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If you insist on playing the campaign in single player you will have to take a more measured approach, such as laying trip or landmines to try and take a few zombies out at once and falling back to snipe them.
Playing the game solo does highlight the game’s limited nature. If you’ve played horde mode in Gears Of War or Call Of Duty, then you will be aware these are modes offered alongside the main games. This is a complete game based around horde mode and it doesn’t really expand upon being attacked by wave after wave of zombies. Yes, you may be sniped by zombie snipers with the ability to fly or teleport whatever it is those pesky bleeders do, but ultimately playing this game on your own becomes tedious quickly. It doesn’t have story-driven cut-scenes to make you care for the character you’re playing, and the gameplay becomes repetitive quickly.
The developers appear to be aware of this though – enter the menu and the default setting is multiplayer. You have to move further down the menu if you want to play solo.
Zombies can appear out of the ground, which can be infuriating when your staring down your sight and a zombies starts attacking because it appeared out of the ground beside you. This cheapens the experience, somewhat, and takes away from the atmosphere that was created by having zombies stumbling out of the mist, which was far more chilling way to introduce them. (Co-op play helps with this as someone can have your back when your sniping and blast the zombies as it emerges near a player)
Zombie Army Trilogy: Gold Bar And Bottle Locations: Part 1 – Rooster Teeth
The graphics won’t exactly blow you away. They aren’t terrible but they aren’t jaw dropping either. The buildings create a creepy atmosphere though, along with the fog which is included to add to the sense of dread rather than to cover any limitation of the game engine or hardware.
Talking of atmosphere the developers did a great job with the sound. The zombies wailing, moaning and hissing as they approach. The music deserves a mention too and sounds as if it was taken straight from an 80’s John Carpenter flick, synthesised keyboards and all.
Zombie Army Trilogy doesn’t have a triple-A price tag – it generally retails for £30 or cheaper, and that’s fair enough as it isn’t a triple-A game. What it is, is a fun game when played with other people. Matchmaking is incredibly simple and hassle-free (take note Halo MCC). The developers have ensured you will have other people to play with by finding other players for you, and it’s lucky they did as it makes a great difference to the longevity of this game. It has a pick-up-and-play charm to it. You can load the game up and within minutes be on a mass zombie-killing spree with three other like-minded people who you don’t know, rather than waiting for that mate who always says they will definitely be on tonight and never is…
Ultimately this is a co-op game first there’s a single player game in there but only if you must. There’s little-to-no effort made with a story or character development. I didn’t even notice any of the playable characters speaking in the few cut scenes there were. Most of the dialogue is given to Hitler or one of his Generals. What you do get though, is a game that’s easy to pick up, then put down again when you’ve had enough. It’s a simple game, but with simple matchmaking added it has ensured it delivers an enjoyable experience and, as such, deserves your consideration.
Thanks to those channels featured for the gaming footage.
Zombie Army Trilogy is out now on Xbox One and PS4.
Zombie Army Trilogy Traier – Xbox
Important info:
- Publisher: Sold Out
- Players: 1-4
- HDTV options: up to 1080p
- Dolby Digital 5.1 sound: Yes
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GRAPHICS SOUND GAMEPLAY POTENTIAL |
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| OVERALL | 7 |
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