The Last DeadEnd

The game is bad in all the right ways with jank and unchallenging combat, bad English translations and occasionally unhinged lines of dialog and text. The game was made with a lack of funding and skill but a surprising amount of effort and definitely is worth the $10 price point. 8/10

Ufff... overall i really does not want to give this game a bad review but there are a handful of negative aspects. At first i want to say that the idea of a re-created real city of azerbaijan is a wonderful idea and i would wish a lot more developer would do little projects like that As i started my playthrough i was optimistic. The graphics and mechanics are ok, music and sounddesign too but nothing special and the spoken dialogues are audible. The first thing i found strange was that as soon as you start with the exploration of the "city-parts" the game switch from 1st to 3rd person and all you do is run from a to b. It would be so much more interesting if you could explore the city like you explore the stages in 1st person and have a few events to find or puzzles to solve instead of the mentioned boring running around in an unfavorable camera angle which does not flatters the game. But at least a huge plus are the cats. My god the cats :3 But i was optimistic and entered the "dark city" and the dungeons, encounterd the first enemies and was thinking "aha, looks odd but someone needs to slay them, so lets go on" and then i faced the damn ravens. This little bastards are so annoying and the only thing to do is to stand in a corner and swing your axe and hope you will hit this little mfs by luck. Next thing: The bosses. They are quite ok and i like the idea that every boss has a special way to defeat them but honestly it was always the same pattern. You enter - lose life until you figure it out how to kill your foe - die - do the thing the game want you to do - it is over. Maybe i am too hard regarding this topic but there was no aha moment, not a real interesting way to defeat them and no feeling that you acomplished something special. Also the endboss was much more easier as the guys before so from the pacing of difficulty, hm. The story is not worthy to discuss, same goes with the characters and the overall dialogue quality. It is just there, a story about apocalypse and too fast and much story telling within a short game. I really like the enzyclopedia, i love enzyklopedias and every game should have interesting and useful information about real stuff or inspiring things, so thumbs up for that. This game has also quick time events, not much but they are there. Thank god not Indigo Prophecy style but enough to fill two short sections what was quite ok but also nothing really new or special. What i also found strange was, as i finished the game and looking at the achievements, there was just nothing. The game just doesn't count them. I entered again the last bossfight and suddenly i got one for the encyklopedia, chose the bad ending and damned azerbaijan+rest of the world, got another one and asked myself what the hell is happening here. I really thought about to do a second playthrough before i review this game but overall i was too disappointed and the curve of interest really goes down as i played more and more of this. I like the idea and the environment, could have lived without the useless story but after some time i was only annoyed. Oh i also forgot the snakes, someone was thinking it is a fun idea when they come always from behind, congrats mr snake placer you did a bad job. I also tried the survival mode for 3 minutes. Combat system is not exciting enough for such a mode, it may work within the game and scripted encounters but not in such a mode, sorry. To end this lament, i really was optimistic at the beginning but the curve went downhill and at the end i was left with a feeling that i will not play this game again or even want to do a second playthrough. Even if it where only cause of the fact that i want my damn unnecessary and not life enriching achievements... Oh i forgot, there are a handful of jumpscares and the lightbulbs in this game are of very bad quality, but if you played at least one horror game in your life you will survive that for sure.