God Save Birmingham is an upcoming medieval zombie survival game set in the heart of 14th-century Birmingham, coming to PC soon. Only this time, the threat isn’t the Black Death, but something far more sinister and deadly. A plague has swept across the English Countryside. The peasant populous has turned into zombified monstrosities and now overruns entire towns and villages, turning them into dead zones.
Survival hinges on your ability to craft, forage, and defend yourself. Let’s take a look at God Save Birmingham’s Release Date, Features, Platforms, and more.
God Save Birmingham Gameplay Features
Developed by Ocean Drive Studio, God Save Birmingham is a third-person zombie survival game. Its core is survival mechanics, where the player must forage for supplies, weapons, food, and more. Players will also have to take into account their health, hunger, thirst, injuries, and more while venturing in the countryside. The game also incorporates medieval physics, where players can use the environment to their advantage. Whether it’s escaping a horde of zombies or simply trying to traverse the Birmingham countryside.
Fight or Flee
The main protagonist of God Save Birmingham isn’t a valiant Knight or a soldier. Just like everyone else, the player is just a peasant trying to survive. With no formal training in arms and defence, you must fend for yourself by using on-the-go tactics and weapons. Whether using a farming sickle or a pitchfork, the players must choose to either fight the hordes or flee and come back later with much better preparation.
Forage, Cook, and Survive
To survive, you must forage for crucial resources and supplies. While taking into account your hunger and thirst meters. God Save Birmingham utilised these meters to keep the gameplay loop more hardcore when compared to other survival zombie games or survival games in general. You must eat and drink in order to survive and keep your character in peak physical condition.
Players can cook items they have foraged through the many cook pots available on the map. A homely cooked hot meal heals the player more than an apple found on the go. Healing individual limb injuries is also a big part of the game, as showcased in the latest God Save Birmingham Gameplay Trailer.
Medieval Physics
One of the standout features in God Save Birmingham is the new Medieval Physics system. The protagonist can stack furniture from different environments in various capacities. Leap over low fences to avoid the undead or stack chairs and tables to blockade windows and gateways, or use a ladder to quickly traverse over the rooftops. The choice is entirely yours, as the game rewards the players for their quick reflexes and plan of action.
The Medieval Physics systems work both for the player and against them; you can easily trip over buckets, fences while trying to escape. Or if you have severed the limbs of any undead, while dismembered enemies won’t give up easily, crawling after you even without their legs.
14th Century Setting
The concept of a zombie game set in medieval times is rarely seen in the world of video games. Where the markets are flooded with zombie shooters, God Save Birmingham is set against the backdrop of 14th-century Birmingham. Providing a fresh breakthrough in a genre filled with lackluster shooters. The English Countryside is the perfect playground for a grounded zombie survival game with new innovative mechanics and gameplay features.
God Save Birmingham Release Date & Platforms
Currently, God Save Birmingham will only be available to players on PC with an Early Access tag to the game. The game is still under development and far from a finished product. The devs have commented on God Save Birmingham’s full release with their efforts currently in creating a sandbox experience with what they have, which is the quarter of the town they have planned for the game.
The game will soon be available in Early Access for PC players, with a much refined release for the game sometime in the future. Be sure to check our blog site for constant updates on God Save Birmingham and other gaming news & info.
Summary
As the plague runs rampant in the English Countryside, it’s up to the player how they will survive this zombie apocalypse in Medieval Birmingham. Will you fight or flee? Scavenge and craft your way to safety or use the physics of the game to your advantage? This upcoming zombie survival game is heading to PC soon in early access–So prepare yourself for this brutal medieval hellscape of the undead. God Save Birmingham!
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