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    Killing Floor

    Game » consists of 2 releases. Released May 14, 2009

    When hordes of failed super-soldiers (the zombie-like "specimens") break out of the labs of Horzine Biotech, it's up to London's finest to put them down in this cooperative survival horror wave-based first-person shooter.

    brundage's Killing Floor (PC) review

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    Nazi Zombies Meets Left 4 Dead

    Think Nazi Zombies combined with Left 4 Dead. Subtract the anti-Semitism and the 4, then add a 6, and what do you come up with? Zombies Left 6 Dead. . . basically Killing Floor in a nutshell. Killing Floor is a six player cooperative survival horror game much like Nazi Zombies but with the scope of Left 4 Dead. With the addition of a perk system, and a SDK right out of the box, Killing Floor has all the benefits of a high budget game with a low budget price point.

    Killing Floor is all about intense action in a horror setting. You start out as a SWAT type dude with your other SWAT

    You run faster with the knife. . . everyone knows you run faster with the knife!
    You run faster with the knife. . . everyone knows you run faster with the knife!
    friends (if you have any) in one of five maps. The goal is to wipe out ever "specimen" aka zombie, and then kill the boss. You play through a wave system, very similar to Nazi Zombies. You have to kill a certain amount of creatures then move on to the next wave. The specimens range from slow zombies to, faster spider type zombies to, tank like zombies with chainsaws. Most of them can be outrun only with your knife at hand. After you finish a wave you’re given about a minute to reach a trader so you can gear up for the next wave. Weapons range from chainsaws to flamethrowers.

    The perks work like any other type of game; you level up by killing zombies and depending on what perk you selected your abilities to remove them becomes easier. It adds a nice strategic element wile giving you an incentive to keep playing the game. Team work is also big in Killing Floor, if you stray from your team odds are your going to die, that simple. Another nice touch is the welding system. It adds the ability for any player to weld a door shut from the zombies. With the combo of perks, good teamwork and being able to weld doors, gameplay in Killing Floor can be both very entertaining and satisfying.

    Proof, the UT2004 engine still holds up today!
    Proof, the UT2004 engine still holds up today!
    The game runs on the UT2004 engine but holds up to any Source game on the market. The attention to detail is amazing. For such a dated engine the game looks amazing wile running smoothly on older computers. Tripwire found the perfect ration between great visuals and accessible system requirements.

    Killing Floor is all about fast paced action mixed with a variety of strategic elements. Anyone who is a fan of first person shooters should own this game period. Six player coop, great visuals, low system requirements, perks, zombies, and chainsaws all for 20 fucking dollars . . .?!?!? The game sells itself.

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    Aeterna

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    Edited By Aeterna

    Good that you mention the SDK, it's a very very big point of this game. :)

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    Edited By duffman1990

    hmmmm sounds interesting, zombie games own so probably ganna check it out.

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    Edited By n1ck

    Funny review, picking this up asap!

    Other reviews for Killing Floor (PC)

      Class-based, multiplayer co-op zombie shooter brings a fun experi 0

      L4D has left a very big impression on gamer's imagination. The co-op zombie shooter has been so popular that many zombie games are viewed as how they relate to L4D. Killing Floor isn't really trying to compete with L4D. They offer two different experiences to gamers. Some gamers will like them both, some will prefer Valve's less frantic (relatively) and more polished gameplay more. Some gamers will get a lot of enjoyment out of Killing Floor.  Killing Floor is a first-person shooter. It has a s...

      16 out of 20 found this review helpful.

      Just Some Good Fun Zombie Shooting 0

      Let's get one thing straight, Killing Floor is NOT a Left 4 Dead clone. With all the similar zombies and the fact that it's a co-op shooter, one can easily put it off as such, but Killing Floor does enough to separate it from Left 4 Dead.Unlike Left 4 Dead, Killing Floor doesn't have a progressive campaign with a beginning and end. Each round starts players in an open-ended map similar to a traditional multiplayer map. From there, the players are tasked with fighting of a certain number of zombi...

      5 out of 5 found this review helpful.

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