Cube Life: Island Survival
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| Studio | Cypronia | ||
| Publisher | Cypronia | ||
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Wii U version :
HD version :
Mobile version :
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| platform | Wii U , Windows , Android , iOS | ||
| genre | Sandbox | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer | ||
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Windows 7, 8 or 10/2 GHz Intel or AMD Dual Core / 4 GB RAM / Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 (2 GB VRAM variant) or equivalent AMD graphics card / DirectX version 11/3 GB free storage space / any sound card ( based on the computer version) | ||
| medium | Download | ||
| language | English | ||
| Current version | 1.3 (original version)
1.4.1 (mobile version) 1.7.1 (HD remake) |
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Cube Life: Iceland Survival (short mostly CL: IS or Cube Life called) is an indie sandbox - video game , which of Cypronia developed and for the first time in June 2015 for Nintendo's then current game console Wii U as a download in the Nintendo eShop has been released. The game was later ported to iOS , Android , MacOS and Windows , the last two versions with higher-resolution graphics (HD version). The player controls a shipwrecked man who has to survive in an island world. The game appeared in the wake of the success of Minecraft , with which it is often compared due to the game principle and its block graphics.
Gameplay
The game has three game modes: Survival Mode , Creative Mode and Multiplayer Mode .
In so-called survival mode , you play a male person named Barry who is stranded on a desert island after a shipwreck. Now it is up to the player to maintain Barry's health and to explore the game world, which consists of several islands, in order to eventually meet the various bosses, such as B. a giant spider to kill. At night cannibals appear whose aim is to kill the player. Experience is gained for almost every action in the game (running, fighting, adding and removing blocks, etc.). If you have gained enough experience, your player level increases by 1. The game also contains an Internet ranking list on which the players with the highest levels are listed.
In contrast to Minecraft , the game world is not generated randomly, but rather given by the developers; each player starts on the same island . The game world is four times larger than Minecraft: Wii U Edition .
In Creative Mode the player can create his own maps and since version 1.2 also share them with other players.
In multiplayer mode , two players can compete against each other in different modes and create maps together in creative mode.
Development and publication
After publication
The game was released in North America on June 4, 2015 , in Europe on June 25, 2015, and in Japan on February 3, 2016 . The game has been corrected for errors in several updates, but expanded with additional functions and game items or creatures. In version 1.1 the local multiplayer mode with the game modes Deathmatch , Tower Defense and Co-op as well as new areas and bosses have been added. Version 1.2 made it possible to share maps from Creative Mode with other players and also added new areas and bosses. With version 1.3 a skin editor and a sorting according to friends in the internet ranking list was added.
HD remake / mobile version
Cypronia announced on December 24, 2016 at 11:00 am on its website a HD remake of Cube Life: Iceland Survival with sharper textures and reworked HUD to that for the PlayStation Store of PlayStation 4 , the online distribution platform Steam and Nintendo eShop the Nintendo Switch should appear. A specially adapted mobile version with a mixture of the new and old textures was also released for smartphones. The game is officially called Cube Life: Island Survival and is also unofficially called Cube Life: Island Survival HD . The game was released on April 20, 2018 as a paid version on Steam and on August 8, 2018 as a free version with in-app purchases from the Google Play Store and App Store . The PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions have not yet been released despite the announcement for the fourth quarter of 2018. Since a redesign of the Cypronia website, the thumbnail of the game can be seen with an Xbox One logo in the upper right corner with the text "Coming soon ...".
reception
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Minecraft had been ported to many platforms in the course of its success (as of 2015), with the exception of the Nintendo consoles. Several developers tried to fill this gap. According to the developer, Cube Life: Island Survival was the first Minecraft -like game that was published for the Wii U, even before titles such as B. Stone Shire , Terraria and Discovery . The game briefly reached number 1 in the Europe charts, number 2 in the US charts and number 3 in the Japan charts of the Nintendo eShop .
The game received consistently medium to good ratings from various game magazines. The long loading times of 47 seconds (from version 1.1 only 37.5 seconds) were criticized most frequently. Nintendolife, for example, gave it 7 out of 10 points and gave it the rating "Good". Gaming Boulevard rated the game with 8 out of 10 points and described it as "[...] the closest thing to Minecraft on a Nintendo platform".
Web links
- Official Cube Life: Iceland Survival website (English)
- Official Cube Life: Iceland Survival Wiki (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The 10 Most Brazen Video Game Clones: Can You Still Talk About Inspiration Here? March 7, 2020, accessed April 8, 2020 (German).
- ↑ a b Cube Life: Island Survival HD - The Minecraft clone gets a PS4 port. November 5, 2016, accessed April 8, 2020 (German).
- ^ Cube Life: Island Survival. Accessed March 26, 2019 .
- ^ Cube Life: Island Survival update adding local multiplayer and more - Nintendo Everything. Retrieved February 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Cypronia - Cube Life: Island Survival - Update v1.1 details. Retrieved April 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Cube Life: Island Survival Archives - Nintendo Everything. Retrieved February 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Cypronia - Cube Life: Island Survival - Update v1.2. Retrieved April 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Cypronia - Cube Life: Island Survival - Update v1.3. Retrieved April 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Cypronia - Cube Life: Island Survival (PS4). Retrieved February 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Cypronia - Cube Life: Iceland Survival - release steam. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Cypronia - Cube Life: Island Survival (Switch / PS4) announced. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Cube Life: Island Survival HD heading to Switch - Nintendo Everything. Retrieved February 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Cube Life: Island Survival · AppID: 760800. Retrieved March 3, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Our Games. In: cypronia.com. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
- ^ Cube Life: Island Survival on Metacritic
- ↑ Nintendo Life: Cube Life: Island Survival is Another Minecraft-Inspired Title Heading to the Wii U eShop. January 19, 2015, accessed February 24, 2019 (UK English).
- ↑ Nintendo Life: Review: Cube Life: Island Survival (Wii U eShop). June 11, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2019 (UK English).
- ↑ Indie Corner: Cube Life: Island Survival. In: GamingBoulevard. Retrieved June 28, 2015, February 25, 2019 (American English).