Dead Age

A solid indie mix of turn-based RPG combat and zombie apocalypse survival management. Scavenging for resources, making tough moral choices, and positioning your party for tactical combat loops keep things engaging, even if repetitive grind and minor balancing issues hold it back from greatness.

Score: 3/5 A tedious, overly difficult and RNG-based management + turn-based combat + RPG game that doesn't have enough going for it. I'd much rather play Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead or Darkest Dungeon. Writing is okay, but not engaging enough to carry the other parts of the game. Combat is the majority of the game, and it's boring and repetitive. To be successful you need to use firearms. You will not get enough crafting components from using them to justify using the bullets. Enemies do very little damage, but you have to face 5-20 groups each taking 5-10 minutes to get past, each draining resources and slowly draining health while most zombies have absurd defensive stats. Each of these random combat encounters rewards one or a small handful of 1 type of item/crafting component. I never earned more resources in the field than I spent sending my team out. I only got ahead from the scripted quests and some lucky random events when I returned to camp. Moderately high difficulty with what appears to be a min-max meta strategy. Very limited options for preventing moderate losses from random events in the field and less so at base because you can have people on guard duty. Crafting req…

A good little turn-based management game with an interesting variety of endings. The gameplay itself is not particularly difficult, and there is quite a lot to enjoy at first. Unfortunaly, it becomes very repetitive very quickly. 100% steam achievements Time : 63.4H Completion Difficulty : 5/10 Playthroughs : 6 minimun Missables : None Guide Recommended : Yes - strongly for the different endings Notable requirements : obtaint all 6 endings, complete all romances, and experience various RNG-dependent events.

This the only scenario where I don't like being spit at by a woman. - I like the game, I like how I am tasked to take care of everyone as a newbie and my sister literally just died. I had no avenue to grieve because a few women in my vicinity automatically wants me at first glance and I had to micromanage everyone of their job just so we can live. I don't mind the grinding as someone who habitually does it in every game. It's not the biggest inconvenience to do so contrary to some of the reviews. I personally would prefer grinding than have it easy or have everything handed to you, it breaks the immersion... the game is literally set on Apocalypse. I am hopeful that they are able to make a female protagonist as an option in the next game, assuming they are willing to do that without needing 'wishes' from their players. I don't see how it could potentially penalize them to have a fmc as a choice.

Zombies stalk the night Survivors fight to stay alive Every choice brings death

It's a fun survival base building sim with TBS combat. Add some romance and fun artwork and what's not to like? It can get a bit tedious, so take it in small doses to increase enjoyment.