Some of the best Melee Combat and Gore you will ever see in a video game. Right on par with Vermintide and Darktide when it comes to that raw and visceral feel of slashing, bashing, and ripping into zombies with your weapons. The gore system is intricate and well considered, too. The story is OK at best. Good voice acting but the real meat of the game is the combat. You will just find yourself hacking and slashing and not giving a damn about the story. That's how good it is.

Which brings me to the question: Why did this game get trashed on at release?

My take as to why it might have gotten negative reviews is because the game got stuck in development hell and was a different game than what was shown. The hopes and expectations will fall short for a game thats been stuck in development hell for 9 plus years.

Matter of fact, this game plays like a game that came out back in 2013-2015. The gameplay is linear and since everything is open-world nowadays, its damn refreshing to play something simple and brainless.

This game is solid all around and a bloody good time. Get it on a sale and if the negative reception is about Epic Games Launcher, it is no longer justified now that its on steam. There are workarounds to avoid the login when you buy it on Steam. Performance was not bad at all either.