{"id":72931,"date":"2014-09-16T16:24:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T14:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=72931"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:28:26","slug":"my-first-30-minutes-playing-the-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/my-first-30-minutes-playing-the-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"My first 30 minutes playing The Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fear, loneliness, courage: The Forest <\/a>made me feel all these things in just a mere 30 minutes.\u00a0The Forest<\/a> is a survival horror game<\/strong> available through Steam (via early access), what looks like a cross between Minecraft<\/a> and an action game. While the game’s still in its pre-alpha version, it’s already poised to become a smash hit.<\/p>\n

The Forest involves surviving in the wilderness, building a shelter with tools, hunting, gathering, and most of all, defending. Your environment is generated randomly<\/strong>: each game is different from the last. The only way to get a sense of the game is by actually immersing yourself in it. The result? A quick walkthrough of my first 30 minutes playing, which I think will help explain why I immediately became addicted (and why you might too).<\/p>\n

Landing… and escape<\/h3>\n

A lot of time has passed since the plane broke in two and crashed. How much time? I don’t know. I don’t see any bodies. There may be survivors but where are they?<\/p>\n

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After grabbing an emergency axe, I decide to go outside. It’s daytime. A quiet forest welcomes me. The floor is covered with suitcases and airplane pieces.<\/p>\n

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I see a lake in the distance. Full of hope, I head towards the shore. Perhaps the other survivors are there. If there’s water, I can wash my wounds and quench my thirst.<\/p>\n

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I spot a couple of cabins in the distance. I can see some figures, but something isn’t quite right. They’re making a lot of violent gestures. I don’t think they’ve seen me. I’m lying on the floor.<\/p>\n

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A totem pole planted in the ground makes me suspicious. Something tells me that I shouldn’t approach the natives. Maybe later, when I’ve recovered my strength (and manufactured some weapons).<\/p>\n

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I turn around and start to run into the woods. There is a hill where I could make signals. Getting up there is exhausting, but I want to distance myself from the natives.<\/p>\n

Constructing a shelter<\/h3>\n

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The view from the hill is beautiful. From here, I can watch over the beach and the huts. They can see me, but I can see them too, and I have the higher ground. If they try to climb up, I will throw rocks at them.<\/p>\n

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Time to work. Luckily I have a survival manual. In just a few minutes, I learn how to build a shelter and start a fire. I just need time and materials.<\/p>\n

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With the little strength I have left, I gather the necessary sticks and stones. The hardest things to gather are the thick tree trunks. I choose a tree and cut it down with my axe. It’s exhausting.<\/p>\n

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Now, I have several large logs which I can use to build a roof for the emergency shelter. There is still plenty of light\u2013 I can do it. I must do it, I think to myself.<\/p>\n

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As I’m going back for more stones, I find two briefcases that fell from the plane. I don’t know the combination, but that doesn’t matter. I have my axe. After a couple of hits, I find a flashlight.<\/p>\n

An improvised dinner<\/h3>\n

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It’s getting late, but my shelter is ready. I have also built a bonfire. The heat from the fire comforts me. Now I know I have options. I may yet live to see another day.<\/p>\n

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Just as I’m starting to relax, it starts to rain. Of course\u2013 we are very far north. My fire goes out. Hopefully the rain will stop so I can light it up again with my lighter.<\/p>\n

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I decide to cook a lizard that I killed on the riverbank. It’s not much, but when I throw it on the fire, my stomach starts to rumble. It eat it all, but I’m still not satisfied.<\/p>\n

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The manual explains that there is a type of berry that’s safe to eat, but there are others that I must avoid at all costs. I add some of the white ones to my diet.<\/p>\n

A night of solitude and reflection<\/h3>\n

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I use the last hours of daylight to walk around the hill. I see an ocean on the other side of the forest. There’s no sign of survivors and nothing that indicates civilization.<\/p>\n

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Night time at last. My fire is the only artificial light for miles around. The darkness is full of small noises, none of which are human. I should sleep, but I’m scared.<\/p>\n

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I turn around and I’m greeted by a rainbow above the forest. At these latitudes, it’s perfectly normal to see them this late. For a moment, it makes me forget the tragedy of my situation.<\/p>\n

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Nature is beautiful and cruel, but something in my mind tells me the people here will give me more of a cause for concern. Tomorrow I will hunt, eat and, walk to the beach huts to confront them.<\/p>\n

Survival is an attitude<\/h3>\n

Almost all survival manuals begin by saying that the most important thing for survival is not tools or training, but having a positive attitude<\/strong>. The Forest<\/a> is the first game that tests your attitude in the face of danger, a simulator where you have to keep a cool head and warm heart. What happens after 30 mintes? Where’s all the ‘horror’? Keep playing to find out.<\/p>\n

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