ive only logged 3 hours at the time im writing this but, i have to say i would recommend this game. I like the old school graphics. The gameplay loop is fun and satisfying. I love finding these unknown indie games and this one is a great addition to my library.

swag glad i saw the rec for it on an urb ex forum. story and music was really top tier and game play was fun

The Final Station is a 2-d action shooter but only calling it a action shooter would be a disservice because our main character a.k.a. Edward Jones the Conductor can do much more than just surviving in the Apocalypse. Taking care of your train, finding passengers and also taking care of them meanwhile looting as much as you can. That might sound like a charm in the beginning but it can also overwhelm you and that's what happened with me. Trying to do everything as smooth as I can took away my interest in the game a bit because there was so much to learn in a short period of time. This cold feeling only got strengthened by story's narrative driven very vaguely via shed of papers nailed around. Why Edward? Why Edward gotta do everything? Why nobody is helping him including the healthy passengers? We are in a Apocalypse, Christ's Sake! Is he just HIM or something? Hearing passengers discuss stuff was cute and really interesting but it really didn't help that much with overall vagueness. The Final Station's so many mechanics that are stuck to bare bones adding up with vagueness of the story made me really distance away from whatever narrative was trying to present to me. At that point . At that point, I just said YOLO and you know what, it got so much better. When I started to play the game like a looter shooter and accepting I have to play more like that. I was meleeing, shooting, then spamming the E/F button to loot whatever I can get then do whatever is the best for the train and the passengers. Less I cared about the bare bone story and mechanics, more it got better. Hunter might be Grim Reaper at this point and I could care less. I think The Final Station is still a fine gem but it's not everyone and I still recommend it but with a warning. As long as you don't take the game as serious as it wants you to be, The Final Station will be a good time.