If you plucked The Last of Us’ infected and placed them in a world akin to Skyrim’s, you’d end up with something like God Save Birmingham.
God Save Birmingham is an upcoming “brutal medieval zombie survival game” developed by a team from South Korea who thought Birmingham, UK, would be the perfect setting for a zombie apocalypse and, uh, yeah. They were bang on.
Set within the 14th century, the game was first revealed last year where it showcased its open-world survival style gameplay.
Players will need to fend off the undead whilst managing their health and needs.
A Closed Alpha Test Is Coming Soon
“A strange plague sweeps the countryside, transforming men into monsters, and cities into slaughterhouses,” the synopsis reads.
“You are one of the last survivors of Birmingham, alone against the shambling corpses of your former friends and neighbors, with only your wits to protect you.”
Food, water, and shelter are all of great importance, whilst players will also need to find materials to craft weapons.
There are some fun physics mechanics involved. You are an everyman, after all, so if you don’t want to fight zombies, you can stack furniture to barricade yourself in a house, for example.
“Leap low fences to trip your clumsy foes [or] sever limbs to reduce the undead to angry, wriggling torsos. Just be careful not to stumble over a bucket while fleeing for your life.”
When God Save Birmingham first debuted, many wondered whether it might be a ‘scam game’ akin to The Day Before simply because it burst onto the scene from nowhere.
The jury’s still out, but Ocean Drive Studio has dropped a new gameplay trailer ahead of an upcoming alpha test.
The gameplay has generated mixed reviews online.
“Definitely much promise! Keep up the good work,” wrote one viewer, while a contrasting remark read, “Bruh this looks just awful.”
The comments switch from “awesome” to “slop” and back again.
I really don’t think we’ll be able to gather a true consensus on this game until a taster drops, so it’s handy that an alpha test is coming very soon.
You can sign up now to get involved.
“We are running a two-phased closed alpha test soon, and here are the details. The first phase will be an exclusive opportunity for our pre-alpha testers to check out what changes have been made. The second phase will be expanded to more testers, though it will still remain a closed alpha,” the team explained.
It’ll be available across Korea, North America, and Europe (including UK).
That’s ahead of an early access launch later this year on PC. A console launch is planned for a later date.
