Recent reviews by Kookaburra™

First play through below (skip to the bottom for the critic of the game).

Promising start to my life in a war torn town. Food, shelter, beds and warmth. What more could you ask for?
Scavenged around buildings, only took what we need. Life was good considering.
We helped our neighbours out and in return they helped us.

Then we were raided during the night, in which the two girls of the group were gravely injured. They lay in bed while the other two survivors picked up the slack, hoping to run into bandages to cure their fatal cuts. After two nights of no luck, sent one of the injured to a near by hospital - they bandaged her up and so she decided to help in return. She searched the rubbled for potential lost medical supplies and she found some!

She went to hand it in to the doctor who has helped her so many times... and then she started getting called a ***** by the guard. The guard proceeded to blast her head off with a shotgun.

Down to three, drastic measures might have to be taken. A survivor travelled to the nearby church in lue of some aid only to find the priest shot down by a bandit. Rightly so, the survivor murdered said bandit with a shovel and aquired a gun. Searched the area for bandages, none to be found! He tip toed through the dark to a neighbouring building, only to be spotted by a bandit and chased. As the bandit closed in he shot the bandit twice in the chest... and paused, thinking that was all the death that would come of that night. He slowly crawled away beaten from this ordeal and promptly recieved a shot in the back by another bandit.

Back at base, the female survivor is in and out of conciousness. Her companion, the chef, having to feed her and keep the place warm. After realising the other scavenger has not come back, he goes to seek revenge - taking down the last of the bandits and aquiring some more guns. No bandages to be seen to save his last friend.

So the next night he goes to a hotel, praying the tradesmen have stashed medical supplies somewhere near. In his depressed state he slaugthers them all in a gruesome battle of guns, barely making it out alive himself. Yet - no bandages to be found.

He travels home to find his friend has died of her wounds... Proceeds to drink some moonshine at 8am in the morning when there is a knock at the door. Two girls asking for medical supplies. The chef slams the door in their face and promptly heads downstairs to find some rope.

Game over.

Critic of the game follows:
Great game and I feel I have barely scratched the surface at 7 hours. You seem to gain a huge sense of attachment to your crew. Lot's of sneaking about to get your needed supplies and building your shelter. However, there is a small amount of storyline to it - however I have never survived long enough to find it :P If you have the cash, and liked the trailer, get the game. You won't regret it!

Post 24 hours of play: After playing this game for such a long time there is no way I would change my recommendation. I managed to complete all the achievements (for those achievement nutters out there, this game is easily completable) and found most of the different variations to buildings. Sadly I have uninstalled the game - for now - because I cannot handle anymore depression from it. Hope you guys have as much fun in this game as I do!

Although the game is challenging, once you understand how the AI works you can easily take any level down in one or two attempts. However, there is always the risk that you end up loosing one of your crew - go in prepared. Potential Spoiler Screenshot (my last run through)

Made Game Dev Tycoon inside Game Dev Tycoon.
It was rated 8.75/10.
Just as I rated it 8.75/10.

A true value for money game