Do not buy this game in its current state as it is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. The devs have decided to go with a combat system that ties EVERY ACTION you take to an AP system but the values you need to do anything are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ridiculous that it's beyond the point of humorous. You know that UI mechanic in XCOM and Rogue Trader where it tells you the hard limit of where your characters can go with a colored border? Yeah, you don't need that ♥♥♥♥, move your mouse around and find out. You know that mechanic of pausing the game when the AI is taking their turn? Don't need that either. Have you ever seen on every other tactical shooter where you select a target and it tells you how likely you are to hit that target? Use your imagination and then expect a miss. If you like damage rolls you'll love this because a 12 gauge in this game can either tickle their funny bone or cause a bit of a headache from the same distance; and that satisfying mechanic where you can move one of your squad on a flank and delete an opponent from existence like in XCOM doesn't exist here.

That's not even touching the fact that the combat voices are AI generated and such idiotic characatures of what a foreign dev team think Americans sound like when they talk that it's actually borderline insulting. No AI voices for the cutscene dialogue for whatever reason they made that decision. Since I played for three hours I'm ♥♥♥♥♥♥ by Steam standards but do not make the same mistake I did.

I will preface this review by stating this is done as of february 3rd, 2025 as it is in early access, so take this with a grain of salt as this is not the final product.

The game is very similar to a game known as dead state, a zombie survival base management game. however, where that game fell flat on many notes this game learned from and is improving upon. The combat is challenging without being insanely repetitive (unless you want that, more later), the loot system is fairly managable and easily intuitive (icons over the item that denotes whether it fulfills a base need or not) and the story once you get into it is not half bad, but it DOES need a layer of spit shine (once again, early access. give it time)

It ISNT all roses and sunshine though. The graphics are a lil stale and i swear the chance to hit with some enemies is heavily skewed in their favor (Devs have flat out told me its not that way but it feels like it when i get hit with a nailgun from across a whole house where if i try the same shot with my high marksman character i NEVER hit), but most if not all my complaints the devs who are highly active in the discussions (they tend to reply within a day or two, 3 was longest ive waited) have stated are currently being worked on.

Do not mistake this for a finished product. Its NOT done. if you go in right now expecting a completed game, you will be highly unsatisfied. If that means you wanna hold off till it is done, devs have stated unless they have to do major overhauls, should be worst case 6 months. Otherwise, i think its good so far and worth the money right now.

I have finished playing the current content and will give a short feedback. I will update my review as development continues.

I recommend the game BUT it is currently not worth the price. At the moment you have about 12 hours of playing time ahead of you. Either buy it on offer, wait or support the developers. It is just important to know before you are disappointed.

The story is good and every decision has consequences. Nevertheless, it feels somewhat linear. It is like choosing between left long or right long. But the result seems to be the same. There is a lot to read. If you don't feel like it, you will wander around a bit aimlessly. A lot of dialogue is important and should be read. It annoyed me a bit.
As all dialogue is in English and no other languages ​​are currently available, you should stay away from it if you have difficulties with English.

I find the voice sounds of the main character extremely annoying. He is the only one who yells while all the others are cool and very well implemented. RELOADING!!! ROGGER!!! Like a startled fighting rabbit. Annoying.

The attributes and perks are not well-developed. Some attributes cannot be improved and some perks cannot be unlocked. Unfortunately, the coolest ones. That also annoyed me a lot.

I created a character with maximum intelligence and wanted to use this bonus to increase the other attributes more quickly. That worked well with agility. It was rather bad with marksmanship and you only seem to increase strength when you walk around fully loaded or travel around the map. I would have had to wait about 5 hours for an attribute point. Kind of uncool.

Some enemies are strange. They dodge every bullet. No matter whether they are zombies or humans. That gets you into big trouble every now and then.

Some lootable objects are also poorly placed on the map and are not accessible. Fortunately, there were no quest-relevant bugs or restrictions.

The storage system... I don't understand it. I go out, loot, come back, expand the camp and try somehow to keep food, medicine, fuel and morale high. But every time I take someone new home from my missions. And I have to because I need workers. But the new person increases the need in all categories. It is impossible to meet all needs and I have not managed to accumulate supplies for 4 days. This is very poorly done and actually led to me becoming very unmotivated.

I'll give the game a chance but I would wait. What is currently being offered for the price is not entirely fair. And no one can convince me otherwise.