History VideoGame / SonsOfTheForest

* ContinuityNod: Once you complete the main story and stay on the island, Armsies and Creepy Virginias from the first game begin to spawn on the island.

[[spoiler: You can also find and pick up a book written by Tim Leblanc by the first 3D printer.]]

* ContinuityNod: Once you complete the main story and stay on the island, Armsies and Creepy Virginias from the first game begin to spawn on the island.[[spoiler: You can also find and pick up a book written by Tim Leblanc by the first 3D printer.]]

* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler: You can find and pick up a book written by Tim Leblanc by the first 3D printer.]]

* ActionSurvivor: {{Downplayed}} in comparison to the first game. Eric Leblanc was a PapaWolf and veteran outdoorsman, but otherwise a completely normal citizen thrust into a nightmarish survival situation. In contrast, the main character of ''Sons'' is an experienced and highly trained mercenary belonging to an outfit of PrivateMilitaryContractors, who can find and readily use firearms and put up a much better fight against the horrors of the island. The full 1.0 release possibly implies your character, [[spoiler:Jack Holt, is not actually a professional merc but rather some sort of embedded journalist who went on the mission due to being some sort of associate of Edward Puffton.]]

* The80s: Despite taking place in NextSundayAD, the game has a noticeable 80's aesthetic, with a synthwave soundtrack and VHS artifacting on the [=HUD=] text.

* ActionizedSequel: While still very much a SurvivalHorror game, ''Sons of the Forest'' has a greater emphasis on combat than its predecessor -- enemies are more common and more aggressive, and the player character is an experienced mercenary rather than a PapaWolf ActionSurvivor, with access to more powerful tools and weapons.

** Kelvin can't be set on fire by campfires, which is good since his A.I. often flakes and causes him to stand in the middle of one. However, this also applies to enemies, so you can't use campfires as traps against the cannibals like in the first game.

* ActionSurvivor: {{Downplayed}} in comparison to the first game. Eric Leblanc was a PapaWolf and veteran outdoorsman, but otherwise a completely normal citizen thrust into a nightmarish survival situation. In contrast, the main character of ''Sons'' is an experienced and highly trained mercenary belonging to an outfit of PrivateMilitaryContractors, who can find and readily use firearms and put up a much better fight against the horrors of the island. The full 1.0 release possibly implies your character, Jack Holt, is not actually a professional merc but rather some sort of embedded journalist who went on the mission due to being some sort of associate of Edward Puffton.

** In the full 1.0 release, the ending is slightly changed[[spoiler:so that the CIA sends ''two'' helicopters to rescue you and your pals after you kill the final boss. However, the second helicopter gets destroyed by a swarm of mutants that attacks you during your escape.]]

* RedshirtArmy: By the time you and Kelvin come about, your HiredGuns comrades have all been wiped out and can be found scattered around the map having been killed in a variety of horrific ways. The 3-man team who were in the other helicopter are marked by GPS locators on your GPS map. There are also a few dozen additional dead Puffcorp mercs found across the island who were apparently part of another expedition which was sent in a month prior to your team.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: A Chiappa Rhino revolver can be found in an out-of-the-way bunker. It's more powerful than the standard pistol, but only holds 6 rounds and can't accept attachments like the flashlight, laser sight, or silencer. The revolver is used by most plot [=NPCs=] and features prominently in a few cutscenes.

* TakeYourTime: [[spoiler: You learn that some kind of emission occurs on the island every "8 cycles" which mutates everything on it (implied to be the result of some kind of multi-dimensional instability), and the only safe location on the island is an alien artifact "panic room" known as the Cube, which becomes your endgame goal. Conveniently, the emission doesn't occur until you actually enter the Cube, no matter how long it takes you to find it.]]

** [[spoiler: Edward and Barbara Puffton appear in a mid-game DualBoss fight as a pair of special blind mutants. They're considerably tougher than normal blind mutants, who are already noticeably tougher than the cannibals.]]

* NextSundayAD: Although the exact year is obscured in-game, ''Sons of the Forest'' takes place about 2-3 decades after the first game, which was set in the present day (or at least, what was the present in 2013). The game has no sci-fi future technology (at least, not originating from human civilization), and the few "futuristic" technologies seen (your lighter is an electric plasma lighter and 3D printers can be found in some bunkers) are all things that exist in the present day, albeit not yet widely adopted.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: A Chiappa Rhino revolver can be found in an out-of-the-way bunker. It's more powerful than the standard pistol, but only holds 6 rounds and can't accept attachments like the flashlight, laser sight, or silencer.

** The pathfinding for Kelvin and Virginia struggles a bit around player-built structures, especially when locked doors come into play. Kelvin also refuses to cross any water deeper than his ankles, instead taking the long way around instead.

* ActionSurvivor: {{Downplayed}} in comparison to the first game. Eric Leblanc was a PapaWolf and veteran outdoorsman, but otherwise a completely normal citizen thrust into a nightmarish survival situation. In contrast, the main character of ''Sons'' is an experienced and highly trained mercenary belonging to an outfit of PrivateMilitaryContractors, who can find and readily use firearms and put up a much better fight against the horrors of the island.