Brainless

Xiled Systems
Are you a fan of the Walking Dead series on AMC? Then this game will catch your eye. The premise is one that will excite most classic horror movie fans, as I was excited when taking this game for a spin. Much like some of it's paid counterparts for major gaming councils, the premise here is that you pick a couple of characters that have to battle their way through the remains of a neighborhood, oh yeah, and there are hordes of zombies meandering about.

As you fire this game up, you are asked to pick your characters, each is then given a unique stat list that you 'roll' for and can even re-roll if the numbers look unfavorable. Brief descriptions of the skills give you an opportunity to create a balanced duo between an ex marine, a waitress, a cop, and a criminal that appears to pretty satisfying to the role player in me.

 However, once game play begins, you start to realize that you have no idea what you are doing. Sure, there are objectives and rules in the game, but it's hard to translate their relativity easy directions into action once the game begins. you have grey and red boxes appear on your characters profile picture during a fight with the flesh chewing zombies, but it's hard to interpret what they are telling you, after several rounds I wasn't finding a strong correlation to the status of these indicators and when the character got his brain's eaten. After several deaths, I believe the strength of your opponent may need to be gauged some how to decide if you can survive a fight or not, and the game does not give you any real indicators for this. The characters don't seem to be able to handle more then a couple fights early on, making for a lot of running away.

Not knowing how tough your opponents are in each battle, and having trouble telling how up for the fight your avatars are, can make it very frustrating to advance in this game. There is a way to change the difficulty rating, but again, it is hard to determine what ev

Recommendation: If you are concerned with how you will react to a zombie apocalypse, give this game for a spin. Hopefully, by the end you will realize that surviving the end of days won't be as clear cut as you once thought.