Zanki Zero: Last Beginning on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Explore the ruins, dungeons, and islands in this post-apocalyptic world through the POV of eight protagonists as they fight for survival and search for meaning in their never-ending cycles of life and death.
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning is a rpg, dungeon crawler and anime game
developed and published by Spike Chunsoft Co. and Ltd..
Released on April 09th 2019 is available only on Windows
in 3 languages: English, Japanese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 648 reviews of which 502 were positive and 146 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 11.99€ on Steam with a 80% discount.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 8.1 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA@ GeForce@ GTX 460 or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 26 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible soundcard or onboard chipset
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Some may enjoy the convoluted systems and who is to judge. Per instance of grid based dungeon crawlers, Zanki Zero manufactures an entity that quite possibly an artificial intelligence might enjoy. The sheer amount of grinding for loot, skill points, death buffs etc. goes to show there are extremities to what a gamer may find endurable. Manipulating of our characters ages might as well be similar to aligning of the planets, only to unlock a short story segment. Weight and inventory management as well as re-equipping everything after a death is asinine. These are inordinate examples of clumping program structure instead of archaic game design. Surrealistic viewpoints and creative level design bewilder and cryptic puzzles divulge the mysteries even deeper. The technological aspects transcend the reincarnation/apocalyptic themes through the flashback story that twists and surprises it's inhuman nature aiming to justify the horror elements with dignified shock value. It is Spike Chunsoft horror ala visual novel, spread segmented wide apart by dutiful grind. The real time combat, zombified and mutated, dances like Grimrock with target specific damage and charges up for Team hits. Got to love the ambition and premiere gameplay, although monotonous, the graphics are bright and everything checks including the difficulty options. I will complete the story and see through to it on a respectable difficulty setting, just not too soon. This game can wear on an individual especially the caretaking of each member, bathroom breaks...really...
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This game is great that I had to buy it on PC too. The PS4 demo had me playing for about 3 hours or less, I don't remember since then and while I was playing for that long it had me invested in the story. The game feels like one of those Japanese game you buy at the end of the console's life span that you know you will never have anything like it again. Even if you look for another game like it, it won't be the same. Coming back to this game feels like a breath of fresh air after be bombarded with games RPG maker based indie games that are all fantasy themes and boring combat with dungeon crawling through samey textures. As a streamer I wanted to show my audience other games that weren't roblox and RPG maker that you can be a more creative with making or playing and have something deep, dark and orginal.
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Zanki Zero is a very interesting mix of concepts and mechanics. As a Spike Chunsoft game, it has the expected visual novel style of storytelling, with a deep and mysterious plot. Eight people have awakened in a deserted island in a post-apocalyptic world, A recurring TV program tells them they are the last remains of humanity. As they explore this new and unknown world of ruins, they also come to realize they are human clones now, who can come back from the death retaining their memories, be reborn as their child selves, only to age back into adulthood and seniority within a few days, only to die and restart the cycle again. The game's chapters revolve around uncovering parts of the past of the group members, as they slowly come to learn more about what happened to the world. The gameplay is where this game changes the most from what most are used in a Spike Chunsoft published title. The game controls in a grid-based map system, as an RPG styled game where resource and inventory management are key. Your party moves in first person across the maps, facing up against enemies who can mainly be hit at close distance, management of your space as you move is key into mastering the combat and exploration system. I will say, it took me a good amount of time to get fully adapted to it, the default controls are weird at first glance using a keyboard and mouse, you can plug in a controller but the game felt clunky with it, I picked KB&M to continue going. Once you do get the hang of the combat, it feels very rewarding. Dying is actually a main mechanic in the game, there are countless ways to die, from different attacks of different enemies, while being affected by conditions, and so on. Depending on the way a character dies, after being "Extended", they will earn passive bonuses named "Shigabane", that will make them stronger in the future. You do drop your inventory on death, which is annoying at times, but it can be picked back up on the place you died at. As you explore the many dungeons in the game, each has an unique way to present it's map, as well as puzzles along the way you must conquer and solve to progress, some are very clever, others confusing at times, overall most were good but there's a lack of explanation in a few instances, I had to look up guides to proceed. I should add that this version of the game has a "Difficulty 1" setting, which pretty much removes every enemy besides bosses, though the former are defeated in 1 hit. I struggled a bit to get the full hang of the combat but I would encourage to play at the recommended Difficulty 3 setting. As you progress they allow you to amp it to 4 or 5 for more drops on items. I felt 3 was perfect for a decent challenge while playing the main story, I tend to 100% games, but this time around I cut it short. In order to get all achievements, all possible Shigabane must be acquired, that is over 140 different ways of dying as all 8 characters. Completionists may want to rethink twice if they want to do everything in this game, as that process can be incredibly grindy, I chose not to do it for my sanity. However the game is filled with many side pieces of information that add to the world building on the long-gone world. The map gets filled as you progress through it, so empty spots on the grid that aren't surrounded by walls are clues for you to check a possible missed detail, I did enjoy going for these and discovering all the secrets. Overall this game was an incredibly unique experience, I had no expectation or knowledge of it prior, besides the basic description, and after playing it I found an interesting and unique story, charming characters, and a very unique battle system to go along with the exploration. This game seems to be a bit on the unknown side but I can say it can almost stand to the side of some of the other popular titles published by Spike Chunsoft, if you are a fan of their games, I recommend you try this one out.
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I played this when it came out on PS4 and it was so stressful in a fun way. I loved it but I was too much of a wimp to finish the game. Now I'm back though to see if I'm at least a bit less of a wimp. Honestly even though I know what's going to happen, going through dark corridors is still frightening and I can't wait to finally finish the dang game.
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Came back to this after leaving it 5 years ago due to certain... events that unfold within the game. Coming back to it, forgetting much of the extraneous stuff, I found myself remembering the core story and gameplay, it had made an impression I suppose, but I often found the gameplay while fun, was held back by the story at times and likewise when I wanted to just focus on the story the game would get in the way because I had to get better gear or make more food etc. Thankfully if your like me and you ran out of patience for this game long ago they have a "story difficulty" which makes no random spawns and the enemies that do spawn for story reasons are one shot-able. Theres no making the puzzles easier but google will help you with those. Ultimately the game on its own is pretty enjoyable and the story has a wonderful series of twists and turns and you could lose yourself for hours in either, I recommend it but do have to say it's like 2 game in one that I'd almost wish to separate...
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Zanki Zero: Last Beginning is currently priced at 11.99€ on Steam.
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning is currently available at a 80% discount. You can purchase it for 11.99€ on Steam.
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning received 502 positive votes out of a total of 648 achieving a rating of 7.36.
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Zanki Zero: Last Beginning was developed and published by Spike Chunsoft Co. and Ltd..
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning is not playable on MacOS.
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning is not playable on Linux.
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning is a single-player game.
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning does not currently offer any DLC.
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning does not support Steam Remote Play.
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
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Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
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09 Apr 2019
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