The Final Station (Video Game)
Get this... it’s a side-scrolling, post-apocalyptic train simulator.
Yeah. That’s an eyecatching word salad of a genre. It was certainly enough to pique my interest. And I can safely say that this game and its DLC “The Only Traitor” are a really fascinating adventure.
It’s basically Starbound meets This War of Mine, mixed with that moble game Tiny Trains with a sprinkle of post apocalyptic cosmic horror. You cruise a bleak and dying world, maintain your train, pick up survivors, learn what you can about what happened and why. And of course, you encounter slavering mutants that you have to kill in droves. And the combat is simple enough to not be panic inducing, but varied and challenging enough to stay interesting without crossing over into frustrating. It’s not a terribly long game, but it has definite replayability as you try to piece together the story of what happened to this world.
Oh, and it has some of the most beautiful pixel art I’ve ever seen.
So you should check it out. Especially if you’re looking for something different, both in the realm of gameplay and storytelling.
