That song title is surprisingly apt for the Verdant Brink “night” phase.
I know that the developers stated a while back that the night time we experience in beta is an early iteration of the one ready for release, but as this is the final beta weekend, part of me is worrying that some aspects won’t be too different (at least in terms of atmosphere):
The lighting should be much darker and grimacing, the sound design should be given priority over music and the mobs should be more challenging (although there has been a mysterious nerf for the mobs in this beta, so that shouldn’t be an issue for release). As there has been such a large emphasis on supposed “survival” when night hits and that players should be facing a far greater challenge, I have yet to actually experience this feeling, nor feel alert that I could be attacked at any moment.
Of course this is my opinion though, so I am sure some like the atmosphere in its current state, but I would just like to know how different is the night we are experiencing in beta from the one we will experience at launch?
(Side note: I’m loving the beta so far and I’m looking forward to the 23rd, but I just hope the developers are hiding more aspects of the map for launch to surprise us. At the moment though, Verdant Brink isn’t that exciting outside of its gorgeous level design)
