Shortly after biting into the crispy arm of the man who tried to kill me this week, I realized that Sons of the Forest, the hardcore survival sim now dominating Steam. (opens in new tab), is a deeply interesting game. I don’t blame the cannibalism part (although I laughed when I first barbecued a human limb for 12 seconds and then ate it whole), but looking back afterwards, my loyal but clumsy NPC companion, Kelvin, was ankle-deep. It turned out to be in a pond, staring blankly at the water. He was trying to pull the fish out of the pond. bare handsI asked him about 15 minutes ago and promptly forgot.
Kelvin was clearly desperate to please me and wouldn’t allow me to run out of fishing rods, hooks, bait or working fish traps. (opens in new tab) Please stop him from completing my arbitrary chores. When I tripped over a fish, I was on my way to give him a pat on the back rightfully. No, it’s not fish. There were 13 of them. Behind Kelvin, the baker’s dozen or so trout were piled haphazardly, but he had just pulled another trout out of the water and probably didn’t have time to sort them out. God of fishing! Of course it is! This game is so silly. i’m obsessed with it.
I’m not the only one laughing with Kelvin.He became everyone’s favorite best boy (opens in new tab)I don’t want to survive the forest without him. But Kelvin, like all of us, has gaps in his knowledge that can get him into trouble. , should not.
Kelvin says “Fuck this tree especially”
With Sons of the Forest’s free-form building, it’s pretty cool to be able to easily pick your favorite tree to make your home. Treehouses are not only a tactically sound idea (you can’t raid locals), but they’re easy to expand. Unfortunately Kelvin does not appreciate vertical architecture. Now, if you ask him to collect logs, he’s programmed to chop down the nearest tree. Even if what he’s collecting logs for in the first place are trees attached to the exact tree house.
At first I thought this was a freaking bug. The developers are smart enough to keep Kelvin from demolishing his own house on a regular basis, right?
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Sons of the Forest comes out and Kelvin is the worst pic.twitter.com/v1xgVdnNGLFebruary 25, 2023
“I can’t even be mad at this guy. I can’t be mad at him,” streamer SWOL said after losing a promising base to Kelvin’s clown. Kelvin is too innocent and well-meaning to hold a grudge. Even when he literally destroys everything you’ve been striving for, the genuine thumbs he sends you are enough to lift your spirits.
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Kelvin’s arboreal exploits are so infamous that he’s even gotten the perfectly apt Breaking Bad meme treatment.
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enjoy physics
To be fair, Kelvin is just one of the main causes of sudden homelessness. The game is pretty finicky about how much punishment you can survive before the structure explodes into Lincoln’s pile of logs. Just by swinging your ax wrong, you can:
It took me an hour to build this house in Sons of the Forest and here it is… 💀 pic.twitter.com/kICISVK5r8February 24, 2023
Then there are some physical interactions that cannot be fully explained. I don’t know what’s going on with the snow in this place, but I’m making a note of Mario trampling his friends as soon as possible.
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Sometimes physics is on your side. A spear is a particularly good weapon to have on hand because it can:
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Forest antics have definitely reached new levels now that players have discovered what they can do with 3D printed sleds. Snowy mountains are just as much fun as climbing.
Sledding in Sons of the Forest is… something else. pic.twitter.com/C42kHlZnSQFebruary 28, 2023
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I am amazed at how safe sleds are in the world of Sons of the Forest. You may have run the sled for hours without moving it for fear of hitting your head against a tree, but once you’ve tied it down, you seem almost indestructible.
After all, you don’t need a sled to shred slopes. If you stand on a hill and pull out your notebook, it seems to take advantage of the physics of a bouncing rubber ball.
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Want to get the best sleigh in Sons of the Forest for free? Just open the book on the slopes. 😂 #sonsofttheforest pic.twitter.com/BdlVIocGR3February 28, 2023