Z: Escape

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Z: Escape is one of literally thousands of retro 2D platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere... and I'm not kidding. Searching for "platformers" on the Steam store page yields over 17,000 results! Is this one of the best of those? Absolutely not. This is a badly made 2.5D retro pixel platformer with a focus on rather badly done shooting elements, which does nothing to help the terrible presentation. Terrible presentation matched with terrible game design... at least there's symmetry. And before we get into the usual faults and problems that so many of these games share, it's worth pointing out the developer conducted a brazen act of theft and fraud... the developer sold keys to this game through a third party bundle seller, kept all the money he got from the key sale, and then revoked the keys for every Steam gamer he got money from. Then, as a slap in the face, he made the game free, once more, keeping all the money he scammed gamers out of. And the developer STILL wants more money for this! Platforming is an old, mostly dead genre, and this lacklustre experience, while it doesn't have an upfront cost, isn't saving the…

[h1] So this is Weird[/h1] Hey how do we start, if you read the reviews, it seems like the dev did some shady thing way back when another platform died. Namely not honoring purchases. This makes a lot of people unhappy. Although the dev did nothing illegal (because purchases are usually tied to the platform they are purchased on, if you don't believe me go talk to the people who bought Dark souls on Games for Windows Live), it still sucks that they weren't willing to give out free games. OH WAIT, What's that little thing at the top of this review? What the ♥♥♥♥ is that? Oh, Oh, MY GOD. IT SAYS THAZT DIS PROWODUCT WAS PUWURCHASED FOWO FREE. I WONDER WHAT THAT MEANS? I can't imagine what it is that that means. I suppose I'm going to be a contrarian and give this game alike because it's not that difficult, and the achievements are easy enough to get, that you can get them within a couple hours, and honestly that's all you can really ask for. Just multiple runs, with separate challenges.

Игра «Z: Escape» — это атмосферный хоррор с элементами выживания. Погружение в апокалипсис сработало благодаря напряжённой музыке и тёмной графике. Однако сюжет разворачивается медленно, а механика управления кажется не до конца проработанной. Много повторяющихся локаций и слабые враги снижают остроту переживаний. В целом — достойный эксперимент для фанатов жанра, но не без недостатков.

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Dev made a complete remaster