However, each new room is blacked out until you open the door and when five zombies (including a couple of fast ones) come charging out, it really can panic you right in the pants. I found myself restarting each town over and over, trying to get take as little damage as possible or trying to kill a zombie with a chair instead of wasting ammo. The enemies don’t put up a lot of resistance but there are plenty of them to worry about and so each new town becomes an exercise in figuring out the most effective way to clear the danger and get the next blocker code.Īt this point, the game steps up a bit. You can punch with varying power depending on how much you charge the attack, and that comes with a few seconds of cool down time) or shoot your way through them but ammo is tight. We get it, we’re getting pissed off with the rail unions striking too.Īt this point the game mixes in some 2D combat. These black, shadowy figures slowly wander towards you with the express (arf!) aim of killing you. Regardless, you keep pressing on until you realise that there’s a new ‘visitation’ and that’s going to basically mean zombies. However, then you start getting snippets of news from the other train operators that certain routes have been closed without any explanation. So, you leave the train and wander around the town, in 2D, talking to people and finding items. To leave any town, you need the code to the ‘blocker’ and ordinarily this can be found in the train station. Eventually, the train will come to a stop at the next town. The train drives itself but there is some interaction possible between you and the passengers and some maintenance items on the train. The game doesn’t explain itself at all at first.
Mentions are made regarding mandatory training for a potential second visitation but, aside from that, everything seems normal. So, the story here is that 106 years ago a cataclysmic event happened called ‘the visitation’ and ever since then humanity has been a little jumpy but things are back to normal and now you’re just a simple train driver going from town to town.
To liven up this tired mix, they’ve also added er… train driver simulation. These are things we’ve seen before, either together or separately. The game combines a 16-bit aesthetic with some 2D exploration, zombie-shooting action. This is definitely what Do My Best, the two man team behind The Final Station, have done here. In an indie scene that is somewhat bereft of fresh ideas, sometimes all you can do is throw in an extra gameplay element and hope that it adds a little extra something to make it all worthwhile. Septemin PS4 tagged 2d / indie / the final station / trains / zombies by Richie
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