Unreal Engine 5 Survival Game Rooted Draws on The Last Of Us

Hungry for hyper-realistic graphics and demonstrations of Unreal Engine 5 capabilities? You might like Rooted's survival game design. This production, developed by a group of five developers, offers not only detailed lighting and textures, but also advanced physics.

What is Rooted?

If a red flag went up in your head saying "wasn't that The Last Of Us?", you'd be right. The developers - sharing the game's logo on Twitter - wrote that while working on Rooted they we inspired by Naughty Dog's game.

Source: Twitter

On the subject of Rooted we don't know too much yet. We can even say that apart from the fact that it's a co-op survival game set in a world inspired by TLOU we actually don't know anything.

Boy, it this Unreal Engine 5 is pretty or what

Putting aside, however, the lack of any information about the game, the attention is definitely drawn to the physics. The developers have tried to realistically reproduce the behavior of items strapped to a backpack. We can already see that the moving character sets them in motion.

1. Here you can see the physics of objects in more detail.
2. Here, in turn, how the character reacts to the change of ground

Also dynamic lighting in the forest is to be impressive in Rooted, although in this matter it remains behind the refreshed ILL, which is dynamically developed by Team Clout.

But coming back to the survival game inspired by TLOU - is the project worth following? That remains to be seen, because let's be honest - video games aren't just supposed to look pretty.

1. Rooted on Twitter

Rooted

September 2025

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