The Wicked Days
Alien Intelligence UAB · 2021 · Action, Adventure, Indie, Top-Down Shooter, Zombies
PC
Mostly Positive79% · 33 📉 Recent reviews down 63%
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About The Wicked Days
The Wicked Days is an action-packed shooter set in a godforsaken wilderness in a small town of Beavercity. Inexplicable events will be echoes of the difficult past. Why is everyone against you? Arm yourself to the teeth, jump in a car and move out to explore a dangerous world in search of answers.
Players will encounter along the way:
In the beginning of the Vietnam War, Marvin Todds' squad was assigned a special mission to escort a civilian to the alleged UFO crash site. The civilian being a government bioengineer by the name Emmerich von Monsardo.
But as soon as they arrived at the destination, a bright sphere of expanding light blinded everyone.
When Marvin regained his consciousness, the squad, along with the civilian, was on their way to the base. No one could remember what happened at the facility. The incident was quickly hushed up.
However, in time each of the squad members discovered a supernatural ability - strength, speed or endurance would reach a new level. They could jump over rivers, run faster than cars and break down trees with their bare hands with little effort.
15 years later
Retired Colonel Marvin Todds, spent his quiet evenings in the backyard of his cozy house, sitting in an armchair, chaotically switching TV channels. The growing feeling that something was wrong had not left him for the last few years. Deciding to think about it more, he went to shoot bottles.
Marvin had hardly put the pistol in the holster, when he heard the rumble of a falling plane diving straight towards him onto his yard.
"What the hell is going on here ?!" - the old man had just the time to say, as right in front of him out of nowhere materialised the first monster. The same kind of monster from trashy films that helped Marvin to drown out flashbacks before bedtime.
Only this time it was not a dream - this was the world of The Wicked Days...
Players will encounter along the way:
- A wide arsenal of weapons
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Longread Lore
In the beginning of the Vietnam War, Marvin Todds' squad was assigned a special mission to escort a civilian to the alleged UFO crash site. The civilian being a government bioengineer by the name Emmerich von Monsardo.
But as soon as they arrived at the destination, a bright sphere of expanding light blinded everyone.
When Marvin regained his consciousness, the squad, along with the civilian, was on their way to the base. No one could remember what happened at the facility. The incident was quickly hushed up.
However, in time each of the squad members discovered a supernatural ability - strength, speed or endurance would reach a new level. They could jump over rivers, run faster than cars and break down trees with their bare hands with little effort.
15 years later
Retired Colonel Marvin Todds, spent his quiet evenings in the backyard of his cozy house, sitting in an armchair, chaotically switching TV channels. The growing feeling that something was wrong had not left him for the last few years. Deciding to think about it more, he went to shoot bottles.
Marvin had hardly put the pistol in the holster, when he heard the rumble of a falling plane diving straight towards him onto his yard.
"What the hell is going on here ?!" - the old man had just the time to say, as right in front of him out of nowhere materialised the first monster. The same kind of monster from trashy films that helped Marvin to drown out flashbacks before bedtime.
Only this time it was not a dream - this was the world of The Wicked Days...
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
In a quiet American town - there is never peace, as the booklets promise. After the plane crash - the zombie apocalypse suddenly begins in the city! And if this is not enough for you - ALIENS are involved in the case! Uncover a mystical plot, destroying everything alive (and recently dead) on your way - and try to reach the final alive! [list][b]Liked:[/b] [*]+ Cheerful voice acting in the style of VHS cassettes [*]+ Great soundtrack in places [*]+ Open world [*]+ Side missions [b]Did not like:[/b] [*]- Still alpha version [*]- Some cutscenes have lags [*]- Part of the text does not have Russian localization [*]- There are crashes to the desktop without error windows [*]- When using the keyboard / mouse, active gamepad buttons sometimes appear [*]- No autosaves [*]- Low quality textures at maximum settings [*]- Opponents do not see the character if they climb objects / tables / cars [*]- invisible walls [*]- Unlit areas in which the shadow is an all-encompassing black color [*]- Developer menu with the ability to switch free camera [*]- Problem physics [*]- Broken close-up character facial animation in cutscenes [*]- There is no possibility to rotate the camera during the game [*…10 found this helpful
Looks like I am in the minority here so far, but I don't believe this game is for me. I found it to be very arcady, cartoony, and more frustrating than fun. Zombies in this game cause a great deal of damage and you will die quick if they get close to you. There are also too many boss battles that I found frustrating. There are also no difficulty settings and the save points are pretty far away, so you will be repeating the same lengthy sections over and over again. There is also no voice acting, you cannot remap the controls, and there are some strange keys such as V and Q that are used for important functions that I really wanted to remap. Another annoying aspect of this game is that the camera keeps automatically zooming in and out, which tends to cause me some nausea. The inventory is also bland and the whole experience just feels too arcady, cheap, and boring to me. Perhaps this game appeals to others. However, I cannot recommend it you are into more serious and realistic type games.4 found this helpful
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This game concept is one of the coolest stuff out there. Looking forward to the end result. The developers are really on to something great. Good luck in working on the game devs.
I was surprised by the "Gloss" of this game thinking it would be cheap...I WAS SO VERY WRONG. This is a very fun game and I look forward to the finished product. Movement is clean, current weapon selection is fun. Hope to see a "Swimming" skill added in the future.
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