The Xbox Series X also features GDDR6 memory – what’s the impact it will have on games in conjunction with the other advancements we’re going to see in next-gen consoles?Īre you looking into next-gen versions of the game as well, especially as you get closer to next-gen console releases? It’s more power, but I think the cloud and being able to large scale simulations and persistence will be the big new things this generation, so not so much the boxes themselves but what they connect to when you’re not looking! Speaking of next-gen hardware, something else that the PS5 has is a Zen 2 CPU- how big of a leap is it over current-gen hardware in your view, and how is it going to help development? What’s the biggest impact it’s going to have on development, according to you? There’s been a lot of talk of SSDs, which the PS5 and the Xbox Series X are both confirmed to feature. We have nothing to announce yet, but we are looking into it indeed! It would be a perfect fit in our view. How is the game running on the original Xbox One and PS4, in terms of frame rate and resolution?ĭo you have any plans to launch on the Switch?
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Will the game feature Xbox One X and PS4 Pro-specific enhancements? Is 4K/60 FPS on the cards?īoth are in 4K and running a stable 30 frames. 8-10 hours for a main run, then a few more hours if you want to scour it for secrets! It’s a deep game that respects your time and can be finished. How long will an average playthrough of Journey to the Savage Planet be? 8-10 hours for a main run, then a few more hours if you want to scour it for secrets!" "It’s a deep game that respects your time and can be finished. There are three basic archetypes: ambient creatures who’ll ignore you unless attacked, then prey who flee and predators who will indeed try to eat you! And there are flying and ground-based versions of each. Speaking of diversity, when it comes to the creatures players will encounter, how much do they differ from each other? Are some of them combat-oriented? There are many little micro biomes packed into the big four! Snowy areas, forests, caves, lava zones, fungal forests! There’s lots to find. How much diversity can players expect to see from the game’s unique biomes? We are only a small team, so we prioritized density over sheer scale: there’s lots to find packed into every nook and cranny. How large are the game’s individual explorable environments?īig! But not too big. If you didn’t feel good moving around in it, then players would just drop it and move on to the next game. It’s critical! We wanted a beautiful, exotic, colorful alien world that is hand crafted and filled with secrets and surprises. How crucial to the overall experience was it to nail the alien aesthetic and atmosphere that players will be traversing? You will also build double, triple and quadruple jumps, boost jumps, the ability to stomp, a grapple gun and more! You find all kinds of weird objects you can carry and throw with your left hand to open doors, dissolve resin, blow things up and more. The story asks questions, your exploration generates quests, and then finishing those quests and exploring every nook and cranny will unlock various emails, videos, messages and more that can give you answers to those story questions.Ĭan you talk about the various tools players will acquire throughout the game, and how these will aid in and change traversal? I like to think of the narrative in Journey to the Savage Planet as something you can explore rather than something we use to drive the player. Journey to the Savage Planet definitely seems like a game that places an immense emphasis on exploration but how much of the experience is narratively driven? If you didn’t feel good moving around in it, then players would just drop it and move on to the next game." "We wanted a beautiful, exotic, colorful alien world that is hand crafted and filled with secrets and surprises. NOTE: This interview was conducted prior to the game’s launch. You can read our conversation with industry veteran Alex Hutchinson, co-founder of Typhoon Studios and creative director of Journey to the Savage Planet. A little before its release though, we sent across a few of our questions about the game to developers Typhoon Studios, hoping to learn more about it, and learned some interesting things. Having been out for a couple of weeks now, Journey to the Savage Planet has been received quite well by many (you can read our own review through here). Exploring an exotic and strange alien planet, unlocking its secrets with progression in exploration – Journey to the Savage Planet offers the kinds of things that are hard to turn down.
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