Played through v0.0.5.3. Very early review which I normally do not do but this game so far deserves it quite a lot and I am fully confident about following updates. Consequentially there is not a lot of content to review, instead I'm going to mostly focus on the quality aspects which the game has quite some to show for.
The game establishes an interesting post-apocalyptic world that still has a (somewhat) functioning society behind walls. It's all made quite believable and immersive and is not something I have seen too often.
The graphics are just fabulous, both assets and backgrounds are all high quality and the scenery is composed very well. The characters are gorgeous to say the least, a lot of emphasis put on realism and sensible proportions and looks. A good example in my opinion is Anais as a LI, beautiful but not the generic model type you see in many games. The zombies seem to be inspired by Left 4 Dead, with variants and all that and crazy guys show something of a Mad Max vibe (like the guys in the arena). Overall very much like the style. Animations look quite good as well.
Special note to the lewd scenes, I absolutely love the adjustable speeds and all that, really well done.
Some review mentioned the camera angles having some room for improvement. I kind of felt that too, but it's really more of a tingly feeling in the back of my mind. The scenes themselves were sublime.
Sound is good but does not quite match the graphics. Does not mean it's bad, the music is good and fits the mood well. There is a whole bunch of pretty good sound effect mostly focused on the adventure parts, this is where I found the sound design to be more or less excellent. But the lewd scenes have pretty much only music and very rarely effects. Kind of a contrast to the otherwise very fleshed out rest of the game which stuck out to me as a bit odd. Then again, lewd sounds in games are far more difficult to get right then it seems, so maybe less is more, we will see where this goes. This is just where I would personally love a little more detail matching the rest of it all.
I also have to say that I quite liked the personalities of most characters you interact with. There is a bunch of what you would expect of the setting, like the gang leaders, soldier characters and the like with characteristics to match. Having these may seem generic but fits the theme as established in other forms of media very well and was quite immersive for me personally. Side note here as well: There is a disabled character with certainly some screen time and surprising amounts of dialogue. The idea probably being to show these characters and the difficulties for both them and those that care for them in the established setting. I just loved that. Things like this are where the immersive aspects of the game shine. Of course it should not be overdone or be stretched out too much, but more stuff like this actually makes you feel like you are in the remnants of a human society rather than just seeing the limited surroundings of the average video game protagonist. Speaking of protagonist, while not terrible he was actually one of the weaker characters in my opinion and I would like to see some development here. I have little problem believing some guy could have gotten where he is, but somehow he seems just a tad too... not ready for the things he is supposed to be for according to his backstory. Like a bit too much zombie apocalypse side character. Again more of a feeling and difficult to put in words, game also just begun and I don't want to be too quick to judge. Just a note for potential future reference.
tldr; Game has obscene quality in terms graphics and world design. The potential here is incredible and the dev seems quite active around here as well (just checked, dev made the thread themselves Magnus, so DUH) and I have really high hopes for this. All despite some few flaws and little content so far. I know quality takes time, but I just can't wait for more. Wish you the best of luck MrBaker =)
Cheers.
The game establishes an interesting post-apocalyptic world that still has a (somewhat) functioning society behind walls. It's all made quite believable and immersive and is not something I have seen too often.
The graphics are just fabulous, both assets and backgrounds are all high quality and the scenery is composed very well. The characters are gorgeous to say the least, a lot of emphasis put on realism and sensible proportions and looks. A good example in my opinion is Anais as a LI, beautiful but not the generic model type you see in many games. The zombies seem to be inspired by Left 4 Dead, with variants and all that and crazy guys show something of a Mad Max vibe (like the guys in the arena). Overall very much like the style. Animations look quite good as well.
Special note to the lewd scenes, I absolutely love the adjustable speeds and all that, really well done.
Some review mentioned the camera angles having some room for improvement. I kind of felt that too, but it's really more of a tingly feeling in the back of my mind. The scenes themselves were sublime.
Sound is good but does not quite match the graphics. Does not mean it's bad, the music is good and fits the mood well. There is a whole bunch of pretty good sound effect mostly focused on the adventure parts, this is where I found the sound design to be more or less excellent. But the lewd scenes have pretty much only music and very rarely effects. Kind of a contrast to the otherwise very fleshed out rest of the game which stuck out to me as a bit odd. Then again, lewd sounds in games are far more difficult to get right then it seems, so maybe less is more, we will see where this goes. This is just where I would personally love a little more detail matching the rest of it all.
I also have to say that I quite liked the personalities of most characters you interact with. There is a bunch of what you would expect of the setting, like the gang leaders, soldier characters and the like with characteristics to match. Having these may seem generic but fits the theme as established in other forms of media very well and was quite immersive for me personally. Side note here as well: There is a disabled character with certainly some screen time and surprising amounts of dialogue. The idea probably being to show these characters and the difficulties for both them and those that care for them in the established setting. I just loved that. Things like this are where the immersive aspects of the game shine. Of course it should not be overdone or be stretched out too much, but more stuff like this actually makes you feel like you are in the remnants of a human society rather than just seeing the limited surroundings of the average video game protagonist. Speaking of protagonist, while not terrible he was actually one of the weaker characters in my opinion and I would like to see some development here. I have little problem believing some guy could have gotten where he is, but somehow he seems just a tad too... not ready for the things he is supposed to be for according to his backstory. Like a bit too much zombie apocalypse side character. Again more of a feeling and difficult to put in words, game also just begun and I don't want to be too quick to judge. Just a note for potential future reference.
tldr; Game has obscene quality in terms graphics and world design. The potential here is incredible and the dev seems quite active around here as well (just checked, dev made the thread themselves Magnus, so DUH) and I have really high hopes for this. All despite some few flaws and little content so far. I know quality takes time, but I just can't wait for more. Wish you the best of luck MrBaker =)
Cheers.
I fucking hate that shit man.
