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Blackout - Early Access

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54%Game Brain Score
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79% User Score Based on 19 reviews

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Blackout - Early Access is a single player shooter game. It was developed by DastardlyDawgs and was released on February 6, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Embark on a heart-pounding journey in Blackout, a riveting single-player endless zombies experience. Armed with a diverse arsenal of weapons, unique abilities, and a myriad of bullet types, players face relentless hordes of zombies. From the familiar walkers, to cunning, elusive enemy types with devious tactics, survival demands strategic thinking. Dive into an in-depth DnD-style progression syste…

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79%
Audience ScoreBased on 19 reviews
gameplay3 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions
  • Core mechanics are fun and enjoyable with beginner-friendly controls.
  • The game offers a large map with exploration, grenade jumping, and power-ups enhancing replayability.
  • Developer is responsive and continuously improving the game with updates and fixes.
  • Graphics and animations are low quality and considered mediocre, affecting visual appeal.
  • Game feels very unfinished with lack of tutorial, repetitive procedurally generated levels, and limited content.
  • Gameplay balance issues include difficult early rounds and need for better enemy AI, shooting mechanics, and tactical features like an enemy radar map.
  • graphics
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of "blackout - early access" are widely criticized as extremely poor and among the worst on Steam, raising concerns about it being an asset flip. However, the game does offer various graphics settings and has improved performance significantly with recent updates.

    • “The fps issues have also been fixed; I went from ~30fps to over 80fps now, even with a ton of visuals on screen.”
    • “The graphics here are particularly awful, so bad that it actually stands out as one of the worst looking games on Steam.”
    • “Upon launching the game, you may want to adjust settings like graphics quality, resolution, or controls.”
    • “Different setting types for graphics, and the ability to aim in.”
  • gameplay
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay features solid core mechanics and enjoyable movement with challenging levels, but lacks meaningful level design, narrative progression, and a tutorial, making it feel unfinished despite its potential.

    • “The game's mechanics and levels are very good generally speaking.”
    • “It is hard enough, has nice movement (I really liked it), and improvable shooting - weapon mechanics as well.”
    • “The core mechanics are there, it's pretty fun, it even has an ending [spoiler] launching a nuke [/spoiler] which I find pretty cool.”
    • “The developer chose not to do the job of a real game developer and create meaningful bespoke levels, narrative-based gameplay progression, and so on.”
    • “It is hard enough, has nice movement (I really liked it), but the shooting and weapon mechanics are improvable.”
  • stability
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game experiences occasional minor stability issues, but most common problems can be effectively resolved using the provided troubleshooting tips. Overall, stability is manageable with some guidance.

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Blackout - Early Access is a shooter game.

Blackout - Early Access is available on PC and Windows.

Blackout - Early Access was released on February 6, 2024.

Blackout - Early Access was developed by DastardlyDawgs.

Blackout - Early Access has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Blackout - Early Access for its gameplay but disliked it for its graphics.

Blackout - Early Access is a single player game.

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