Overland

Wonderful, quirky little zombie survival game. (No, there are no actual zombies, just aliens, but they're slow, lumbering brutes, who you can bash over the head with improvised melee weapons if you like, but it's rarely worth it because the sound will draw a swarm -- that makes it a zombie game to me). Anyway, let's start with the art style: I absolutely adore it! And the vibe is a bit Stephen King-esque, which I also enjoy. If you don't enjoy those things, you may be less forgiving of this game's other flaws. And it is a flawed game, the kind of beautifully flawed one that makes you wish the dev had just... done more with it. All the gameplay details are so well done - I particularly like the attention paid to fire as an environmental effect - and the tactical pacing is superb, where perfect play will basically always get you through unscathed, but even the slightest mistakes can snowball into disaster. On the other hand, tho, there's just not enough. There's not enough variety in the maps, there's not enough variety in the scenario goals, and most importantly to me, there aren't enough viable gameplay strategies. There is IMO one strategy that is so superior that there's no motivation to experiment, and the game never throws any real curveballs to shake you out of it. You have to force yourself to play badly if you want to experience the variety available, and that's just not great game design. Still, I love this game for what it is.

неплохая сюжетно и атмосферой игра, заставляющая пораскинуть мозгами и продумать стратегию для максимального просчёта возможных ситуаций, а если ещё и повезёт найти собаку с оглушением всех врагов на карте, игра пройдена. В общем круто, но больше чем на разок два не сгодится