Royal Agents: Sweet Zombie

Found this game during the winter sale, and I think the only way I can properly review it is to split the pros and cons. Pros: It’s got a nice learning curve. You figure out what’s worth moving toward, how to choose your team, what methods to use, and how to stop the “ritual.” Don’t know that I’d quite call it a ritual so much as a boss, but you’ll figure out how to stop it nonetheless. Just a bit of exploring and experimenting. With the stylistic choices, the game is almost relaxing to play. The music is charming, and the whole thing is quite pleasing to look at. The art style is what grabbed my attention in the first place; reminded me of Skyhill, another zombie killer. I think there's a good number of characters to choose from, and I appreciate that there's an equal number of male and female agents rather than just a token female. Cons: I did think it would be a bit more humorous, given the whole “kill zombies in time for tea” premiss. Would’ve been nice to at least have a cut scene or something at the end of the surviving agents drinking tea. My biggest critique of this game is that it’s too short. When I hit the end, I went back to check if it was early access because it see…

It is a fun game to play. But it crashes on mac when restarting a scenario. Or, we should say that steam's support for Mac is bad itself.