The Dead are Not Dead

A short but sweet survivor horror game. Rough around the edges but a solid time.

A fun and straightforward homage to survival horror games of the 90's. It's quick and simple.

Pretty fun little low poly survival horror game. Runs nice and smooth and doesn't overstay or understay its welcome at all. It's not exactly anything too special or memorable, but it's absolutely worth the small asking price for anyone who likes this sort of thing. The story is not very interesting, but serviceable for what it is, don't expect anything too powerful here. 616 Games is responsible for a series of games called "Poop Killer" after all, so I doubt anyone is going into this one with particularly high expectations of the story telling. That said, the story was more on the serious side than I personally expected. You''l be wandering a small town area similar in design to some of the old silent hill games, traipsing back and forth between a handful of locations while fighting and evading the undead as you solve minor puzzles, collect new weapons and get key items to unlock new areas. If you've played any survival horror games before, you already know how it works - no surprises in the mix really. I found the controls/camera relationship a little odd but nothing too problematic, just feels a little peculiar to play a game with a character controller set up like classic Resident Evil but with full modern style camera control. This set up makes for a bit of a chunky stop and go sort of experience, mostly noticeable when making tight turns around objects that require you to take a moment and reorient the camera. Note that I played using a controller, perhaps this issue isn't really a thing with mouse and keyboard. Ultimately, the game isn't overly punishing so this didn't cause any real problems aside from it occasionally feeling more cumbersome than it should. Another controller related issue is that the town map is locked to the same button as aiming your gun, which is only problematic in the town area, and luckily the map pauses the game so it's more of an annoyance than a real issue, and I am sure it's just controller related. But some rebinding options would have been nice here! In the end, this game is probably exactly what you think it is after watching the trailer. It's a cheap classic low poly survival horror game that doesn't really bring anything new to the table aside from the camera style. If you don't mind your survival horror being a little simple and unrefined, (but not a buggy mess!), then this is a great minor commitment. For more 3rd person survival horror games, check out my curator page below: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45050657/