The Mutiny

The description and pcitures were misleading. Expecting an open world zombie survival rpg but turns out it is a tunnel system. Not sure if even possible to get to the surface, tunnels have dead ends and trying to explore ones that weren't just in a straight line didn't lead me to anything exciting. Gamplay was meh. Accuracy of guns were awful, didn't feel like they had any power behind them apart from the shot gun. Buying system was broken, could buy things and it would give you money, other areas couldn't buy anything. Was not going to wait for stock to refresh as hunger and thirst bars deplete fast while not doing anything. Game feels disappointing and even for this price it still was not enough for me to appreciate it. It looked like it had potential but unfortunately was a let down.

It's frustrating to play. I tried four times before I actually got a decent hour playthrough. I wasn't able to play online, but it doesn't look like anyone else is playing it yet anyway. I took a break (left it on the main menu) and came back, but I wasn't able to play on my save. It just showed me a blue background, the character's HUD, several weapons I never had, and some kind of target cursor. I had to restart the game because every time I tried to go back to that save, it did the same thing. You don't have the option to delete or choose save files, so I don't know if the old ones are deleted or replaced by new. The controls are wonky and took time to get used to. You can jump, but not on/over things. Each combat move is so slow. Sometimes you knock arms and heads off with one punch. Sometimes it takes several. I can't tell if the size/armor of the zombie matters. You start off in a room with a bunch of junk and a crate, which contains some basics. Great. As soon as I went through the first door, I was killed by a small cluster of zombies. When you die, your body reanimates as a zombie with all your loot and gear, and you respawn (in your underwear) in a big room with vendors. You have no currency. To get your stuff back you have to go find yourself and take it back, but you have to get more gear first to make it through the rooms. I managed to fistfight enough zombies to purchase some items and get further into the maze of rooms. There are a bunch of crates with more gear, including stuff I had just purchased. If I'd gone a little further I could have saved myself some credits. Weapons were plentiful, and crates respawn. One time when I died and respawned, I came across my previous body. I backed into a corner (fists only, when they come at you from the side or behind things get crazy) and killed the zombies, but I was stuck and couldn't get past my previous body. Figured I'd wait for the corpses to disappear. All of them did except mine! So I kept trying to move around and get out of the corner, but suddenly I was falling through the floor. The character just fell forever, so I had to restart the game. I started to get the hang of things, but there's still a lot I don't get. Honestly, I'm not willing to go any further. Plus, while I paused to go to the bathroom (the screen said PAUSED and showed buttons for the menu), a zombie came and killed my character. I would understand if it was multiplayer, but I was OFFLINE! For a score, maybe 3 out of 10. If it's too late for me to get a refund, I'll check it out again if there are significant updates.