I Am Alive: First Impressions.

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Finally released after a long wait and a lot of hype. I Am Alive a post apocalyptic survival platformer with quiet a bit of potential. On first impressions it had the makings of any Tomb Raider style platformer available today. But what really stands out is the survival aspect,  like most survival games supplies and ammo are scares so you have to use what you have wisely to survive but in this supplies are even more scares, during the demo i only came across one bullet just one bullet. Not only do you have to be careful with supplies you also have to be careful not to over exhaust yourself when it comes to climbing and run this game uses a stamina system similar to the one used in Shadow of the Colossus, which not only makes climbing tall structures tense but although stamina regenerates over time it doesn't always return you to full strength. Which means you have to use food and drink from your inventory to replenish it. 

The combat in this game is very interesting, you can use melee weapons or guns just as i mentioned earlier bullets are very far between. Your gun is still a very useful in battle even without bullets. When encountering hostile characters  armed with just melee weapons, by pointing a gun at is enough to keep them at bay. A enemy when confronted with a gun will act realistic with fear and caution but if they realise the it is not loaded ( e.g. firing the gun without ammo) they will attack you. Other then this the combat leaves a lot to be discovered  with most melee attacks consisting of walking up close enough to a enemy for the " press X to attack" option to appear. It gives the impression that deception and tactics plays a large role when it comes to defeating the enemy. So far this games is looking good, the main character tends to narrate himself like and Alan Wake and the environment around you doesn't seem as open as you'd like but so far so good i only hope the full version is good as this seems.