Nightingale is a survival game with a PvE focus that can be played alone or cooperatively with friends and invites you to immerse yourself in fantastic worlds through mystical portals. In a preview event, MeinMMO author Jacqueline had the opportunity to experience the first hours of Nightingale and was fascinated by the game’s character creation from the start. She was also able to gain a first impression of the open world.
In the survival game Nightingale, which will be released on February 20th, you are stranded in a world full of dangerous Fae creatures in search of the magical city of Nightingale. In this world you must survive, explore and travel through portals to experience different biomes, alone or with friends.
Who is writing here? Jacqueline is passionate about playing survival games and MMORPGs of all kinds and loves diving into new worlds again and again, both alone and in multiplayer. From Raft to The Forest, she plays everything she can get her hands on in survival games.
You can see what awaits us in Nightingale in the following trailer:
Nightingale Realmwalker – Trailer
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Why do I like character creation so much? It is now not uncommon to personalize your character in games, especially in MMORPGs. This feature is also becoming more and more common in survival games like Palworld.
So what makes this game different from others? In my opinion, the size of the customizer is reminiscent of MMORPGs or Sims, as there is hardly anything that you cannot change. In addition to classic adjustments such as tattoos or scars, there are also features that are otherwise rarely seen, such as the opacity of your make-up.
So I spent 1 1/2 hours creating the character just to look at everything carefully and think about which eye color I like better.
You can also set your historical background in the character editor. There are 7 different choices here: Academic, Politician, Trader, Hermit, Officer, Petty Criminal and Vagabond.
You can also choose your age, which also affects the appearance of your character in terms of wrinkles. Finally, you can choose which difficulty level you want to start on and how well equipped you want to be at the beginning.
“No character should be the same”
I get to know the game better in a co-op session with the developers. In a joint co-op session with Inflexion Games CEO Aaryn Flynn and developer Neil Thompson, we play Nightingale with a few other journalists.
At the start of our session I talk to Aaryn about the character editor and am surprised by the size of it. Aaryn explains to me that her goal was for “no two characters to look the same and each one to be individual.”
Over the course of our session, we fought against apex creatures, giant bosses that vary depending on the area, traveled through different realms, fought enemies together, and also learned more about the different portal maps available in the game. For example, later on we discovered practical features that allowed us to find apex creatures using a displayed trail.
Overall, what is my first conclusion about Nightingale? Overall, I can say that I really enjoyed my first few hours in Nightingale. What’s particularly important to me in new survival games is that they offer innovative aspects, and there are quite a few of those in Nightingale.
What I find particularly impressive is the ability to use portals to travel to new areas, which are different each time depending on the maps you use to travel. In addition, the magic aspect is not neglected, which offers many new possibilities, especially in the mid- and end-game, such as pursuing apex creatures or jumping over higher obstacles.
Overall, the game has pleasantly surprised me so far, and I’m excited to see what the studio has planned for the future.
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