Dead Age
Dead Age
Dead Age, développé par Silent Dreams et édité par Headup Games, est sorti le 4 novembre 2016 sur PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4 et Xbox One. Ce jeu indépendant de survie-JDR propose de survivre à l'apocalypse zombie à travers un combat au tour par tour inspiré des RPG classiques et un système de mort permanente. Le joueur rejoint un camp de survivants où il doit gérer les ressources, soigner les blessés, fabriquer de l'équipement, mener des missions d'exploration et défendre le camp contre les morts-vivants et des gangs hostiles. L'expérience s'appuie sur une structure rogue-lite non linéaire : les décisions prises lors de situations conflictuelles influencent l'histoire, pouvant mener à des relations, des rivalités ou l'une des six fins possibles, tandis que chaque partie génère aléatoirement missions et survivants rencontrés. En cas de échec, les médailles gagnées permettent d'acheter des améliorations pour une nouvelle partie et de débloquer des professions spécialisées. Réalisé sous Unity, le titre est classé parmi les genres aventure, simulation, stratégie, RPG et stratégie au tour par tour, avec un temps de jeu principal d'environ 19 heures et 71 heures pour une partie complétionniste.
L'accueil critique est mitigé, l'agrégat de notes s'établissant à 55,97. XboxAddict a indiqué que le jeu n'était pas sa tasse de thé et que seules les scènes de combat lui semblaient correctes, tandis que TheXboxHub a estimé que l'exécution globale laissait beaucoup à désirer malgré le potentiel de l'idée. À l'inverse, certains joueurs sur Metacritic ont fait valoir que 85 % des utilisateurs Steam appréciaient le titre et ont salué la présentation old-school immersive ainsi que la profondeur des éléments RPG, même si un avis négatif sur Steam qualifiait le jeu de mou et sans fun. Proposé au prix de 1,49 euro, Dead Age reste une proposition de survie stratégique à petit budget.
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Overall, Dead Age isn't my cup of tea. The only part of the game I found was decent was the fight scenes, as that had the most action. I feel like gamers who like strategy games will enjoy its premise though. The concept of Dead Age is fantastic, I just feel it fell a little flat. What I was expecting and what Dead Age provided was a large enough difference where I feel I won't play it again. That being said, I'd like to move on from this camp and see if I can find something else down the road. »
« Sadly and even though the idea presented by Dead Age shows plenty of potential for an exciting gameplay experience, the overall execution leaves a lot to be desired. »
« Dead Age is intuitive and houses a good concept, but greatly lacks in the visual department. Fans of the likes of the original Final Fantasy games may pull more enjoyment from this title than I did, given its style and its turn-based functionalities, but outside of that, there’s really not a lot going on, and the slow gameplay really holds it back. »
« Overall, Dead Age felt like an old-school educational computer game — something like Liberty’s Kids or Carmen Sandiego where the extent of gameplay is reading and being shown things happening, with little engagement from the player. There was no excitement or thrill to it — the presentation is dry, the gameplay is simple and repetitive, and the story goes nowhere. Send this one back to the boneyard. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Often press reviews have no clue what players like , this is some example. 85% of Steam users (very positive) like this Zombie Apocalypse game and that has reasons. Its a indie rogue like RPG a bit in the style of FTl random events with a turn-based “Final Fantasy” Style combat System. Its a casual game, so don’t expect too much features, its easy to learn but it has some special things you can only find in some other games like Dead State or State of Decay. Fun with a solid storyline , perma death, hardcore mode, lot of crafting and some cool skills. »
« I loved the old-school presentation they went with because it gives the game charm and in some ways it makes the game quite immersive. The RPG elements are very good and handling certain tasks creates a realistic feel to the game making you become quite attached to the characters. I enjoyed the turn-based combat quite a lot because it has a decent amount of depth to it and defeating the zombies always felt satisfying. There isn’t a ton of resources available to you which makes the gameplay challenging and realistic at the same time. The story kept me interested throughout my time with the game and it combined with the gameplay extremely well. There’s a little too much grinding required in the game and this can make things become repetetive quite quickly. The weapons you can use aren’t the best and there isn’t enough variations of them which means they all basically feel and act the same way. There isn’t much in terms of exploration available to you and a little bit more in terms of freedom would’ve been nice. Does Dead Age do enough to get a recommendation from me? I can’t think of many zombie RPG’s so Dead Age grabbed my attention almost immediately. My interest was further strengthened by the many good things I’ve heard about the game and thankfully I’m pleased to say that after sinking a few hours into it it’s clear to see why so many people enjoy this game. At it’s core this game is an RPG filled with turn-based elements and these aspects of the game have been done really well. In fact they’ve been done that well that it’s quite difficult to put the game down and even though the game can be pretty grindy it still won’t stop you from returning back to the game time and time again. You’ll be pleased to know then that the game doesn’t suffer with too many problems and my only gripes were really only down to the lack of exploration and lack of weapon type’s. This then means recommending Dead Age to you is very easy indeed and if you love a good RPG with plenty of turn-based combat then this game is a must buy. »
