The Forest 2 release date, gameplay, trailer, story, news (2023)

The Forest is a survival horror game developed and published by Endnight Games in 2014. And it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it took the world by storm for its top-notch survival aspects and crippling atmosphere. Since then, the growing community has been eagerly awaiting the sequel. At The Game Awards 2019, Endnight Games announced the long-awaited sequel to The Forest. Sons of the Forest is a promising horror survival game set to be released before the end of 2021.

The Tale of the Sons of the Forest

You carry a log back to your cabin while the seemingly friendly mutant waits patiently for you.

We already know that Sons of the Forest is the direct sequel to Endnight's The Forest. But we only have vague ideas about what the game will be about and how it relates to its predecessor.

We know Sons of the Forest is set on a peninsula where you have to fight off cannibals and mutants to survive. Whether it's the same as we suffered in the first game or not, we don't know. However, the location was actually teased in the final cutscene of the first game. An adult Timmy (your son in the game) was looking at a bulletin in his apartment. In the bulletin was a map of the peninsula. A Saharan laboratory called "Site 2" has been encircled in the north-west of the peninsula.

For those of you who don't know, Sahara Therapeutics is the company responsible for the incidents at The Forest. In fact, based on the Sons of the Forest trailers, many thought you could play as an employee of Sahara Therapeutics. Whether this is true or false, we can only wait for more information from Endnight itself to be sure.

Sons of the Forest release date

See, The Forest itself was released a year after Endnight was announced in 2013. After that point, Sons of the Forest should have been released as early as December or January 2020. But should Endnight create a release pattern, there seem to be a few obstacles in the way.

In any case, we know Sons of the Forest will be out sometime this year. This was teased by Endnight himself in the gameplay trailer back in December.
With that in mind, it would probably be healthy to think that Endnight Games will be true to their word and release the game before the summer is over. However, we should probably be on the lookout for another trailer before actually playing it.

Sons of the Forest-Gameplay

Sons of the Forest is a survival horror game. If it stays true to its predecessor, it will be a game in which you will have to craft, build and fight against a multitude of cannibals and mutants who will pursue you and try to kill you. Maybe they won't do it right away, but The Forest itself proved that suspense really adds to the narratives in this genre.

You can play in either multiplayer or single player mode. In The Forest multiplayer, you can play as a party of 4 players teaming up to survive, build a base, explore and find your little boy Timmy. In single player mode, you can do all of that, except you have to do it yourself. You probably won't get that many laughs as you'll be busy being chased by monsters and scaring yourself insane, but what's a survival horror game without the element of horror, right?

The physics and visuals of things from chopping down trees to the new digging feature look phenomenal. Since these are key elements of the game - along with crafting and building - they seem to have been improved on so many levels to make your experience in Sons of the Forest much more immersive than its predecessor. It also seems that now we can even make a 3D printer and solar panels.

The mutant watches you with surprising ease as you prepare your crossbow for hunting near the river.

Endnight also worked on the environment in Sons of the Forest. From your wilderness surroundings to the dark, spooky caves, everything promises that this game will take over its genre. There are even season and weather elements like snow now.

We don't yet know how your journey in Sons of the Forest will go. But one thing is for sure. You have to go through a lot of cannibals and mutants with an AI so smart that you wonder if they are NPCs or real creatures from real life. A few of them were teased in the trailers, which we'll talk about later.

Sons Of The Forest trailer

Sons of the Forest was first revealed by Endnight at The Game Awards in December 2021. The reveal trailer was indeed informative, vague as it was.

The player character is - along with a few other soldiers - in a helicopter that appears to be headed for the peninsula. He has a tattoo that says "Fight Demons". Which suggests he has an inkling of what lies ahead. A cannibal is thrown onto the helicopter by what appears to be a very powerful mutant that has not yet been revealed. It crashes and the real journey begins.

A few new creatures on display, however, are a three-legged female mutant and a couple of mouthless cannibals that may have evolved as they are.

The reveal trailer also shows off a new modern ax and shotgun. That probably means we'll have significantly more firepower in Sons of the Forest than in its predecessor.

An official gameplay trailer followed December 2020. It shows many new features in the game.

It picks up on the helicopter crash and shows your character staring at a large, snow-capped mountain in the distance while holding a stuttering GPS device. Maybe...just maybe this mountain will be the final location in the game's storyline.

As said, the gameplay trailer shows many new features in the game. In addition to crafting and building, we now have digging. This is an exciting addition to the game that we'll have to wait and see how widely it is used.

Snow is a cool new weather feature in the game. It blew our minds when it snowed as you were carried to your cabin while the three-legged female mutant waited for you while shivering from the cold.

The gameplay trailer also showed off some of the new weapons like the modern crossbow, taser and handgun along with a 3D printed mask which we're still not really sure of the purpose of.

One final thing that was heavily showcased in the gameplay trailer is the new AI. It looks very promising and seems to be better than any other game of the respective genre. From the creatures that stalk and hunt you, to a more powerful cannibal that actually grabs one of his own by the neck and picks it up before tossing it into your cabin.

Sons Of The Forest-Entwickler

We don't know when Endnight Games first started work on Sons of the Forest, but it seems to have been in development for quite a while before it was first revealed at The Game Awards 2019.

In an interview with Escapist Magazine, game director Ben Falcone and lead programmer Rod Green admitted that the success of the first game helped them improve their work environment, as while they remained "relatively small" they actually "moved in to be nicer and bigger." offices and due to the success of the first title, they have been able to hire some of the best developers in the world.”

Sons Of The Forest News

A cannibal wearing a mask is trying to figure out how to interact with you. The similar mask you wear appears to be used as camouflage in Sons of the Forest.

Endnight revealed on multiple accounts that Sons of the Forest will indeed have multiplayer at launch. But we don't know if the same could be said about console support and VR.

They admitted in their interview with Escapist Magazine that they can only confirm the PC release so far.

The Forest itself had its Playstation and VR support up to four years after its initial release. We don't know if that will also apply to Sons of the Forest, but we certainly hope not.

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