Reviewers Liked
- Decent presentation and menus
- Tactical zombie killing action
- 80's horror movie feel, and beating zombies down with melee arms
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Everything else
- Clumsy controls and notsogood to alright voice over work
Trapped Dead
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While nostalgia counts for a lot, this old-school horror game suffers from dated graphics, terrible controls, and a virtually non-existent narrative. Game name: Trapped Dead Price: $10 Platform: PCTrapped Dead emphasizes strategy over action, which...
By GamePro onTrapped Dead has some good ideas and its low price tag (a mere $10 on Steam) may be very tempting. Killing the first few zombies in the tutorial level alone shows the violence and tactical planning that could have made the game something special. As...
By ign.com onDare we call it a cash-in? It almost seems too late to be jumping on the zombie-bashing bandwagon as the momentum of Left 4 Dead 2 has subsided considerably since it was released. That's besides the point though, Trapped Dead is weak attempt at the...
By NowGamer onIntroduction (from Trapped Dead Website)The Story of Trapped Dead takes place in the early 80s in a small town named Hedge Hill near Kansas City, Missouri. The sowing of a new genetically modified type of corn caused the existence of a new virus which...
By Gamers Daily News onZombies have been hitting the entertainment rounds over the past several years. From movies to games and all points in between it seems. It can be next to impossible to put a twist on it that can keep it interesting anymore. Trapped Dead puts a nice...
By ImpulseGamer onZombies are really quite slow, but that doesn't mean games involving the undead shamblers should be. Just look at Left 4 Dead, that's not exactly lethargic. It's a pity that developers Headup Games have made something that's so slow, plodding and...
By Strategy Informer onHeadup Games has brought us Trapped Dead, a real-time strategy game with an isometric view where the goal is to fight off hordes of the undead in order to survive. With gameplay a la Commandos and Desperados, Trapped Dead has a whole lot to offer...
By GamingShogun onSchade, schade, schade… Nachdem Trapped Dead den „Deutschen Entwicklerpreis“ einheimsen konnte, hatten wohl die meisten Taktik-Fans große Hoffnungen auf einen echten Blockbuster aus hiesiger Produktion. Leider wirkt das Spiel völlig unfertig und nicht...
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Trapped Dead hatte das Potenzial ein echter Hit zu werden, aber leider zeigt es genau da Schwächen, wo es eigentlich nicht sein sollte. Die trashige Story motiviert nicht zum erneuten durchspielen und durch gurkige Sprecher und mittelmäßige...
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Trotz nicht verbrauchter Ideen kann Trapped Dead nur bedingt überzeugen, was vor allem an den „offenen Baustellen“ liegt. Von der groß angekündigten dynamischen KI keine Spur, die Bedienung ist unlogisch sowie unkomfortabel gestaltet und zu allem...
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