Joel Schoch as Far: Lone Sails, the next entry into the world created by Okomotive will present fans with a fresh experience as they sail the high seas and scour the deepest ocean floors, later this year.


Okomotive Lead Designer and Co-Founder, Don Schmocker, said, "The reception to Far: Lone Sails was humbling, to know that people felt the same passion as we do about that world inspired us to continue to build on it with Changing Tides. We knew we wanted to tell a different, but complimentary tale, one which would be familiar to fans but fresh and exciting."

Frontier's Head of Publishing, Zac Antonaci, said, "Signing Okomotive to Foundry was a wonderful moment for the team here as there is a huge amount of love for Far: Lone Sails in the studio. What Don and the rest of the developers have created with Changing Tides is a fantastic continuation of their brand and we're delighted to be involved in bringing this to fans, leveraging Frontier's legacy as a developer and publisher."

Key Features:

  • An Unforgettable Journey: Set sail and discover the wonders of a flooded world filled with mystery. Traverse the ruins of a once great society and use the pieces from its past to build a brighter future. Dive into unknown depths on the hunt for precious fuel and salvage, devise innovative solutions to overcome intricate obstacles, and unearth forgotten relics lost to time. Carry their memories and don't give up hope.
    Captain Your Ship: Experience the thrill of captaining a unique seafaring vessel with a mind of its own. More than a ship, this is a friend. Together you'll brave high seas, navigate intense storms, and plumb the perils of a briny deep, growing as an inseparable partnership. Along the way you'll need to keep things functioning by unlocking parts and fixing faults. The farther you travel, the more you'll learn about your ship's fascinating complexities.
  • A Captivating World: Contend with both the fantastical and familiar in a richly detailed environment to charm and challenge. From bleak shorelines lapped by tides, to desolate basins in flooded forest valleys, to submerged enclaves frozen in time, each lovingly hand-painted location tells its own incredible story.
  • A Meditative Experience: Far: Changing Tides is a relaxing, accessible and meditative adventure for everyone to enjoy. Set against exquisite and elegant scenery, and scored by a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack, this game transcends language to deliver an enthralling, warm-hearted, life-affirming experience that will stay with you.
  • A Lone Sails Legacy: Immerse yourself in an entrancing odyssey like no other. Far: Changing Tides is the sister title to 2018's multi-award-winning Far: Lone Sails. Like the critically acclaimed first game, it encompasses ecstatic highs, mournful lows, and great mysteries to uncover. At the center of this evocative and poetic journey is the unforgettable tale of a boy and his ship, searching the world for answers.

Far: Changing Tides is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam) in late 2021.


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