December 27, 2023 - Day 360 - NewPlay Bonus Review
Total NewPlays: 389
Game: Strange Brigade
Platform: Steam
Release Date: Aug 28, 2018
Installation Date: Dec 27, 2023
Unplayed: 0d
Playtime: 42m
Strange Brigade is a solo or co-op action-adventure third-person shooter, set in Egypt in the 1930's.
I'd been sitting on Strange Brigade for a while, because I've previously played one of the Zombie Army games by the same developer (Rebellion), and it so thoroughly creeped me out, that I had no desire to go through it again.
But with access to the game via my son's Steam account, and a spare Steam key, and it being the middle of a sunny day, I thought I'd give it a shot.
You play as one of four members of the titular Strange Brigade, a special unit of the British Government tasked with dealing with supernatural entities.
One of the options is Gracie Braithwaite, a brawler, and a red-headed Lancashire lass. One of the things I've learned from my family tree, is that great-grandmother was from Lancashire, and was described by my grandmother as "a Lancashire lass", and it just felt right to choose her.
In terms of the gameplay, while it bears some basic similarities to the Zombie Army Trilogy (because zombies are heavily featured!) and it uses the same Asura engine as ZAT, it styles itself heavily after pulp movies of the 1930's, with an overly chirpy English narrator providing running commentary.
The game is bright and colourful, unlike the spine-chilling environments of ZAT, and I found Strange Brigade a far more enjoyable experience - at least once I remapped the rather wild control scheme.
Nothing like hitting the shift key to run away from a zombie, only to drop a grenade instead.
I had a bunch of fun with Strange Bridgade; it's pretty:
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