Recent reviews by Fibroid Eagle

After giving the game an honest fair try, I can say for certain that there's potential here but it's uncertain if the new developers will carry the torch. The game receives updates on a monthly basis and from it's launch has definitely improved. But there's still a lot to be desired here.

The biggest issue here is optimization. I have a 5060 build and this game has moments where FPS TANKS like crazy, and in a perma death game with high stakes, this is a huge issue. Opening up your inventory with frame gen can cause FPS to plummet like crazy, which is a huge core factor of the game. Bugs are an issue as well. I have a friend who'll play with me and guarantee he's disconnecting the first game we play on start up. He has a 5070TI so not sure why that happens. Zombies can get stuck in between windows of maps and rubber band up and down really quick...

No balancing for less members in your game, the game is pretty much designed to only be played with 8 players. If you finish a mission with you and 2 other buddies, it can take over an hour and you'll maybe get a handful of levels, but if you play with 8 players you'll get 20+ levels to your character and clear the mission in 20-30 minutes, even on the harder difficulties. I've lost characters on casual or hard playing with just 3 players so many times, but getting a full 8 stack lobby feels like a walk in the park. They're doing a major balance update this month so this could change.

There's 4 maps at the time of this review. They're huge maps, with lots of objectives to complete that are RNG. Even the escape fight and the escape itself can be different per map. Compared to the 1st game? This is bad as the OG had 33 maps to play on. It's in Early access and they are adding new ones, but if you've played the first you'll definitely feel this. No solo play either but again, could change.

That's not to say this game isn't bad. It's a fun game honestly. Melee combat is fun, gun play is a little wonky but is satisfying, plenty of melee weapons to choose from that works with other perks to help with dismembering limbs or knocking undead down. Kicking zombies down is a new ability and it's really satisfying knocking zombies down and finishing them off. It's fun having to look for specific ammo types (.45, 9mm, etc..) for guns. High intense moments are fun! It's cool dodging zombies roaming the streets and I love how the game really makes you feel like a survivor against the undead, even if you're a fully kitty leveled up survivor, you can still very easily screw up and die. It's fun seeing you become infected, symptoms getting worse until you eventually seize up, and become one of the undead. It's not like the first screen where it's just a grey screen with feint yellow veins eventually coming up until you turn. Now your character coughs, their voices change and distort, you'll get headaches and audio distortions, audio hallucinations, eventual screen flickering and red veins... They really have the blueprint here for a really good zombie game here.

I have hope for this game and would love to see if they can carry the torch of the first game eventually. It has the core fundamentals of the first, but it's just lacking that content and polish it deserves. I'm only giving it a good review because I like the game and want to see it grow. It could be considered one of the better new gen George A. Romero zombie styled games, but if you can stomach the older gameplay of the original, you're probably better off playing that until there's just more polish and content to the game, at least for $30. I got it on sale for $20 and I'm happy at that price point.

TL;DR 6/10 needs polish and more content but gameplay can be satisfying and fun.

For the developers but somethings i'd like to see is maybe an option to reroll the 3 perks you get when leveling up with the in game currency. Maybe another option to reroll all perks a character has with random ones? Would add more use to the in-game currency. Chainsaws, molotovs, energy drink for infinite stamina for a short time, of course more weapons and maps...

Want a survival game done right? This game did exactly that. Your story follows a young man, trying to find his stolen son, who was taken by cannibals. Simple story, right? It gets deeper than that, I won't spoil anything, but this game is honestly the greatest survival game I have ever played. No silly zombies, just pure cannibals, the AI for the game is amazing, enemies will hop from trees to surprise attack you, enemies will grow in numbers as you survive, using more equipment and techniques to attack you. The game is beautiful, the setting is amazing, flourished with animal wildlife, there's always something new to see in The Forest, and it's practically updating all the time. At the time of playing (Alpha 0.71) with a complete (but optional) storyline, it's well worth the money. I bought this for me and my brother, and the game is amazing with co-op, the cutscenes (although minimal), play out in astoundishing ways. The inventory system is fantastic, hands down. You can build a huge base, with traps such as catapults or "birthday traps". Overall, this game is one of those rare games I'd give a 10/10, cannot wait for the full release.

good

Do I recommend this game? Sort of. it's a great game, no, fantastic. However, I have my reasons why I sort of advice to step away, however if you love rogue likes or you're looking for a great split screen game, this is for you.

Pros:
4 classes, one being unlocked, 4 skins for each and a ton of perks to choose from.
4 worlds, 3 levels, 2 soundtracks for each world, when unlocked
SPLIT SCREEN CO-OP!!
Online as well
Lots of unlockables
When beaten, although there is no cutscene or anything special, you get to re-do the game with your current stats, and weapons, with harder enemies, and loads more of them.
Very rewarding when you learn how to play
Cons:
(This is a big one) Game has been out for YEARS, and it's still in early access stage, game still feels the same, aside from a few new things.
Wildling is SO broken,
Weapons don't have that feeling when you really don't want to part ways with it, no special things to them that will make you feel attached.
Special challenge rooms have no advantage to using them.

Overall I give it a 7.5/10, just wish it finally came out of early access.

I feel the game is getting such a huge outburst over a pewdiepie event and I feel it is injustice to do that, so I feel I should perhaps maybe help, the game is incredibly great, although short (for me it took a long time as I got to all the scenes and area to explore, it had a fantastic story and I loved the relationship you had going with a person in a radio. The game was visually appealing and the story was so rich with experience, I was truly lured into it. I give it a 8/10, only due to it's short story.

Update: I guess over the time of it's release, it did get better. Although, it did take almost 11 updates to finally fix the game completely, but it did add some new content like more languages, and support for DLC, which is pretty good. Like many people have said, there are MAJOR improvements over the last game and I really enjoy the game now that it's way less buggy.



It's a great game, yes. It did so much compared to its last game, however in it's current state I cannot recommend it. Already going through 3 updates in a week and it still h as many issues. I want to love it, but I can't. Me and my brother want to play splitscreen to record it and we have went through so many problems, our save file got corrupted, it crashes so many times when we talk to people, it's near impossible to play it, we have maybe 3 hours in with actual gameplay and the rest are us trying to get it working. I sent a support ticket to the team and I have yet to get a reply. Maybe later when all the bugs are sorted out, then I'd recommend it, but until then I just can't in it's current state.

This game is fantastic. Me and my buddy play it all the time and it's an amazing sequel to a great game. Worth the money and time playing this game! I have a let's play series going right now about the game, if you want to see how the game goes, give the video a look!

The youtube video

Salt and Sanctuary was my first ever game in the genre, and I was really impressed. Me and my brother did the whole game together and we had a blast. The graphics are amazing, the fighting is fun, everything about it was simply perfect, the only downside was there wasn't many boss ost, just two boss ost and one final boss ost. Other than that, it was fantastic, with a wide range of weaposn to choose from, it was very fun. I recommend!

Great job Overkill, not only do you care about your game, you care about the players, people hated DLC, you guys made better updates, they hated safes with drills, they removed the drills, They're a great game developer crew who really care more about their players than money and fame, as ironic as it gets. They even gave away 5 million copies away for free, good job guys. Hopefully they make payday 2 VR for free, or at least for ultimate edition owners.

Not only do the online multiplayer fail to work, the controls feel awful, and split screen is literally just taking turns, what's the point of that? The game was alright I guess but the main reason this game exist is literally in the name, Clan Wars, yet no one seems to play this game, I'm glad I got it for a dollar on humble bundle, it's just trash. Please don't buy at full price, it just isn't worth it.