Night of the Dead

I like the game a lot for starters BUT read carefully to consider before buying.
The game is overall fun, lots to offer and the devs seem to be continually improving. That being said there
are a few issues that need to be addressed that have caused me to shelf the game again till later.
1. The games needs a scaling option on wave days, e.g. the option to have waves every other day or
even further apart. Many including myself would like the option of a challenge but with a more laid back
option. Making the end of every day a zombie wave night is just to intense.
2. Waves need to be revisited. By day eight the number of mobs and high level npc's are through
the roof. This is too much too early and again demands intense game play. Example, I upgraded to a
lvl 9 grenade launcher and pelted the crowds with grenades doing 280 damage a pop and many of
these mobs took five direct grenades before they would finally die. Math? Nearly 50% of the mobs on
day 8 take 1,400 damage to die.
Conclusion - right now even on normal it scales so rapidly that everything feels like hardcore mode.
This can easily be balanced to the player through options as 7Days to die does.

---{Graphics}---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{Gameplay}---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{Audio}---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{Audience}---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ All
---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{Difficulity}---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Significant brain usage
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{Grind}---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if you care about leaderboards/ranks
☑ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second life for grinding
---{Story}---
☐ No Story
☑ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It‘ll replace your life
---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{Price}---
☐ It’s free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If you have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{Bugs}---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ Cyberpunk 2077
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"Good but not as good as 7 Days to Die."
This is a fun co-op zombie/survival game. The main downsides are that it's a set map (no random world generation, though it's a big map with many different starting points) and the actual "game" -- following the quests to escape the island -- is pretty lame and anti-climactic ("you win, game over, lol"). That said, you can just ignore the quests and play it as an endless survival game, which is my recommendation.
It's really more of a "tower defense" game than a true survival game, though. Whereas 7 Days to Die puts zombie killing mainly in your own hands, Night of the Dead is much more about building traps to kill the zombies with. 7d2d also has a high emphasis on looting and questing whereas NotD is more about quickly farming the resources you need to expand your traps with. The hordes are much larger (in every sense of the word) and far more frequent, so creating these traps is really how you make it through the nights.
Honestly 7d2d is a better game all around in terms of replayability and total content but I still give this a thumbs up. It is its own game with its own distinct playstyle so I think you'll enjoy it if you like the genre, and won't find it to be overly derivative.

2 man dev team ...... Really ???
This game puts LOTS of finished games to shame.
It could do with some spit and polish .(the melee weapons can be a bit hit and miss)
As far as searching for loot goes it hits the spot with just the right amount of zombies !
The waves at night ...EEEEEK !!!!!
Very happy with my purchase

I definitely recommend this game. There are many different difficulty levels from no waves to utterly insane waves. This will allow you to learn the traps and what works best before progressing to the harder difficulties.
It is a good cross between tower defense and survival. While it doesn't have everything that a true survival game does, there are still a number of survival aspects to satisfy most survival players.
The tower defense aspect is great. Each night you get a wave of zombies that continually get larger and stronger. You will have to adjust your defense based on what happened the night before. You can never think that your base is enough as there are key waves that increase exponentially.
On top of that you have the story to follow, the journals to escape the island, if you are so inclined to want to escape. This forces you to explore the island and find different areas to loot.
Yes, the game is early access; however, the developers have a good roadmap and have been meeting it from the beginning with improvements and additions coming every couple months. Which means we get a new game each update. Cheers!

Night of the Dead is a great "Tower Defense" game. Yes it has "Open World Survival Craft" but you need to understand this is a "Tower Defense" game first.
So I played this game when it first came out and I really liked it. It had a good foundation to build upon. Yes it was a bit buggy in spots. I finished the story then set the game aside for a while.
I have now returned to the game after the big Electric Update (Dev #5).
I have to say I am blown away by what was added and changed in this game for the good.
The use of electricity adds a whole new element to how you can build your defenses. It also adds more of a game play loop to the game. Some my call it it grindy as you are looking for resources to upgrade your electric stuff now. However last time I played I got board because I found that there was not enough to do. So for me this adds a lot more "to do"
I do really like the "Open World Survival Craft" element for this game. I think it works very well by day you go out and hunt salvage what you need to build up your "Tower Defense". It becomes a neat balance of "oh it is 18:00 and I still need to build XYZ but I still need ABC resource should I stay out and look for them or head back and build what I can and hope it will be good enough."
As I said IF you where buying this as a "Open World Survival Craft" you might be upset as every night you will be attacked by a hoard of Zombies. This is where the "Tower Defense" comes in. (Me I like Tower Defense games) If you try to fight off the hoard without defenses it won't go so well. You need to build them up.
The other thing to note is when you first start out the zombies out there in the wild are tough and hard to kill on Normal and up.
This is because you are weak and not skilled yet. later on you will be able to upgrade your weapons, your skills and zombies will become easier to dispatch. So when you first pop in it is best to avoid them. Find a nice spot to set up and start doing your "Survivor Note" stuff to get the rewards. Build up a base and get ready Night comes fast on the 0day.
When you get your Research Table built. Take Engineering Graduate > Engineer. That way you can build your Trap Machines they are needed for every trap you build.
Overall I really like Night of the Dead I think it has a really good blend of Tower Defense and Open World Survival Craft. I can't wait to see what will be coming out next.

I am a big fan of the game but it still needs some refining. Let players customize their experience. I really enjoy the building and traps aspect of the game but I would like more time between waves to experience the world and loot. Loot runs with a friend or two are exciting as well but unless you make a base every half days journey you have zero chance of actually experiencing the map.
Building 9/10
I enjoy the options and designs of the tools given for traps and buildings. Some difficulty snapping pieces correctly but it is fairly refined.
Fighting 7/10
The movement of your character feels fairly real and fluid but the zombies act weird sometimes and spaz around. There doesn't seem to be a big enough advantage for well placed shots. Head shots should kill most lesser zombies. I understand juicing bosses and feral zombies but allow me to be a badass with the hordes of regular moron zombies. Or make it headshots only and add helmets to bosses but 4-8 arrows a zombie is a bit much. Still fun fights with a sword and shield one v one. Just add more realism or the fights with hordes become pointless for an individual.
Map 8/10
Decent size map with lots of different environments which seems pointless when you are stuck in one location holding down the fort. It takes the better part of the day to travel and take a large building. For what the game is, fairly unique cities and small community areas. Things flow well with trees and rocks
Sound 5/10
This is the part I really dont like. Characters overly grunt when sprinting acting winded the second they do anything, not just when low on stamina. Birds and animals make too much background noise you can kind of lose your mind. I currently play Movie music as background noise and turn down the game a bit. Wave hits and im wielding a lightsaber listening to Dual of the Fates. The sounds just need a big touch up. A bird screams non stop for the duration of the game and im grunting like im dying meanwhile a snarling zombie can cross a field and run through as forest and hit me in the back like a ninja without a peep.
All in all im more critical than i need to be because I hope the Developer reads this and adjusts the game a bit because the game is truly fantastic for where it is at. I have put in a good amount of hours with two different buddies and I really have fun. Has A mix of 7 days to die and Day Z.