Ice Station Z

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  • Summary: MULTIPLAYER OPEN WORLD ZOMBIE SURVIVAL for Nintendo 3DS

    After a strange virus spreads across an Arctic island you are left alone to survive. Scavenge for food, drink, medical supplies, weapons, ammunition, clothes, fuel and other useful equipment. Find shelters, vehicles and other    MULTIPLAYER OPEN WORLD ZOMBIE SURVIVAL for Nintendo 3DS

    After a strange virus spreads across an Arctic island you are left alone to survive.

    Scavenge for food, drink, medical supplies, weapons, ammunition, clothes, fuel and other useful equipment.

    Find shelters, vehicles and other interesting locations to help you survive during day and night.

    Features Single Player, Local Play and Internet Multiplayer (Worldwide with anyone plus Game Chat).

    Go scavenging, fishing and hunting with friends or alone, it's up to you how you survive.    … Expand

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  1. Nintendo Life
    Nov 23, 2016
    30
    There's not much to say about Ice Station Z, other than that it feels like a prototype or a proof of concept more than a final game. If there's hidden depth to be found, we certainly didn't come across it, and if things pick up later in the game very few are going to stick around for the experience. Ice Station Z, unfortunately, is not worth your time or money.

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  1. Zabzz125
    Apr 22, 2019
    10
    Ice Station Z is one of the best games I have ever played. I got it as a joke as it was basically free ($4), but then when I first played itIce Station Z is one of the best games I have ever played. I got it as a joke as it was basically free ($4), but then when I first played it the experience was absolutely unreal!

    There are one or two flaws that really wouldn't change much, like, you can go through trees, the zombies can outrun you. But really, that's pretty much it!

    I then recommended this game to friends, then this reminded me so much of minecraft. You can use voice chat unlike many other games. The only other game I can think of that you can use voice chat on is Pokemon. I like how you can only see others nametags when you wave to them.

    Really recommend this game.    … Expand
  2. ErickMallaco
    Nov 8, 2021
    10
    Ice station Z is the best multiplayer FPS in Nintendo 3DS, graphics good, nice online multiplayer, it is fun and enjoyable
  4. TopsDaily
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    Game pretty much does everything it can for being a 3DS title, it released exclusively on the Eshop and many would say it was bad GraphicallyGame pretty much does everything it can for being a 3DS title, it released exclusively on the Eshop and many would say it was bad Graphically but for an open world multiplayer Nintendo 3DS game the graphics are passable. The game gets really fun in Multiplayer you can play with up to 8 other players, have huge gun fights, mess around, explore the large open world or fight the zombies that infest the games world. Overall for a Indie 3DS game that tries to do so much with so little its a fantastic game that I got countless hours of fun from. But looking back and comparing it to the remake on Nintendo Switch I'd take the remake over the original anyway, but I would always recommend playing the original before the remake for a newer player!… Expand
  5. Cracktus_H
    Feb 16, 2021
    7
    The game has flaws. But the community will defend this game to death. No matter what critic reviews this game. Nobody can say that it is "not"The game has flaws. But the community will defend this game to death. No matter what critic reviews this game. Nobody can say that it is "not" fun. The online play from people is great, has no disconnects, and includes different in-game chatting media, (Like texting, and VC). Now don't get me wrong the community has died down over 2020, and 2021. But their are still roughly 30 - 40 people online daily. Now for an indie game that topped charts in Japan, along with BMZ (BattlerminerZ). With about 2000 copies *Ice Station Z sold in Japan alone, That is some great sales, and thats not including, Korean, North America, & Europe sold games as well. The game has its down sides though, in 2020 and this year, Their have been alot of hackers. (I make plugins and cheats for the game, I should know). The games downsides come with poor graphics, But from what I can gather the game was planned in 1998 for an unknown platform. So it isn't that bad, and besides it reminds people of N64 and PSX graphics. Gameplay is long and boring if you don't know where everyone goes to. (Normally Graybase *Centre of the map, or the Oil Rig *Off of the main map). Walking is a pain in game, crawling is worse though. The real bummer is the lack of locations and a larger map. But as I've said before, The game was made with 248mb of game memory in mind. Ice Station Z brought with a a cult following for Wobbly Tooth Ltd. (The developer) The game is still fun in most cases, And the online play is above anything Nintendo brought us in 2016, The game is only active at certain times in 2021 (8am - 11am eastern USA time, 5pm - 6:30pm eastern USA time & 10pm - 2:30am eastern USA time), But the lack of locations, confusing community of players, and the slow walk speed, give the game a 7/10 rating.… Expand
  6. Evan25969
    Nov 25, 2016
    7
    Critics, I don't think giving Ice Station Z a 3/10 is fair. Yes, the game isn't great, but I still have had a lot of fun with it, especiallyCritics, I don't think giving Ice Station Z a 3/10 is fair. Yes, the game isn't great, but I still have had a lot of fun with it, especially playing online with other players and with my brother. I bought this game off the e-shop yesterday and have already sunk over 7 hours into the game. Like I said, there are MANY changes and additions that should added to this game, but I would say if you enjoy open world survival games its worth checking out! I do hope the developer will update Ice Station Z in the future though. In favor of Ice Station Z, i'm giving it a 7/10.… Expand
  7. mindshift
    Nov 8, 2016
    7
    Ice Station Z is a fun game to play. It has online multiplayer, voice chat, Zombies and some issues. The game starts you off with nothing butIce Station Z is a fun game to play. It has online multiplayer, voice chat, Zombies and some issues. The game starts you off with nothing but a backpack and some clothes. You gain items and weapons while searching and surviving the frozen landscape. It can be tedious at times running from place to place and crawling is terribly slow.

    The items you collect can increase your armor, such as new jackets and pants. There are a variety of weapons on the map including tranquilizer guns, shotguns and hand guns. Also you have to stay on top of your food intake as well. You will find random food items on the map to use. There is also a metal detector to help you find rare items such as engine parts.

    There are some vehicles like helicopters and snowmobiles to use if you find fuel or engine parts to repair the helicopter. This makes travel around the map much easier.

    The online is quite fun if you have a group of friends to play with. Voice chat works amazingly well. I feel the game needs more places to explore and some more items on the map and this game will be great. I hope it gets updated soon. You really cant beat the price tag, so im not complaining. You get online multiplayer with voice chat, a huge world to explore and lots of zombies that come out of nowhere in a challenging world full of hours of game play and fun with friends.    … Expand
  8. Romifurry
    Jan 9, 2017
    0
    This game called my attention for being an "open world" where some kind of creation for objects is performed. The graphics are uglyThis game called my attention for being an "open world" where some kind of creation for objects is performed. The graphics are ugly considering that it is combined with a horrible gameplay. The stage itself is not extensive but, buuuuuuuuuuut god, Where are the buildings? Does not it give more? The character runs too slow, in addition to that there are not many buildings. If they did this with unity maybe it would give something similar to the game survival that is in facebook but neither that, to this game I call Ice station Zzzzzz because literally puts you to sleep. It is worth mentioning that the game sometimes freezes, I give 0 of 0 to this "game", empty scenarios, poor without details, ugly gameplay, no variety of objects, etc. Horrible… Expand

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