Zoochosis is a survival horror game where you play the role of a zookeeper, who has to take care of the animals like a mother & also deal with the horrific ramifications of working at this extremely shady zoo. The game is very similar to its goofily shaped animals, i.e. it looks interesting but doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. Zoochosis surely does a great job at delivering breathtaking visuals but there’s a lot more that the gamers expect than a mere feast for the eyes. You can decide for yourself whether you want to meet these majestic animals or not after reading our review of Zoochosis.
Zoochosis Game Review
1. A screenplay that is duller than a plastic knife
The screenplay of Zoochosis is tiringly unoriginal and follows the safe-and-tested formula of a trustworthy authority figure turning evil suddenly. Zoochosis fails to create an atmospheric intensity that the most basic-looking ‘Half-Life’ franchise games used to create without throwing in unnecessary visual elements. The gameplay seems tedious enough to make you quit it after performing the same mundane tasks again and again. If you are not able to sleep after a long day of hard work somehow, then please install Zoochosis & start completing the painfully boring missions, and you will definitely fall asleep. The game ‘Zoochosis’ can work as an alternative to sleeping pills – it’s that boring.
2. Fascinatingly creative monster design
The inventive, out-of-the-box and absurdly exciting monster designs in Zoochosis are simply mindblowing – it’s the silver lining of the entire game that makes it remotely exciting. If there’s a science fiction nerd inside you or if you have enjoyed the breathtakingly spooky yet creatively designed monsters of the game ‘Still Wakes the Deep’, then you will definitely enjoy the nightmarish mutations of Zoochosis. The mutated animals in Zoochosis look extremely deformed as if they were struck by some hellish curse that makes you unbearably ugly or repulsively scary-looking. These once-majestic-looking mutated monsters are the only scary things in this horror game & the reason why one would want to press that buy now button on Steam.
3. Zero element of surprise
Believe it or not, the scripts in most 2 or 3 IMDB-rated movies pack more punch and surprise than the awfully repetitive and predictable gameplay of Zoochosis. You will just keep on doing the same soul-sucking and lackluster objectives again and again until you die in the game. There is no element of surprise like a sudden personality shift in the game characters or what some might expect from a horror game, i.e., a jumpscare. Even a loud fart in the bus surprises or entertains more than this game. This slow-burn horror game is so bad that it will make your boring life look surprisingly exciting and flavorful.
4. It feels like a wannabe survival horror
The use of dim-lit environments, smoke effects, and half-baked horrific near-death scenarios make Zoochosis look like a wannabe survival horror game that doesn’t have a soul. The game looks so superficial that you are going to vicariously feel an imposter syndrome through this game. Zoochosis tries hard to build genuine scares but fails miserably due to a lack of depth, zero character development and lazy script writing. The fairly simple objective of escaping in the decades-old game PacMan is way more exhilarating than the unnecessarily complicated objectives of ‘Zoochosis’.
5. More Boring than an Art film
You are going to feel a newfound respect for absurdist, cringe-worthy, and art movies after playing this bland game. Zoochosis feels hollow – it doesn’t leave you with disgust, fear, or even a rapidly beating heart out of pure exhilaration. After playing Zoochosis, you will definitely want a ‘Back to the Future’ Delorean so that you can get back to the time before you were going to purchase the game and destroy your gaming PC before you ever buy this instant recipe of boredom – it’s so boring that only a time machine can stop you from making this sinful purchase.
“Beware boredom ahead” should come as a warning before the game starts.
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