New Footage Makes This Frontier Game Officially Stunning—Forget Red Dead Redemption 3

A different kind of frontier

It is an open-world first-person shooter with survival and crafting elements. An earlier alpha test prompted comparisons to Rust, but the development team has said it aims to offer more than a survival game dressed in Red Dead Redemption style.

Less pressure for players

The experience appears more focused on PvE, while PvP is optional. Dying also carries no major penalties, reducing the pressure to guard loot at all costs. Those choices may make the game more accessible to people who like survival games but find the genre’s threat of losing everything stressful.

New footage reveals more

Four videos and a livestream showed new environments and biomes, along with ranch building and customization. The team also revealed Apex Oil Works, a large enemy encampment that players can raid for substantial loot.

A trailer offered a preview of the Doomsday Bunker, the game’s endgame content. In a separate livestream, the team showed underground outposts filled with NPCs; players must fight through them, collect loot and set charges to complete the event by blowing up the bunker.

Alpha test starts November 12

The game’s visuals have improved noticeably compared with what was seen during an alpha test in September, though the livestream also showed some rough edges. The experience is described as a promising Wild West survival game, with its further development still to come.