Grab your boots, fill your water bottle and get ready for a Great March. House House, the studio best known for Untitled Goose Gamerevealed the release date for its next title during Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct: Great walk comes to PC, Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 on August 4.
In Great walkyou and at least one friend wander around a large map, chatting and solving environmental puzzles as you go. The game supports two to 12 players at a time and features a handful of tools such as walkie-talkies, megaphones, and laser pointers. As in real life, these can be lost or broken. Communication is essential in Great walkand you can use voice or text chat (or wave arms) to talk with your friends in the game.
House House clarifies how the game’s more evil features can affect voice and text chat in its FAQ, writing: “Great walkThe in-game text chat system has the same features and restrictions as the in-game voice chat, so you can play the entire game this way without missing anything. For example, your text conversation will not be readable when you are far away or on opposite sides of soundproof glass! And your text chat will work with in-game items like walkie-talkies. »
At the start of each Great walkyour group chooses a distant landmark to head to, then you all wander through the woods completing challenges, solving escape rooms, admiring the scenery, and hanging out. The game encourages actual conversation and doesn’t offer much direction, so you’re free to explore the land as you see fit. But keep in mind that there is a beginning, middle and end to the experience.
Great walk it’s not just about walking. It’s about finding puzzles to solve, improvising with your friends, counting your steps, being clumsy, and sitting in warm, silent contemplation. It’s about learning to be curious about the unknown wilderness that lies around the corner rather than being afraid. In the trailers for Great walkHouse House presents a mechanically fluid co-op experience that goes from silly to calming, giving you a space to find yourself, hang out with friends, or just get lost.
Great walk is developed by House House (who also made the adorably upsetting multiplayer game Push me, pull yourself, never forget) and published by Panic.
