The Game seemed decent at first and I was enjoying it, but I then hit a progression breaking bug and I was unable to get any feedback from the forums. There has not been any recent updates nor has the developer spoke on the forums for months. I would say buyer beware on this one as I am not sure if it will ever be updated again and the forums are pretty dead.

I will say to be fair that up until I hit the bug it was an okay hack and slash ARPG. That said, I don't think even without the bug that it is worth the $20 asking price.

Unless you're no "retro single player"-lover this game makes false promises. The muliplayer mode is DOWN. For some reasons you cannot reach a single host, nor host by yourself.

Devs doesn't respond to fix this issue, apparently because they abandoned this title inofficially but like to suck money from this half-broken remainings.

We were eager to see a lively adventure and were deeply disappointed as we figured out, that for some time MP seems to be broken...
Ordered a refund, which can be tricky when you bought the 4pack version, because every single player you gifted has to refund on his own.

So... you've been warned.

At least Valve did add a refund option over the past years...
After hosting sinister dev's games has grown in numbers this is just necessary.

Glitchy, undercooked, overpriced mess.

Pros: nice atmosphere & above average voice acting. Decent Art direction.

Cons: Lame AI Pathfinding. Weak unresponsive controls. NPCs will regularly glitch out, stand totally still & make quests impossible to finish. Exiting & restarting the game doesn't always fix that problem. Bad level design. The Mini map is worthless. You'll wander around lost while an Infection clock ticks down. The Escort missions are a nightmare.

All in all, I love Diablo & I'm not yet sick of Zombies. However, shoddy game design prevents this game from reaching its potential.

Good diablo clone zombie shooter, the best game in the crappy trapped dead series of games.
Get it on sale or in a bundle.

*Just to add to it, this is ofcourse my personal view of the game, it's in no way an official statement, nor a fact, your experience with the game can still vary, take that in mind :-)*

I was able to test this game before it even got released and I tested both singleplayer and multiplayer aspects of it. The multiplayer review can be seen on the video and it also covers visual and functional part of the game, it can be found at the bottom of this review :-)

Now, I haven’t played the first Trapped Dead, so I can’t really compare, altough I have looked at the reviews both on Steam and by external sites and authors. It did not received very good scores, mainly due to being buggy beyond an acceptable point, and generaly awful gameplay. I was curious if anything of the above has gotten better with the sequel.

Now I will say this right from the start, it might be better than the first, but it still seriously lacks. The first one was apparently very buggy, and this trend mildly continues, the bugs were random, but there were many. In singleplayer I had some weird issues with my inventory (items that I had before, dissappearing on death and returning to checkpoint), and in multiplayer we experienced horrible missplacement issues, crashing, invisible zombies and as you could have seen in the video, I get stuck in a warehouse unable to progress at one point. This forced us to play this for the second time and switch hosts.

The game did receive a big update after we played it for the multiplayer review and I went in to see if stuff got fixed or what was that update about — I have no clue, since the item problems still happen for me, and I had one game crash happen.

Visually it’s “alright”. There are definitely prettier games, but to what it is (isometric “3D” rpg game) I have to say that it’s absolutely enough and the game doesn’t do bad with this,.

The UI on the other hand is something absolutely horrible and I hate it. It’s clunky, the game doesn’t pause when you go into inventory/etc. And the whole thing is just really hard to figure out and use, since there’s buttons that totally don’t look like buttons (skill points) and the game is using “apply” in several parts of the UI which makes me totally forget to push it every time, since I’d not expect a feature like that.

Speaking of skill points and such, this game is supposed to have RPG features, and I can’t really say I’d be enjoying them. Character progression felt boring, nothing new or innovative, due to the UI complications it’s really hard to give attention to it anyway and the overall game just felt more like an action adventure zombie slasher whith annoying rpg features.

Story by it self is like a B-rated movie and you shouldn’t expect a plot worth your brain cells,. Literally, if you’re going to play this game, just expect nothing, turn your brain off, and go hack&slash some zombies. On the other hand if you do enjoy B-Rated movies, it might appeal to you a lot.

The good part of the story is the voice acting, which is funny and adds a little humour to the game, altough sometimes I feel like the characters are talking for way too long, thankfully you can skip it. Soundtrack on the other hand is absolutely generic, can’t recall any track to be stuck in my head and I believe it’s 85% just ambience noise.

I was starting to be annoyed roughly two hours into the game, level design felt like it’s intentionally slowing me down, bugs, no great story, just killing zombies all the time, with weapons that go down with durability faster than you blink and a skill system so weird that you’ll end up using bare fists just to not have to go into the inventory all the time. I saw about 3-4 boss fights and.. the store page claims “Diverse enemies and boss..”. That is so not true, the 4 bosses I encountered looked almost the same and acted roughly the same. That is just killing the game as well, and only adding to the annoying repetitiveness, not even talking about the repeating quests and game mechanics (“place explosive here”).

I did had some laughs when playing it with my buddy Brandon Dayton, and I think the main selling point of this game is definitely the co-op multiplayer (so the developer better fix the issues lol) and playing this in singleplayer is just plain not worth it.

For me this game has almost no replayability, and I will probably not be coming back to it, only if things get better (fixing the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ UI & bugs would be enough for me to clench my teeth). It would make a good game for an iPad, as I recall having some similar games installed on it, so I could play it in the subway.

If you’re a fan of the first one (despite all the bad about it) you’ll probably get this regardless of my review, and that’s ok, after all its just my point of view, but I feel like it doesn’t introduce much new to the series (based on my research), apart from not being tactical but a hack&slash. And with this price tag, I just have to say to everyone else.. don’t buy it. Just don’t. Wait for a sale, or a bundle to include it if you want it, because you’ll regret spending 20 bucks.

*According to an official, this game has nothing to do with the first Trapped Dead, only the name...*

Pros
(+) Cool voice acting
(+) Zombies (seriously, this is enough for most people)
(+) Co-op campaign for up to 4 players
(+) Multi-platform (OS equality ftw), also XBOX ONE and PS4

Cons
(-) BUGS, sometimes game-breaking bugs, this really shouldn’t be happening..
(-) B-Movie story with typical zombie clichés
(-) Multiplayer issues, missplacement, latency, etc.
(-) Generic RPG features, that more annoy than excite
(-) Level design is gonna make you go zig-zag all the time, ehh
(-) Whole game feels very REPETITIVE
(-) HORRIBLE UI DESIGN
(-) PRICE

MULTIPLAYER REVIEW

https://youtu.be/iFZTwBDR4SE

Thank you for reading/watching this review, hope you liked it and it helped you decide. If you’re fancy for some more reviews and/or other gaming content visit my youtube channel, there’s a review playlist available, as well as much more. (https://www.youtube.com/user/playintosh)

— Playintosh

Trapped Dead: Lockdown is an homage to the horror movies of the ’80s with players controlling their characters in a 3rd person isometric view. Each character has a different storyline so picking a new character to play with will give you a new story and new objectives to completing their path. In addition, each character has their own individual strengths and abilities so you will have to use those particular attributes to their fullest in order to capitalize on what each character is best at. The skill trees for each character is individualized giving you access to new unique defensive abilities and attack moves as you progress through the story. The action is fast-paced and tactile so if you are not familiar with your characters abilities, getting swarmed by zombies is inevitable.

Machetes, knives, pistols, axes, tasers, bows, shotguns, rifles, grenades, magic crosses and vehicles. These are just a few of the literally hundreds of different weapons that are at your disposal for dispatching the walking dead. You have the choice of wielding either two different weapons or one very powerful two-handed weapon.

The sound effects and soundtrack in the game are very well done. The moaning of the zombies, the crackle of rifle report and the hacking of zombie flesh are all high quality sound effects and help to present a town that has gone to hell in a hand-basket with most of its population being turned into the undead.

Trapped Dead: Lockdown isn’t the worst hack and slash game I have ever played, but it definitely isn’t the best one either. Get it on sale (I got it for €2.00)

THE GOOD
- Good ambiance and setting
- Isometric design is satisfying
- Voice acting fits the B-movie vibe of the game

THE BAD
- Level design is wonky at best
- Attacks and movement being the same button makes for frustrating combat
- Visuals are a bit dated


DISASTER | BAD | MEDIOCRE | OKAY | GOOD | GREAT | AMAZING | MASTERPIECE

// H // O // T // : // R // U // N //
// R // E // V // I // E // W // S //

You're experiencing an ongoing heatwave and have decided to beat the heat by closing all the windows in your apartment and accepting that air conditioning is a luxury only meant for cooling groceries at the supermarket. In your frustration, you buy a Summer Mystery Bundle from notorious sh1tbag peddler, Fanatical since it promises a chance at "winning" AAA games. Instead of getting Nioh 2 or even Internet Cafe Simulator 2, you get a game with a title so forgettable that you not only forget it the next day, but also after you've installed it and are playing it - Trapped Dead: Lockdown.

The intro cutscene makes you almost believe you've discovered a hidden gem with macho military men murdering zombies left and right. Immediately you are presented number of characters at the start screen and, of course, choose the jumbo one for optimal murder. After experimenting with the controls of your "butcher" character you see a kick move. You know the one. This confirms your suspicion that you have indeed purchased a sh1tbag.

What follows is a slurry of half-finished, slow paced mechanics that amount to nothing but frustration and sadness. It could have been good and hot, but it's just cold and clammy.

I recommend it only if you get it on sale, and you like the graphic style, and you have a Xbox 360 controller that works on your PC.

It was satisfying wandering around killing things and exploring, and I liked the game up until the driving levels. There's lots of unfair and unbalanced parts, but they give you a checkpoint right before so it's not that bad.

The keyboard + mouse controls are really bad though, you use the number keys to drink health potions and do 1 of 2 special moves, and your mouse is used to move places and attack. Which made combat really awkward.

Game has been abandoned and the dev has move on to a new project. The game's multiplayer is broken, which is the main reason I bought it.

Trapped Dead: Lockdown is yet another game that makes me wish there was a meh button. It has dated graphics, controls okay with an Xbox 360 controller, and a very cliche' story, not totally boring but close to it and the combat is slightly enjoyable. There are bugs in the game and I had to quit a few times and reload in order to my character unstuck. The acheivements are bugged as hell, half them don't work. There are 4 different characters to choose from, 4 difficulty levels and acheivements for each character to be played through the game 4 times, WTF? Seriously, I had a hard time wanting to finish it just once, why would I want to torture myself with 16 freakin' playthroughs of a mediocre game. Only a masochist would want to play this game 16 freakin' times! One playthrough was sufficient. Only get this game in a bundle with games that you really want, like I did. I can't recommend this game it's just too buggy. 5/10