Cursed Dawn Steam Charts & Stats

For fifteen bucks, this one is a pass. It operates a lot like COD Zombies, where you shoot bad guys, get cash, and use that cash to unlock more areas and get more guns. That SHOULD be fun, but it's the details that matter. The audio is all over the place. The awesome metal soundtrack at the beginning is the best it gets. It seems like dead zombies still make noise, and zombies that wander towards you seem to make the loudest noise when they are far away from you. The zombies themselves do damage on contact, not on attack. And their damage box is pretty huge. Plus, there seems to be not much animation or anything when damage happens on either side. The VO is also a bit lacking, at least with the character I picked. Now, that could be because I heard "I'm wounded" in a faux Max Payne voice while not getting many indicators otherwise. A level of polish should be here. It isn't here. For a product that isn't Early Access, it's lacking in that regard.

Overall Summary: GIGA watered down and bad cod zombies. - Tutorial doesn't explain enough in how the game works or what controls do - There is also no clear explanation on what keys do what, you have to just mash your keyboard in hopes of knowing what is available - Scroll wheel doesn't change weapons when there is just two weapon slots available - YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO PRESS R TO RELOAD, THERE IS NO AUTO-RELOAD - No rebinding keys - Movement is clunky - Zombies or whatever they are don't make any noise when running so you get hit from behind a lot - The zombies are also extremely dumb as all they do is walk towards the player and you can abuse this by staying right behind a fence or obstacle and mow them down - The characters you can choose from talk extremely loud which adds to the point below - Noises are all over the place and enemies constantly groaning and moaning will flood your speakers - When you get hit, the screen gets extremely red and hard to see anything - Why is there leaning in this game? - Menu also gets bugged after a game for some reason and cannot start another game until you close and reopen - When you pause, it doesn't stop the game. Imagine playing SOLO and you can't even stop to take a shit If ya looking for a new cod-zombies experience, this ain't it chief AVOID /10, unless you want a very easy but tedious platinum -Hotaku

Ok, so I've put about an hour in on SteamDeck... Running this at 640x400 with FSR on 5 and it actually looks fine. Stable for most parts. This game needs work, but it's nothing that can't be fixed. Am I having fun? Yes, yes I am. I enjoy this game, and it's my guilty pleasure now. I love that the zombies have physics and sometimes it leads to some funny things. It seems I can only have 1 weapon at a time on deck? Not sure if that's by design but if it is, please god change that. I'm trying to get my friend in on it to play some MP. I love the art direction, it's just too dark without a flashlight. Sounds need rebalancing and footsteps need to be a thing. Zombies hurt you by contact, not exclusively attacks...that should be fixed up as well. with that out of the way: It's fun, you shoot zombies and get money. It's basic and simple. Part of me likes running it at 400p, it looks really chunky and reminds me of some early quake mods. Gunplay is fine for me. The game is very much "Alright, kill zombies" and it succeeds, as well as the environments nailing the vibe. I'm going to continue to play this game in the hopes it just gets better over time; I believe it will. It's very obvious from the TikTok videos this dev has worked their ass off and is making something they really believe in, and for that? Absolutely is a good game, especially if it's a first one. Give it a spin, for $12 it's fine. Just load it up, turn off your brain and enjoy.

Cursed Dawn a derivative zombie shooter with repetitive gameplay and a lack of originality. Bad optimization. 5/10​ Video Gameplay - https://youtu.be/iRTn1AGtCVQ