I really wanted to like this game, but ended up being seriously disappointed.

The game presents itself in a very good way and instantly immerses you in the world and the story, which are the most well done parts of the game. The graphics and the sound effects are done really well, and make you feel like you're living in a destroyed world, overrun by bad people and mutants. The only graphical issue, that I had in the game, is the HUD, which looks ugly and was clearly a developer's last thought (keep in mind, that this is nitpicking and is not a major issue). The voice acting could also have been done better, but is acceptable and I found it a bit funny at times. Otherwise, the story is told in a very good way. The game really succeeds in doing what it set itself to do, in immersing the player.

But the immersion can get broken in a vast majority of levels, which are plagued with lackluster gameplay and utterly terrible level design, that throws you in a more open area, but doesn't show or tell you, what you specifically need to do to progress there. The game is also lacking certain tutorials, so that means, that you either have to try things and get frustrated or watch a guide outside the game, which is ridicolous for a game, that you probably won't replay more than once. Another issue in the game are survival elements, more specifically ammo and gas masks. They aren't an issue on their own and can work as a decent survival element, but what makes them bad is the autosave system and a lack of a proper load and quicksave/save system. If you run out of enough ammo or gas masks to progress in the level and the game autosaves, you are stuck there and are forced to replay the whole level again. You can't load to a previous autosave or a manual save, because the developers were too lazy to include that in the game.

I really wanted to like this game, but the frustrating gameplay section of it makes it so hard for me to recommend it.
That's why I'm giving this game a 5/10.

I really wanted to like this game, but ended up being seriously disappointed. The game presents itself in a very good way and instantly immerses you in the world and the story, which are the most well done parts of the game. The graphics and the sound effects are done really well, and make you feel like you're living in a destroyed world, overrun by bad people and mutants. The only graphical issue, that I had in the game, is the HUD, which looks ugly and was clearly a developer's last thought (keep in mind, that this is nitpicking and is not a major issue). The voice acting could also have been done better, but is acceptable and I found it a bit funny at times. Otherwise, the story is told in a very good way. The game really succeeds in doing what it set itself to do, in immersing the player. But the immersion can get broken in a vast majority of levels, which are plagued with lackluster gameplay and utterly terrible level design, that throws you in a more open area, but doesn't show or tell you, what you specifically need to do to progress there. The game is also lacking certain tutorials, so that means, that you either have to try things and get frustrated or watch a guide outside the game, which is ridicolous for a game, that you probably won't replay more than once. Another issue in the game are survival elements, more specifically ammo and gas masks. They aren't an issue on their own and can work as a decent survival element, but what makes them bad is the autosave system and a lack of a proper load and quicksave/save system. If you run out of enough ammo or gas masks to progress in the level and the game autosaves, you are stuck there and are forced to replay the whole level again. You can't load to a previous autosave or a manual save, because the developers were too lazy to include that in the game. I really wanted to like this game, but the frustrating gameplay section of it makes it so hard for me to recommend it. That's why I'm giving this game a 5/10.