Gameplay 3/10
Well, it’s supposed to be one of its biggest points, but it’s also one of its biggest flaws: the crafting system. Don’t misunderstand me. The crafting part is nice, but it’s basically crafting the same thing repeatedly but with upgraded parts until you have the best version of what you had at the beginning. You pretty much want to craft and experience everything, but the micromanage of the inventory will prevent that, which will eventually lead you to simply focus on one item (the boomerang for example) and let you forget or lose interest in others. Besides that, the fighting is nice but gets repetitive extremely fast due to the lack of different enemies. I mean, you have slow zombie that can be fast if you don’t one shot them, or simply fast zombies, or zombies with helmets, or boomers (hi L4D), or crabs (wtf..) or zombie deer (yup, it’s a thing) or super big zombie boss… Like that and on papers, it sounds nice, but the spawning rate is off the chart, which will lead you to have to refight the same spot all over again every time you have to go through the same area and yes, it’s a fetch game (more on that later…) so you WILL go back to the same area, A LOT. Then you will craft a melee weapon which will let you unlock more of the same islands as before, so you can refight the whole bunch of zombies, AGAIN, just to get a new part for an equipment that you already have, but BETTER. This will get tedious, you have been warned…
Graphics 6/10
It’s fine, maybe even more beautiful and polished than expected. The lightning effects are nice, the rain too, and for the price, you can definitely see the effort.
Audio 4/10
Nothing that stands out, no audio bug either, but the parrots and the monkeys (don’t ask) are annoying as f*ck and for that, I take out one point…
Story 4/10
Well… You end up on an island filled with undead and you want to escape so… But why 4/10? Because being treated as a kid and a fetch boy through all the game makes me feel like there was some serious lack of creativity in that departement. The fetching part is SO frustrating that it will makes you completely forget why you’re doing this in the first place.
Replayability 6/10
Well, there is 3 or 4 (?) characters that you can choose from to play the game, each with its own set of skills to help you but in the end, it won’t change a lot since it’s still a crafting game, where you WILL craft the best items so…
Innovation 5/10
I think all and all, they tried to mixed a lot of cool ideas (zombies, crafting, co-op possibilities) but failed to deliver perfectly in each aspect, which left me with a sense of disappointment and turned those ideas into chores sessions playing.
Overall 5/10
It depends. If you’re a fan of zombies and killing them non stop because you have to fetch water to a random grandma in a place you went 300 times before, fine. Doing it with friends in short session might be fun and the price is definitely a big bonus, but besides that… Nah man, don’t. You have much better gaming options elsewhere. Basically, it’s the kind of game that stands on the edge of yes and no, a 5/10 game, where it depends on your taste, your preferences and your patience.
