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New Xbox One/PC Survival Game From BioShock, Halo Devs Gets Release Date

The survival game is set in "post-societal" America and looks gorgeous.

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The Flame in the Flood, a survival game developed by a team whose members include former BioShock and Halo developers, will launch across Xbox One, PC, and Mac on February 24. The developer, The Molasses Flood, announced the release date today, also debuting a new trailer that showcases some wildlife survival tips.

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The Flame in the Flood takes place in "post-societal" America. Your goal is to survive, and as the trailer above shows, it's a pretty hostile and unforgiving world out there.

You travel down a procedurally generated river, making stops to forage and craft items--and avoid animals like bears and boars. Assisting you on your journey is your dog, Aesop, who can use its nose to find supplies.

Additionally, the game has an original soundtrack composed by Chuck Ragan, formerly of the band Hot Water Music.

The Flame in the Flood is Boston-based The Molasses Flood's first game. The studio, which describes itself as a "company of AAA refugees," formed after BioShock developer Irrational Games closed down in 2014. Forrest Dowling, who worked at Irrational on BioShock Infinite, is the CEO of The Molasses Flood.

Some of the developer's other team members worked on franchises like Rock Band, Guitar Hero, and Halo.

The Flame in the Flood was successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2014, raising more than $250,000.

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Love the ending!

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Why did this game make me think of Recore?

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Boars are always mean.

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Gonna have to keep an eye on this one. Seems something right up my 7yr olds' alley.

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@Burriscold: Yeah...nope.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/molassesflood/the-flame-in-the-flood/description

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Seems cool.

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What is the deal with all these survival/wilderness games? They are a dime a dozen nowadays....at least this one has a cute dog

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@Moonco: this game is going to have a difficult time competing against other games that cheap.

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@Moonco: It's the current fad, which is sad, because they're generally not all that great.

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This game looks kinda meh. Reminds me of How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition, but there's nothing wrong with variety in games all the same. It is funny though that just about all the negative comments about this game on this board are from people who have generally negative opinions of the Xbox One anyway.

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@jerjef: From a couple long videos of this I have to agree it looks pretty meh. It's OK and perhaps challenging, however you don't seem to progress much, but rather repeat a few basic activities and similar locations.

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I am very much looking forward to this game.

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I liked the art style, also the world seems to invite you to explore it, while frightening you at the same time. Think I'll get it for steam

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@macaque12: I agree on the art style. My game time is so limited and I have a backlog so games like these are usually left alone for years by me. There are exceptions like Journey and Ori, both of which I bought and played right away. But being an adult with responsibilities stinks.

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Bitterness, bitterness, bitterness. Maybe the only games people should make or play are Flappy Bird clones.

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Why do so many main charcters look so boring,uncharming or deformed(here the ugly face)?

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@sladakrobot: From your adjectives used I would say the reason why is "opinions".

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@magnusstorm: I would call them odd design choises

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@sladakrobot: I would call that another opinion. Art styles don't all follow what you think is pretty, junior.

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@magnusstorm: I didnt said they must be pretty,grandpa.

But it must not be deformed characters which arent pretty or charming or interesting.

The stuff which makes memorable characters.

I wished they put so much time to design a character people have fun to play with like they did with the environment.

For me this is a character they spent 5 minutes on making it.

Maybe they have more characters to chose from or a character maker?

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Great! Another "next gen" low budget game.

I cannot wait to ignore this completely till is free.

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@KILLEDbCRITICAL:

The game was originally Kick Started for PC anyway.

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All the ps4 fanboys will think it's a waste of time for some reason.....

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@numinex10: or people will just play it on PC.... ?

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@numinex10: Hopefully the upcoming release of SF5 & Uncharted 4 will distract some of the more illustrious super-trolls that patrol these comment sections.

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@Alucard_Prime: Assuming they actually play games. Doubtful there is any change, they're just here for the troll.

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Games I'm tired of:

Survival

Open World

It's like the new FPS of last gen.

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@rlg5150: Then don't buy those. Your problem is solved. Well your gaming problem is solved.

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@rlg5150: Last gen ? Ive played fps games since way before last gen !!

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@rlg5150: Not many "proper" survival games out there.

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@sladakrobot: very true !!

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If they put the Kreator track "From Flood into Fire" in this game I'd be more likely to play it when it's released free on Games with Gold. Also the Far Cry Primal advertisement makes the gameplay video anti-climatic.

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No thanks!

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Strange that a mobile game like this, which sounds like it's ideal to keep kids occupied in the back seat of the mini van on a trip to grandmas house, isn't coming to mobile.

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@wookiegr: Thumps up for the wookiee.

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@wookiegr: One less game for you to enjoy on your way to tour grandma's house.

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@rasterror: It is a national treasure.

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Why would anyone waste their time on something like this?

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@jdlok: You are really lost on the fact that other people like things that you don't? Sad.

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Not really much to go from but the art style looks ok. Considering it's out in 2 weeks and it's the first I've ever seen this game I wouldn't imagine it's going to set the world alight

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I'll pass thank you.

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