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39.2 hrs on record (18.9 hrs at review time)
One of the best indie games of all time, period.

Hollow Knight is a metroidvania that offers great 2D graphics for an extremely vast world in which you'll discover various powers, characters, worlds and secrets. The map is huge, and it takes a long time to explore everything (between 20-30 hours). The gameplay is extremely well balanced with great and precise combat mechanics . Sometimes the game is difficult but it is never unfair; most of the difficulty comes when aiming for the true ending which requires to confront new bosses and obstacles that were designed for the best players.

The game is quite long (around 20-25 hours for a first playthrough, 30 hours if looking for the 100% completion mark) but never repetitve. Needless to say that this game is worth every penny the devs are asking for (I'd go as far as saying this game should have a higher price tag )

Special mention to the OST, composed by Christopher Larkins, which is an absolute masterpiece. No electrical or chiptune music here (I have nothing against them, but they seem quite common in indie games nowadays) but gorgeous orchestral themes that could have been made for an AAA game. Hope that we get to listen to more of his creations in other games !
Posted July 7, 2017.
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2.6 hrs on record
I was "gifted" this game ... Saying that Zombie Zoeds is a bad game is an understatement. The game starts in a horribly low resolution (something close to 800x600 (EDIT: It's actually 640x480)) but this is not a problem since the game is ugly anyway.

The game itself is a twin-stick shooter where you must kill zombies and try to reach the highest score. Well, "twin stick shooter" ... sort of. You can only aim in the direction where you're moving, meaning that you'll need to stop and rotate if you want to shoot anything in this game, making the game extremely difficult.

Almost everything is bugged: When you start a game, if you go down you'll reach an area where your framerate will decrease to 1 FPS. If you then try to go left, you'll be able to go out of bounds and you'll be stuck there forever. There is no notion of height or depth in this game, meaning that you cannot go under the trees (you'll collide with the leafs). Speaking of the trees, the zombies will often get stuck into them,

You'll also notice if you go up starting from the spawn that the menu of the game is actually a part of the map: You can see the "New Game, Loading and EXIT" writings on the ground. An absolute joke

There is an "Evacuation Zone" but it doesn't do anything. (EDIT: You can actually bring civilians to the evacuation zone for points)

You have 3 basics weapons, the first one having 3 different fire modes: Don't get fooled, there is no point swapping between each as it changes only the fire rate and you'll only use the third one (fastest firing rate) anyway. I was unable to test the 2 other weapons, and I'm not even sure they can be used at all. I tried to fiddle with Cheat Engine to see if I could add ammo to them, and I managed to shoot once with each weapon, but it didn't do anything except play a laser sound.

The sound design is horrible: You'll hear a sound of crickets which is looped during the entire game. Fortuantely there is a button to mute it, which is probably the best feature of the game.

I could go on but I really don't want to waste more time on this game. I've seen student projects being much better than Zombie Zoeds. It's not even a bad game, it's a scam and should be removed from Steam.
Posted December 23, 2015. Last edited December 23, 2015.
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