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London is falling! A great plague has enveloped the city in a fog of death. Humanity has been ravaged by infection, the diseased prowl through the streets, waiting to prey on your living flesh at every turn! ZombiU is built from the ground up to take full advantage of the WiiU and its revolutionary New Controller and will test your will to survive in a fear-fueled zombie Survival Horror First Person Shooter. Make every second count; you only get one chance. Stay Human.
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88 of 97 people found the following review helpful
By Amanda Tryon
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I have played about 3-4 hours of this game so far and I love it. It is a zombie game for those of us that miss the old-style Resident Evil games. Limited inventory, limited save spots (so far only one I know of), and shamblers as opposed to rabid fast zombies.
You play as one random survivor that is being helped by faceless voice on the radio. In the vein of Demon's Souls you die and you start again at the beginning, but unlike Demon Souls, all your progress is not lost. You wake up as another random survivor waking up in the safe house. Whatever mission you were on before you died is still active, and the world remains more or less as you left it when your previous survivor died.
There is inventory management, but unlike most games, the world doesn't stop while you riffle through your backpack, so looting gear becomes a lesson in speed-sorting. Controls for shooting/hitting are fairly easy to pick up. One of my favorite parts is that the gamepad turns into your scanner. You hold up the gamepad and move it around, physically scanning your environment and marking items that you tag with your scanner.
Now to the atmosphere. It's really nothing you haven't seen in other zombie games, but that doesn't mean it's not thoroughly enjoyable. It's more about building the paranoia and fear level. The ambiguous noise coming from another room, the movement off to your right but then when you look it's gone. All of those little things that serve to heighten the fear factor. You have doors and fallen articles to navigate while you move about the area as well, serving to make your getaway path that much harder if you have to run. It is similar to Silent Hill and other survival horror as far as atmosphere goes.
Overall, the reason I think I like it so much is my longing for an old-style Resident Evil game. This game delivers it, but adds some new elements which freshen up the gameplay. If you are looking for a zombie action shooter this game isn't for you. If you want a good survival horror this is definitely the game for you.
You play as one random survivor that is being helped by faceless voice on the radio. In the vein of Demon's Souls you die and you start again at the beginning, but unlike Demon Souls, all your progress is not lost. You wake up as another random survivor waking up in the safe house. Whatever mission you were on before you died is still active, and the world remains more or less as you left it when your previous survivor died.
There is inventory management, but unlike most games, the world doesn't stop while you riffle through your backpack, so looting gear becomes a lesson in speed-sorting. Controls for shooting/hitting are fairly easy to pick up. One of my favorite parts is that the gamepad turns into your scanner. You hold up the gamepad and move it around, physically scanning your environment and marking items that you tag with your scanner.
Now to the atmosphere. It's really nothing you haven't seen in other zombie games, but that doesn't mean it's not thoroughly enjoyable. It's more about building the paranoia and fear level. The ambiguous noise coming from another room, the movement off to your right but then when you look it's gone. All of those little things that serve to heighten the fear factor. You have doors and fallen articles to navigate while you move about the area as well, serving to make your getaway path that much harder if you have to run. It is similar to Silent Hill and other survival horror as far as atmosphere goes.
Overall, the reason I think I like it so much is my longing for an old-style Resident Evil game. This game delivers it, but adds some new elements which freshen up the gameplay. If you are looking for a zombie action shooter this game isn't for you. If you want a good survival horror this is definitely the game for you.
74 of 82 people found the following review helpful
By Drewz
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
When I picked up my Wii U on launch day, I was 99% positive I was going to cancel my ZombiU pre-order and just wait and see how reviews handled the game. I decided not to. I just had a feeling that I wasn't going to regret it.
I was right.
This game deserves a lot of respect. The developers definitely took some risks here. Survival horror just isn't popular anymore (unfortunately) and survival horror is exactly what this game is. Preparation is very important in ZombiU. Naturally, you can't always be prepared for every possible situation, but conserving ammo and trying to make the most of every medkit are two things that will definitely help your chances.
You die relatively easy in this game, so running and gunning isn't a smart thing to do. You'll want to scan your surroundings (using the game pad) and tag any items you might be able to pick up (you can also tag undead, so they show up on your map). You'll want to use your radar (also used via the game pad) to be aware of any possible dangers that might lurk in the darkness. And, most importantly, you'll want to keep your eyes open.
The attention to detail in this game is what truly shines (in my opinion). Menus fit the mood. Environments look demolished. The lighting is amazing. Weather adds an incredible atmosphere to the gameplay. I was thrilled to hear the deafening sound of heavy rain as it pounded the roof of the storage container I'd sought for shelter. Its little things like this that the developers did not have to spend time on, but did anyway. I even like how the voice guiding you through the game comes out of the game pad speakers and not the TV's. This makes it feel as though he's talking directly to you and not your survivor in-game.
Combat is varied, depending on how you look at it. Even I wish that melee combat had a little more variety to it. You basically just bash zombies repeatedly with your cricket bat until the option to -- finish it off -- pops up on screen. Guns are as they should be, however. 1-2 bullets (even from a handgun) to the head will drop most undead. There are also barrels and tanks here and there that will explode or catch fire when shot. These containers aren't flashing or glossed over with an obvious hey-you-can-shoot-me-and-I-will-do-something texture, so you really have to keep an eye out for them. The game also has plenty of sub weapons (limited in quantity, of course) to find, such as grenades, mines, and molotovs.
You can upgrade your weapons at any workbench you come across (there is a workbench in your safehouse, but you will also find others here and there). You can upgrade the power, capacity, firing speed, and spread of most of the weapons in the game. Upgrades are accomplished by bringing the required attachments (found throughout the game) back to a workbench where you simply attach them to whatever gun you wish. It's really that easy.
Inventory is limited, so get ready to manage items. You can store excess stuff at your safe-house, which you can return to at set intervals using the sewer system (i.e. the game's fast-travel system). You can assign items to the game pad for quick-swapping, but in order to actually rummage through your pack, you have to keep one eye on the TV screen as the game does not actually pause while you are messing with your items on the game pad. The same with removing barricades from doors, picking locks, and opening new manhole covers. You need to keep an eye out for any undead on the TV that might decide to attack you while you're busy interacting with the prompts on your game pad.
Survival means something in this game. When you die, you lose all the skills that your survivor had developed. You start fresh with a new survivor who has no skills. If you want the guy you've been playing as for the last 5 hours to keep his really sweet handgun skills, you'd better keep him alive. Skills are developed the more you use certain weapons. All weapons except the cricket bat have skills, I believe.
If you ask me, I think those who hate this game do so simply because you aren't drowning in ammunition and healing items at all times. Games like Resident Evil have changed (for the worse) over the years and have basically turned survival horror into action. Don't get me wrong, I still like Resident Evil, but it's great to finally get to play an actual survival horror game again!
I'm a huge fan of The Walking Dead TV series and I always enjoyed how they placed such a huge emphasis on not drawing needless attention to yourself, conserving ammo and supplies, and never leaping before you've looked. This game will treat you to a lot of the same.
Why only the four star rating?
-Unfortunately, the aiming is very float-y and takes some getting used to.
-You cannot adjust horizontal and vertical analog sensitivities separately. I HATE this as just about every single FPS makes vertical too sensitive. By the time you wrestle vertical into a comfortable position, now horizontal is way too slow. This is why we should be able to adjust both X and Y separately!!!
-The occasional bug/glitch does pop up. I've had my survivor's character model change even though I didn't die. One minute I am a man, the next I am a woman. But, if I go into my character's ID card, I'm still the man. I've even had a zombie's behavior glitch through a locked door in order to pull me down from a ladder that I had started climbing. Since the zombie itself wasn't actually glitching through the door, I couldn't kill it in order to prevent what was happening. My only option was to keep climbing the ladder over and over until I got lucky and managed to make it to the top without the glitch occuring. I never encountered a bug or glitch that broke the game, however.
-The immersion is occasionally broken up by the fact that the story barely changes at all for new survivors (when you die). The game just continues on as though your experiences were (somehow) passed on to the next survivor. I understand it would have taken forever for the developers to craft a story that accommodates for this, but it still just causes the occasional hiccup in believability. Having to kill your previous -- and now infected survivor -- after you die is a nice twist on the gameplay, however. It at least makes retreiving all the items you had when you died make a lot more sense.
Overall, I think most people will find that this game deserves a chance. Sure, not everyone is going to like it. Don't listen to sites like IGN and Game Informer when making your decision, though. ZombiU is not without it's flaws, but it's easily much better than those sites claim in their reviews. At the very least, try to borrow it from a friend who has purchased it. I am confident you won't be disappointed.
I was right.
This game deserves a lot of respect. The developers definitely took some risks here. Survival horror just isn't popular anymore (unfortunately) and survival horror is exactly what this game is. Preparation is very important in ZombiU. Naturally, you can't always be prepared for every possible situation, but conserving ammo and trying to make the most of every medkit are two things that will definitely help your chances.
You die relatively easy in this game, so running and gunning isn't a smart thing to do. You'll want to scan your surroundings (using the game pad) and tag any items you might be able to pick up (you can also tag undead, so they show up on your map). You'll want to use your radar (also used via the game pad) to be aware of any possible dangers that might lurk in the darkness. And, most importantly, you'll want to keep your eyes open.
The attention to detail in this game is what truly shines (in my opinion). Menus fit the mood. Environments look demolished. The lighting is amazing. Weather adds an incredible atmosphere to the gameplay. I was thrilled to hear the deafening sound of heavy rain as it pounded the roof of the storage container I'd sought for shelter. Its little things like this that the developers did not have to spend time on, but did anyway. I even like how the voice guiding you through the game comes out of the game pad speakers and not the TV's. This makes it feel as though he's talking directly to you and not your survivor in-game.
Combat is varied, depending on how you look at it. Even I wish that melee combat had a little more variety to it. You basically just bash zombies repeatedly with your cricket bat until the option to -- finish it off -- pops up on screen. Guns are as they should be, however. 1-2 bullets (even from a handgun) to the head will drop most undead. There are also barrels and tanks here and there that will explode or catch fire when shot. These containers aren't flashing or glossed over with an obvious hey-you-can-shoot-me-and-I-will-do-something texture, so you really have to keep an eye out for them. The game also has plenty of sub weapons (limited in quantity, of course) to find, such as grenades, mines, and molotovs.
You can upgrade your weapons at any workbench you come across (there is a workbench in your safehouse, but you will also find others here and there). You can upgrade the power, capacity, firing speed, and spread of most of the weapons in the game. Upgrades are accomplished by bringing the required attachments (found throughout the game) back to a workbench where you simply attach them to whatever gun you wish. It's really that easy.
Inventory is limited, so get ready to manage items. You can store excess stuff at your safe-house, which you can return to at set intervals using the sewer system (i.e. the game's fast-travel system). You can assign items to the game pad for quick-swapping, but in order to actually rummage through your pack, you have to keep one eye on the TV screen as the game does not actually pause while you are messing with your items on the game pad. The same with removing barricades from doors, picking locks, and opening new manhole covers. You need to keep an eye out for any undead on the TV that might decide to attack you while you're busy interacting with the prompts on your game pad.
Survival means something in this game. When you die, you lose all the skills that your survivor had developed. You start fresh with a new survivor who has no skills. If you want the guy you've been playing as for the last 5 hours to keep his really sweet handgun skills, you'd better keep him alive. Skills are developed the more you use certain weapons. All weapons except the cricket bat have skills, I believe.
If you ask me, I think those who hate this game do so simply because you aren't drowning in ammunition and healing items at all times. Games like Resident Evil have changed (for the worse) over the years and have basically turned survival horror into action. Don't get me wrong, I still like Resident Evil, but it's great to finally get to play an actual survival horror game again!
I'm a huge fan of The Walking Dead TV series and I always enjoyed how they placed such a huge emphasis on not drawing needless attention to yourself, conserving ammo and supplies, and never leaping before you've looked. This game will treat you to a lot of the same.
Why only the four star rating?
-Unfortunately, the aiming is very float-y and takes some getting used to.
-You cannot adjust horizontal and vertical analog sensitivities separately. I HATE this as just about every single FPS makes vertical too sensitive. By the time you wrestle vertical into a comfortable position, now horizontal is way too slow. This is why we should be able to adjust both X and Y separately!!!
-The occasional bug/glitch does pop up. I've had my survivor's character model change even though I didn't die. One minute I am a man, the next I am a woman. But, if I go into my character's ID card, I'm still the man. I've even had a zombie's behavior glitch through a locked door in order to pull me down from a ladder that I had started climbing. Since the zombie itself wasn't actually glitching through the door, I couldn't kill it in order to prevent what was happening. My only option was to keep climbing the ladder over and over until I got lucky and managed to make it to the top without the glitch occuring. I never encountered a bug or glitch that broke the game, however.
-The immersion is occasionally broken up by the fact that the story barely changes at all for new survivors (when you die). The game just continues on as though your experiences were (somehow) passed on to the next survivor. I understand it would have taken forever for the developers to craft a story that accommodates for this, but it still just causes the occasional hiccup in believability. Having to kill your previous -- and now infected survivor -- after you die is a nice twist on the gameplay, however. It at least makes retreiving all the items you had when you died make a lot more sense.
Overall, I think most people will find that this game deserves a chance. Sure, not everyone is going to like it. Don't listen to sites like IGN and Game Informer when making your decision, though. ZombiU is not without it's flaws, but it's easily much better than those sites claim in their reviews. At the very least, try to borrow it from a friend who has purchased it. I am confident you won't be disappointed.
34 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm sure that this is an unpopular opinion, however I'm beginning to get a bit turned off by the whole zombie craze. I've always loved classic horror, but in movies and games it feels like the genre is starting to get a bit played out. I almost picked something else up in place of ZombiU, but now I'm glad that I gave it a second glance. I've played for a few hours now (although the way I play games that isn't saying much).
In ZombiU you wake up in a post-apocalyptic London that has been infected with zombies. You come into contact with another character over the a radio who helps you navigate the world. He helps you hack into doors, CCTV systems, and provides general advice about how to stay alive. You learn quickly that you are not the first or only agent that this character has sent out into the world--the moment you die you start over where you left off as the next character that he's brought into the game. In doing so you can track down previous incarnations and collect your old goods. In fact, the first task given to you when you're brought to your home base is to locate the body of your predecessor, kill it (now turned into a zombie), and retrieve their goods.
ZombiU is played from a first person perspective, but it doesn't have the pace of many first person shooters. Your goal is to navigate the world from the shadows, taking out zombies without alerting others to your presence.
You've got a number of weapons and other items at your disposal. You've got clubs (a cricket bat is your primary weapon in this grim world), guns, food, drink, door access cards, and other standard fare. The GamePad controller gives ZombiU some new tricks. As you navigate the world the GamePad gives you an interactive smart map a sonar beacon for finding enemies. At the press of a button the GamePad turns into an intelligent blacklight scanner that shows you the location of items and doors around you and allows you to tag specific locations on the map. The scanning mode is pretty cool. Through most of the game you're using the GamePad like a normal controller that is enhanced with additional features, however when you activate the scanner you hold it in front of you, scanning the world around you (a fairly immersive experience).
This game appears to have divided critics a bit because of the slow-paced gameplay and difficult fighting (you have to hack your way through the infected rather than seek out a good head-shot). I find that ZombiU invokes a sort of desolate feel that such a world should have. Everyone is caught off guard and, quite frankly, life sucks in this new zombie-infected world. My biggest advice about choosing ZombiU would be consider your own level of patience. If you are looking for a fast-paced shooter with an abundance of ammo ZombieU will most likely disappoint. Personally, I love the look and feel of the game.
If you go into ZombiU without any specific expectations I think that most people will be pleasantly surprised. I certainly was.
In ZombiU you wake up in a post-apocalyptic London that has been infected with zombies. You come into contact with another character over the a radio who helps you navigate the world. He helps you hack into doors, CCTV systems, and provides general advice about how to stay alive. You learn quickly that you are not the first or only agent that this character has sent out into the world--the moment you die you start over where you left off as the next character that he's brought into the game. In doing so you can track down previous incarnations and collect your old goods. In fact, the first task given to you when you're brought to your home base is to locate the body of your predecessor, kill it (now turned into a zombie), and retrieve their goods.
ZombiU is played from a first person perspective, but it doesn't have the pace of many first person shooters. Your goal is to navigate the world from the shadows, taking out zombies without alerting others to your presence.
You've got a number of weapons and other items at your disposal. You've got clubs (a cricket bat is your primary weapon in this grim world), guns, food, drink, door access cards, and other standard fare. The GamePad controller gives ZombiU some new tricks. As you navigate the world the GamePad gives you an interactive smart map a sonar beacon for finding enemies. At the press of a button the GamePad turns into an intelligent blacklight scanner that shows you the location of items and doors around you and allows you to tag specific locations on the map. The scanning mode is pretty cool. Through most of the game you're using the GamePad like a normal controller that is enhanced with additional features, however when you activate the scanner you hold it in front of you, scanning the world around you (a fairly immersive experience).
This game appears to have divided critics a bit because of the slow-paced gameplay and difficult fighting (you have to hack your way through the infected rather than seek out a good head-shot). I find that ZombiU invokes a sort of desolate feel that such a world should have. Everyone is caught off guard and, quite frankly, life sucks in this new zombie-infected world. My biggest advice about choosing ZombiU would be consider your own level of patience. If you are looking for a fast-paced shooter with an abundance of ammo ZombieU will most likely disappoint. Personally, I love the look and feel of the game.
If you go into ZombiU without any specific expectations I think that most people will be pleasantly surprised. I certainly was.
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Published 20 days ago by Ro P
4.0 out of 5 stars
it is good
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it still is a good game but you really don't get much chance to use many weapons
Published 21 days ago by Bruce M. Wrona
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't read a single magazine article about this game.
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Published 23 days ago by Dakota Bryant
4.0 out of 5 stars
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Published 25 days ago by Donald A. Shinn
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of fun with the wife and friends!
I love the multiplayer vs. mode, it is pretty fun sending zombies after the Mrs. and having her scream at me! Read more
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