Ray's the Dead is an adventure developed by Ragtag Studio, released 22 October 2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Ray's the Dead is
Ray's the Dead is an adventure game developed by Ragtag Studio and released in 2020. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ray's the Dead is a game where you are the leader of the zombie army. Its story driven gameplay will challenge you with a satisfying blend of action, tactics, puzzle, stealth, and adventure, all rolled into one fresh gaming experience. Sneak, smash, laugh, and moan your way through the last hurrah of the 1980's as you take on the role of Ray, the newly risen zombie. Along the way you'll discover who Ray really is, how he ended up dead, and most curiously, what is this giant lightbulb contraption sticking out of his head!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 36 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Ray's the Dead holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz equivalent or greater, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti equivalent or greater. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 8GB.
What it launched against
Ray's the Dead launched on 22 October 2020, within three weeks of Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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