Outbreak: The New Nightmare

 PlayStation 4
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  • Summary: Enter an unforgiving survival horror experience as you fight for your life against oppressive odds. The horrors of Arzt Memorial Hospital were just the beginning of the outbreak. As the infection spread across the city, local law enforcement fell quickly. You now find yourself trapped in aEnter an unforgiving survival horror experience as you fight for your life against oppressive odds. The horrors of Arzt Memorial Hospital were just the beginning of the outbreak. As the infection spread across the city, local law enforcement fell quickly. You now find yourself trapped in a hellscape with only a few remaining survivors. Scavenge the environment for supplies, face off against the undead and do anything it takes to survive. You have only one life. Make it count!

    Information:

    * Cross platform: Play co-op with Windows, Mac & Linux together!
    * Beauty: Experience the nightmare in beautiful high definition 3D.
    * Film: Fixed and panning camera angles bring the cinematic feel.
    * Campaign Mode: Attempt to escape the quarantine zone.
    * Onslaught Mode: Survive endless waves of the undead.
    * Experiments Mode: Bonus game modes and challenges.
    * Classic: Hardcore survival horror in an unforgiving apocalypse.
    * Cast: Choose from unique characters with their own attributes.
    * Progression: Earn XP, level up and customize each character.
    * Friends: 4-player online co-op multiplayer featuring voice chat.
    * Alone: Play single-player offline in all game modes.
    * Inventory: Choose wisely, your inventory is dangerously limited.
    * Destruction: Numerous firearms, explosives and melee weapons.
    * Replay: Semi-random enemy and item layouts.
    * Controller: Customizable gamepad, mouse and keyboard controls.
    * Worldwide: Cloud-based multiplayer with region selector means no NAT issues.    … Expand

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  3. Negative: 4 out of 4
  1. COGconnected
    Sep 4, 2020
    35
    What I will say is that you can see the passion that went into this project. The environments are well-designed and it’s clear that the developers had a lot of love for the genre. It’s a game made for survival horror fans, but sadly isn’t one I can see many survival horror fans loving. It’s a mildly effective throwback, but somehow manages to feel more dated than games that were made decades ago, and that’s not a comfortable spot to be sitting in.
  2. Hey Poor Player
    Oct 28, 2020
    30
    As a massive fan of the games that inspired it, it seemed to me like Dead Drop Studios was poised to deliver something special. Unfortunately, the scariest thing about this game is just how unfinished it feels. From its rampant bugs and performance problems to its uninteresting main story, the game is so bad it borders on parody, making it all but impossible to recommend to even the most scare-starved survival horror fans.
  3. Screen Rant
    Sep 4, 2020
    20
    Outbreak: The New Nightmare is not a fun game, and it seems to be more of trial of patience for its players. Its mechanics are frustrating, and fans will most likely be turned off by the game's shameless imitation of the legendary Resident Evil series. Outbreak: The New Nightmare adds nothing new to the survival horror genre and somehow winds up sporting controls and visuals that are worse than its decades-old innovators.
  4. Cubed3
    Sep 14, 2020
    20
    There are some games out there that are "so-bad-its-good," like most of Swery's games. Outbreak: The New Nightmare is one of those "so-bad-it-gave-me-depression" ones. The developer likely is inexperienced, and working with almost no budget, but not everyone should make a game. The saying "anyone can make a game", means that a good game designer can come from anywhere. All survival-horror fans must stay away from this one.

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