Review: Dawn of Survivors ( Nintendo Switch)

From decaying cities to dark forests, you will fight through hordes of zombies and desperate scavengers. Find food. Build a shelter. Prepare yourself. For when the sun rises, so do the dead.

Pros:

• Cel-shaded graphics.
• 370mb download size.
• Tutorial throughout.
• Zombie survival gameplay.
• World Map- each area will have difficulty, types of loot/resources and zombie population.
• Shelter-your base and here is where you can build a base, craft items and store any loot.
• Find/scavenge materials and loot from crates, bushes, trees, and zombies.
• Day/night cycle.
• Vehicles- craft these to enable you to open up and travel to further places.
• Hunger/thirst meters.
• Smell-as you play you will start to smell and this allows zombies to find you faster. You can shower to eradicate the smell.
• Minimap shows doors, crates, zombies.
• Areas are squared areas and leaving via the four sides will take you back to the world map.
• Train wreck-this randomly spawns and moves around the world, it is a place to get a lot of much-needed materials so is always worth looting.
• Isometric view.
• Invade- you can attack and steal supplies from Ai and online characters.
• Earn EXP and level up to unlock your choice of recipes.
• All gear has durability.
• Built uptown areas change the view to an over the shoulder 3rd person affair.
• All areas of the map refresh over time.
• Create a game account for free to get a starter bundle.
• Clear controls thanks to on-screen icons and prompts.
• Plays well.
• Many zombie types.
• Main missions for the story but many side missions.
• Can get pets/companions.
• First few hours are fun.
• Loot lust is strong.
• Many clothing options.
• Rooms may require tools to open.

Cons:

• Everything has timers from areas to traveling to crafting.
• Long-timers.
• Really slow progress.
• Takes an age to get going.
• Low online player count.
• Hit detection issues.
• Weapons/gear breaks really easy.
• Shooting in 3rd person is awkward and clumsy.
• Side missions don’t always register.
• Small inventory space.
• Hunger/thirst meters are grossly unbalanced and run out far too quickly.
• Can’t do a lot of the fun varied tasks/events until a lot later in high-level play.
• Area tiles repeat constantly.
• Weird control behavior, in particular, the games love of having your character always running to the left.
• No actual pause button.
• Always has to connect to online meaning you need a Nintendo online subscription.
• Uses a lot of mobile game techniques.