The UI and inventory system are not intuitive. I found myself pressing buttons multiple times to get the desired result, and fiddling with sliders and switches on the menus that seemed to do nothing. For the most part however, you have to ignore the strange cuboid potatoes and basic houses. Every now and again I saw a moment and got a glimpse of an odd kind of beauty in its chunky primary colours. A bit like Minecraft drawn on Microsoft Paint it’s not going to win any awards for graphical prowess. If you like survival type games, I highly recommend you try this one out.What you can’t help but notice first is the way it looks. It is at its best when you are actually playing with other people, but you can play it solo if you want. I was pleasantly surprised and found myself pretty addicted to it. Despite not winning a single game.įull disclosure here, I really did not expect a great deal out of Unturned. This is not normally my cup of tea, but I had a lot of fun here…. There are some crazy weapons and it is an all-out battle to the death. If you want more blood, there is a PvP arena kind of mode where it is basically the last man standing. Not sure how I ended up doing that, but I felt like I was a key part of my community surviving. I actually had fun doing this and one game, in particular, saw me take the role of the dude who went out and foraged for fruits and plants. You can actually play a role in this game and be part of a community. One thing that is rather clever about Unturned is the different ways that it lets you play. Building a place to stay is a lot of fun and it can be as basic or as grand as your imagination (and survival skills) desire. This could be going to get some meat, finding a new weapon, helping a friend or just trying to find shelter when I have been caught out in a storm while hunting. I always felt that I had to be on my way to do something. One of the things that I felt the game did very well was never giving me a moment to breathe. You will need shelter due to the harsh weather and there are of course many things that want you dead. You need to go and hunt so that you have food to eat, not just that, but you can use stuff that you hunt for crafting too. There is so much to do in Unturned that you will never find your self with a minute to rest. This of course means, working with others, doing jobs, making a home and taking down bad guys and zombies that want you and those you like dead! Sure, the concept is not anything that is 100 percent new, but it is a very addictive experience. You see as well as surviving, you need to have an actual life. Your main goal of the game is to survive, but it actually runs a fair bit deeper than just surviving. The idea of the game is that there has been a zombie outbreak and you are a survivor. Ok, so The Walking Dead is clearly the easiest comparison to make in terms of the overall style of Unturned. What started off as an intended 30-minute session, turned into me playing for three hours nonstop! Unleash Your Inner Rick Grimes However, the first time I played this was a real eye-opener.
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This is a free to play game and I will admit I was not expecting a great deal going in. Some games really do take me by surprise and Unturned is a prime example of that.