In The Darwin Project you fight in battle royale style in an ice wasteland. Additionally, there is an all-powerful game master who can set traps for players or support them.
The Darwin Project is one of many upcoming battle royale games in 2018 that want a piece of the pie that games like Fortnite or PUBG are currently devouring.
In light of an impending ice age, 10 participants in a scientific experiment must slaughter each other. However, the low player count is not the only unique feature compared to competitors like PUBG or Fortnite.
Campers have a hard time
The Darwin Project is partly a survival game. Because to avoid freezing to death in the cold, you need to regularly warm up by fires. However, the flames are widely visible and attract other players. This is ideal if you want to set traps for them.
However, long camping in Darwin Project is not as effective as in other battle royale games. Because in the snow, you leave visible tracks, and savvy players can quickly track you down and discover your hiding spot.
There is also a crafting system. You can build useful items from leftover junk and wild animals, thus equipping yourself with warm cloaks or bows and arrows.
The show must go on!
The survival element itself is already something new, but The Darwin Project has even more original features up its sleeve. Like in the battle royale story “Hunger Games,” The Darwin Project is a media spectacle. Therefore, one player acts as the game master, who has a full overview of the playing field.
He can interact with the players and do good or evil to them. He can give valuable tips to players he likes or throw bombs at players he doesn’t like. So it’s important to get along well with the game master to avoid provoking his wrath.
If the game master is a nasty troll, then may the gods have mercy on you!
Test Darwin Project this weekend – Download
The Darwin Project is not finished yet, and the release is still far away. However, this weekend, from January 19 at 9:00 PM to January 22 at 6:00 AM, you can test The Darwin Project for free on Steam.
Here you can download The Darwin Project on Steam
In addition to The Darwin Project, there are plenty of other battle royale games in 2018.
