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This Pacific Drive ‘Surviving the Zone’ video gives a deep 10 minute primer

It's a rough road out there.

Itā€™s a little less than a month until Pacific Drive rolls out into the world. To get you ready for the game, Ironwood Studios has released a video that covers the core gameplay.

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It isnā€™t hard to understand the basics of Pacific Drive, but there are a lot of deeper systems to keep in mind. For example, gathering anchor energy is important, but you might not realize how important it really is until youā€™re caught in an area with reality collapsing around you. So, you can learn from your mistakes like I did, or you can watch this video.

Having played Pacific Drive, I can tell you that this 10-minute video is pretty all-encompassing, covering car maintenance, survival, scavenging, and upgrading. If youā€™re not sure what the game is going to play like, this will tell you what it is and what it isnā€™t. Also, look at it this way, it will allow you to glide through the tutorial parts pretty easily.

I previewed Pacific Drive a while back, and while I have some reservations, my time with it left me excited to get my hands on the full experience. Thereā€™s a lot of elements of what I love mixed in there, and Iā€™m wondering how well theyā€™ll fare when stretched out to a full experience. Iā€™m worried that the core gameplay loop will become repetitive, so Iā€™m hoping to see a lot of surprises scattered about as you proceed further into the zone.

Pacific Drive is out on February 22, 2024 for PS4 and PC.


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