![]() ![]() When you start a new game in Death Road to Canada, you are presented with the choice of either starting your game with randomly generated characters or you can create some. The wrong decision can have a disastrous effect on your journey to Canada as you could be too tired to fight the next time zombies surround you, or the beating you got from the hands of the bandits could take a huge chunk of your health going into the next mission, and with health only being replenished when you rest at night (if you have enough medical supplies, of course), you could find yourself starting again rather quickly. These can range from deciding to stay up all night to telling ghost stories to increase your group’s morale, or how to act when bandits demand half of your inventory to actually deciding what location you want to explore. Sieges are when Death Road to Canada is at its most unforgiving and will spell the end of your journey a lot of times.Īpart from looting locations and surviving the dreaded sieges, there also some text-based events that require your attention. The objective is simple: survive for a designated period of in-game time. Sieges randomly pop up when you’re sleeping out somewhere. Combat is inevitable, of course, so choosing to avoid it early in your journey will serve you well, especially when a dreaded siege is thrust upon you. There is nothing worse than being cornered in a room with zombies advancing on you and your only weapon is a near broken bit of wood. Ammo is scarce, and the melee weapons will break. This isn’t a game where combat should be your only thought. The numbers of zombies are quite small, and you can easily just run around them, pick up everything you need and head back to the car. The first few times you are given the option to stop, generally, it’s an easy run and grab. ![]() While traversing these locations, you’ll obviously have to deal with the zombies that are lurking around. Along the way, you’ll be faced with randomly generated locations where you will loot for food, medical supplies, gas for the car and ammo. You get there by driving (if you manage to keep your car full of gas and not damaged, if not it’s on foot buddy!) from Florida to the Canadian border. Those damned, pesky living dead have decimated your home in the United States and the rest of the world, but Canada is completely untouched by the undead. You have one main objective: make it to the safe haven of Canada. There is no long, drawn-out plot in Death Road to Canada. You die a lot so you learn from your mistakes, and the next time you hit the road, you’ll be a little wiser, get a little bit further and learn some more lessons along the way. Not in the sense that you won’t die, you’ll die, you’ll die a lot, but when you die, it never feels unfair or because the game is just too difficult. Death Road to Canada is, however, a forgiving perma-death title. Some strive for the challenge, and the fear of starting a game from scratch encourages them others, like me, can’t deal with the stress. Perma-death is a conflicting game mechanic, some gamers love it, some hate it and some (yours truly) fear it. It being a roguelike release means that it is a randomly generated adventure with the fearsome perma-death lingering over your head. Either by killing them by the hordes or trying to survive the undead with limited ammo and supplies, zombies are as popular as ever, and one of the most popular modern zombie survival titles has made its way to the Nintendo Switch now Death Road to Canada may have found its perfect home on Nintendo’s hybrid console.įirst released on mobile devices and PCs in 2016, Death Road to Canada is an action roguelike zombie survival title. Zombies have gotten into every nook and cranny of popular culture: TV, films, books and, of course, video games. Romero brought Night of the Living Dead to our screens in the late 60s. The living dead have been a mainstay in popular culture since the late, great George A. The latter perfectly describes the obsession we have with the living dead, the undead and those just damned loveable eaters of brains and other organs: zombies. Some trends are just timeless, aren’t they? Converse Allstars have been a constant popular choice of footwear for well over 60 years, the works of Shakespeare are still adored the world over, and who still doesn’t love a glorious cup of coffee to start the morning (or several to help you make it through the day)? Some trends that you assumed would stand the test of time have all but been forgotten, and some things you thought would burn out quickly are still going strong. ![]()
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