Infectra
Infectra is a strategy game set in 2124 on the distant planet Emevera III, ruled by the Maxploit Corporation, where an epidemic of a yet unknown virus broke out.
The corporation was during advanced level of colonizing a new planet, the perfect source of strategic metarials. The group of engineers, miners, technicians and their families meant to be the seed of a new civilization. And then one day a not yet classified organic gas spread out to the atmosphere, changing irrevocably genotype of people with direct contact with… let’s call it virus. It sounds like something manageable.
Your goal as the corporation security commander is to evacuate as many healthy people as possible and to eliminate infected individuals.
– plan evacuation and build fortification
– try out variety of tactics
– find the best solutions
– succeed or be lost
When the world is on the edge of catastrophy and the future lays in your hands, the man must hold his ground and find a way of survival.
You were not chosen specifically for this kind of job. No one would ever apply …
Stop the infection from spreading. Guide civilians to the rescue zones and fight hordes of mutants. The corporation is counting on you!
Game main features:
– challenge yourself on the strategic field in 12 missions
– find your own method of building fortification, experiment and get better results
– watch cutscenes with actors
– enjoy 3D low poly graphics
– play using mouse, touchscreen or Xbox 360 gamepad
Game Discussion
Steam User 22
This is a good game, but it has potential to become an even greater game.
Here are some of the Pros and Cons when you buy this game
Pros
- Fun and Challenging Levels
- Strategy is needed to complete the levels
- Good Cutscenes
- Good Graphics
Cons
- Maximum of four buildings can be built at any one time
- Sometimes it requires more luck than strategy to complete the levels because of the building queue system.
- The Ion Cannon is unusable in some of the levels because by the time you get to use it, nearly all the infected have destroyed either the control gates or barriers and powerplants.
- The Gun is too weak in some cases and you either need the forcefield to add defense points or have it wrecked by the hordes.
Even though it has some good and bad things to it, it is still a game in which you can pick up one night if you get bored playing other games.
My Suggestions
- Fix the Building Queue System or tweak it in some way
- Tweak the behavior of the Uninfected ingame
- Tutorial Levels that are seperate from the real campagin
- Add more Anti-Infected Defenses
Steam User 18
Opening/ Information
Reading a review is not enough? Want to see some footage? Check the link and watch some game footage for yourself and decide if this game is worth your time:
Infectra is a Tower defense Zombie survival game based on gameplay, as you may know from Atom Zombie smasher
This is the second game created by Boar in Games, who entered the cruel world of Indie games on Steam with the game Squeakers.
Gameplay / Story
People are infected, heal them, oh no you waited too long now they are Zombies, kill them while an airship takes all the survivors and infected to a save zone. Don't take too much infected or else you are going to lose the game.
This game is a hard one. While I'm able to appreciate the polygon stile of the game and the overall gameplay, I dislike the random behavior the people and the zombies have. Nothing is more satisfying in this game than getting everyone alive on the plane and get away from the zombies. But oh boy do people get stupid in this game. Just think about the following scenario that happened way too often: You have blue midgets (the healthy ones) Yellow midgets (infected, but you can heal them) and Red Midgets (these kinds of people who vote for trump and eat brains to get themselves one) you can build checkpoint gates who heal people but guess what, every midget except the red ones try to avoid these gates like the plague. It's so stupid when you start a map and can't figure out where to place the extraction point because everywhere is a yellow midget who will not vaccinate himself to safe the others. This game may be far more realistic than I give it credit. You can avoid this by constantly restarting the game, because the yellow people spawn by random numbers and one of them can be 0. Beside of that the game is fun, a bit short but the game itself is at the price Tag of €1.53, so it's fine and a nice way to entertain yourself for an hour or two. And it does entertain, It's fun to build a setup and see what will happen. The Civilians you rescue are giving away their money, so it's important to extract them fast, so you can spend more money on buildings. The building part itself is pretty simple you got 2 Turrets, a fence and power plant to get yourself prepared for the game, the worst enemy besides the Zombies is the time limit, it takes time to build up the buildings, it takes time to repair them, and it takes time to extract people. It's a clever way to keep the pace going, and It's nearly never a good idea to turtle yourself and hope for the best. Strategic is actually the key.
Pro
+ simple and understandable HUD
+ a tutorial to explain the mechanics of the game
+ great pace and good in game animation
+ infected can be healed, therefore nothing is lost when zombies bite but not kill people
+ Textures and graphics have the 2004 feeling
Contra
- AI is clumsy and unpredictable
- Stages can be soft locked due to RNG Spawns
- there could be more buildings to choose from
Conclusion/ Who will enjoy the game?
Infectra offers a good game with a unique way on the zombie survival or extraction genre. In its current state it has a few things similar to Atom Zombie Smasher but does a lot of things completely different to be not a rip-off and something on its own.
So who will enjoy this game? Do you like Tower defense games with a horde of people you have to save? Need something similar in the way of Atom Zombie Smasher? Trust me, there are not enough games of this kind of genre? Then this game is for you, and it's super cheap.
I recommend checking the AWG group for more detailed reviews
Steam User 11
Good game with some place for improvements. It has potential. Great cutscenes with some references to old C&C games (love the acting). Waiting for new levels.
Steam User 5
Great quality, smooth visuals and challenging missions - all wrapped in a cool storyline.
Instant recommendation, just a must have.
I hate power plants though xD
Steam User 1
Good game with some room for improvement, but it definitely has potential. The cutscenes are fantastic, with some fun references to old C&C games, and the voice acting is great. I'm looking forward to seeing new levels added in the future!
Steam User 1
actually really love this game, if more features were added and maybe challenge levels that would be that much better.
Steam User 1
A small-scale strategy game that gives you a lot of different tools and ways to approach problems. Okay polish, but good overall presentation. It's hard.