Nation Red is an indie developed by DiezelPower, released 3 September 2009 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 12 hrs to finish.
What Nation Red is
Nation Red is an indie game developed by DiezelPower and released in 2009. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
August 17, 1977 Scattered groups of zombies infiltrate remote Midwestern towns. Incapable of using tools or weapons, the invaders are resisted until they retreat back into the desert. Special elimination posses are set up to hunt down any of the surviving undead. Six weeks after the squads started their search-and-destroy mission, the last known zombie was shot and killed. Present-day Over thirty years had passed when a truck driver traveling down a desolate Arizona road plows into a wall of undead. Before the driver's phone signal went dead, he reported some were carrying guns... They're back and now they are hunting us.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 145 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Nation Red holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 12 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel / AMD CPU, 256MB RAM and Graphics with shader model 2.0 or better. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Nation Red launched on 3 September 2009, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version and Halo 3: ODST. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version, Halo 3: ODST.
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