Review: Final Days (Steam)
Final Days is an arcade-style co-op shooter where you battle endless hordes of mutants. As the hordes grow into the hundreds, work together with your team to survive the onslaught!
Pros:
- Nice graphics.
- Controller support.
- 230MB Download size.
- Three modes- Multiplayer, Offline, and basic training.
- Graphics- Fullscreen, Resolution, V-Sync, Graphic quality presets and frame rate.
- Parental controls for gore. (Uses a password system)
- Twin stick shooter gameplay.
- Online leaderboards and filters.
- Basic training- Tutorial.
- Steam achievements.
- Offline- Two campaigns, Last stand, and eradication.
- Steam workshop support.
- Bot support.
- Online- MP- Search/browse servers.
- Gameplay- Survive wave based onslaughts.
- Play campaign to unlock new modes and maps.
- Health and shield pickups.
- Quickly change between gun types as in the shooting. Change to burst/auto/single.
- Final Days has arcade style pop-ups for scores.
- Pick up ammo from the enemy.
- Different ammo for different shooting types.
- A minimap that shows ammo/health and enemies.
- Likable score chaser.
- End of level breakdown.
- Can drag parts of the environment around and make barricades.
- Enemies counter.
- Light and dark play a huge part. You have a torch and outside of illuminating an are, The level is in pitch black.
- Levels vary it up and sometimes you have to explore the enemy to find the kill zone or zombies will bang on doors.
- Final Days is a crazy frantic shooter.
- Team- 3 players and as said you can add bots.
- You can respawn in many of the modes as long as at least one team member is alive.
Cons:
- Light and dark are very jarring.
- Bots are not the best.
- Simple gameplay.
- Little online opportunities due to low numbers.
- Ammo drops on minimap look like enemies making it hard to work out in a pinch.
- No real camera control.
- You have to unlock the other modes.
- Despite sensitivity settings, it still feels too fast and twitchy.
- The controller is weaker than mouse and keyboard.
