Review by GamingCouchPotato.co.uk Staff
Deadly Days is the latest rogue-lite game from Pixel Split Games. You play within a zombie apocalypse, because, well, why not. You are in charge of a group of survivors and you have to try to stop the catastrophe, survive and play through procedurally generated cities and missions.
The basic gameplay consists of controlling your characters around the map, looking for loot, while at the same time fighting off waves of zombies. Once you collect everything an area has to give, you return to your base to drop off everything you found.
To loot a building, a character will by targeting to enter, while other characters will remain outside to defend against the zombies. The defending and fighting of the zombies is done automatically, think of the game more as you managing a group of characters, as opposed to you actively controlling their actions.
Did I mention apples? These are of upmost importance, you will use apples to level up your characters, keep them well fed, and so on.
As you play through the maps, you will be able to better equip your characters, this is important as the zombies get consistently harder the more you play, including kamikaze zombies and spitter zombies. Time to call in an airstrike to clear the way! The maps can be a bit small, but there is still plenty to explore and collect.
There is a nice learning curve in the game, so early on everything is quite easy as you get to grips with everything.
There is a nice learning curve in the game, so early on everything is quite easy as you get to grips with everything.
The Good
Deadly Days is a nice simple, easy to play game, lots of weapons to collect, characters to meet, and even the story is probably more than what you would expect in such a game.
The Bad
As I already mentioned, the maps are a little small, and the game plays more like a management game than a classic rogue-lite, and perhaps the game is lacking in a few areas that will keep you coming back.
Overall
A fun, interesting game, with some unique and original ideas.
I score Deadly Days a strong 7/10
Review by GamingCouchPotato.co.uk Staff
Deadly Days is out now on Xbox
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