Undead & Beyond
- June 26, 2021
- Ominous Entertainment
- 7h median play time
Get on SteamIn "Undead & Beyond," play as Dr. Beyond, reanimating the dead to create chaos and accomplish objectives in a constantly changing facility. Utilize a variety of methods, from creating undead combatants to using gadgets and stealth, to navigate through guards and reach the next area. Increase the hazard level to spawn deadlier mutants and enjoy brutal death animations in this AI-driven, unique experience.
Mac OS
Nintendo Switch
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game offers a fun and chaotic mix of strategy and action, allowing players to create and control zombies to escape a facility.
- Despite its amateur visuals, the gameplay loop is enjoyable and challenging, especially in later levels where strategy becomes essential.
- The game is considered a good value for its price, providing a unique experience for fans of the zombie genre.
- The game suffers from poor technical execution, including outdated graphics and awkward controls that cannot be customized.
- Players have reported frustrating gameplay elements, such as unresponsive AI and level-breaking glitches that hinder progress.
- The game can feel repetitive and tedious, particularly due to the need to individually resurrect zombies and the lack of direct control over them.
- graphics10 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 70 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game have been widely criticized for their outdated and amateurish quality, resembling visuals from 30 years ago. The reliance on retro pixel art fails to deliver a modern gaming experience, and despite resolution options, players cannot significantly enhance the simplistic 2D visuals. Overall, the graphics are deemed lackluster and not worth the investment.
“This is a good and fun idea for a game, and it's delightful to watch your minions running around, and those so-called colleagues getting their comeuppance, but the game looks like it's 30 years old. The implementation is amateur hour here and it's just not worth the money for a game with such poor visuals and delivery.”
“A choice was made to use obsolete, decades-old retro pixel 'art' as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
“While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality.”
- story6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is criticized for its repetitive and cumbersome mission structure, where players feel that the lack of meaningful interactions with bosses and levels detracts from the experience. Additionally, the necessity to restart entire missions upon dying adds to the frustration, making the narrative feel less engaging.
“Leveling up from the base level in almost every mission felt cumbersome.”
“I wish there were more boss and level interactions beyond just item pickups and quest pickups that don't really do much.”
“You die, and then have to redo the entire mission all over again.”
- stability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game exhibits some stability issues, particularly with buggy AI and occasional level-breaking glitches, such as sub weapons being blocked unexpectedly. Despite these problems, players still find it to be an enjoyable monster game overall.
“The AI is a little buggy, but overall it's a great monster game.”
“Sometimes the game has level-breaking glitches, such as sub-weapons getting blocked for no reason.”
“The AI is a little buggy, but overall it's a great monster game.”
- gameplay2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Gameplay shows significant potential for enjoyment, but is hindered by numerous frustrating elements that detract from the overall experience.
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, even with the introduction of a tool that allows for resurrecting three zombies at once instead of just one. This suggests that while there are improvements, the overall experience remains laborious.
“There is a tool you can get after a while which lets you resurrect 3 zombies at a time instead of 1, but it's still too tedious.”
- music2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is well-received, featuring a classic retro style that enhances the overall experience.
“The music is pretty good, classic retro style.”
- humor2 mentions
- 150 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players find the humor in the game particularly effective, highlighting the amusing lines delivered by NPCs during their deaths as a standout feature.
“The lines from the NPC dying are very funny.”
“The humor in the NPC's dialogue adds a delightful twist to the gameplay.”
“I can't stop laughing at the witty remarks made by the NPCs throughout the game.”
