Dysmantle Preview (Steam Early Access)

As you ascend from your shelter after the long long years, a brave new old world awaits you. A world inhabited with nasty and vile creatures. A world with no other human soul to be seen. A world with nature in reigns now. A world that’s about to get even worse.

Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 430mb Download size.
• Controller support.
• Graphics-fullscreen, graphic presets (low/medium/high and auto-detect), resolution, render scale slider, particle detail, FXAA anti-aliasing, bloom filter, and dynamic shadows.
• Gameplay settings-screen shake, freeze frame effect, text show duration slider, tutorials, rotate mini-map, temperature units, clock format, run toggle, and game log events and auto-lock enemies.
• Can rebind controls for both keyboard and the controller.
• Four save slots.
• Skippable cutscenes.
• In-game cutscenes.
• A 3D world with full camera control.
• Tutorial icons.
• Survival gameplay.
• Break items to get exp and crafting materials.
• Upgrade your gear so you can break bigger and stronger items.
• Camp-manage inventory and upgrade gear. Will replenish health but also respawn all enemies.
• Earn EXP from putting materials into the inventory chest at camp.
• Everything has a health bar and shows the damage done.
• Medals-kind of like achievements in that they are awarded once you have done milestones like walk X amount of miles or upgrade a weapon so far, each has a counter of progress.
• Find points of interest and fill in your log.
• Bestiary that shows details on all encountered enemies.
• Progress bar along with total time played.
• It all runs very smoothly.
• Can craft with items in the inventory.
• Collectible radio shows to listen to.
• Play how you want.
• Can interact with the world like open/close doors or search through cupboards and fridges and the like.
• Death-you drops everything but can come back and loot your body. You respawn at the last camp used.
• Combat-uses a lock-on system with heavy and light attacks.
• Link towers–activate to fill in the map. You can unlock gates from the link towers.
• Massive map.
• Uses a lot of the mechanics found in a Dark Souls type game.
• Save and exit.
• Earn EXP and level up to unlock new skills via the massive skill tree that covers outfits, supplies, tools, and miscellaneous. When leveling up you can also get a choice of 3 new skills/abilities.
• Big boss battles.
• Enemies will have an alert bar and fill up as they see or hear you.
• Dark Souls inspired zombie survival game.
• Absolute time killer.
• New enemies are unveiled over time.
• You can hunt wildlife, gather from the wilderness.
• Craft new weapons and items.
• The world changes as you get new abilities.
• Addictive.

Cons:

• You drop everything into the inventory chest.
• You will spend ages breaking and storing everything as it has exp attached to it.
• Can’t zoom into the map.
• When you are not upgraded enough to break something it keeps banging that text up on the screen.
• You never feel sure as to what you can and cannot break.
• Enemies hit way too hard at the start.
• No Steam achievements.
• Camps are not just discovered and used, you have to be so far in the story for it to unlock or do a specific task.
• Very slow and sloppy combat at least at first it is.