Okomotive and publisher Frontier Developments are just about ready to let the atmospheric discovery game FAR: Changing Tides loose onto the world. Shown off last year in June, Changing Tides dives deeper into the world imagined by FAR: Lone Sails. Of course, the adventure isn’t quite the same. New challenges and dangers await when FAR: Changing Tides hits its release date of March 1.
The big change between the two games revolves around how you traverse the environment. Lone Sails saw you on a solo adventure while piloting a massive ground vehicle. You needed to keep the metal beast running, completing environmental puzzles to continue on the journey. FAR: Changing Tides, however, puts you out on a large ship traversing the ocean.
Some gameplay elements remain the same. Like the vehicle before it, the ship is a clunky monstrosity that requires plenty of TLC to keep it chugging along. There will still be light puzzles to solve, and a world of mystery to uncover. However, ...
FAR: Lone Sails quietly released a few years ago, delivering a solitary, thoughtful experience that had you maintaining a large land vehicle as it crossed the landscape. For the sequel, FAR: Changing Tides, developer Okomotive is taking that concept and taking it out to sea.
The game has just been confirmed for both PlayStation 5 and PS4, and if it's anything like its predecessor, it should be a lovely little adventure. As before, you'll be crossing a post-apocalyptic world in a large ship, but this time, you'll be heading out into open waters. The vehicle can act as both a boat and a submarine, allowing you to explore your surroundings above and below the ocean.
FAR: Changing Tides will release on 1st March for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch and PC, publisher Frontier Foundry has confirmed. Pre-orders are now live, but Xbox Game Pass subscribers should note that they game will be added to the Game Pass library for Xbox on day one. FAR: Changing Tides is the follow up to Okomotive’s FAR: Lone Sails, the team swapping the sand dunes of that game for an adventure across flooded environments instead. You will play as Toe, a boy stranded in in this flooded world having to traverse the landscape with a rather unique looking ship that glide along the surface or head below. You’ll have to solve puzzles and survive the elements while searching for a new home. Celebrating the launch date reveal, Frontier has also released part of the soundtrack. The first of these ‘soundwaves’ blends together in-game sounds with some meditative orchestration. It’s a lovely, soothing video to run in the background of your day. Lovely. A second hour-long lo-fi video will be coming along soon. Source: press release
FAR: Changing Tides now has a release date of 1st March and is available to pre-order.
Originally scheduled for last year, Changing Tides is the sequel to Far: Lone Sails developed by Okomotive and published by Frontier Foundry, the games label of Frontier Developments.
It was back in June 2021 that we told you how the FAR series was going to be evolving, with Changing Tides looking to follow on from the initial launch of FAR: Lone Sails. Well now that second game has got itself a fully confirmed released date. It's coming to Game Pass too.