Deadlight

General information:

Deadlight is an adventure game made by Tequila Works. The game takes you to Seattle, 1986. The world is devastated by the war against Shadows - the undead. The protagonist is a middle-aged man called Randall Wayne who gets separated from his group at the start of the game. He tries to make it into the safe zone but before that he must find his wife and daughter.

The game consists of exploring, puzzles and combat. However, direct combat against the Shadows is always ill-advised since Randall is extremely vulnerable. Deadlight is a 2.5d game, meaning that the player can only move in 2 dimensions but the surrounding world functions in 3 dimensions.

Pros:

Deadlight is extremely beautiful. The developers have used the 2.5d graphics in a very imaginative way. The biggest single positive factor in Deadlight is, however, the atmosphere. The post-apocalyptic Seattle is depressing. Sky is gray and everything is in ruins. Food is scarce and many of the survivors are even worse than the undead. From time to time, player can find messages and details that unravel the mysteries of this darkened world. On a paper this doesn't really sound like a brand new idea. Nevertheless, the atmosphere is constructed so well that you will be totally absorbed into the game itself. Good narrating and comic- like cutscenes also play a huge role.

Cons:

Deadlight is short. It took me approximately three hours to finish the game. Considering the low price this is acceptable. The combat is somewhat clumsy and Randall keeps dying because of that. One of the biggest goals of the developers was to make it look like the 80s. Honestly, it's quite hard to tell that most of the time. Furthermore, the fact that Deadlight is supposed to be in 80s is usually visible only from the details so most players will miss them completely.

Summary:

Deadlight takes the zombie apocalypse to a completely new level. The beauty of the game is only matched by its perfect atmosphere. Nevertheless, everything good must come to an end, but Deadlight does so prematurely. Even so I can recommend Deadlight to almost everyone even though the combat is quite clumsy.

Directors Cut: A 2d side-scroller dealing with zombies, lost daughters, and parkour. It's fun, but the story was lame, and I can't say it left any impression on me after it ended. Still, it's fun in the moment, and might be very enjoyable for 2D video game enthusiasts.

Almost everything about this game is terrible including the checkpoint system, clunky reloads, constantly having to do over and over sections because you die and no checkpoint at the half way point. Couldn't wait to delete this game.

10 out of 10! Deadlight (Director's cut) is absolutely one of the best games ever made and easily the best game in its genre. This game is a beautiful collection of all the good parts of a zombie game that was missing in other Zombie games.

The atmosphere is fantastic! Very beautifully designed in every angle. The calm rainy day, the abandoned houses and streets full of zombies to avoid or fight with limited ammo. The hidden secrets or locations when you finally find them are very exciting to discover.

There are no stupid boss fights or huge fake mutations or other stupid and dirty things that happen in other zombie games which I hate. This game is the opposite! It's very realistic a creates a beautiful mood if a zombie apocalypse. Everything is how it should be. Finally someone made it the correct way! The "Nightmare" mode is absolutely a challenge but I really love the "Survival" mode! I finished the game many times and I still get exited to play it again and again and again on my PS4. I have it also on PC just to show my friends how cool is this game :)

There are a few little bugs sometimes but nothing serious. The only downside is that there is no Deadlight 2. I wish they reconsider it..