Apocalypse Rising

Apocalypse Rising is a survival open world game created by Gusmanak on 4/1/2008. It has over 225.4 million visits and ratings of over 351k likes and 60k dislikes. The main objective of this game is to survive as much days as possible in a single life while surviving from zombies to hostile players while they have to go scavenge for supplies around the map. A sequel is currently in the works and as of now is in alpha phase.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) At its time, the game was very popular for its open world survival gameplay and concept.
 * 2) The worlds are very expanse with plenty of loot to scavenge along with landmarks you can explore.
 * 3) Many weapons to collect and use.
 * 4) Survival gameplay is fun with a variety of different items and being able to craft and combine some of them.
 * 5) You can create bases and forge alliances or join teams.
 * 6) Vehicles while hard to find can be very rewarding once you get the parts to repair them.
 * 7) There are at least 3 maps to choose.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Because of the low spawnrate, the maps will feel barren at times.
 * 2) Many hackers are rampant in the game.
 * 3) The zombies have very basic ai and too easy to kill.