The Final Station

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3.7/5

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Posted on: March 29, 2021

SatoxRed

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Games: 116 Reviews: 1

All the apocalypses...

This is an indie story-based run'n'gun with puzzles. These puzzle are presented in the form of enemies and are very-well designed.You can often choose to solve some more than necessary. You will be rewarded with items, but most of the time with story beads. How surprising for a story-driven game ;-) Gamepad and Keyboard worked eitherway. The gunplay is usually not annoying and can therefore considered very-well. It creates single spots of loudness in an overall quiet apocalypse, intesifying its eerie atmosphere. (VERY WELL DESIGNED GUYS!!) Which leads me directly to the soundscape. Its marverlous. It gives me shivers in creepy places and a nostalgic feeling in the urban areas. Humming, mumbling, blasting, crunching, -huh!- these Guys are just very good with sound. The graphics looks good and resembles the hand-made look and feel of the levels. All thought it is not perfect, it is rich enought in variety (for the game's length). Telling a story is not as easy as you think, but HELL YEAH does this game captures the event of an unfolding apocalypse. Well paced, seriously told, yet gentle and "thought provoking" (thanks FloridaBoy). Of all the apocalypses I played and watched: One of my favorites, maybe the best. IMO even better than Resident Evil 2 and the first season of The Walking Dead (tv-series). Always enjoy to grab this on sale!

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Posted on: April 9, 2021

Mailanka

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Games: 1095 Reviews: 55

Good Story, Decent Gameplay

It's only 5 hours long, but it's not the sort of game that I really want to last hours and hours, so that's fine. It also has a story that's vastly more interesting than I expected. I ended up looking up more lore, thinking about it, and then hunting down the DLC to experience more. It's all done in beautiful and subtle graphics too. There are two gameplay loops: an exploration/combat loop, which is quite decent and appropriately nerve-wracking and horrifying. There's also a resource management system involving taking care of passengers on a train that is less satisfying. You only really get a handle on it by the end of the game, and the dumb decisions you made early in the game come back to haunt you, which makes it very unforgiving. And it distracts from the beautiful backgrounds, the dialogue and feels more like busy work, like a hassle, than a good gameplay loop. That said, I found it well worth the price tag, and it's a steal if you can get it on a discount. Don't sleep on it, it's better than you think.

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Posted on: November 26, 2018

DKapple

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Games: 251 Reviews: 9

This could have been great.

PROS: Gorgeous retro graphics and gameplay. Just enough story to set the mood, to draw you in, and to keep you guessing what's going to happen next. (Very much in the vein of some of the Russian science fiction from the 1970s I read in high school.) Easy enough to master while challenging you to balance your resources (ammo, food, and med-kits) to keep yourself and your passengers alive. CONS: Enigmatic and ultimately unsatisfying ending. Short (about four hours). Could use some polishing (especially the dialogue). Very linear, with little replay value (mainly just to see if I could keep all of my passengers alive, which I did). CONCLUSSION: Neat little game to fill a few hours that had the potential to be part of something bigger, but not worth full price -- wait 'til it's on sale if you really want to play this.

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Posted on: February 13, 2018

feliix42

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Games: 140 Reviews: 1

Linear, but beautiful

I bought the game amidst the mixed reviews I read about it being too linear and not offering enough choices. So I maybe was a little preoccupied while playing the game and expected to be disappointed, but I will try to be objective. To describe the game in a few words: mysterious, apocalyptic, yet beautiful. The Final Station uses a different kind of story telling than the most other games and somehow reminds me of the way the first season "Fringe" was told. You start of as a simple conductor tasked with the seemingly easy job of riding an experimental train and delivering a cargo. But as you travel through the country, everything changes. But the story is not thrown at the player - you have to find out yourself what happens while you try to make it from station to station. People start acting cryptic around you and every station bears more questions than answers. Although the game is indeed very linear, it tells a beautiful, mysterious and sad story, completed by the beautiful soundtrack. And if you are taking a little bit of time to let the story soak in and look around the world you are thrown in, you will certainly enjoy this game.

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Posted on: January 24, 2022

LATESTACORONATA

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Games: 741 Reviews: 231

That's one genius way to tell a story!

So, my review comes after my second playthrough ( finished it in one single day... today) and my first one was exactly when this game came out The final station is , without a doubt, an obscure gem which I previously though giving a 5 star rating, but with after some thought I've settled for a 4 star Thing is, the game is, gameplay wise, simple However, simple does not mean ''it's not fun'' but actually is a positive factor, which turns the game into a enjoyable and straight on point experience Although, at the same time, simplicity condemns the game to be a little monotonous in its enemies' variety and level design ( although it does not overstay its welcome) Although, again, thinking about the levels you'll encounter, there may be a deep (term extremely on point) reason why the layout of the map and missions are set in this particular way And that's because you'll always found different connected or stand-alone stories in the various areas you'll visit, and ( without any major spoiler )if the first part of the map shows the appearances, the second half, which allows to return to the train, will reveal the truth ( to some extend) of the various stories you'll encounter. And that's the whole reason to play this game: story Or better yet, how the game presents it to player, which absolutely does NOT hold your hand, leaving the player with pieces and hints of the plot, which in turn you'll have to piece it together. That's why the protagonist is a simple conductor, trying to survive and help people do the same, while cut off from the any line of communication ( I can't reveal too much because, you know, spoiler... but, oh boy, trust me when I say the plot is GOOD). Same thing goes for the soundtrack: sometimes calm or eerie, sometimes just silent but every single time is spot on. So, it's weird since, at least for me, the game doesn't reach the 5 star rating, but I'm unable to find words to explain why. Still,it is worth it? YES, all on board the apocalypse train!

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