I Am Alive

I Am Alive

Online Review

“I Am Alive” is a survival horror game published by Ubisoft and developed by Ubisoft Shanghai. Game takes places in post – apocalyptic settings and focused on facing permanent insecurity of dystopian, world of hazardous, decaying & humanity ‘s darkest tendencies towards extreme cruel and materialism under developed by Darkworks from 2005 to until 2007, Ubisoft Shanghai completed title.

Game was released for Xbox Live the march 2012 for PlayStations Network on 3rd April 2012 in North America and 4th April 2012 in Europe and also for takes place of one year after in America where it has gone a massive disaster known as simply as “Event”, which included earthquakes that destroyed most of cities and areas.

Due to damage of aftermath, many people forced to go without resources. Government tries to help their citizens and their public but their whole things or attempts are not works their efforts are useless. The supplies of all things become very low and this causes citizens to become violent, agitated and caustic. A survivor travels his own old home, fictional city Haventon. For rescue his wife and his daughter Julie and Mary. But when he gets his apartment he found they left for get safety. He says that he will do everything for finding his wife and daughter.

Girl Mei missing her mother & gives protagonist walkie-talkie with which he talks to Henry. Protagonist & Mei both are travel out now to Henry ‘s apartment but they stopped soon in a dilapidated mall to rest during a dust storm. Protagonist notices that Mei has a fever so then he goes and fined a supply drop which is government landed for survivors and able to recover medicinefor Mei.

Two leave next day and arrive at the Henry's place where protagonist finds out that the Henry cannot walk and he is disabled. Protagonist is then tasked of finding a radio for Henry and traverses through deadly clouds and they make it an old boat. After searching boat and finding radio protagonist make it off and travel back to the Henry. In ends the Mei and Linda both go aboard, boat but protagonist decides that to stay and to find Henry and family of Henry. 

The Mei and Linda said farewell and after that he records the last tape of his and said he will find Julie and Mary, before its shown that the woman Julie, has been watching all these  videos and the currently has all his gear. She cries after ends of video and it’s left on cliffhanger whether ‘or’ not Henry – or the protagonist – survived.


By: Ali Raza