Quarantine

Game review

It all started in 2022 when the city Kemo has one very serious problem: crime. In the year 2026 all townspeople living in the city were making money only on the black market and so in 2029 the company Omnicorp comes with the project "Quarantine", which should solv all the problems of the city. They build a giant wall around the city, so all the people living in the city are trapped. In 2043 Omnicorp even start doing experiments on humans and they released Hydergine 344 into the city waters. They are hoping this neurodrug is gonna solve the crime problems. However, it caused only that the criminals mutated into the bloodthirsty freaks, who murder all those not infected. In Quarantine, you play as a taxi driver, who is desperately trying to escape from this violent city. As you deliver passengers to their destinations, you can earn money and upgrade your cabin. You can also accept a secret missions in the hope that somehow you find your way out. In this escape attempt you have to use many weapons, that you can mount on your cab.

Quarantine is a very strange game. It may remind you of Crazy Taxi in its style, since it is a taxi and old Doom movies, in which the blood and guts of marines attacked by demons were not spared. Quarantine is not a pure racing game, but a mixture of racing and action. The story is a little longer and more complicated, but you only need to know that you will take on the role of the tough Drake Edgewater, who has one dream - to get out of the epidemic-stricken city of Kemo. Drake has his own taxi and earns a living driving all kinds of people around town. Sometimes you'll get a special mission to destroy something, but mostly you'll be transporting people. The game offers several parts of the city, so it is quite diverse, but the difficulty is quite high.

The atmosphere of the game directly breathes darkness, the city is dangerous in itself and you will have to slowly make your way through the war zone, where you will be attacked from all sides by zombies, defense systems and civilian cars. A big plus is the ability to upgrade your taxi to the maximum - you can buy different types and types of weapons for it, such as a flamethrower, a spinner, a rocket launcher and even a chainsaw to attack nearby targets. The game is full of violence and blood and you will remember the good old Carmageddon where you could also run over people. The second volume brought a year of disappointment (simplification, linearity), so I rather recommend the first volume.