The Living Remain

I am really glad I supported the devs on this one. You can tell there was a lot of passion for this project and it shows throughout. I am not great about finishing games from start to finish, but I did want to see the end of this one, which in itself is a strong endorsement from me. The game itself most resembles Arizona Sunshine but with a much more oppressive atmosphere that really does get to you. I think I appreciated that aspect the most out of everything, while on normal settings it didn't provide an overly unfair challenge, I did feel a sense of dread throughout the adventure. Obviously don't expect AAA here, but there are some real visual highlights and an impressive horde system that will line up a surprising amount of zombies for you to mow thru. If we were looking at honest feedback - The rats - if we must have rats, the collision detection is a bit off and makes it more frustrating than fun. I incurred some truly bizarre CPU spikes on a 7 7800X3D that surprised me. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't get a great response or rhythm to longer distance shooting. It's those longer headshots that really make a zombie game and I mostly found myself just waiting until the zombie hordes where on top of me. Some of the puzzles were a bit obtuse, I know there are some hints here and there, but quite a bit of my running time became searching for the next place to go while being blocked by waist high objects. A bit more of a vocal hint system or even an optional waypoint system might go a long way for some players. I think the ability to fabricate guns would be great in case one was accidently dropped thru the course of the game. Case in point, I had about 300 rounds for an assault rifle and a very long stretch before I was given any opportunity to actually get another. Overall a really enjoyed my time with the game. I appreciate all the hard work devs! I'll definitely support any projects moving forward.