There's not much to say about Ice Station Z, other than that it feels like a prototype or a proof of concept more than a final game. If there's hidden depth to be found, we certainly didn't come across it, and if things pick up later in the game very few are going to stick around for the experience. Ice Station Z, unfortunately, is not worth your time or money.
Game pretty much does everything it can for being a 3DS title, it released exclusively on the Eshop and many would say it was bad Graphically but for an open world multiplayer Nintendo 3DS game the graphics are passable. The game gets really fun in Multiplayer you can play with up to 8 other players, have huge gun fights, mess around, explore the large open world or fight the zombies that infest the games world. Overall for a Indie 3DS game that tries to do so much with so little its a fantastic game that I got countless hours of fun from. But looking back and comparing it to the remake on Nintendo Switch I'd take the remake over the original anyway, but I would always recommend playing the original before the remake for a newer player!
The game has flaws. But the community will defend this game to death. No matter what critic reviews this game. Nobody can say that it is "not" fun. The online play from people is great, has no disconnects, and includes different in-game chatting media, (Like texting, and VC). Now don't get me wrong the community has died down over 2020, and 2021. But their are still roughly 30 - 40 people online daily. Now for an indie game that topped charts in Japan, along with BMZ (BattlerminerZ). With about 2000 copies *Ice Station Z sold in Japan alone, That is some great sales, and thats not including, Korean, North America, & Europe sold games as well. The game has its down sides though, in 2020 and this year, Their have been alot of hackers. (I make plugins and cheats for the game, I should know). The games downsides come with poor graphics, But from what I can gather the game was planned in 1998 for an unknown platform. So it isn't that bad, and besides it reminds people of N64 and PSX graphics. Gameplay is long and boring if you don't know where everyone goes to. (Normally Graybase *Centre of the map, or the Oil Rig *Off of the main map). Walking is a pain in game, crawling is worse though. The real bummer is the lack of locations and a larger map. But as I've said before, The game was made with 248mb of game memory in mind. Ice Station Z brought with a a cult following for Wobbly Tooth Ltd. (The developer) The game is still fun in most cases, And the online play is above anything Nintendo brought us in 2016, The game is only active at certain times in 2021 (8am - 11am eastern USA time, 5pm - 6:30pm eastern USA time & 10pm - 2:30am eastern USA time), But the lack of locations, confusing community of players, and the slow walk speed, give the game a 7/10 rating.
I bought this game a long time ago. There is a lot of flaws to this game. The single-player is repetitive and the graphics aren't the best. What shines is the multiplayer. This is one of the only games to have online voice chat on the 3DS and playing with a friend is way better than by yourself.
There are some issues with this game. But for $4.00 this is worth a look.
There is fun to be found in here ,but it's hidden underneath the Atari Jaguar level of graphics.
The gameplay is a simple 7 days to die clone(which itself wasn't very good): Gather materials, explore the open world(it's kinda small in this game but ok), struggle to survive etc.
As a 2$ game- It's okay.
As a game overall-it's kinda bad
Dear developers. If you are reading this, here is an easy way to make this game a lot better. Add more things. Too much of emptyness. Most of the time was spend running around. Also add ability to disable following camera and make it fully controllable.
This game has an amazing atmosfear, makes you feel weak against zombies, you never feel safe, but it's not fun begause most of the map is empty. If you do that, this review is going to go up.
SummaryMULTIPLAYER OPEN WORLD ZOMBIE SURVIVAL for Nintendo 3DS
After a strange virus spreads across an Arctic island you are left alone to survive.
Scavenge for food, drink, medical supplies, weapons, ammunition, clothes, fuel and other useful equipment.
Find shelters, vehicles and other interesting locations to help you survive during...