As we’ve been chronicling – and I is likely to be a bit obsessive about it now that I’m lastly catching up on its existence, sorry – Bohemia Interactive’s multiplayer survival sandbox Ylands has formally launched on the Nintendo Change this week… in non-multiplayer kind.
The unique recreation, which is has been out for years on PC and cellular, sit someplace on the spectrum between Minecraft and Valheim, with all of the survival trappings like constructing and crusing your individual pirate ship, foraging for assets, exploring new places, and PvP, however all packaged up in a cute voxel-esque field. And naturally, on Steam, the sport is free-to-play and multiplayer, funded by way of DLC and in-game transactions, so in order for you multiplayer, go that route.
The newly launched Change model, nonetheless, is neither of these issues; it’s a standalone, single-player title, with a one-time buy-in and nothing else, particularly aimed toward youthful gamers and people who recreation with out an web connection. And naturally, which means the sport is future-proofed towards doable upkeep mode or shut-down of the multiplayer model.
We chatted with Bohemia in regards to the launch earlier this week; the crew instructed me it hopes to proceed supporting the sport effectively into the longer term because it’s supported DayZ and Arma 3, that it’s already engaged on the subsequent replace, and that the success of the sport on Change will affect how a lot love PC will get. By the way, I’m instructed it’s pronounced “Islands,” not “Why-lands.” Time to appropriate my headcanon!
