Confederate Express

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Confederate Express is a single player action game. It was developed by Kilobite and was released on August 31, 2017. It received negative reviews from players.

Set in dystopian future, you assume a role of a brutal exterminator trying to deliver a mysterious package. Navigate through 50 seemingly impossible scenarios, obliterating your enemies into an explosive waterfall of blood and gore, all while your skills are constantly being challenged by an increasing number of vicious enemies using deadly tactics. Featuring MOBA-like tactical gameplay mechani…

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Audience ScoreBased on 36 reviews

graphics4 positive mentions

story5 negative mentions

The pixel art graphics are visually appealing and well-executed.
The game offers a simple control scheme that can be easy to learn for players.
There is a level of challenge that can be satisfying for players who enjoy skill-based gameplay.

The game is not at all what was promised during the Kickstarter campaign, lacking many key features and depth.
Gameplay is overly simplistic, often feeling more like a tech demo than a fully developed game.
Controls are clunky and unresponsive, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences.

gameplay
24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
13%
74%
13%
The gameplay of "Confederate Express" is characterized by its easy-to-learn mechanics and a simplistic control scheme reminiscent of mobile games, which some players find intuitive while others criticize as lacking depth and variety. While the game offers a challenging experience, particularly in mid to late stages, many reviewers express disappointment with its repetitive nature and minimal engagement, leading to an overall perception of poor gameplay quality.
- “Easy to learn mechanics.”
- “I have several thousands of hours played in high-skill MOBA environments, so the control scheme and general mechanics of Confederate Express came intuitively.”
- “The thing about Confederate Express is that despite its very simplistic, almost mobile-feeling single-click movement and attack mechanic, the game is pretty challenging.”
- “There's no depth, no RPG elements, and the gameplay is woefully simple.”
- “Most of the gameplay consists of clicking around to move while the character randomly shoots things in front of him until the next area is available.”
- “The gameplay consists of you mindlessly killing everything in a scenario, and then walking to the exit.”
story
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
33%
42%
The game's story is largely criticized for its absence, with reviewers noting a lack of narrative structure, character development, and meaningful context. Players express disappointment that the game consists mainly of randomly generated missions without any engaging storyline or RPG elements, leading to a sense of emptiness and missed potential. Overall, the consensus is that the game fails to deliver the rich narrative experience that was initially promised.
- “To the developer: after reading all the other reviews, and looking online about the story, you could have created an amazing game here (to rival most AAA titles) if you had actually designed the game you promised in the first place.”
- “As a Kickstarter backer, I will be biased, so if you want the full story, you can Google it.”
- “Story - absent (you'll find more on the Kickstarter page than in this game)”
- “No story, no depth, no explanation whatsoever; the game itself is just a succession of scenes populated with zombies and guys shooting at you.”
- “5 years from kick-starting it, and in the interim the game has shed almost all of the promised features: no story, team, upgrades, choices, locales, or fun.”
- “Story - absent (you'll find more on the Kickstarter page than in this game).”
graphics
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
44%
23%
33%
Overall, the graphics received mixed reviews, with some praising the gorgeous art style and varied enemy designs, while others criticized the "false2D" engine and minimalistic approach. The pixel art was noted as good, but not enough to elevate the overall experience for some players.
- “The graphics are gorgeous, the controls are responsive, and there's definitely replay potential.”
- “On enemies - other than the slow-moving zombies, enemy design is interesting and varied, both in terms of aesthetics and abilities.”
- “The graphics are good (pixel art) and the sound in general is also good, but that doesn't save it for me.”
- “I reduced the graphics to a bare minimum, but it didn't help at all.”
- “The whole 'false 2D' engine thing gets pretty obnoxious, as I don't really see anything it does differently, other than maybe adding some blur to the graphics.”
- “The graphics are disappointing.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
17%
50%
The music in the game is generally described as minimalistic, with only a few tracks that often blend into ambient sounds rather than stand out as memorable compositions. While some players find the ambient music effective and haunting during key moments, others criticize the lack of variety and engaging melodies throughout the game. Overall, the music seems to serve more as background ambiance than a focal point of the experience.
- “During a particularly memorable encounter, the normally ambient background music crescendoed into an uproar as a big, extremely lightfooted caped cyborg wielding a sword cleaved through a crowd of civilians (and myself, several times).”
- “There's also a very minimal amount of music in Confederate Express, but it's effective; it's ambient, it's haunting, it works.”
- “I didn't care for the simple level layouts, the majority of the music, or the first quarter of the game.”
- “Not much to speak of; it seems there's about 3-4 tracks in the game, and most of them are just the same kind of droning electrical sounds that seem to be ambience more than actual music.”
- “There's also a very minimal amount of music in Confederate Express, but it's effective, it's ambient, it's haunting, it works.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The atmosphere of the game is characterized by a limited but effective soundtrack that enhances the chilling, post-apocalyptic setting, creating an unpredictable experience. The engaging pixel-art visuals and genuine horror elements contribute to a captivating ambiance, making the relatively short campaign feel immersive and worthwhile.
- “There are only a handful of tracks, which is fine since they serve more as chilling atmospherics than anything, and are played at random throughout the post-apocalyptic journey to keep things mixed up and unpredictable.”
- “It might not be a very meaty game, but from retrying alone, the 50-level campaign will keep you busy for a good few hours, and its engaging gameplay is enhanced by some incredibly attractive pixel art and genuine horror atmospherics.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Many users feel that the game's replayability is lacking, with some expressing disappointment in its depth relative to its price, suggesting that it could have been much better.
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players appreciate the humor in the game, particularly noting the hilariously abrupt ending, which adds a unique and entertaining twist to the overall experience.
- “Overall, I enjoyed the graphics, gameplay, difficulty progression in the mid-late game, and the hilariously abrupt ending.”