- February 27, 2024
- Juice Game
Secret Archives
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"Secret Archives" is a third-person shooting and decryption game set in a future where a unique mineral has caused a large-scale infection. As the protagonist, your mission is to retrieve important files and escape the infected area. The game features three weapons and synthetic ammunition, as well as puzzles to solve and secret styles of clothing to discover. Explore the box court style map, defeat enemies, and take photos to commemorate your journey.
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- The game features enjoyable gunplay and a long main story, with various collectibles and challenges that unlock outfits and poses.
- The developer has added new game modes for free, showing commitment to improving the game and providing additional content.
- The game has a retro survival horror feel, with decent level design and a solid atmosphere that appeals to fans of the genre.
- The save system is poorly designed, requiring excessive clicking to save, which can be frustrating during gameplay.
- The game suffers from significant backtracking and poor level design, leading to repetitive gameplay and a lack of exploration.
- Combat mechanics are flawed, with issues like low ammo drops, knife durability, and poorly animated enemies that detract from the overall experience.
- gameplay24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The gameplay features a mix of zombie combat, weapon variety, and crafting mechanics, alongside basic stealth elements reminiscent of Dark Souls. Players can engage in an arena mode that introduces character upgrades and difficulty multipliers, enhancing replayability. While the game has some polish issues compared to similar titles, it offers an enjoyable experience for fans of the genre, particularly with its item management and strategic gameplay, despite some frustrations with boss difficulty and mechanics.
“There are several types of zombies (including bosses), different weapons to find, ammo crafting, and basic stealth mechanics.”
“The arena mode actually changes the ammo stack system, health kit stacking mechanics, and how items drop, showing the developer put some thought into it and adjusted things from the standard game.”
“For a £13.49 game that I got on the 10% introductory sale, I can say it's a decent game if you want a Resident Evil game with colored doors and some puzzles involving finding key items to progress. The three weapons—handgun, assault rifle, and shotgun—feel nice to use, and on easy and normal, you get a lot of ammo. Item management is handy, especially when being able to get the zombies to de-aggro and allow you to sneak by, which is great on hard to save ammo as they are much tankier.”
“So the gameplay loop becomes this frustrating process which will have you question your sanity.”
“Even on easy mode, these bosses take so many shots before they drop, I was sure I was doing something wrong and that I must be missing a mechanic.”
“It is also not as polished as 'The Killing Antidote', a very similar game; the animations, sounds, and dress-up mechanics are a lot simpler here, but it is still enjoyable to play if you're the target audience.”
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