Pleasant Surprise – Zombien Review

So...I buy every Choice Of/Hosted game that comes out and I tend to enjoy the lot of them although every now and then one of them is terrible. The name of this game and the description sounded pretty stupid. I even hesitated to play it although the fact that it was free for the first couple chapters got to me to try it out. So here is the deal...it's pretty good. There are some spelling and grammatical errors. I think one of the achievements even was spelled wrong. But it isn't that disruptive to complain about too much. Essentially you are a person who survives the initial apocalypse and becomes a kind of corporate stooge for alien overlords. They are indifferent to humans and see them as a resource to get what they want. They turn most of the population into zombies for easier dominance. How they do it is kind of creative and plays into the story. I enjoyed character creation in this game which boosts your stats via order of importance to your character. Then the first couple chapters your decisions kind of serve as a way to develop your skills. The only thing I didn't really like about this was that I didn't see my character do any writing whatsoever. I mean I get that it serves as a backstory but come on...lemme put these skills to use. There were also options that I could do thanks to my skill set but I didn't see any for the later chapters. There is some stronghold game play here where your choices help you to have options in how to prepare for an attack. Love when games like these do that. The game seems pretty long and gives some pretty good choices that were important enough that I had to sit around and think about how it might play out. My final play through turned out pretty good I think for the human race. The game has some witty prose. The writing is entertaining. Characters are pretty one dimensional, but you get the impression that this is more of a popcorn kind of story. I liked it and I think I might play differently to see what happens. Thank you for making this. It's worth the 2.99.
Review by Zig Ziggenstein on Zombien.