The Last Hope - Dead Zone Survival

2023 · horror · survival · Nintendo Switch · VG Games

The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival is a survival game developed by VG Games for the Nintendo Switch. The game revolves around Brian Lee, a man who is sent to the future to investigate an inevitable zombie outbreak while accompanied by his daughter, Eva. The gameplay consists of killing zombies and collecting resources while exploring a city. The game was released on June 30, 2023, and was poorly received by critics, who saw it as a knockoff of 2013's The Last of Us; The Last Hope's Eva was found to be highly reminiscent of The Last of Us's Ellie. Other common criticisms of the game included the use of deceptive advertising, frustrating gameplay, and launching with various bugs. The game was removed from the Nintendo eShop on August 1, 2023, and its trailers were taken down by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It has been used as an example of Nintendo eShop shovelware, and is considered one of the worst video games of 2023.