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Grounded Flight Available Now - Xbox Wire

Starting today through June 22, global fans can experience an early demo of Grounded, Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming survival adventure game, through the Xbox Insider Program and/or through Steam Game Festival. Those who registered to be an Xbox Insider can now check their Xbox Insider Hub to...

news.xbox.com

• Starting today and extending through June 22, Grounded flight will be available for accepted Xbox Insiders in the Xbox Insider Hub and Steam client as a part of the Steam Game Festival as a single-player demo.
• Grounded will enter Xbox Game Preview with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Steam Early Access on July 28, 2020.

Starting today through June 22, global fans can experience an early demo of Grounded, Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming survival adventure game, through the Xbox Insider Program and/or through Steam Game Festival. Those who registered to be an Xbox Insider can now check their Xbox Insider Hub to see if they have been accepted to participate in the Grounded flight on Xbox. Fans also have an opportunity to explore the vast, beautiful, and dangerous world of Grounded through the same single-player demo released on Xbox Insider, on Steam as part of the Steam Game Festival.

The demo will allow players to get a look at the single-player experience of Grounded. Upon choosing their character, players will be thrust right into the heart of the backyard at sunrise, and will quickly discover that life is different when you’re only one centimeter tall. Over the course of one in-game day, this experience will allow players to craft tools and weapons, build structures, and survive against the various perils of being small.

 

[TheCrimsnFuckr]

I am actually really excited for this game despite not often caring much for survival games. This honestly does look like a really damn fun game that I will be able to play with friends or with my younger brother (although, he is 13 now and we just played the Gears saga together as his first time, so I guess that is a moot point now). Everything I have seen so far relating to this game makes it look just really damn fun and creative

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

 

[Rob_27]

Cool ta downloading

 

[Rob_27]

Just tried. Not sure what I was doing single player at moment. Scale is quite convincing

 

[10000]

Very excited with this, I am really glad theres a pc version

 

[Vawn]

So are they counting this as "AAA"?

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Why are Obsidian not making RPGs that they are known for and good at?

 

[Dory16]

Are those R&C Rift Apart graphics on a current gen console?

 

[GaviotaGrande]

Man, console warriors are the worst kind.

 

[Dory16]

Why are Obsidian not making RPGs that they are known for and good at?

Multiple teams in the studio.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Apparently the game has an arachnophobia mode

Grounded details Arachnophobia Mode as Steam Game Festival demo goes live

Grounded's Steam Game Festival demo is live today, but if spiders give you the willies, no need to fear. Obsidian and Microsoft are implementing a special Arachnophobia Mode to help you out.

www.shacknews.com

"To help those with arachnophobia play the game, the team has been working closely with Microsoft's User Research Lab to develop an Arachnophobia Mode that will change the look and feel of the spiders," Social Media Manager Shyla Schofield said during Monday's Grounded Developer Vlog. "This mode will also be client-side, so each person playing will be able to decide if they want to play with Arachnophobia Mode on or off without affecting the other people playing."

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

So are they counting this as "AAA"?

 

[Andodalf]

Sweet, downloading it now! Only 3.37 gb!

 

[Murder187]

Why are you here

 

[D.Final]

Grounded Flight Available Now - Xbox Wire

Starting today through June 22, global fans can experience an early demo of Grounded, Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming survival adventure game, through the Xbox Insider Program and/or through Steam Game Festival. Those who registered to be an Xbox Insider can now check their Xbox Insider Hub to...

news.xbox.com

• Starting today and extending through June 22, Grounded flight will be available for accepted Xbox Insiders in the Xbox Insider Hub and Steam client as a part of the Steam Game Festival as a single-player demo.
• Grounded will enter Xbox Game Preview with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Steam Early Access on July 28, 2020.

The Demo is always great

 

[ultrazilla]

Man this demo. It's fucking

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wicked cool Loving it!!

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Man this demo. It's fucking

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wicked cool Loving it!!

 

[Andodalf]

Game for sure has a ways to go, but by the end of it I was starting to see some cool stuff and was interested!

 

[CatLady]

I wish they would put this on GP, I bowed out of the Insider program, but I'd love to try this.

 

[Murder187]

Man this demo. It's fucking

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wicked cool Loving it!!

I want to try smh

 

[quest]

Why are Obsidian not making RPGs that they are known for and good at?

Because they wanted to make it. That has been our biggest complaint about Microsoft forcing teams to make shit they did not want like gaas. This is what we should be happy for if obsidian wanted to make a small side project let them have the creative freedom to do so. Not every game has to be a Sony clone to be good.

 

[Dolomite]

Why are Obsidian not making RPGs that they are known for and good at?

They are. Thier unnaounced RPG is expected to debut at the July show. Grounded has been in development before MS. This project has to get it's time for now

 

[ultrazilla]

The playable demo is on Steam also folks.

 

[xiseerht]

Man this game is fun as hell. I am sold now on it . I can see myself playing this for a while

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

The playable demo is on Steam also folks.

About to give it a DL and try it out. Game looks fun in the trailers

 

[Andodalf]

I wish they would put this on GP, I bowed out of the Insider program, but I'd love to try this.

Worth noting you don’t have to be on a preview build for this, just be in the program and have the app at all

 

[Hendrick's]

I don't know why, but I'm really excited for this. Just something about being shrunk down that has always captured my imagination.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Demo is fun. Can confirm.

 

[CatLady]

Worth noting you don’t have to be on a preview build for this, just be in the program and have the app at all

Thanks I'll give it a shot.

 

[eastwood333]

So are they counting this as "AAA"?

No, nor have they ever. Take your fanboy warring elsewhere please.

 

[Elder Legend]

Why are Obsidian not making RPGs that they are known for and good at?

Obsidian has 5 projects in development. 3 small ones (includes Grounded, possibly also Outer Worlds DLC) I believe and 2 big ones. One of them is rumored to be a sequel to Outer Worlds and 2nd a big Skyrim style equivalent RPG with Microsoft budget.

 

[Vawn]

No, nor have they ever.

I was asking because they are claiming AAA games every other month from first-party studios, but it is difficult to know what they mean by "AAA", as that's a vague term.

 

[cHaOs667]

I was asking because they are claiming AAA games every other month from first-party studios, but it is difficult to know what they mean by "AAA", as that's a vague term.

Who was claiming this? source?

 

[Vawn]

Who was claiming this? source?

There's another thread going on about this.

New AAA game every other month from Microsoft...?

Came across this and thought it was worth sharing, supposedly the source is a semi-legit (?) insider:

www.neogaf.com

 

[Elder Legend]

I was asking because they are claiming AAA games every other month from first-party studios, but it is difficult to know what they mean by "AAA", as that's a vague term.

I highly doubt AAA every other month is real. 1st of all its from some random dude on a random forum that no one ever heard of (at least I didn't). I do not believe Microsoft ever made such a claim to begin withI. I would not read too much into the whole AAA once every month thing. Even if it is happening, it will take some time for that to get kicked into gear, we still have yet to see any 1st phase games from their studios.

As a matter of fact Microsoft claimed a AAA game every 3 months -and this was year claimed/talked about last year. So here is your answer, the rumor is bullshit. 3 -4triple A games a year makes sense and is a good balance.

Source - https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/0...ty-xbox-game-about-every-three-months-e3-2019

 

[Iced Arcade]

Wow actually wasn't expecting this to be good

So are they counting this as "AAA"?

you really don't get tired of it do you.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

I was asking because they are claiming AAA games every other month from first-party studios, but it is difficult to know what they mean by "AAA", as that's a vague term.

You're so full of shit.

 

[Hendrick's]

Demo is fun. Can confirm.

It was great. Surprisingly challenging. Those fucking mites.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

It was great. Surprising challenging. Those fucking mites.

An ant killed my within a minute of first playing. I was like “oh this is for real.”

 

[Elder Legend]

An ant killed my within a minute of first playing. I was like “oh this is for real.”

I'd love to give it a shot, but I am editing a video right now, care to tell me how the gameplay works please? I haven't had a chance to check it out. What's the concept/design?

 

[VlaudTheImpaler]

Downloading now. Gonna give it a go after my workout.

 

[Night.Ninja]

Not too bad kinda like ark and dayz but with structure, i couldn't find fresh water ended up getting killed by mites and spiders

 

[01011001]

surprised to find the game running at 60fps on One X.
I was expecting 30fps just like Outer Worlds.

it's hard to judge the game from this small demo, but it seems to be alright I guess?
the aim sensitivity slider is broken tho, so that sucks.

if I had to guess the resolution I'd say it's dynamic and hangs around 1440p to 1600p, but due to UE4's aggressive AA that's hard to say without actually measuring it

 

[eastwood333]

I was asking because they are claiming AAA games every other month from first-party studios, but it is difficult to know what they mean by "AAA", as that's a vague term.

Do you have a link? I don't recall them saying "AAA". I recall them stating new releases that would be AAA and smaller scale games.

 

[Starcheif]

was a fun little demo I really enjoyed the world they have created.

 

[Hendrick's]

I'd love to give it a shot, but I am editing a video right now, care to tell me how the gameplay works please? I haven't had a chance to check it out. What's the concept/design?

It's a survival/crafting game with puzzleish objectives and exploration. Being shrunk down and running from bugs you step on in real life is actually intense. The bug AI is good and they will swarm an sneak up on you like real insects.

To play you need to be an Xbox Insider. It's a pre Game Preview snippet, so don't expect a ton of polish, but it is still very playable. Down side is that you can only play in 30 minute chunks, meaning the game ends after playing for 30 minutes but you can start over with another 30.

 

[CatLady]

It was great. Surprisingly challenging. Those fucking mites.

I got killed by a mite. Game is FUN, but it started freezing on me and then crashed to dash and refused to reload. Brings me back to the Obsidian days of FO:NV at launch

 

[CatLady]

It's a survival/crafting game with puzzleish objectives and exploration. Being shrunk down and running from bugs you step on in real life is actually intense. The bug AI is good and they will swarm an sneak up on you like real insects.

To play you need to be an Xbox Insider. It's a pre Game Preview snippet, so don't expect a ton of polish, but it is still very playable. Down side is that you can only play in 30 minute chunks, meaning the game ends after playing for 30 minutes but you can start over with another 30.

Can you play it again after your 30 minutes runs out?

 

[Starcheif]

Can you play it again after your 30 minutes runs out?

I think you can play this outside of the insider program and yes you can replay another 30 mins