Which is all fine and dandy when you say that sentence out loud, right? How can that be a bad thing? Well, the problem lies in what you have to do to get more of this story, and that’s actively risk your life to add more depth to a story. On the way you’ll find little pieces of paper on the wall that tells the last survivor stories which can either lead you to their tragic end or to another survivor you can take with you on your train. Which brings me to my next point of contention in all of the zombie levels you have to explore the area to find a pass code to release your train. You’ll get a general idea of the civil unrest that’s going on in this world by just walking through the non-zombified areas, but otherwise nothing comes of it other than a few angry words between your survivors. Unfortunately, the other layers either fall by the wayside, or they’re just there. I thought the conductor’s story worked since it’s hinted at throughout the game, but the government’s is a more stereotypical, evil government hiding things from us sort of thing. No matter what, the player will get the two baseline stories of the Conductor and the thing he’s delivering, but whether or not they work is ultimately up for interpretation. As you can see that’s a lot of story layers, but the question is does The Final Station succeed at telling all these individual stories in a somewhat cohesive way?ĭon’t misunderstand, I do enjoy how The Final Station has set up this multi-layered story, but the way that the game is set up makes it hard for them to tell the players the story they want to.
We have the Conductor, who has some sort of backstory that makes characters hesitate to give him the job in the first place the things he’s delivering for the government the people within the cities wondering why the government is keeping secrets from them, and then the people within the apocalypse who you get to read about their last moments on tiny pieces of paper. Then add onto that the multi-layered story, and it seems that we’d have a surefire hit of a game. It also sets up the despondent atmosphere with its pixel art graphics and urgent yet sorrowful soundtrack. You’re then jolted out of this “teach yourself” tutorial when the Conductor wakes up and that’s where our story actually begins.
In the first moments of the game, you’re immediately plunged into the gameplay without context, giving you a chance to get used to the controls and how to move around.
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