The Quiet Apocalypse

First of all, I don’t understand why the large map is one of the advertised things of this game, when most of it is just empty and not particularly good looking. After walking all over the map for 8+ hours now, the map is mainly boring and ugly. At first the point of interest are fairly “close” together, meaning you are only walking a few minutes to get from point A to point B. Eventually these distances grow significantly until you are walking 20-30 minutes (or more of you get lost). If it was at least possible to move quickly through this emptiness but, no. You can “run” but it only makes you ever so slightly faster, it is just a pain. You also randomly stop running sometimes. The path you take in this game is badly designed. Not only are some of the locations way too far apart, often you are tasked with climbing a mountain but in order to do that you have to walk around it because you can only go up from the backside, adding more distance you have to cross. Or you have to take detours to get down a steep hill or because a random piece of path is not walkable etc. If there was ANYTHING to see while walking, I wouldn’t even be mad but there is only the same tree hundreds of times, the same group of flowers,… If there were animals or houses or random objects you could find, more pages or whatever - fine! But walking through ugly looking forest and desert is tiring after an hour or so. And when you do find something, the locations are not really impressive either; most houses have the same design, the same objects in them, even a prison is very boring to explore because it consists mainly of cells and outdoor toilets. Worst of all: the game only saves when you enter or exit s location. If you have to walk for 20 minutes and the game crashes or you die or cannot finish the journey because of real life, too bad, start over from the last checkpoint! It is really sad that the game gets more and more annoying the longer you play because the story is nice, i also enjoy the treasure hunt kinda gameplay, some of the weathers are really nicely done, etc. But the longer i play the less i enjoy it because of previously listed issues. Very sad.

I try to never give a bad review on a game but this one is just senseless, if like me I play a game sporadically I need reminders of where to go and what to do this game I found myself lost and confused as from one day to the next there are no reminders what I'm searching for so I ended up walking blindly until I just gave up trying it has nice scenery but it has no point, sorry I can't recommend this one!

This game is THE VERY DEFINITION of a walking simulator! lol! Yes, there are vast walking distances between destinations, but I found this to be very relaxing and meditative! I loved how you would hear nature waking up with every sunrise, and the weather system was cool! The thunderstorms were a little frightening, and I was a little apprehensive about getting struck by lightening while on the open plains! The story was very well written! It is told through letters left by your father, as well as letters and diary pages left by residents, scientists, cult leaders, and people from all walks of life, all found in completely abandoned places! There are plot twists and stories overlapping other stories! If you enjoy a good narrative, nature, and walking, I highly recommend this game!

clap clap clap merci! ce jeu est INCROYABLE! il m'a transporté dans des paysages magnifiques, si vous êtes comme moi, amateur de simulateur de marche, sans méchants, ni course contre la montre, ce jeu est fait pour vous. De la balade, des beaux paysages, des énigmes qui m'ont tenu en haleine, si bien que j'ai dû par moment, voir la solution sur internet. Je me suis complètement investi dans le jeu, la bande-son les divers paysages forêts , montagnes enneigées, le désert,la prairie, les sables .. vous transportent dans un ailleurs. Cependant, notre personnage principal est un poil maladroit, il tombe, glisse assez souvent. Il peut tomber de sa propre hauteur est mourir, il peut glisser sur les fesses une falaise haute comme 3 pommes et mourir, la physique des cubes de bois, vous donnez un petit coup, la caisse de bois est envoyé sur planète Mars, ces défaut gâchent un peu le jeu mais cela fait partie du charme. S'il vous plaît faites un autre QUIET APOCALYPSE 2 ! incroyable!

I would give this game a cautious recommendation. It's certainly a long game that includes a LOT of walking, and a LOT of reading. Environments are pretty and the notes are interesting and exceptionally well written. There are some things, however, that prevent this game from standing with the greats. First: There is no Real Time Save. This is a HUGE problem, because we're talking about a MASSIVE map to travel through, and save points are quite rare. Second problem is getting stuck to some doors and window frames or similar places. The character sometimes manages to get himself to a position, where you cannot free yourself anymore, and the only ironic option is to load a saved game - yes - from the last checkpoint. Third problem includes some issues with scrolling, that the devs haven't been able to sort out. Sometimes there is very big lagging in the scrolling. It isn't unusual for the game to even freeze for a couple of moments, until the scrolling continues, firstly stuttering, and then smoothing to normal. This is not a hardware issue, and it doesn't go away no matter how hardcore your gaming machine is. It's coding / software problem, and there is nothing you can do about that. All in all, a decent game with good visuals and great writing. Technically it's unfortunately not so solid, but at least there's a lot of game to be had.

I had a bit of trouble combining items and would like to see some additional instructions for doing that. Nonetheless it's a good game and I enjoyed playing it. [spoiler] I hope the developer will make a sequel where Alex gets back together with his family. [/spoiler]

Only played a few minutes, but it seems okay I guess. Not a genre I am real familiar with, but it does seem to lead one by the nose, it would be more fun if I could somehow figure out what to my myself. The visuals are nice, the sound is nice, the story is interesting. An easy one thumb up.

The question. Is this game fun? I don't know. Honestly. I've given it a shot, but so far it seems more of a frustrating walking simulator/asset sampler with afterthought puzzles than a fun and engaging game. The price is right. I originally was sold on the pretty views before playing, but with many mountains that look like they were made using shogun total war map editor......you can't just pull the normals up and then call it a day. The puzzles are either too easy or not enough clues at all, the story is like chasing a ghost who likes to write. Voiceovers would have been nice. The sky and lighting are good though. Most of the game is played with two buttons: shift+W... This type of game is hard to pull off, and while there aren't exactly enough of these types of games where you can just roam around without being attacked every minute, this one seems to miss the mark for me. I'm too far into the game not to finish it, though when I set it down, I don't see myself coming back to it.