Dead Age
Developer: Silent Dreams
Publisher: Headup
Platforms: PS4, XBox One, PC
Reviewed On: PS4 Pro
Release Date: 23/12/2019
Price: £12.99/$14.99
Reviewed By: Keith Lavelle
Review Rush was kindly supplied with a review code.
[ Introduction ]
We have ourselves another Zombie Apocalypse game, however this is not your everyday zombie game, it is a survival-RPG with branching story lines. Let’s see if it’s any good.
The story in Dead Age is simple; the world is at an end and you find yourself among survivors. You will need to decide on food, saving people and everything else. However, the story has many branching paths so depending on the decisions made it will affect the outcome of the game. You make your own story.
The story comes in with a visual novel style with group conversations of survivors and along with scenarios that will appear while out in the world.

[ Gameplay ]

[ Visual and Perfomance ]
Visually, Dead Age is a total mix bag of good and bad, let’s start with bad. The game’s character models are not the best looking or animated. This is not a major drawback as the surrounding areas look amazing with plenty happening in the background. The rest of the game looks lovely with its comic art style look and visual novel type story elements.
I did not run in to any major bugs.

[ Sound ]
The sound in Dead Age are competent. The zombies are just generic moans while weapons do not overly sound powerful. They get the job done though.

[ Conclusion ]
Overall, Dead Age makes good use of the small studio budget and offers a rewarding game. It is not the best looking or sounding, but the battle system is accessible and fun; while the survival elements are not overly harsh.
I would say this could be a decent game if you want something a little different from the normal Zombie game.
Check out our review of Resident Evil 3 Remake for more Zombie action HERE!
