Zone 10

Zone 10 is a 2D retro pixel hybrid of top down "SpaceWar!" themed shooter and classic tower defense game that's been slapped together with the godawful GameMaker Studio video game construction kit from Yoyogames. The concept is unique and clever. It's evident this is more than the usual case of a developer filling out some templates/flipping some GMS assets and dumping the mess on Steam. It's unfortunate that a great and original idea is coupled with a very poor quality, lacklustre implementation. They chose to use obsolete retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result. Resolution and controls are locked. These flaws push this game far below minimum acceptable standards for PC. GameMaker Studio is a very poor quality game construction kit, and unsurprisingly results in products that have little to no value as games, especially when compared to the work of professional developers who create genuine products for gamers. Using a video game construction kit typically requires little to no talent or skill as a game developer. …

Updating my review to actually talk about the game: its fun and has quite a bit of depths to it. It has tower defense elements, mining/crafting systems are simple and fun, you can get out of your ship and kill enemies on the ground running around, lots of cool upgrades. If you're into RTS / Tower Defense this game will challenge and entertain you.

Игра Zone 10 — это хардкорный тактический шутер с мрачным сеттингом постапокалипсиса. Глубокая механика боя, цепляющий сюжет и высокая сложность создают атмосферное и напряженное погружение. Невероятно детализированный мир, который хочется изучать, несмотря на смертельную опасность. Настоящий вызов для искушенных игроков.

[h1]Before I played Zone 10, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

[h1] Finally a good ♥♥♥♥♥♥ take [/h1] This game has some cool and weird things going on with it. Get this, it's a tower defense game right? However, the way of placing the turrets, and planning the pathing of the enemies is under your complete control. They mitigate this initial ease by making pathing blocks that you have to purchase. Once purchased you are expected to be the one to place them down strategically to match the patterns of randomly generated tiles and turrets so that they can be configured into an optimal maze. The game requires phases which can make things a bit annoying. After every round you must travel out to gather supplies, which sometimes will require you have a strong ship. Something that isn't necessarily useful in the defense phase. But a balance is required and can be found pretty easily. Prioritizing the maximization of your turrets and stunting the ship growth as secondary in order to gain cash required to build an infuriating maze for the A.I. to meander around for more than the necessary amount of time to beat you. The music is pretty good, controls are simple enough, and I think this makes for an incredibly fun free to play game.

3/10 medic bags (better then a cloaker)