Recent reviews by VirusHunter

Similar to Oregon Trail, and even Organ Trail! Except there's action combat! But while a road trip through hell sounds fun on paper, doing well in Death Road to Canada is probably as hard as driving through a zombie apocalypse in real life.

There's a character creator here, and if you have any pixel art skills you can even mod your own character faces and bodies! There's a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor here as well, so it can be fun to see all the shenanigans your group will get into. These aspects are the game's biggest selling points.

But it's biggest flaw is that RNG plays too large of a factor in your success, and 95% of the time the dice are not in your favor. Events will constantly take away supplies, and unless you read a guide it can be hard to determine what exactly is going on. A lot of information is hidden from the player, the game demands that you "figure things out yourself" over multiple runs like what skills work well in which events, or what weapons are better than others. Even your party's skill stats are hidden until a character rolls their skill check to 'reveal' it during an event. Combine this with the fact that there's no way to control how your characters develop other than praying for the right skill upgrade choices. Characters can have perks and traits that will boost certain stats, but the boost you get is minimal. It's very possible to roll a 0 for a stat you have a perk or trait for which only boosts that stat to 1, which is still painfully low. And it is VERY possible to roll a character that has terrible stats across the board.

Combat isn't that great either. Being a survival game, characters can become tired if they swing a melee weapon around too much, which will affect their attack speed until they can catch their breath. There are other tactics you can employ, such as grabbing and throwing certain objects in the environment or strategically maneuvering around zombies (You'll be doing this a lot) but the game simply throws too much at you to make melee combat a meaningful thing to invest in the late to end game, where you'll be in sieges facing off against hundreds of zombies...and I am not exaggerating. In the harder difficulties sieges containing 200+ zombs become a common occurrence early on. Guns exist and they can be quite effective! Except bullets are a rare commodity. Understandable, given that this is a zombie survival game. But once again the game expects you to deal with gigantic hordes of zombs, and 95% of the time it will not give you the resources needed to do so.

Runs mostly end in the same crushingly depressing fashion. Run out of food, run out of fuel, run out of friends...and finally run out of limbs. It's brutally difficult and the game does not forgive.

...But for some people, that's where the fun is. How long can you last? Could this be the run where you finally cross the border? And more importantly, what kinds of trouble will your group get into this time? The humor, charm and sheer variety of possibilities is what saves this game and keeps me coming back. And if you can nab it on sale? I've certainly spent more on worse.

Not for those who like to win, but definitely for those who simply enjoy the ride, pun very intended.

This game is dangerously addictive for all the right reasons.

A charming story with a neat art style and a novel concept but the game mechanics are somewhat shallow and you'll see and beat everything the game has to offer in just over an hour, with little reason to come back. It's not bad by any means, but I just don't think it's worth the price of admission.

0/10 game logged a false input and killed my run

It definitely feels like a game made in five months and has all the jank you'd expect in an early 3D platformer, but the actual platforming is tight as hell. If you like movement tech, this is it. My god, this is it. Definitely worth the 6 bux. The only truly big con is the lack of a map. You WILL get lost on your first run.


Also, Sybil is the GOTY (Goat Of The Year)

Void Bastards plays it safe with how devious a run can become in order not to overwhelm the player, but this in turn makes the game feel very bland. Every salvage run feel like any other, gathering supplies in order to craft upgrades that never feel like they give you much of an edge against the odds, progressing towards a rather lackluster goal that shows up way too soon.

Gameplay-wise, it's the best since 3. A breath of fresh air compared to faster-paced shooters.

Unfortunately, there's a lot of freemium nonsense going on. XP grinds at a snail's pace, challenges can get VERY specific and incredibly hard to complete, and color palettes and emblems lacking any sort of customization just so 343 can serve us premade ones as battle pass unlocks is very disappointing. I really hope that anyone who gets the campaign gets some kind of slack in terms of progression or at least a bunch of unlocks because this is ridiculous.

A co-op shooter that has stood the test of time, a reminder of why Valve has such a legendary reputation, and easily one of the best zombie games ever made. There are no experience points to grind, no unlockables to collect...just you, three friends and the unending horde.

If you're interested in making pixel art animations, this is an absolute must.
Aseprite features an actual, proper animation timeline with layers, keyframes etc. Maybe there's more feature-rich pixel art apps out there, but when it comes to making game sprites there's no contest. Free yourself from Photoshop and MSPaint.

Ever play "Pirates" as a kid with your friends? This is that.

The gameplay loop is deceptively simple. Go on a voyage, get the loot, and return to port before you get robbed. But a simple trip to an island is never uneventful. You could encounter a megalodon, a shipwreck with untold secrets, a map to buried treasure, or even more exciting: another player.

The game does a good job of making each venture out to sea a memorable one. And even if you're playing alone you can have a jolly good time (Mostly because a majority of 4-player crews are full of idiots than you can either outmanuver or overpower). I highly recommend it.