Omar’s Oyster Outing

By: Derek Yu

On: May 16th, 2007

“”http://www.sinistersystems.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=geeny:projects:zombis">OOO is a tiny, very light-weight top-down action rpg. The game was designed and created over a period of one week, and is all about shooting zombies. And, while the graphics are very minimalistic, there are some neat sound effects and lots of little gameplay features."

I like it – a minimalistic zombie survival game. Unfortunately, the game gets repetitive fairly fast. Fortunately, it appears as though the developer is working on adding more interesting elements, like night/day and survivor camps.

I’m impressed by the amount of atmosphere packed into the game, but a lot more could probably be done to push it. A few more details in the graphics (cars, various debris, etc.) and some lighting effects would go a long way. And maybe some sweet text descriptions for the buildings…

Damn, now I want to make my own zombie survival game.

(Source: Retro Remakes)

Posted in Action, Freeware, RPG, Windows | Tags: SinisterSystems

halobreaker

I’ve been playing it for a couple days now, and it’s a lot of fun. Even though it’s in the easrly stages of development it’s coming along pretty well. It seems the main guy is always on top of what’s going on and given the small community he posts quite often in the forums.
Bob

Derek,

You should profile Survival Crisis Z. It came out a few years ago and is by the same guy who created Zombie Smashers X.

SCZ is an open-ended, isometric, post-zombie-apocalyptic action/RPG (that’s a mouthful). Despite the somewhat amateurish graphics, the game has atmosphere to spare — gloomy, dark, depressing and hopeless. I recommend playing with headphones, at night, for full effect.

It allows you to join either of two factions, SWAT or rebels, or just remain neutral. You can loot buildings and corpses, trade and even try to conquer the city by taking over every building on the map (which involves fighting off lots of zombies or humans).

It’s really cool when you become super-powerful, highly armed, with a gang of three NPCs following you around to show everyone who’s boss.
Zaphos

“Damn, now I want to make my own zombie survival game.”

… or a zombie survival themed Guy Balding level?
Radix

Fun. I was about to nuke the city and escape when I got trapped in a building after save/reloading.