Fans of Universal’s 2005 War of the Worlds adaptation have been working on an open-world horror survival game for some time. This past week, the team uploaded a new 4K gameplay video and addressed some of the potential copyright issues that have been looming. The 25-minute video shows the Martian tripods roaming the Earth, player interactions with NPCs, and some weapon inventory footage.
Like a lot of other survival games on Steam, players need to manage various meters, like hydration, hunger, health, and sleep. Being on the run from Martians that want to eat you and use your blood to feed the red weeds will probably take a lot out of you. However, there appears to be some form of combat against the invaders and other humans.
If you’re familiar with the film, the Tripods have a shield that cannot be brought down by conventional weapons, not even the military’s. It’s unclear when you’ll be able to take the fight to the Martians. Perhaps after they start to suffer from the common cold, like in the movie? A majority of the firearms combat will probably be against the aliens once they’ve left their war machines, would be my guess.
For a preview of the survival gameplay aspect, check out the video below.
The team behind the game did give some forethought to the possibility that Universal may go after them for using the Tripod designs from the 2005 film:
“We know most of you are all fans of the look of the tripod’s in the movie and should we need to change it for our own imagining, we wanted to make sure the tripod still gave off the same biomechanical aquatic three legged hooded machine feel and that it could still use the same rig and animations as the movie accurate model. This will end up saving hundreds of development hours from needing to re-rig and reanimate an entirely different machine. It will use most of the same animations and be based on the same AI. The switch between either or will be as simple as flipping a switch. There are many unique differences between the designs that differentiate it enough from the movie’s design to avoid issues.”
I have no doubt that the studio will slap them with a cease and desist. Would you reconsider purchasing the game if the tripods didn’t look like the film versions? Let us know below.
There’s no date yet, but you can keep up with the game’s progress via Discord. As of now, there are over 2,000 active users.
Here are the expected system specs for War of the Worlds:
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3 or Equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1060 mini 3GB or higher
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 42 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD highly recommended to improve load times.
RECOMMENDED:
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Equivalent
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970 or Equivalent
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 42 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD highly recommended to improve load times.
If you prefer your open-world games to be more fantastical, check out our Hogwarts Legacy review.
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