Parasite Z

Parasite Z Review: A Resident Evil Prison in Unreal, Without Working Controls

Cell Wings, Tunnels, an Infirmary and a Grid Inventory

The design is the survival-horror template named in the listing: a massive abandoned prison to explore block by block — cell wings, underground tunnels, infirmary, armoury, execution halls — with locked doors, an over-the-shoulder camera and a pistol counting its bullets in the corner. Ammo is scarce, resources are managed and crafted in a classic grid inventory, and the story follows two survivors, a detective and a lawyer, whose paths connect as they uncover the experiment behind the outbreak. The visuals are Unreal Engine 5 and the reviews grant them: a March 21 two-star calls the concept strong and the graphics impressive, a March 1 two-star with seven votes allows that only the graphics look decent, and a June 1 five-star with two votes says it has the vibe of Silent Hill and calls it a great game before explaining why it cannot be played the way that reviewer wants.

Clunky Aiming, Bad Touch, a Broken Pad, and a Settings Menu From a PC

The March 21 two-star's verdict is that the shooting and aiming system is clunky enough to make combat frustrating, the game feels incomplete with limited content, and performance has issues — promising, but in need of polish; the developer's reply promises future updates, of which April's map expansion is the only one on record. The March 1 two-star is harsher: no story to speak of, controls that are not good, a settings menu of PC options — display type, resolution — that has no business on a phone, and touch input so poor the reviewer could not play. The June five-star wants to use a controller and cannot: the interaction button does not work on a pad and you cannot shoot with one. Between the three, no input method works well, which for a game about conserving bullets is the whole problem. Google Play publishes no version or Android floor; the last update is five months old.

$5.99 Once, No Ads, No Purchases, Nothing Collected — Android Only

The price is $5.99 on Google Play, paid once; there is no advertising and no in-app purchase — the $0.99 to $99.99 range on the listing is a store artefact — and Google's data card declares nothing collected or shared, a clean sheet for a solo project. No size or Android minimum is published, which for an Unreal Engine 5 game leaves buyers guessing at what phone it needs; there is no iOS version and no sign of one. Rated Teen for violence and blood. Play shows 10,000-plus installs and 159 reviews at 2.2, a ratio that says most buyers did not write and those who did were disappointed. The developer publishes under a personal name from Algeria and replies to reviews with a promise of updates. Prices are regional.