Bland
Zombie Apocalypse is another addition to the ubiquitous dual joystick shooter library. The concept is four survivors fight through 55 waves of an increasingly difficult to defeat undead. There's actually only seven levels, but the game merely cycles the same levels over and over. With the arenas not having individual flavor, this is one of the most harmful aspects to Zombie Apocalypse. However, it isn't the only reason this game is bad.
Each survivor is equipped with a standard automatic rifle, a not-so-effective chainsaw, and a teddy bear for zombie bait. The environment randomly spites out more effective means of zombie genocide like rocket launchers, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, and so on. The irritating thing is, the game doesn't immediately respond to you picking up new weapons. I found myself on several occasions running over weapons several times just to pick them up.
At many times I also found myself randomly dying. There's a lot of exploding zombies, knife throwing zombies, and other damned foes which make the screen just looks like a mess all the time and at no point does the camera angle allow you to judge distance. This causes a lot of issues with you dying because something got you from behind, or the exploding zombie caught you in their suicidal attack. The mechanics don't communicate with the player in every-way imaginable.
Zombie Apocalypse is fun for about 30 minutes. After you've seen the seven levels recycles twice and witnessed all the decent humor, the game gets tedious and boring. The fact Zombie Apocalypse doesn't have the intensity or speed of other games in the genre doesn't help either. The game does serve for some good couch multiplayer, but I wouldn't recommend buying this game at full price. I managed to snag this title for a $5 Deal of the Week promotion. There's better zombie games and co-op dual joystick shooters. If you want to burn two hours with some friends, you can do worse.
Steven
