A nobody, a blank piece of paper, an immersive sim advocate || proud to be followed by
@ArkaneStudios
&
@WolfEyeGames
|| Prey 👾 Ctrl Alt Ego 🤖 || 🇬🇧🇨🇳🇯🇵
While I continue grieving the shutdown of Arkane Austin, I want to bring some attention to indie immersive sims, as I have this belief that the indie scene would be the strongest when it gets support from Arkane fans such as me. 🧵
Pacific Drive is now available for pre-order, and early reviews from media outlets are going live gradually this week.
Time to see if this game is an immersive sim, or hear me out: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. WITH CARS!
Following another layoff at Slipgate Ironworks:
- Scott Miller confirms that Core Decay and Combustion were put "on hold" which usually means “permanently ended”
- The tweet from December where a Core Decay developer told me the project was going to be okay was deleted.
3D Realms is getting a mass layoff by Embracer. Half of the company is gone, including the game director of GRAVEN and many other developers at Slipgate Ironworks, which also put question marks on immersive sims Core Decay and Combustion’s fate.
WolfEye Studios's next game:
✅ First-person, Retro sci-fi, Action RPG!
✅ Raf Colantonio, Mick Gordon, Cedric Peyravernay, Chris Avellone, Gael Giraudeau, Christophe Carrier... and more immersive sim veterans!
✅ First visuals reveal, Private Alpha signing up!
We are so back!
PREY with Mooncrash won the first-ever Greatest Immersive Sim of All Time Tournament (Sinno Edition)!
Congratulations, and thank you to every participant for your fantastic game.
#immersivesim
Fortune’s Run team of two (Dizzie & Arachne) is having a hard time: Arachne had a major surgery and was hospitalized due to implications in the ICU afterwards (she’s stable now and being taken care of by Dizzie). Health is now the couple’s priority after 3 years of crunch.
If you miss Arkane Austin, support WolfEye Studios while you still can. If you haven't played Weird West, now is the time. I never want to see another immersive sim studio shut down again.
We got Dark Messiah because Arx Fatalis existed
We got Dishonored because Dark Messiah existed
We got Prey 2017 because Dishonored existed
We got *insert future immersive sim masterpiece here* because Prey… Never mind, they forced them to make Redfall and shut down the studio
In
#sonarshock
you'll need more than a itchy trigger finger to survive.
Reload guns manually, rechamber a new magazine or cock the hammer for the next shot.
#guns
#retrofps
#immersivesim
BREAKING: I was struggling with Melania solo, my girlfriend saw it and wanted to try. So I thought I should give her Mimic Tear (+10) to help her a little.
She got Melania first try.
What the f**k.
3D Realms is getting a mass layoff by Embracer. Half of the company is gone, including the game director of GRAVEN and many other developers at Slipgate Ironworks, which also put question marks on immersive sims Core Decay and Combustion’s fate.
@Jestibelle
451 is a code that originated from Fahrenheit 451 & used in games such as System Shock, Deus Ex, BioShock. It got overused with time, appeared in CoD: MW, The Last of Us Pt.II, and devs started to keep distance from it. Recently it’s also used in usernames to honor Arkane Austin.
Ctrl Alt Ego is 7 reviews away from reaching overwhelmingly positive on Steam. If any of you enjoyed it but haven't left a review, please do me a favor! 🙏🙏🙏
@IGN
Why are all the comments defending Bethesda over Fallout London modders, which Bethesda hired developers from in the past and caused trouble to their mod release now?
I beat Redfall, but the game froze after the ending slides were over. It didn't show credits for me, nor did it boot me into NG+. I restarted the game, and now I'm forever locked in the town of Redfall with calm seas and sunny skies.
🚨NEW EPISODE🕹️
In the latest episode of By Design I talk to
@romero
,
@DaveOshry
and
@slimborama
about the 30 years of FPS innovation since DOOM, and what’s next for first person games.
(Link in reply)
Two different Dark Messiah-inspired games were announced this month, see trailers in the following tweet.
Screenshot
#1
- The Nightscarred: Forgotten Gods
Screenshot
#2
- Alkahest
Arkane Studios should really make some "small passion projects" like Pentiment ($19.99), Hi-Fi Rush ($29.99) and Grounded ($39.99). Let a small team make some bizarre, unorthodox, surprising, "pure" immersive sims without compromising a single bit to mainstream audience.
INTRODUCING:
Immersive Sim Discovery Queue*! ✨
*It's just an
#immersivesim
list with a fancy name :)
Discover your next favorite immersive sim, indie or aaa, all in one place. Like, retweet, comment, bookmark & share are greatly appreciated!! 💙
Arkane has always been like a lighthouse to me, it shines its light on me when I stray in the dark forest or strand on the foggy sea. Playing Prey was the first time when I felt like being seen.
Tango Gameworks has been picked up by PUBG publisher Krafton as part of a 'strategic' deal with Xbox. The Hi-Fi Rush IP is included in the arrangement.
Immersive sim developers, Steam FPS Fest is 24 hours away!
If you’re making a first-person game, share your recent or upcoming updates under this thread to keep the community in the know (at least me, I’ll always be here for you)!
[Giveaway] The first-person melee RPG Corpus Edax is now out on Steam, let's do another indie immersive sim giveaway to celebrate together!
[Requirement] Like this tweet & reply with a screenshot of Corpus Edax on your wishlist :)
The TOP 5 requested games from the comments of this Rock Paper Shotgun article are:
1 - System Shock 2
2 - Thief
3 - Ctrl Alt Ego
4 - Dishonored 1
5 - Thief 2
This is the coolest menu option I've ever seen in an immersive sim. More indie immersive sims should do this, so that no media shall ignore this potential alliance.
There are probably people younger than BioShock playing Ultima VII somewhere right now, or who started their journey in Roblox and discovered Prey yesterday. You have to respect them, no matter how old you are.
Don't be a gatekeeper; be a leader.
I provided a little bit of help for this video! I don't understand Arabic, but I believe Khalid talked about the history and current status of indie immersive sims. And thank you to all my new Arab followers.
فيديو جديد زي ما وعدت من..احم ..سنة اني أتكلم فيه عن ألعاب الـImmersive Sims المستقلة.
الفيديو مش مجرد بس استعراض للألعاب دي، انا أتكلمت عن أسباب بداية ظهورها وليه الجانب دا من الصناعة في ايده استمرارية تقديم النوع دا من الألعاب زي ما حصل مع الـ CRPGs
🔗
PREY with Mooncrash won the first-ever Greatest Immersive Sim of All Time Tournament (Sinno Edition)!
Congratulations, and thank you to every participant for your fantastic game.
#immersivesim
I WANT YOU TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND TO SEE HOW INTERNET WORKS:
>Geoff Keighley said “BioShock in Space” in his preview
>Kami took it and added “from Ken Levine” on Twitter
>Friends Per Second (Jake, Lucy, and Ralph) said it isn’t, Ken Levine said it isn’t
>Everyone lashes Ken Levine
You folks know I greatly respect Warren Spector, and I personally believe multiplayer immersive sim is more than feasible. But... OtherSide should really focus on putting out a good game first.
I’ve played around 20 hours of Atomic Heart this week. I can guarantee you it’s NOT an immersive sim.
The amount of people who thinks it’s an immersive sim is insane. “Left hand magic and right hand guns? BioShock and Prey references? Immersive sim confirmed!”
I've been actively advocating for immersive sim for about a year (from Oct 2022 to May 2023, and then again from Dec 2023 to Mar 2024). I believe I've been making a positive impact. Today is also my birthday, and I wish to have more practical endeavors this year :)
System Shock (2023) is at 50% off right now - the highest discount ever. Buy it now and get ready for the v1.2 patch: playable female hacker, reworked final fight, major optimization, and more. I've been waiting for this update since last December.
Good morning. I like how some strangers treat this as I am demeaning Perfect Dark. No I’m not, and I’m excited for how PD would embrace the immersive sim design values.
Here is the promised “Immersive Sims @ Steam Winter Sale” post. The format isn't very good, but I tried my best. Anyway, I hope you can find some games that you're interested in. Please wishlist, follow, buy, and review the ones you love!
Link ⬇
Tears of the Kingdom is something else: You can use Recall on things that you just used Ultrahand on; You can then use Ascend on things that you just used Ultrahand & Recall on if you're right under it.
This literally brought "stacking crates" in immersive sims to another level.
IMMERSIVE SIM DEMOS you can try at Steam Next Fest, a short thread!
System Shock RE:
Updated version of last year's Gamescom/Tokyo Game Show/PAX demo, I highly recommend it!