Dad on a Budget: Rebuild 3 - Gangs of Deadsville Review

Summary

Vince reviews 'Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville', a zombie survival real-time strategy game available on Steam. The game, part of a popular flash game series, offers a campaign mode with various endings and a quick play option. Players manage survivors, expand territory, and defend against zombie waves. With a research tree and different survivor classes, the game features a strategic gameplay loop. Vince recommends it for fans of the genre, especially during the 40% off promotion until December 1st, 2021.

Takeaways

• 🎮 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville is a real-time strategy game with a campaign and quick play mode.
• 💲 The game is available on Steam for around $10, with a 40% discount during a special promotion until December 1, 2021.
• 🕵️‍♂️ Players manage survivors with various skills, aiming to complete map objectives to progress through the game.
• 🏆 The game features a campaign with multiple endings, including a 'true ending' that requires specific actions across all maps.
• 🔬 Rebuild 3 includes an extensive research tree with three branches, allowing players to focus on different aspects like defense or zombie killing.
• 🏘️ Players must manage resources such as food, housing, and defense, with buildings like farms, police stations, and malls serving various functions.
• 🌳 The game allows players to gather resources by chopping down trees and scavenging, with a continuous supply of wood from park tiles.
• 🛡️ Defense is a key aspect, with zombie waves attacking the base and players assigning guards to weaken the zombies' strength.
• 👥 Character classes include soldier, scavenger, engineer, builder, and leader, each with specific roles in the game.
• 🏛️ Players can form a government, set policies, and affect the happiness of the population through dialogue choices and actions.
• 🔄 The gameplay loop can be repetitive, with similar experiences in quick play mode, suggesting the game may become monotonous over time.

Q & A

What is the game 'Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville'?

Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville is the latest installment in a series of flash games, where players manage a group of survivors with various skills to complete map objectives in a zombie-infested world.

Where can 'Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville' be found and what is its usual price?

The game can be found on Steam for about 10 dollars, but it is subject to discounts during sales events.

Is there a special promotion for 'Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville'?

Yes, there is a promotion offering 40% off the game until December 1st, 2021 during one of the Steam sales.

What is the general gameplay loop of 'Rebuild 3'?

The gameplay involves managing survivors with different skills, expanding the playable area by capturing new tiles, and completing objectives to progress through the campaign.

How many survivors can a player take with them when moving to a new map in the campaign?

Players can only take a couple of people with them when moving to a new map, losing the rest of their base and survivors.

What is the significance of the research tree in 'Rebuild 3'?

The research tree in 'Rebuild 3' allows players to unlock various improvements and focus on different aspects such as defense, zombie killing, or other strategies.

What are the different building types in 'Rebuild 3' and what do they do?

Buildings in 'Rebuild 3' include farms for food, police stations or malls for defense, churches for happiness, and other structures with specific missions or resource generation.

How can players expand their territory in 'Rebuild 3'?

Players can expand their territory by chopping down trees in park tiles to gather wood and materials, which are then used to capture new tiles.

What are the different survivor classes in 'Rebuild 3' and their roles?

Survivor classes include the red soldier for combat, yellow scavenger for gathering resources, purple engineer for research, green builder for construction, and blue leader for recruitment.

How does the game handle zombie waves and defense?

Zombie waves periodically attack from unexplored or uncontrolled tiles. Players can assign people to guard duty on their tiles to weaken the zombies' strength and defend against attacks.

What additional features does 'Rebuild 3' offer besides the campaign mode?

Besides the campaign, 'Rebuild 3' offers a quick play mode, allowing players to customize the game experience with different settings such as difficulty and map size.

How does the game 'Rebuild 3' handle the concept of factions and how do they impact gameplay?

Factions in 'Rebuild 3' can be made happy or unhappy through dialogue choices and actions. Players can interact with them, attack them, or trade with a traitor character, affecting the overall game dynamics.

What is the replay value of 'Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville' according to the script?

The script suggests that while the game has a consistent gameplay loop, it can become monotonous due to its repetitive nature. It's a game that players might install, play, and uninstall, returning to it after some time.

What does the reviewer suggest for players looking for a longer, more in-depth zombie survival game?

The reviewer recommends 'State of Decay' for players seeking a more extended and in-depth zombie survival experience that will take longer to explore and complete.

Outlines

00:00

🕹️ Rebuild 3: Game Review and Introduction

Vince introduces the video with a review of 'Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville', a real-time strategy game available on Steam. He mentions a promotional discount available until December 1, 2021, and provides an overview of the game's origin from a series of flash games. The gameplay involves managing survivors with various skills to achieve objectives across different maps. Vince explains the campaign mode, which guides players through a series of maps towards one of several endings, and highlights the game's mechanics, including survivor management, resource gathering, and base defense against zombie waves. He also touches on the research tree for technological advancements and the importance of assigning the right survivor classes to specific tasks.

05:02

🏰 In-Depth Gameplay Mechanics and Strategies

This paragraph delves deeper into the gameplay mechanics of 'Rebuild 3', discussing the importance of assigning survivor classes such as soldiers, scavengers, engineers, builders, and leaders to optimize tasks like recruitment, research, and construction. Vince explains the role of different buildings like farms for food, police stations for defense, and the church for morale. He describes the game's government system where players can set policies affecting happiness and the impact of factions and dialogue choices on the game's progression. The paragraph also covers the quick play mode, difficulty settings, and the game's replayability, noting the potential monotony due to the repetitive nature of the gameplay loop.

10:03

🔄 Replayability and Personal Gaming Experience

Vince concludes the review by sharing his personal gaming experience with 'Rebuild 3', discussing the game's replayability and comparing it with other games like 'State of Decay'. He suggests that while 'Rebuild 3' offers a quicker zombie survival experience, it may not provide the depth or long-term engagement of other titles. Vince also mentions his tendency to uninstall and reinstall the game periodically for fresh playthroughs. He ends the video with a call to action for viewers to subscribe to his Twitch and YouTube channels for updates on new content.

Keywords

💡Rebuild 3

Rebuild 3 is the latest installment in a series of flash games that the video discusses. It is a strategy game where players manage survivors in a post-apocalyptic setting. The game's objective is to complete various tasks and objectives across different maps, ultimately aiming for one of the multiple endings. It is mentioned in the script as being available on Steam and currently discounted during a sale.

💡Steam

Steam is a digital distribution platform for video games, mentioned in the script as the place where Rebuild 3 can be purchased. The video highlights a special promotion where the game is available at a 40% discount until December 2021, indicating that Steam often hosts sales events for its games.

💡Gameplay Loop

The gameplay loop in Rebuild 3, as described in the video, involves managing survivors with various skills, completing objectives on different maps, and progressing through the game's campaign. This loop is central to the game's mechanics, where players must balance resource management, building, and defense to succeed.

💡Campaign

The campaign in Rebuild 3 is a series of connected missions that players must complete to progress through the game's story. The video mentions that players are tasked with achieving one of the 'good endings,' which involves strategic planning and decision-making across multiple maps.

💡Quick Play

Quick Play is an alternative game mode in Rebuild 3, mentioned in the script as an option for players who prefer not to engage in the campaign. This mode likely allows for more immediate and varied gameplay experiences without the constraints of the campaign's narrative progression.

💡Real-Time Strategy

Rebuild 3 is described as a real-time strategy game, meaning that it involves managing resources and units in real-time, with the ability to pause the game to make strategic decisions. This contrasts with turn-based games where players take turns to make moves.

💡Research Tree

The research tree in Rebuild 3 is an extensive system that allows players to unlock and improve various aspects of their gameplay, such as defense or zombie killing. It is a crucial element for strategic depth, as it enables players to specialize their survivors and base in different ways.

💡Survivors

Survivors in Rebuild 3 are characters with specific skills that players must manage and utilize effectively. The video mentions that players start with a few survivors and must recruit more as they progress, highlighting the importance of survivor management in the game.

💡Factions

Factions in Rebuild 3 are different groups that players can interact with throughout the game. The video suggests that players can make these factions happy or unhappy through dialogue choices and actions, which can impact the game's outcome and the player's relationships with these groups.

💡Zombie Waves

Zombie waves refer to the periodic attacks by zombies on the player's base in Rebuild 3. These waves are a key part of the game's defense mechanics, where players must strategically place guards and manage their defenses to repel the attacks.

💡Classes

Classes in Rebuild 3 represent the different roles that survivors can take on, such as red soldiers for combat, yellow scavengers for gathering resources, and purple engineers for research. The video emphasizes the importance of assigning the right class to the right job to maximize effectiveness.

Highlights

Rebuild 3 is a game available on Steam for about 10 dollars, currently discounted by 40% during a Steam sale until December 1, 2021.

Rebuild 3 is the latest in a series of flash games, released in 2015.

The game involves managing survivors with various skills to complete map objectives.

Players can only take a few people with them when moving to the next map, losing the rest.

The game features a campaign with multiple endings, including a true ending that requires completing specific tasks across all maps.

There is a quick play mode in addition to the campaign.

The gameplay is a mix of real-time strategy and turn-based strategy, with the ability to pause and control time flow.

Players start with a small area of the city and expand by capturing and building on new tiles.

Buildings like farms are crucial for generating resources like food.

Defensive buildings like police stations and malls provide protection to the surrounding area.

The game features an extensive research tree with three branches focusing on different aspects like defense and zombie killing.

Different classes of survivors have unique abilities, such as soldiers for combat, scavengers for gathering, and engineers for research.

Leaders can recruit new survivors by scouting and then recruiting at marked locations.

Players can form a government and set policies that affect happiness and other aspects of the game.

The game has factions that can be made happy or unhappy through dialogue choices and actions.

The game can be somewhat monotonous as the gameplay loop remains similar across maps and playthroughs.

Rebuild 3 is recommended for fans of flash zombie survival games.

Transcripts

hey folks this is vince with dance

gaming addiction and today we're gonna

quickly review rebuild three gangs of

deadsville this is a game that you can

find on steam for about 10 bucks however

there is a special promotion right now

for one of the steam sales you can get

it for forty percent off until december

first two thousand twenty one so if you

like what you see here you can pick it

up for fairly cheap

so what is rebuild three well this comes

from a line of flash games that i used

to play and rebuild 3 is the latest in

the series

the general gameplay loop is this you've

got some survivors that are

skilled in various things and you're

going to try and complete one of the

map's objectives in order to move on

so in this game there's a campaign which

will task you with trying to get to one

of the good endings you'll basically go

from map to map to map

and in my experience you can only take a

couple of people with you so if you have

a nice big base

uh the game will be like no you lost all

of that now and you're moving on to the

next map but you get to take one or two

with you at least that's what i remember

it's been a while this game was released

back in 2015.

um but eventually you're going to reach

a map where it's the end map and you're

going to get one of the i think three

endings or something like that i think

there's also

a true ending that you can get but you

have to do some ridiculous set of things

across all of the maps in order to get

the best ending if you're one of those

completionist people that must have the

best ending check out the steam guides

because this game was released six years

ago there's a guide out there or two for

it i'm sure

um so how does the gameplay work

well besides the campaign there's also

the quick play if you want to do that

and not do the campaign at all um but

the general gameplay like i said is it's

a real-time strategy game that you can

pause if you want to you can actually

turn it into a turn based game if you

want to

on the bottom right hand corner is a

little green clock you can set that to

the pause button and then the go button

to let time flow again will turn into

next day so you can make it a turn based

if you want to but typically it's a real

time strategy game where like i said you

start off in one small part of the city

you've got maybe five tiles

in your name like it you control them

and your job is to

research new survivors to branch out to

other tiles and capture them because

each tile

contains a structure that might do

something different for example farms

will grant you food so you have to make

sure that you're getting enough food if

you don't have enough farms you'll lose

food over time one way around that is to

send someone out and scavenge

certain tiles may have icons on them

like an apple or backpack the apple

means that you can scavenge that place

one time for food

but typically you're gonna want farms

set up so that you can just regenerate

that food because um you know scavenging

will only get you so far eventually

you'll run out of things to scavenge

there are buildings that are purely

defense like the police station for

example or the mall they provide a

defense

you know to the surrounding area which

is nice um there's a couple of other

buildings that do that

there's a church which will make people

happy

some structures even have specific

missions quote unquote missions that you

can activate there um like there's a

laboratory for example this game

features an extensive

research tree

where there's three different branches

and you can unlock various aspects and

improve in various ways if you want to

focus on defense there's a tree for that

if you want to focus on zombie killing

there's a tree for that and so on so um

what you need is a researcher

type person i'll get into the classes in

a little bit but typically you just go

there and you pick a research and you

you have at it

other buildings like again there's banks

that are purely defense there's um yeah

there's all sorts

there's housing that you have to worry

about so you need to make sure you've

got apartments or um that sort of

housing complex to house all of your

people otherwise you can't bring in any

new survivors that kind of thing um you

can also

get wood and resources in this game when

you chop down trees in this game there's

a there's a park

tile that you can find and you can

continuously chop wood from that and get

materials and materials are used to

expand your territory now the more

expand your territory the harder it is

to defend it

every so often

zombie waves will come at your base from

adjacent unexplored tiles or

uncontrolled tiles and you have to you

know fight them off you can set people

to guard duty on the tiles that you do

own to negate their their strength so to

speak like there'll be a color to them

if the zombies are yellow or red you're

kind of in trouble so you may want to

assign people to the wall

at that location to defense and then

that will weaken them so that when they

attack it's not so bad

um so yeah there's a lot lots of cool

things to do um there's also different

classes

there's a like a red soldier class which

they're great at killing stuff

there's the yellow scavenger which is

great at going out and scavenging things

there's the purple engineer which is

great for researching things there's the

green builder which is great for

building things there's the blue leader

which is good at recruiting new people

across the map you'll find little

question marks and you can go to those

locations and attempt to recruit someone

at that uh well

first you have to scout the location and

then when you scout it there may be a

person icon there and you can send a

leader there to recruit now it's worth

noting that you can do these missions

with the wrong class but they just won't

be as effective at doing it sending a

builder to recruit for example may not

yield you the best results in fact some

of it

some you'll sometimes come across

dialogue options that'll go

you have a choice between these three

things

oh do you have a level nine leader you

can do this or do you have a level three

leader present you can do this

and so on so it's good to assign the

right people to the right job so that

when those rng or those dialogue choices

come up you'll be able to do something

with them

eventually you'll be able to form a

government and you can set policies uh

for example you would have set various

things like nationalism crime and

punishment private property you can set

various things that'll make people happy

or unhappy as appropriate

by the way on the

quick play you can set the difficulty

you can set the the size of the maps on

the campaign uh you can set the

difficulty but the map sizes are fixed

because it's a fixed map

you know it's a fixed campaign that way

there are also factions in this game um

you know you can make them happy or

unhappy by again it's dialogue choices

you can attack them there's a traitor

that goes around and offers you various

things you can trade with him but

primarily the game play loop is

um you know let time flow

you know people are working on various

jobs that you've assigned when they're

done they'll go back to where they came

from uh assign these people out

okay they're coming back pause time send

them back out to do something else okay

let time flow okay now they're done

pause timed so it's it's like a it's a

job assignment simulator if i had to

describe it uh you're gonna be spending

a lot of your time stopping and

playing time just letting it go because

you're reassigning people because people

are either done or can't finish

something whatever

to the point where you've expanded so

far that you've gotten through the

entire map

and now you revealed typically the

objective or objectives that you can go

after

some of the objectives might be

you have to ally with all of the faction

or defeat all the factions or another

one might be

there's a plane on this tile

or there's uh

you have to fix up the plane or maybe i

i vaguely recall one from a long time

ago there was a portal or something that

i had to interact with or city

government there was a

i had to enact some kind of super final

policy that took care of everything so

there are multiple ways to win in this

game but i'm not going to spoil them for

you i'm sure there's a guide if you

really want to know but yeah this game

isn't bad for what it is uh for the

price that it is now it's six bucks i

think it is worth it even at ten dollars

but i just want to warn you that the

game play loop is roughly the same when

you've

aside from the campaign story if you

just continuously do the the quick play

it's going to be the same experience

every single time aside from random rng

events oh this dog showed up or this

this wanderer showed up or these people

want to be recruited

by the way you can reassign classes in

this game if you want to like you can

retrain people if you have too many

workers or too many builders or too many

scavengers you can retrain them with the

correct building but anyway

getting back to my point like this game

can be a bit monotonous because it's the

same experience almost every time so

this is one of those games where i will

i will install it i will play it

and when i've completed a map

i just go back to uninstalling it and

then i'll come back maybe six months

later have my fill again

it's not like state of decay it'll it

will not take you several days slash

months

to play and to explore this is a quicker

base building base defense

uh exploration uh zombie survival

experience in my opinion it's not bad

i'm just saying it's quicker than so if

you're if you want the long haul i would

recommend a game like state of the k2

where it's going to take you a while to

explore the map to go out it's

definitely it's more of a slog this one

it's it's again more of a flash game

this game comes from a long line of

flash games you know rebuild one and two

those are games i vaguely remember

playing way back when but you know the

dinosaurs roamed the earth at that point

so my memory is a little fuzzy but yeah

um i do recommend this game um assuming

that you like

the whole idea of a flash zombie

survival game and yeah to be fair a lot

of people do i certainly do so yeah

check this one out if you guys haven't

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this is vince thanks for watching and

i'll catch you next time