A new survival shooter, Infestation: Battle Royale, has been released on Steam, but the reviews are catastrophic. We take a look at what’s going on.
What kind of game is this? The free-to-play game Infestation: Battle Royale, launched via Steam on March 4, represents a mix of the well-known battle royale gameplay principle and a survival game.
You are on one of two maps alone or in groups of three, trying to be the last survivor. You face not only other players but also wandering zombies. Along the way, you find many weapons to defend yourself.
Lots of Criticism
How are the reviews for Infestation: Battle Royale? The current rating of the game on Steam is only 27% and “Mostly Negative”. The game is receiving anything but good feedback. Even the positive voices seem to have an ironic undertone.
The game’s status, which feels more like a pre-alpha, numerous bugs, and extremely long loading times are criticized.
- BOOB_NUGGETS states in their review on Steam: “What a waste of time. Very poor PUBG clone. I’m pretty sure the devs were high when they made this. I absolutely do not recommend it.”
- Greene writes: “WarZ, Infestation Survivor Stories or whatever else you want to call this game. It’s actually still the same game; I haven’t noticed any difference in graphics or gameplay from the old Infestation: Survivor Stories.”
- However, Belain states: “This game isn’t actually that bad. All the people who hate it just have biases from back when this game was known as WarZ. This is the first BR game I ever played when it was released years ago, and it’s still the absolute best.”
Just a Rehash?
Is this really a new game? An interesting comment on Steam from STRiFE states: “Absolutely nothing has changed compared to the battle royale mode of Infestation: The New Z. There are no new maps, no new weapons, no new menus, no new UI… nothing. The game will be dead in the next one to two weeks.”
It seems that the developers at Fredaikis AB simply took the battle royale mode of their game, Infestation: The New Z, which is based on The War Z, and released it as a standalone battle royale game.
What was The War Z? The game by Sergey Titov – who was also associated with the scandal game Wild West Online or New Frontier – was criticized for plagiarism due to its extreme similarity to DayZ. Right after its release on Steam in December 2012, it was removed from there because the feature list did not match the actual game.
The War Z had to be renamed to Infestation: Survivor Stories due to the similar name to the movie World War Z. The game was plagued by many cheaters. Hackers could even steal players’ email addresses. Criticism of the game continues, now directed at its spin-off, Infestation: Battle Royale.
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