Review: Zanki Zero Last Beginning (PlayStation 4)
Explore the ruins, dungeons, and islands in this post-apocalyptic world through the POV of eight protagonists as they fight for survival and search for meaning in their never-ending cycles of life and death.
Pros:
- Vibrant Anime graphics.
- 8.99gb download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- 3 difficulties that affect enemies, hazards, and rewards.
- Text speed-auto, manual and skip.
- Constant tutorial pop-ups.
- Dungeon crawler gameplay.
- Map- fills in as you play and adds points of interests and you can add your own unique markers.
- Beautiful cutscenes.
- Pixel art is blended into the world and used for avatars and items and really pop.
- Base- central base of operations that you can expand/upgrade unlocking new options.
- Team formation layout menu.
- Mechanics at play- health/hunger/stress/bladder/weight.
- Real-Time combat attacks both normal and special work on timers and you can do chain attacks.
- Sp-earn from leveling up and spend them on new abilities.
- Controls-move with the d-pad.
- Collect crafting materials from enemies and found in the world.
- The inventory system is split with each character having their own storage.
- Characters typically live 13 days and you can’t stop this but you can attempt to recoup memories/abilities and transfer them to a new character.
- The lovable cast of characters.
- Aging and elapsed days happen as you travel through dungeon floors, you can see your character age and change as you progress.
- Visual treat.
- Really well paced and well-told story.
- Fun to play.
- Combat is fun.
- Love the mix of pixel and current graphics.
- Beautiful world.
- Quite a bit of freedom.
Cons:
- Long initial load.
- Slow starter.
- A lot going on.
- Saving is slow.
- No Japanese voice option.
- So many meters to watch and manage.
- Spent more time looking at the map rather than the game.
- Little replayability once you dust the story.
- Difficulty spikes.
- Little variation.
