


That’s all going to change when that $100 million gets invested. The game has more than a dozen maps counting its sterilized arena spaces that are just used for competitive matches, though you’ll probably play the same five or six of the most popular maps in casual play where everyone gets to vote on which map gets picked.Īll of that is pretty impressive considering that Splitgate only has about 10 full-time developers working on it. Some gamers have been playing since Early Access and have a bit of an advantage, but largely the droves of people coming in now are all starting around the same time with the same amount of experience. Discover the stories of the people that lived in this mysterious part of the desert.(Image credit: 1047 Games) Season Zero is just the beginning (obviously)Ĭurrently, the game is in its Season Zero.Prepare food and craft all the items required for your survival.Unlock different refuge facilities, such as the crafting bench, animal traps, and the fireplace.Consume energy with every action, find a bed and strategize how many resources are needed to recover it back.Find abandoned locations and uses them as temporary refuges.Avoid sun exposure and keep your body temperature low.Remember to keep your torch well maintained, you will need oil to be able to explore at night or get deeper in the mining network of the Atacama. Vision is scarce but without dangers such as sun exposure and high temperatures, it will be easier to find resources. Find a bed to recover energy or embrace the darkness and explore the desert at night.

Survive the day to embrace the darkness of the night. While they’re not lethal on their own, they can heavily affect a struggling survivor. Prepare yourself, extreme temperatures and sandstorms can occur at any time. Stock up with resources and look for a safe place! Weather Events While exploring the mountains of the Atacama, the player must survive severe dehydration, extreme temperatures, sun exposure, and other kinds of natural dangers.Īvoid getting sunburn and be careful to the body temperature of the character. Shade in the desert is scarce, as it is water. Will you find and repair all the refuges on the map? Will you explore for additional resources? How many days can you survive? Harsh Environment After a guided onboarding the player will be left to explore and progress the story how they prefer. Survival Open WorldĪs a single-player survival open-world, Arid aims at delivering a semi-hardcore experience that does not handhold the players. *We took some creative freedoms in order to extremize the harsh climate and location in which the game is set. Will you survive the harsh temperature and conditions of this unique setting? Is there even a way out? You are the pilot of a cargo flying 8000 meters over the Atacama*, a mysterious failure in the engine and a miraculous landing has left you stranded in one of the largest and most arid deserts in the world. Welcome to Arid, a small and contained open world survival experience set during the 1930s in one of the driest places in the world: the Atacama.
