The choice between a first or third-person perspective can be tricky, with both offering different pros and cons for any gaming experience. It can also welcome a lot of debate. While many appreciate the immersion a first-person perspective can bring, others want to see their characters more often (which is especially true in games that let you make characters). Inflexion Games' open-world survival crafting game Nightingale is a first-person experience by default, but the team also actively listened to its community's calls for certain features. While Nightingale has shown off many new features throughout development like umbrella traversal, it confirmed work on the highly-requested features in July 2023's Dev Blog update.
In an interview with The Best War Games, CEO Aaryn Flynn spoke more about the progress of Nightingale's third-person mode, one of the most highly requested features within its community and something many hoped to be ready for the launch of early access. Indeed, while Nightingale will default to first-person, players will be able to play it in third-person too.
Nightingale Hands-On Preview: A Brave New World
Although the survival-crafting genre is seeing a resurgence as of late, Inflexion Games' Nightingale truly stands out from the pack.
Nightingale Third-Person Mode Confirmed For Early Access Release
While some survival crafting game experiences opt for one point of view over another, Nightingale is set to offer players the option to explore the Fae Realms through either a first-person or third-person perspective. As Flynn plainly confirmed,
Third-person mode will be available at launch. The game will default to first-person, but you can switch once you are in-game.
A third-person mode was something the team at Inflexion hoped would be ready for the Nightingale's launch period, and it's something they were able to check off the list. Its availability during early access may also please players who value such accessibility features in games to help combat health concerns or annoyances like motion sickness, something that Inflexion Games also recognized as important.
Nightingale is Listening to the Community
Additionally, Nightingale's availability of a third-person mode at early access launch reflects its community-orientated approach to Early Access. Flynn also stated the team is committed to listening to player feedback during Early Access, just as the studio did during the closed alpha playtests. Therefore, the option to play Nightingale via a first or third-person perspective could be considered another way that Nightingale actively incorporates community feedback, putting the player experience first and foremost. If portal-hopping through Nightingale's Fae Realms wasn't exciting enough, the availability of third-person mode in early access allows for even more ways for players to experience and travel across its magical realms.
The year is shaping up to be a spectacular time for the survival crafting genre. The availability of third-person mode is a strong start for Nightingale's Early Access launch and another positive string on its already distinctive bow, among plenty of competition.
Nightingale
- Released
- February 20, 2024
WHERE TO PLAY
Nightingale is a PVE open-world survival crafting game played solo (offline or online), or cooperatively with friends. Build, craft, fight and explore as you venture through mystical portals into a variety of amazing and fantastical realms.
You are stranded beyond our world, cut off by the collapse of the arcane portal
network. This catastrophe has left you fighting to survive in a labyrinth of beautiful and dangerous Fae realms.
Your goal: become a skilled Realmwalker, and navigate the web of transdimensional portals. Only then can you discover your way to the magical city of Nightingale, the last known bastion of humanity.
Prepare to make your way through Faewild forests, harrowing swamps, and shimmering deserts as you unlock the portals leading deeper into the lands of Fae. Cook meals, build shelter and muster the spirit to persevere in the face of adversity.
