The Final Station

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 82 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 82
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 82
  3. Negative: 7 out of 82

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  1. autobus22
    Aug 20, 2017
    8
    The game lacks in certain areas; for instance translation but certainly has a story in mood that grabs you and hauls you right into the game. You truly feel sad and worried while playing the game and combat is nice; quick and advantageous. The world you play in can only be described as lonely, damaged, broke and improvised and the end invokes a lot of thought. It doesn't give much closureThe game lacks in certain areas; for instance translation but certainly has a story in mood that grabs you and hauls you right into the game. You truly feel sad and worried while playing the game and combat is nice; quick and advantageous. The world you play in can only be described as lonely, damaged, broke and improvised and the end invokes a lot of thought. It doesn't give much closure though. Keep that in mind before you play it. You will be stuck theorising for hours at the end; instead of feeling closure. I like games like that but I am aware some people don't.… Expand
  2. Noole
    Sep 14, 2016
    8
    Not the train management game you might expect it to be. Train management is pretty much reduced to a mini-game here, you'll spend most of the game exploring and talking to NPCs, fighting zombies and collecting stuff. Sounds pretty basic, but there's a cool twist on pretty much everything here. First of all, the story is great. There's a lot of depth to this world and it feels more likeNot the train management game you might expect it to be. Train management is pretty much reduced to a mini-game here, you'll spend most of the game exploring and talking to NPCs, fighting zombies and collecting stuff. Sounds pretty basic, but there's a cool twist on pretty much everything here. First of all, the story is great. There's a lot of depth to this world and it feels more like end of evangelion than a zombie apocalypse. The story is simple enough for everyone to get an emotional kick out of it, but you have to really look for clues in the environments if you want to piece the entire narrative together, it always feels like there's more to this world than the game is showing you. Beyond that, the art direction is amazing and all the environments look really cool and gameplay has some pretty neat tweaks to the basic Deadlight formula. You'll have to conserve ammo and use melee and you'll have to think a bit when you face groups of different enemies. The downside is it's pretty short and doesn't offer a lot of replayability unless you're really into the story. Oh and you can't jump.… Expand
  3. Burundi
    Nov 11, 2017
    8
    Atmospheric with a compelling sci-fi/zombie plot, you will play as an engineer on an experimental train that travels around the rapidly decaying country some decades after the "first visitation". The world has become explicitly authoritarian, with strict controls on travel and food rations, but even that level of control is beginning to unravel as the monsters from the first visitation areAtmospheric with a compelling sci-fi/zombie plot, you will play as an engineer on an experimental train that travels around the rapidly decaying country some decades after the "first visitation". The world has become explicitly authoritarian, with strict controls on travel and food rations, but even that level of control is beginning to unravel as the monsters from the first visitation are reappearing.

    You will travel from city to city along a linear track, searching abandoned buildings for supplies and killing or avoiding a few types of monsters. You also find survivors who you will keep alive and fed on the train through a time management mini-game, while you uncover more about what's happening in the world around you.

    The game wonderfully captures the lonely experience of wandering through an abandoned and broken world. It could do a little bit more to either keep your attention while you search for supplies, or provide more explicit plot exposition, just so that the world didn't feel so empty. That's about the only negative thing I can come up with gameplay-wise for The Final Station.

    I highly recommend this game -- give it a look!    … Expand
  4. SebboBastian
    Dec 24, 2018
    8
    Doomsday feeling at its best! A depressing journey with end of the world atmosphere.
  5. mrhoanglinh23
    Apr 21, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really want to said "The journey of the train" is really fun, even i'm going to Metropole , that's a huge place and i can't stop turn out the monitor
    I already beat it this game, not just graphics, it's a zombie shooter future game
    Hope they have remastered 3D    … Expand

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. CD-Action
    Dec 12, 2016
    70
    The Final Station’s gameplay is divided into two parts that fit together rather loosely. The first one is travelling from station to station by train and it offers almost no challenge. The game shows its true colors when it makes you leave the train and turns into a wonderfully creative and perfectly balanced 2D shooter. [12/2016, p.73]
  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Nov 9, 2016
    89
    A minimalistic tale of the world ending is executed beautifully in The Final Station. It's an atmospheric, yet demanding action-adventure, a little big game in the true meaning of the definition. [Oct 2016]
  3. PLAY! Zine
    Nov 8, 2016
    70
    Even though it's short for the asking price, Final Station tells a compelling story in an intriguing world. 
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