German outfit Tool1Game1 announced a brand new PvX sandbox survival game called The Invitation. The game centers around the remnants of humanity residing on Earth in 2081, surviving in wastelands and abandoned cities after majority of mankind moved into the outer reaches of space following contact with an advanced alien race.

The Invitation will center on the robots and aliens that are still left behind on Earth, some of them friendly and some of them not, as well as the humans that have become scavengers, looking for loot and items in order to survive and advanced their own means of domination.

A scripted cinematic trailer based on in-engine assets was released, which you can check out below.

The trailer doesn’t do much to incite enthusiasm for the final game.

It’s basically just a dude walking around who receives a global announcement from a nearby player requesting health aid while they’re fighting a Junk Eater mini-boss. The player sends his drone to aid the others, which drops off a few health supplies.

It’s not too dissimilar to Star Citizen’s emergent player quests, which can be created on the fly during missions.

The mini-events that take place in The Invitation will be player-vs-environment-vs-players, as gamers will not just be fighting a Junk Eater but they will also be fighting other players to retrieve the loot from the mini-boss.

The team plans to add additional events to the game and other emergent qualities, in addition to the compound management, scavenging, and survival. The game also has a robust customization system themed around prostheses acquirement and upgrades with a flat stat system, so players can’t stat-stack and become godly just by the min-maxing alone.

It sounds okay on paper, but it still pales in comparison to ambitious projects like Star Citizen. You can learn more about The Invitation by visiting the official website, as the game preps to launch soon.