Chasing Dead

[b]Chasing Dead[/b] is an action zombie game with some great features and some downsides. If this review is too long for you, I suggest you to only read the first paragraph about the game's content and the final verdict at the end. [h1]What is happening in the game:[/h1] You are a marine called Jake. You suddenly wake up on a plane that is going to crash. It would've been just an ordinary mission for a regular US marine, but there are also zombies on the plane. After landing the plane, your missions take place on a parallel Earth. Walking across it, you encounter many zombies that you have to kill. [h1]Pros:[/h1] [list] [*][b]Cutscenes[/b] | Cutscenes are on a surprisingly high level. You rarely see such high-quality ones even in AAA games. They are acted by real people and have pretty cool sound effects. [*][b]Graphic Style[/b] | This game, in my opinion, looks quite good. Some areas look better than other ones, but there certainly aren't any bad ones. There are some little cons, though, which I am going to describe later. [*][b]Storyline[/b] | The story is quite detailed and the whole game is kind of based on it. It's true that the whole zombie thing is a little bit over-used in the current game industry, but this one is still good enough to be worth trying. [*][b]Weapons[/b] | There are quite a few weapons in this game, such as revolvers and shotguns, but you can also use your legs and arms to hurt zombies with your great strength. [*][b]Sounds[/b] | As mentioned in the Cutscenes part, the sound effects are pretty good and the music in the background also makes the action more fun. [*][b]Linux, MacOS[/b] | Chasing Dead supports all three biggest operating systems. Yay. [*][b]Steam Integration[/b] | This game also includes Achievements and Trading Cards. [/list] [h1]Cons:[/h1] [list] [*][b]Pricing[/b] | [strike]I have to say that I was quite surprised by the price of this game. Some games of much higher quality have lower prices so I see no reason why this game is so costly. There was obviously a lot of effort put into the game, but that doesn't always justify the price.[/strike] UPDATE (March 9, 2016): The price was lowered to 10$/€. It's much better now. [*][b]Animations[/b] | Well, there aren't many. When you're reloading your gun, you hold it completely still, only the bullet count on the bottom of the screen changes its value. [*][b]Hitboxes[/b] | When you shoot a zombie, the game sometimes doesn't detect the hit on the enemy and no damage is done to it. This can be adapted to, when you figure out where you have to shoot for it to work, but that doesn't make it good. [*][b]Bugs[/b] | There are some bugs across the game. IMO they're not such a big issue, but I know it bothers some people. [*][b]Settings[/b] | You can barely set anything in the options menu. You can't set the resolution you want (although Unity makes it the way you would want it on most cases). [/list] [h1]The final verdict:[/h1] This was a weird review for me to do, but I have to say that despite game's flaws, I enjoyed playing it, I really did. The cutscenes are just way better than you would expect and the gameplay is just difficult enough to make you keep trying and trying. I don't agree on the price so much, but I know some people love shooters like this one so it might be worth checking out and considering buying it on a sale. Greetings, BirdCute [quote]Note that my copy of this game was obtained for free for reviewing purposes. However, this did not affect the quality and objectivity of this review.[/quote]

Great ideas. Poor Execution. Feels like an early access alpha game. Not currently worthy of 21.24/24.99$ Feedback: Vary your sound effects for your firearms. There are asset packs out there for cheap that sound a lot better than what your currently using. A lot of the animations especially the animation for the exploding pilot is laughibly bad. The lack of reloading animations is majorly disappointing.

Couldn't bring myself to play any longer than 30 minutes. Well, a bit longer than that. I stopped partway through writing this review and tried another level. Nope. I bought this on sale of $9.99 and wish I hadn't. Glad I didn't pay the normal $24+ Likes - Price - FPS Dislikes - Worst voiceover's I think I've ever heard in a game. If you are going to add voice to the game it has to be good. Imagine if Erica had voiced GlaDOS (Portal)... - When Erica was speaking in between levels II nearly broke my Esc key trying to get her to stop. Nope. Being forced to listen to the horrible dialouge that didn't seem to add any meaningful content to the game really turned me off. Bored, tired, "I don't want to be here" inflection. I would have rather just read the text, which was different than what she was stumbling through anyway. Lena wasn't any better either. - Change the physics on the cabin curtains. (airplane level) I should have been able to breeze right through them like they weren't even there. Instead, I felt like I was trying to surface in a pool with a heavy wet carpet blocking my path. - I didn't care for the game mechanics/graphics. I've played much older games that had a better feel than this. Sadly this game really didn't do a thing for me. I'd much rather play any of the old Quake series vs this.

It's worth a few bucks. This game is so bad, it's actually amsuing to play. I feel bad for the voice actors that put their real faces to this thing. That part is a bit painful to watch. Steam needs to do a much better job reviewing what they sell. This should never have made it to retail in any capicity.

[h1]IN A WORD: [b]AVOID[/b][/h1] [h1]IN SHORT:[/h1] [quote=] [b]WHAT TO EXPECT:[/b] Basic zombie FPS. Very short. Entry level graphics. Good FMV acting. Average narrative. Singleplayer only. Should still be in Early Access. [b]ACHIEVEMENTS:[/b] EASY. Kill 5000 mutants requires repeated playthroughs - 10hrs+. [b]STATUS:[/b] ABANDONED. Another ca$h grab. Unless you count TBC an adequate ending. [b]WHEN TO BUY:[/b] NEVER. NOW UNAVAILABLE ON STEAM STORE.[/quote] [i]More info below....[/i] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2416345058 [h1]THE LOWDOWN:[/h1] Chasing Dead is a linear FPS with mission-based gameplay set in the near future on an Earth like planet. Cue cliched plot where a virus has changed the population into mutants, leaving the squad of operatives sent in ahead, to become overwhelmed and trapped at various locations. Cue you, to go in and rescue them. The game consists of travelling across 20 or so very short levels. Confront numerous mutants from: wolves, tigers, dogs, drones, soldiers, invisibles, failed experiments, tanks, titans and ogres. Choose from numerous weapon types from a handgun to an RPG, go hand-to-hand or pick up a melee weapon. If thats your preference. Collect ammo that is sparingly distributed across levels and health that is sometimes dropped from killed mutants. Sometimes drive a humvee or tank for the sake of it and face a couple of bosses. FMV is used to provide a running narrative at the beginning of a level and update objectives during missions. If you ever played the final objective mode level of Dead Effect then you should get an idea of what this whole game is about. It also has a similar ambience and feel to that game, even if its no where near it in terms of quality. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2416344330 [h1]THE GOOD:[/h1] + Easy to obtain achievements. Though the last two require some grinding effort. + You can fast-forward the FMV sections. :) [h1]THE BAD:[/h1] - Its not finished. Unless you count the TBD screen at the beginning of the last level!! - Entry level graphics. - Short badly designed levels. I mean really, really short! - Badly written dialogue/narration. Cheesy one-liners. - Crashes on exit every time. And I mean every time! (Win10) - Non-persistent game world. On death the level is cleared of any enemies killed and the weapons they may have dropped prior. So if you started the level with pistol. If you die you lose your RPG and M16. - Enemies sometimes spawn on top of you. - It has Easy, Normal and Hard modes where the only difference is the damage you take. [h1]AND THE REST:[/h1] * Decent controls. * Fitting voiceovers. Well acted if the dialogue is sometimes a little cliche. * Drive a tank and humvee. For 30 seconds at a time. Then the level ends! * Varied mutant models. Theres even a tiger! * Nice array of weapons but limited ammo carrying capacity. From handgun, shotgun, rifles, sniper rifle, grenade launcher, flamethrower and an RPG. * Functional AI thats as cheap as the game. * Average written narrative. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2416335296 [h1]ANALYSIS:[/h1] Chasing Dead is not good! Its reminds me of the sort of game that you would have been playing 20 years ago. Its current status demonstrates that this undertaking was clearly beyond the developers limited application of effort and resources. Its incomplete and needs alot more content. There is some potential here but, its weak. It could have been a barely decent low budget FPS if completed but its let down in every area. Use of the game engine is too limited. Level design is too basic. Physics and weapon coding is minimal. Animation needs to be smoother. Spawning needs tweaking. While driving vehicles feels and looks like skating on ice rather than driving on off-road terrain. Weapons sounds are poor. The soundtrack clashes with the audio and the voice-over, so nothing can be heard well. The list goes on and on. Now its very likely another abandoned Early Access title. A failed attempt. A cash grab. One that started with determination but ended with this pile of $crap. If the developer ever comes back and completes the game Ill update this review because it does have a smidgen of potential. [h1]VERDICT:[/h1] However I cant recommend this to anyone. Beyond its incompleteness, its not worth bothering with, unless you love games that are so bad, they are good - enough to laugh at or endure. It will need alot of work for this to change. I doubt it will happen. We shall see. If youre that type of gamer then look at a heavy sale. Achievement hunters who dont mind incomplete games may be interested for an 'easy' completion, with some significant endgame grind of an add. 20+hrs. Otherwise stay away. I made a mistake getting this. Why should you, when there are better FPS games out there. Buyer beware!!

I just bought this for $10 because I had some extra money saved in my steam wallet. I will most likely ask for a refund. How long has this been out? - Most of the time, the first time I load it, the mouse is disabled. Then when I reload, the mouse works but.. - The game crashes every time a new level or load screen happens (reload). Even when I tell the game to close through the correct options, it crashes and the PC tries to figure out what went wrong. - The voice acting is so bad it's laughable. - The very first load screen, on the plane, the mouse didn't work (reload), Then I couldn't pick up the gun (reload). Later, I picked up a rocket launcher and my character slowed to a crawl. Not just slowed down a little but to where I was barely moving (reload). Then I couldn't pick up dropped health canisters. I gave up at that point.

Do not buy! it's horrible The story is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ - the enemies are absolutely scripted - what you do doesn't matter - but the worst is, that the shooting is total crap - you have your gun directly at the head of the enemy and miss several shots - you're not really able to use a melee weapon - just everything is crap - and to the story - spoiler - what braindamage must someone have to start a mission in a flying airplane with only zombies in it - how the heck ... how does it even started flying ... but trust me - I completed the game and it was a pain - do not buy it - if it's free - do not load it

Chasing Dead is like a B movie with alot of A rate ideas if they were executed well. . Start with the very cool plot of starting off being escape pod dropped toward a planet and mistakenly the pod crashes into a 747 type passenger jet where you start your fighting. you have to gain control of the jet by first taking out all the zombies. Problem. The alien guarding the pilot cabin is difficult to discern. its like a mirage that lightly distorts the visual field when in your presence. The big blems are that when you kill the zombies , they fragment like old school virtual reality tank v tank renderings. Theres a few less quality angles like that that put a limit to enthusiasm. On the otherhand . for 10$ , not too shabby and a decent play. Oh yeh, theres a hospital. this is a scene where i've gotten alot more scared than any other game ever offered for 4x the cost. The floating security drones are cool, Its like Roger Wilco Pentium 2 bad cough medicine trip with formidable play for what you spent. The video footage of being updated of the missions is not great quality but in the theme of the game itself seems to be very realistic. AND the alien headquarters underground is similar to dead space with better lighting and humanish guards to attack as well. The variety of species for this thing is pretty good. can drive tanks, can outwit unusually large aliens that would otherwise cheaply stomp you with 4 story legs. The thing towers over the deserted town. merely ok automated threat, and assortment of weapons and take some time to get familiar with reloading and swapping/ unloading weapons buttons.. Truly a game needing a learning curve for budget entertainment. Still tho .. for ten bucks you get $19 of game.

I honestly can't remember playing an FPS in the last 10 years that sucked as much as this. How on earth people are giving it higher reviews I don't know. Oh wait..... I do know. The hot female narrators (and boy do they like to talk); are eye candy for the boys. That's why this is getting good reviews. The graphics are terrible. The controls are potato like and I even heard one reviewer say it had: "beautiful graphics". WTF? It just goes to show that people are getting dumber by the second. I can't believe I was lulled into this "experience" by dumb and dumber. There are MANY FPS games out there. It's a shame so few are good at pulling off an excellent game. (WITH NO ANNOYING MULTIPLAYER !!). It's why I keep going back to killing floor - single player. It's fun.