Survarium Beta - Awesome Concept But Will It Deliver?

Hey guys today we're going to take a look at Survarium the spiritual successor to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

[MrScreamCream]

Muzzle flash blocking all the Vision, have to relay on the Hitmarker... nono!

[colers]

The big issue this game has later on is the factions. You need an ridiculous amount of exp to level up later on for factions; even on level 6 you need 20k exp while only gaining about 200-400 per game, and that for 4 factions if you want to keep your weapon selection as broad as possible.

As someone who has been with this game since October, i will openly state that these developers have turned "1 step forward, 2 steps back" into a fucking artform. They have no idea what they want. They have a game predicated on its good aestethic and visual style but insist that they need to make it more "noob friendly" (last patch added minimap dots and killcam's while literally 70% of the community voted against. They ditched map-based hazards in favor of discoball anomalies, irregardless of the people voting against. They ditched a purely body-part based system for a percentage based health system which really destroyed a lot of the feel. The list of insults goes on), evidently unaware that the more they make it accessible for new people, the more they lose the very thing that is supposed to hook them in. 

The developers do have a very clear line of communication though, something i must compliment them for, but they make such poor use of feedback that it seems an excercise in futility.

The developers need to get their shit together and focus on what makes this game stand out.

[frederiklauferts]

anyone else notice the german football team logo on the wall on the right at 2:24 ? FC Koeln

[heebiejeebies]

All of the problems in the game you just listed besides the hacking were are issues when BF4 launched. They are even issues sometimes today after it's been out for like 2 years.

[KingOfSweden]

Just an announcement this Game has come VERY far and is much much more balanced now. It still needs work BUT IT IS A BLAST to play. Definitely check it out

[samsterdahamster]

Red Orchestra has a similar system of leveling up your speeds except you get it through using the same gun or the same class. I think this because to me it simulates your character getting faster at it with the more experience doing it that they have

[kitomir]

ah what would i give to see new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game such an amazing series

[rtwilson]

They should just make a decent WWII game with nice graphics, say on the Frostbite engine or something, that would be so nice.

[nshearing]

Anyone else thinking a squad up series on CS with XFactor, JackFrags and Matimi0 would be the best thing ever?

[BobtheHobo]

The animation when you cycle the bolt on the mosin is so satisfying.

[_christastrophe_]

As much as I enjoy your BF videos I actually love it more when you bring us such an indepth and well rounded review of a new game.

[Krongfah]

I loved STALKER series. It's the best survival/horror/fps/rpg I've ever played. Granted the games were known to be littered with bugs but being singleplayers only, the community fixed those bugs quickly. Too bad the studio got shut down and most of the team disbanded.
The biggest problem with Survarium is that the devs never actually make a mulitplayer game before (It was tagged-on in all the STALKER games, but no one could actually play it).

STALKER had good atmosphere, good art style, good mechanics.

They knew how to make a good game. They just don't know how to make a good multiplayer game.

[maxrlf]

Can you make another video on this game in its state now?

[zanebrant]

There's no doubt in my mind this game has HUGE potential, it has tons of interesting ideas, mechanics, and stunning graphics, it just needs a lot of polish and the open-world game mode

[ShanobyKin]

Please thumb this post up so every comment about FC Köln badge would get response ;) Well, if you read lore. The story is the entire world is like that, so these maps are from all over the world. There is one map in London I think aswell (with one of the famous buildings being there). So this map is probably in Germany.

[Haim]

Me and 2 friends played this back over a year ago, back when you got selected into alpha testing, we got to a fairly high level, got all the end-game weapons and armor and we all had a blast, it was awesome and really fun.

we live in Europe though, so we didn't have any server problems at all, a few server downs and game freezes, BUT what can u expect from a game that just launched alpha?

we didn't meet any hackers, and me myself still have met very few (maybe there are few in the higher ranks?)

You have to take into consideration that this game is not for everyone, this game is meant for the STALKER lovers, the ones who completed all the games and just wanted more. I am really really looking forward to the mmo/ open world release and i am 100% with this, and i know that this will go on cause there are many ppl backing it.

[przybylason]

i love apocalyptic games with the overgrown, run down, 50 years in the future but still using old technology games. i would love if this game succeeded

[Fonderify]

As far as I ve heard it is maybe spiritual successor of stalker in terms of approach but it is based on other book of Andrej and Boris Strugacki that wrote the stalker and this is based on Forest. That is why is everything overgrown and anomalies are fungi and flowers.

[benharder]

Look, Ukraine has a lot more to worry about right now then developing a video game.  If there are issues in this game, I would blame it on Putin.

[jaybryce]

this beta has been out for EVER now. i was really fun but recently i got back on and couldn't find a single server. i waited 10 minutes before quitting. hopefully this video brings some players because it is really fun.