Summary
Nightingale’s early access kicked things off with an impressive amount of content for players to experience. Keeping in mind thatNightingaleis set to receive ongoing development throughout early access and beyond, there are still a few missing or incomplete features that would be nice to see in time for the game’s full release, which is anticipated for early 2025.
So far,Nightingale’s commitment to player feedbackhas already shaped the game in major ways. As such, fans continue to offer discussions and suggestions for the types of changes that Inflexion Games should consider adding toNightingale. Between traditional survival-crafting game features that are missing fromNightingaleto areas where the game could use some specific tuning, here is everything that should make it into the game.
Missing, Incomplete, or Highly-Requested Features For Future Nightingale Updates
Animal Taming
While the pets and NPC companions in Nightingale help to make the game’s atmosphere feel more lively, tamed animals could also add to the player’s home Realms. Not to mention, taming animals could give players additional ways to earn animal products and other renewable resources.
Bestiary
Players shouldn’t sleep onNightingale’s journal to provide helpful tutorials and guidance, but there currently isn’t a journal tab for animals, monsters, or other NPCs. Consequently, it can be hard to keep track of where to find certain characters and creatures, as well as what kinds of resources they will drop without. Given how crucial it is for players to have the right ingredients inNightingale’s crafting system, a bestiary is a must-have feature that needs to happen in a future update forNightingale.
Custom Journal Entries
WhileNightingale’s Hope Score system, quests, and other pages in the game’s journal can give players a good sense of where to go next and how to find certain resources, it’s still easy to get lost at times. Consequently, players onNightingale’s Subreddit have suggested that being able to create personal journal entries could help players remember their goals and to-do lists between play sessions.
Creative Mode
Any survival-crafting game arguably needs a creative mode, butNightingalein particular could greatly benefit from this kind of feature.Nightingalewill take players through a recurring loop of completing quests, building, crafting, exploring, and fighting, which has proven to be somewhat divisive so far. For example, players who aren’t particularly invested in the base-building mechanics inNightingalecan hit a barrier that will prevent their progression, which is understandably frustrating.
Expanded Melee Combat and Weapon Variety
Most of the melee weapons inNightingaleare harvesting tools that double as weapons. Also, melee weapons are generally outperformed in combat byfirearms inNightingaleafter players progress past a certain point in the game, which is another reason whyNightingaleshould add more endgame melee options. Allegedly, swords and daggers are already intended to come in a future update, butNightingaleshouldn’t stop there. It could upgrade melee combat with a counter-attack/parry system on top of new weapon varieties to make melee more viable throughout the late game.
Mod Support
As a PC-only game,Nightingaledoesn’t necessarily need integrated mod support, although this could be a helpful accessibility feature, especially if the game ever comes to console platforms. Instead, mod support forNightingalemeans not enforcing negative consequences for players who use community mods while playingNightingaleonline with other players or solo.
Mounts, Boats, and Other Vehicles
In general, there are little to no traversal options besides the umbrellas inNightingale. Otherwise,Nightingale’s gaslamp fantasy settingcould stand to give players access to thematic vehicles or boats to solve this issue. While this is debatable, especially ifNightingaleallows players to tame wild animals, it should also add mounts.
Nightingale
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 portalnetwork. 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.
