Judgement: Not Recommended

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This was a potentially interesting roguelike game that unfortunately is not worth your time or money. The player is suddenly put in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies that can all kill you with one hit. Supplies are limited, but your speed and maneuverability will likely allow you to reserve the use of your resources and weapons for emergencies. You are provided certain checkpoints between levels, where your previous inventory is stored and partly available for you to use in your next adventure. However, you might face a type of "soft-lock" situation where you did not carry over an inventory that made the next level feasible, forcing you to restart the campaign or constantly die until you perfect your current run. Moreover, you are the whims of the level generation's randomness, potentially stuck as you extensively search for the keycode required to progress, hidden on some corpse in the corner of the map. As you progress, new enemies and scenarios will be introduced, but the gameplay loop feels like it boils down to running away from zombies, knocking out or killing zombies, and looting until you can find a weapon to replace the one that just broke. Eventually, I started to feel like the success of my runs was more related to my loot than my skill or strategy. Even worse, the game was plagued with bugs that would add to my frustration each time I played.

The game's potential is diminished when you check the more recent Steam discussion posts and realize that the developer is openly admitting to this being a dead game. For example, the developer's responses to certain bug reports or gameplay questions in the 2020-2022 period essentially state that the game's code is no longer available/clear to the main "developer" and that none of the original programmers are working with the development team. You can even find posts where the developer is discovering how the code works as they are trying to help out players! How such absurd circumstances came to be is unclear to me, but I do not think the player has the responsibility to decrypt the drama going on behind the scenes. Even worse, the game's price on Steam was increased from the already overinflated $30 price to $35, despite being a very short indie game filled with bugs and with no future support. Even if this game is on sale, I would recommend that you avoid it and spend your money elsewhere.

My personal rating: 3/10

Review posted on 21/03/2023, 01:37:00.