I Am Alive offers up a realistic take on the post-apocalyptic world. The voice acting in the game isn’t great and is even laughable in some scenes, but it never really takes away from the overall experience of playing the game. The game’s sound also does a good job of making you tense up when you’re about to run out of stamina or intimidating you when facing off with a group of killers. The color and lighting effects are also well designed that they actually contribute to making the game’s tone feel overall more dreary and frightening. The character models look realistic even if some of the animations do not, and the game’s world feels massive. I Am Alive looks really nice for an Xbox LIVE Arcade game. The machete will require you to get in close, but it can be the best way to dispatch of enemies in certain situations. Pistol ammo is so hard to come by that you’ll typically use it only as intimidation to get in close for a machete attack or to push an opponent over an edge. Your primary means of fighting off enemies will be a pistol and machete, although you do receive other weapons during the game such as the stealthy bow and arrow. This effect isn’t permanent however, and your maximum stamina can be regained through consumption of food or water.Ĭombat will require more strategy than skill as well. You can survive slightly longer after your stamina meter has been fully depleted, but it will cost you a portion of your maximum stamina. You’ll find it drains more quickly with more rigorous actions. This portion of the game requires plenty of strategy, as you’ll have a rechargeable stamina meter with which to work.

Adam will meet up with a few companions along the way, but most of the post-apocalyptic survivors have become savage in the wake of the Event.įor the majority of the game, you will be climbing, jumping and otherwise maneuvering throughout the game’s environments. Now, he will face danger of all types to see his family once again, as toxic dusts fills the city streets, roads and bridges are all but destroyed and buildings have become crumbling deathtraps. It has been over a year since the apocalyptic Event destroyed civilization and since Adam has seen his family. The game stars a protagonist named Adam, who is returning to his hometown of Haventon in search of his missing wife and child.

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