60 Seconds! vs Highrisers
60 Seconds!
60 Seconds! is a game that offers a fun satirical take on the far-too-unrealistic post-apocalypse survival management genre by making it as hilarious as possible. In this game, you will play as Ted, an average suburban family guy who has just a single minute to dash through his home to pick up as much stuff as he can, including his family members, before diving into the underground bunker he has built in his house. From there, you'll then need to help him and his family survive the day-to-day by making difficult decisions like who to send out to scavenge food, and who should get the most rations. Of course, there's the mutant cockroach infestation that you'll have to deal with...If you love dark comedy and post-apocalyptic games, 60 Seconds! is definitely a game you'll want to play. It's as funny as it is challenging.
Highrisers
Highrisers is an “escape from the tower”-style survival-slash-resource management game that’s fairly similar to the first Skyhill game, except that instead of traveling to the lobby, your end goal here is to scavenge the resources you need from the lower floors to fix the helicopter on the rooftop so your team of 4 survivors (if none of them died, that is) can escape the tower. It’s basically a quarter of the plot of Zack Synder’s most recent and relatively controversial zombie flick, Army of the Dead, really… and like the film, the game is fun but it has its own caveats.And of course, there are the zombies… ahem… I mean, mutants that will attack your team and any fortifications you’ve put up if they spot you… so there’s that.
For what it’s worth, I really liked resource management-based survival games like Highrisers and I have had a pretty good experience with the game myself, minus all the issues I’ve pointed out. The game definitely has some good stuff going for it, but the dev team really needs to work on the game more to revamp some of the gameplay designs and also to fix the game-breaking bugs reported by their players. Only then I would be comfortable recommending the game. For now though, it’s probably wise to keep it in your wishlist.