The basic premise of the title is this, the players character, either Rita O’Connor or Manuel G.P., is trapped in an environment populated with zombies and other nightmarish creatures, the sole objective being to survive this hellish environment with the ultimate goal being to find a Vaccine to rid your partner of a virus slowly consuming their body and likely to cause them to become a member of the undead masses.
MonsterVine: "Let’s take a look at five survival horror games that tried to do something special but, for one reason or another, completely missed the mark."
Give me hope. Give me fear. Don't give me another walking simulator...
WTMG's Leo Faria: "Sadly, we live in a day and age in which not many horror games are released, and among those the good are few and far between. Sure, we have some good exceptions such as Resident Evil VII, The Evil Within 2, and Detention, but we’re also getting a ton of games completely plagued with lots and lots of frustrating horror game clichés."
Ugh, too many walking sim jump scare games lately. Hence why I really didn't enjoy Until Dawn. Not only was it bad jump scares, but the butterfly effect thing was pointless. All that changes is who runs out the front door at the end.
Or who dies and how they die much before that... In other words, the system working properly.
How about turning them into action shooters with tons of ammo at your disposal and your character an unstoppable bullet magnet...
"Vaccine fails to be competent as a rogue-lite as well. Nothing carries over upon death. The randomized manor never really changes significantly. The rooms, weapons and enemies you’ll find remain the same on each run. Each failed run feels like a waste of time. Luckily, most end well before the game’s allotted 30 minute time limit thanks to the unfair difficulty. But even with the short runs there’s not a lot to make you want to come back."
