Man in the Dark

Quite a cool game here but with a few exceptions. The maps are great and there are a good few of them and the weapons are good enough, although there is only 4 that I know of. It would be great if more weapons and ammo types were added. Grenades which are a joke because of the way you have to operate them. They are almost useless because as far as I can tell they are tied to the wepon wheel and you have like a split second to open the wheel and direct your aim which is hopeless. Another negative is you take all the time to make this awesome looking game and then make picking up crucial ammo and grenades laggy, all when hordes are all over you at breakneck speed. It seems to take ages to pick up the supplies. If its meant to be that you have to be still to pick up, then I feel it is a drawback to the game personally. The other poor issue is that you can see all around and its clear on your pathways but then all of a sudden in tight situations you are poleaxed by zombies that come from nowhere! Thats ok in itself but they completely render you motionless and unable to move, losing massive amounts of your health all in like 1 second. I feel this is a bit harsh given there is no difficulty setting and no remapping of keys. The most critical issue holding this game back is that you cannot shoot while running forward a lot of the time, you have to be standing still or going backwards, once again if this is deliberate it holds the game back in my opinion. Often you give yourself room to stand and fire and then there is a pause or lagg before you can do so, this is when there are zombies very close, surprise, surprise. This in effect renders all close combat absolutely useless, even when you are hard pressed. With no melee it spoils the game a bit when it could be a lot better in that regard. All in all the gameplay and the maps are great, with weapons feeling good and shooting well, and if a few small adjustments can be made this would become an awesome game but its very good overall.