ZERO Sievert Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · November 29, 2024

ZERO Sievert Review, The world has ended. ZERO Sievert charges you with scavenging equipment across multiple areas, all set in an atmospheric fictitious post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe setting. Your base of operations, the bunker, is filled with traders, modding stations, and areas to make your own, providing you with progression across your excursions into the wild. Once you’re out in the wilds of the wasteland, however, the situation becomes a lot less secure. Across the five biomes of the game, you’ll initially be armed with little more than a gun and a bottle of water, after which point it’s up to you to recover items, take out bandits, and most importantly, get back alive.

ZERO Sievert Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
323.33MB download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Video settings – Resolution, grass amount slider, grass sway, black flashbang, fog and rain particles, low spec, fullscreen, fog of war, fog of war alpha, and fog of war field of view.
Gameplay settings – toggle sprint, food and drink animation, helper dialogue, item overlay timer, decrease weapons min range and increase weapons max range.
Tutorial menu option with two sections – crosshairs and range, and enemies and armor.
Three save slots.
Three game difficulties – Rookie, Survivor, and Hunter. You can also custom-tune and tweak trading, loot, progression, enemies, hardcore, and starting equipment. (six equipment load outs)
Top-down survival shooter gameplay.
Button prompts.
Multiple choice questions and interactions.
Full crafting system for medication, ammunition, food, repair kit, repair gear, mod weapons, tier 1 to 2 plus modules, and extras.
Handy track resources and materials option for crafting.
The Zero Sievert bunker is the safe space and here you can talk with characters, craft, take on tasks etc.
A full top down game world working on a screen by screen basis, so go off the screen to get another one.
You can pause the game.
Full mission management with main and optional missions to take on and track.
Initially just one location The forest, you can unlock five more and then choose where you go.
Earn exp and level up from missions and killing.
In-game cutscenes.
Location layouts randomize each life.
Fast loading times.
Day and night cycle with weather effects.
Very atmospheric.
You go out into the world for supplies and missions, but to escape you have to find the designated extraction zone.
Loot chests and the game world. Loot identity uncovers over time.
Many systems are at play like health, drink, food, and radiation.
The item management system allows quick equipment and quick swaps to speed things up.
Twin stick controls.
There is a lot of content and story hidden in the vast world.

ZERO Sievert Review Cons:

The tutorial menu is just an image with text.
No graphics settings really.
You don’t actually get a tutorial and the opening is cold and not clear.
It’s just not helpful at getting you up to speed and knowing what to do in the quickest time.
Menus don’t always load the cursor.
Traps are so small that you will nearly always hit them.
It’s just that accessibility is the biggest enemy and frustration.