Envy the Dead
- September 12, 2016
- Kazakov Oleg
- 2h median play time
Get on Steam"Envy the Dead" is a survival horror game set in a creepy, abandoned village. Players must navigate the village, scavenge for supplies, and survive against hordes of the undead. The game features a day-night cycle, with the undead becoming more aggressive and numerous at night. With a focus on survival and exploration, "Envy the Dead" offers a challenging and immersive experience for horror fans.
Reviews
- The game offers a fun and engaging survival experience, allowing players to manage resources, choose paths, and strategize with different characters.
- At its low price point, the game provides a decent amount of entertainment and replay value, making it a good time killer.
- The mix of genres, including elements of RTS and board games, adds depth to the gameplay, making it enjoyable for fans of survival and strategy games.
- The combat system is poorly designed, leading to frustrating experiences where characters can easily die due to unclear mechanics and unresponsive controls.
- The game suffers from numerous bugs and a lack of polish, including issues with tutorials, graphics, and overall gameplay balance.
- Players often find the difficulty level to be excessively punishing, with limited resources and unclear objectives making progress feel tedious and frustrating.
- gameplay16 mentions
- 19 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The gameplay is a blend of various genres, including real-time strategy, top-down shooting, and roguelike elements, offering a fun and challenging experience, especially for those who can exploit its mechanics. While some players appreciate the lightweight leveling system and diverse mechanics, others criticize the game's difficulty in resource gathering and its overall graphics. Despite some aesthetic bugs, the core gameplay mechanics are generally well-received, making it a worthwhile option for fans of the genre.
“Mechanics mix elements from diverse genres, like top-down shooters, brawlers, management, crafting, and roguelike.”
“Gameplay is a mix between party management, exploration, roguelite, survival, and a quite good real-time tactical combat game.”
“Leveling and skill trees - this game's leveling system is very simple yet perfect for the purpose of a lightweight mechanic.”
“Very easy if you know how to exploit the mechanics of the game.”
“Not funny, poor graphics, poor gameplay.”
“Devs might want to consider adding some PC gameplay into the game to make it more relatable for PC players.”
- graphics9 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players noting low quality reminiscent of early 90s titles, while others appreciate the decent visuals for a budget game. Although the graphics are not universally praised, they are often described as effectively conveying the game's atmosphere, despite some discrepancies between screenshots and actual gameplay. Overall, the graphics are seen as adequate but not exceptional.
“Pretty nice graphics.”
“Graphically it's not terrible, and the sounds are fairly sparse, but what is there does a decent enough job.”
“Graphics are very good for a budget game.”
“The graphics, music, and animations make you think this game was made by a low-budget company in the early 90s and kept in a vault until now.”
“Graphics as on screenshots is somewhat of a lie - it's not bad, but not really that great either.”
“Graphics are a bit low quality, but have been fine exploited just for show depressing environments with minimal elements.”
- stability5 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's stability has received mixed feedback, with some players reporting minor glitches and bugs, while others have experienced no major issues after several hours of gameplay. Despite these imperfections, many users see potential in the game and believe it could improve with future updates, making it a worthwhile investment at its current price.
“It is a buggy game.”
“Yes, it comes with glitches and bugs, but after only a few days on release, you can see its potential.”
“Some of the aforementioned glitches:”
- story4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The game's story emphasizes resilience and the unpredictability of life, encouraging players to persevere through challenges. It features engaging gameplay elements such as crafting, character upgrades, and moral choices that add depth to the narrative, making it a surprisingly rich experience for its price. While some may find the repetitive defense missions less enjoyable, the variety of choices and character classes keeps the gameplay interesting.
“Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
“There is a decent amount of things to do like crafting defenses and weapons, learning skills, upgrading your characters, and providing them with armor. Even when there are no missions, most locations give you choices like fighting, running away, accepting new people, or killing new people. It's a little game but with some depth.”
“The storytelling is lacking depth and fails to engage the player.”
“The narrative feels disjointed and doesn't provide a satisfying experience.”
“The choices presented in the game often feel superficial and don't impact the story meaningfully.”
- music3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The music in the game is described as beautiful and relaxing, contributing positively to the overall experience. However, some users feel that the graphics and animations give it a low-budget, retro vibe reminiscent of early 90s games. Overall, the soundtrack enhances the gameplay, particularly in the context of base defense.
“The soundtrack is beautiful and the base defense system is perfect.”
“The graphics, music, and animations make you think this game was made by a low-budget company in the early 90s and kept in a vault until now.”
“I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
- humor1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is largely criticized, with many users finding it unfunny and lacking in comedic value, which is compounded by poor graphics and gameplay.
“Not funny, poor graphics, poor gameplay.”
“The jokes fell flat and felt forced throughout the game.”
“I expected humor, but it was mostly cringeworthy and unoriginal.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -500 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game offers decent replayability through various game modes and unlockable perks, encouraging players to complete multiple playthroughs to access all content. Its affordable price further enhances the incentive to revisit the game.
“The game is affordable, and the developer has done a great job of adding replay value by introducing various game modes and perks that are unlocked after playing through the game multiple times.”
“Each playthrough offers new challenges and experiences, making it easy to dive back in and enjoy the game again.”
“With different character builds and strategies to explore, the replayability factor keeps the game fresh and engaging.”
“The game is cheap, and props to the developer for trying to add some replay value by including game modes and perks that are locked until you play through the game a few times.”
“After completing the game once, I found little incentive to go back. The lack of meaningful changes in subsequent playthroughs made it feel repetitive.”
“While there are some additional modes, they don't significantly enhance the experience, leaving the game feeling stale after the first run.”
- atmosphere1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game is described as highly engaging and immersive, offering a captivating experience at an exceptionally low price, provided players can overlook some minor flaws.
“If you're not bothered by such flaws, this can be a very addictive and atmospheric game at a ridiculously low price.”
