Sker Ritual

One of those games that's quite hard to figure out exactly why it just feels mid. For me I see elements of CoD Zombies, Killing Floor, and Vermintide. Sker Ritual is very much it's own thing, but what it takes from other games doesn't fully capture what made them special, it just shares some similar mechanics. Surviving increasingly difficult waves WHILE performing lame fetch quests and objectives isn't an aspect I like very much, the objectives remain the same every time you redo the map so expect the feeling of repetition. What could be some pretty cool map themes is heavily bogged down by very unappealing graphics. The gunplay is lackluster, nothing has impact. I preferred just swinging the baseball bat but it didn't feel satisfying like other games with similar melee (Vermintide). None of the lore or plots are interesting, all told through audio logs I felt no drive to collect. Multiplayer is completely dead. Shallow progression, just another skin collectathon lacking actual progress across separate runs. Overall just a game I don't want to return to.

bad

Let me start off by saying this game is a great 20 dollar pickup and even better if you get it on sale, as most other reviewers state its a very cod zombies like style game with a steampunk aspect to it, the best way i can summarize it is bioshock meets world at war/WWII zombies. The guns are very interesting its has a great horror vibe to it. The rounds do creep up in difficulty quickly after round 15 however i enjoy the challenge. The free different style of battle passes included in the game and all the cool cosmetics are a very nice touch. The game runs great and online co op ive had zero issues with. Ive played this game on PS5 and now ive played it on PC so ive put plenty of game time in. My biggest gripe with this game is how claustrophic the maps feel. Theyre a bit too tight and narrow in the majority of the game. I dont think theyre going to add any new content to the game but if they do id love to see maps that have a bit more openess to them like laverock. Otherwise its a fun game to pick up and play.

a good take on the zombies genre actually fun mechanics but somehow the game feels empty, even with the many guns it feels like its not enough sadly not enough players are online so forget about playing with random players but if you have friends go for it.

Score: 6/10 Basically COD Zombies but buggy

This was probably a fun game back when its online was active, its not basically a dead game and its pretty obvious that while there is a solo option what the game has you do was intended for 4 players. Beyond that its a pretty solid AA take on COD Zombies that does have some interesting ideas to add to the formula. However they forgot one of the reasons its so widely loved in the first place, level design. Most of these maps have some of the most confusing to navigate even with a waypoint marker, some areas are so dark you can easily miss it or interactable walls that blend in with everything else. Objects you need to interact with also have this problem where it blends in with everything else so often time you have no idea what to be looking for other than a vague description that doesn't explain anything. This is a really big problem when you have hordes chasing you the entire time. Despite boss spawns and gives you time to kill it so it doesn't and random perk pickups and various machines scattered around that offer the player many different things, none of that matters when online is dead, solo is way too demanding and much of what you are supposed to be doing is confusing Ju…