Return to the Zone and witness the rise of a group of Anomaly-obsessed fanatics in this terrifying new expansion to Pacific Drive. Whispers in the Woods is a brand new story for you and your trusty station wagon.
Maintaining the excellent technical and narrative level of the base game, Pacific Drive: Whispers in the Woods dares to make a significant change in tone, becoming more frightening by evoking ideas and resources from good fantasy horror productions. The DLC adds an extra layer of challenge to the game's standard, and its content is robust and valuable,...
Whispers in the Woods proved to be a good expansion for returning to the Exclusion Zone described in Pacific Drive. It is a long-lasting and pleasantly disturbing adventure, with some quality of life improvements that make the original experience less rough around the edges. At the same time, the DLC reconfirms all the strengths and weaknesses of the...
Whispers in the Woods doesn’t just add more places to explore in Pacific Drive, but also changes how it feels to play, with its eerie Whsipering Woods setting, fresh gameplay mechanics, and unsettling enemy encounters creating an unnerving sense of tension that feels fresh (and, at times, more dangerous than ever). It’s darker, stranger, and more demanding,...
Pacific Drive had a unique hook and rightly deserved praise for its fresh take on the survival crafting genre. Whispers of the Woods offers an alternate starting adventure for new players and rich new content for veteran players returning to the game. It doesn’t radically reinvent the base game, but nails the perfect balance of fresh and familiar that...
As much as I love sound design, Pacific Drive: Whispers in the Woods focuses heavily on the folklore-inspired sounds as you explore the forest. Music and Sound are at the core of the experience, from mud sounds, eerie music, scary wind, and car details, everything adds to your exploration. For music, there are tons of licensed and ambient music featured...
