Review: They Are Billions (PlayStation 4)

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive the zombie apocalypse?

Pros:

• Beautiful Steampunk influenced graphics.
• Platinum trophy.
• 1.17GB download size.
• RTS survival gameplay. Build a community whilst also holding off the ever threat of a Zombie invasion.
• Game help- Text-based tutorial.
• Sensitivity and precision sliders.
• Leaderboard support.
• Six difficulties- Easy, Easiest, Accessible, Challenging, Brutal and nightmare.
• Four game duration difficulties- Easy, Accessible, Challenging and Brutal.
• Survival mode- Survive X amount of days, Set map type, Infected population, and game settings. These change your score factor percentage.
• Four maps- Dark Moorland, Peaceful lowlands, Frozen highlands, and desolated wasteland.
• Controls are easy enough to learn. They manage to incorporate a lot of mouse control onto the controller and allow you to set up groups for quick access.
• Active pause- Pause but yet you can still interact with the game like setup actions.
• Uncover the map as you play.
• Levels randomize every game.
• Resource collectible piles around the map.
• Chilling soundtrack.
• Addictive.
• Does survival horror better than some horror games I have played.
• Save and exit option.
• Cool zombie animations.
• The game is full of fear and tactics.
• Very hard to put down.
• Can zoom in/out.
• Challenge of the week complete with leaderboard support.
• Scores- shows your score and has filters for modifiers and friends.
• Constant updates.

Cons:

• No tutorial area/match.
• Small text.
• Slow starter.
• Daunting for new to the genre players.
• Only one control scheme.
• A lot to take in.
• Lacks the usual settings for a game like this like game speed.
• Just the one mode outside of the challenge.
• May struggle first adopting the control scheme/layout.
• Zombie infections feel so overpowered as they spread so quickly.
• No multiplayer.