Game: Zafehouse Diaries
Summary: Plays like Rebuild, not for everybody
Rating (5/10 = failure): 8
Multiplayer: No
Completion: 10 hrs
Cards: No
Cloud: No
Cost: ~0.5 USD bundled

Zafehouse is a fascinating game (to me). Those that have played the excellent Flash game, Rebuild, will get the basic idea - you have a small group of survivors and you spend turns trying to survive and win. Standing in your way are ever-increasing hordes of zombies (depicted with their dazzling animation of... a still-frame blood splatter) and your survivors who snap at each other because of their race, gender, and music-playing.

All games are randomly generated. With three modes of gameplay, the replay value is good. Be prepared to lose the first few games, as there is a lot to absorb, and the fact that your survivors are ravenously hungry, fragile and dumb. With the default settings, the game is indeed quite difficult, but learning what's worth the risk and what isn't is part of the fun.

The interface is rather minimalistic. As best I can tell there are less than 10 screens in the whole game! For the most part it does its job. For a good few hours I didn't know how to breach or assault a place because there's no tutorial and I didn't know you could click on the tabs up top on the investigation screen. There's an online manual, but who clicks on that?

The ability to customize your own survivors with your own photos is a nice touch. I appreciate that a lot, as I was a lot more connected to the survivors with my own pictures. You can also create custom jobs, but this is very easy to abuse and makes the game far too easy if used (and consequently disables achievements). Speaking of achievements, even though I disabled all custom content, I was still unable to get any achievements, so I don't know what's going on there.

All your actions are recorded in a "diary" that can be saved upon game completion, but honestly, those records strike me as... uninteresting. I don't care to reexamine my escapades, nor would I want to read someone else's. It's not a bad feature, but it just feels... I dunno, wasted?

Overall I had a good experience. I'm giving it an 8/10, knocking points for its almost lazy interface, occasional events with no positive outcome, and incredibly dumb survivors in a life-or-death situation. The big question is, is it fun? Even after completion, I went back to play it some more. That's not something I can say for many games these days.

This game is a work of art. It's just amazing! If you're into strategy in general, this game is for you.

While you're never really IN the game itself (smashing zombie's to pieces) you control what goes on;
Make 'Kin' watch for zombies, while 'Jine' makes ammo.
There's skill levels; One star to five stars (though without making custom content, I've never seen anyone go over 4 stars)
There's medicine; 'Jine' threw a chair at 'Kin' and broke his arm. (The wounds never fully heal while I play, but you can turn off survivors hurting each other)
There's noise; While 'Jine' is making ammo, the noise attracts zombies.
There's custom content; Want a superawesomemegazombiekillingmachine? I did. I made one. It uses pistol ammo, while being a sniper. My survivors also modified it so that it's a shotgun as well!! You can also make custom survivors (AMAZING!!!)
There's rain; ...the rain should dampen the noise.
There's random events; A woman with a shopping cart came by today. She says she'll trade ____ for ____
You can make notes and signs on the map; Cross out a place you've looted and moved away from, circle and note down your base.
You can ajust difficulty SPECIFICALLY; How many zombies per in-game hour flow into the city? How much ammo is scattered? How many zombies in the buildings to start with? How much food? How much medicine?
There's hunger.
Survivors rest after working for some time.

THIS GAME IS JUST AMAZING!!!!!!!

Oh, Pro Tip: CHESS SETS ARE DEMONNNNSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

So this one was an unexpected, yet, pleasant surprise. I got it as part of the blink bundle, which before a week ago I'd never even heard of. When I saw screenshots of the gameplay, I was very skeptical of the rather simplistic diary view, and the whole concept of a game being based entirely on diary entries was a little odd to me. However, as soon as I started playing, I began to see just how fun and engaging it really is. Even without fancy graphics, this game manages to engross you in a zombie infested world, and you'll find yourself being easily absorbed into the addictive gameplay. The easy addition of custom content is just the icing on this deliciously zombie infested cake, and allows you to effortlessly add you and your friends into the game. You can even add your own location photos to take it one step further, allowing you to truly act out the apocalypse in your own home town.

ตัวเกมเป็นแนวมturn base
มีระบบที่สามารถ สร้างตัวละคร เพิ่มหน้าเพื่อนๆ ของคุณ หรือสถานที่ๆคุณรู้จักได้
ตัวเกมมีหลายโหมด เช่นเริ่มต้นคุณมีคนๆเดียว และหาเพื่อนเพิ่ม โดยคุณมีเพื่อนสูงสุดได้5คน ถ้าเกิน คุณต้องเลือกจะตัดใครออก โดยระบบการเล่นสุ่มแผนที่ใหม่ตลอด ทำให้การเล่นแต่ละครั้งไม่เหมือนกัน แต่event จะเหมือนเดิม แต่ผลที่ตามมาจะต่างออกไป แล้วแต่ดวงหรือความเก่งของตัวละครคุณ มีระบบคราฟของ แต่คุณไม่สามารถเลือกได้ว่าจะคราฟอะไร ได้แต่เลือกหมวด เช่นคราฟอาวุธ คราฟเสื้อเกราะ โดยตัวละครจะ สุ่มจากของที่มีอยู่เองว่าจะคราฟอะไร
มีระบบหลายๆ อย่างให้ศึกษา เช่น ประวัติของตัวละคร อาจทำให้ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างตัวละคร ดีขึ้นหรือแย่ลงได้ การช่วยกันทำกิจกรรม เช่นทำความสะอาด หรือ ซ่อมบ้าน จะทำให้ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างตัวละคร ดีขึ้น ถ้าคุณปิดบ้านแล้ว
เป็นเกมวางแผนที่ ดีเกมหนึ่ง ศึกษาวิธีเล่นง่ายไม่ยาก แต่ยากที่จะเก่ง คุณต้องพึ่งดวงด้วย

Not a bad game for killing a bit of time, its good to see a new twist on the text based genre.