Survivor Squad Demo

Survival games are the rave nowadays, with plenty of titles coming out each month and continuous innovation on all fronts. Whether it’s zombies or any other kind of apocalypse, survival is the key concept, thanks to shows like The Walking Dead, or various other such inspirations. Simplistic ideas can also have quite the heavy impact on the fans, especially if they provide the players with enough freedom to keep them playing for extended periods of time.

Survivor Squad is about as simple as it can get, given the fact that it features top-down graphics and not a lot of effort went into the background story. Hence, all you need to know is that the infected have taken over the world and everyone is out for himself. Naturally, the chances to get out alive increase exponentially if you manage to find a group to stay with, which is the main idea in the game at hand.

Hence, although you start off alone and with no clue as to what’s happening, you quickly stumble into other characters, which can be added to your party. Up to eight members can be a part of your group, which gives you the liberty to pick certain characters for special missions and even form bonds with some of them. However, they do not have too much personality anyway, so you’ve got to use your imagination instead.

You might have a bit of trouble getting used to the control scheme, because the mouse is all you need in order to move around, attack, or investigate objects. The keyboard can also come in handy if you want to access slightly more advanced functions, or move the camera around. Panning the camera can also get annoying, but that is mostly because the environments are usually very dark and it’s not always clear where you should look.

A variety of items can be picked up along the way to help you survive, the most important of which is obviously food, without which your characters can starve to death. However, ammunition is also essential, because melee weapons are much more dangerous when it comes to dealing with large groups of infected zombies.

In the end, Survivor Squad is not exactly a hardcore survival game, but it’s not too simple either. There are things you must keep an eye on to avoid getting into too much trouble, but as a whole, everyone can enjoy the experience without putting a lot of effort into it.