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PC & console gamesZombie Army 4: Dead War
Take a seat on the crazy train.
$79.95, PS4, Xbox, PC, http://www.zombiearmy.com
If you’re wondering where the
first threeZombie Armygames
went, you’re probably not alone.
Rebellion’s undeadSniper Elite
spinoffs began years ago on PC
before a new third game was
packaged with the first two and
launched for all platforms back in
2015 asZombie Army Trilogy. The
trio didn’t make a lot of noise
critically and playingZombie Army
4 feels like the true debut for the
series as it’s now fully fleshed out
and distances itself from its roots
as something closer to a mod than
a new series. As a third-person
Nazi zombie shooter, no-one
would suggestZombie Army 4is a
novel concept – even its years-old
debut already followed a long line
of games depicting a similar
world, but its merits exist beyond
its story setup.
To care about the story in
Zombie Army 4is misguided, and
generally feels like more effort
than the dev team expects of you.
Zombie Army 4can and likely will
be played out of sequence when
experiment playing host to
amped-up super zombies.
That’s the thing aboutZombie
Army 4. Though it depicts an
alternate history view of World
War 2, it does so through very
80s-tinted glasses. Its synth-
heavy soundtrack, over-the-top
storyline, and era-appropriate
monster movie posters
decorating each loading screen
all sell the game’s promise of a
campy, gory horror show we’ve
all caught at some weird hour on
a channel we didn’t know we
were paying for – or these days,
buried in our streaming library.
Zombie Army 4revels in its
world of darkly magical, limb-
severing, unabashed genre
tropes. It hopes you’ll take a seat
on its crazy train. I did, and I
loved it as a result.you’re jumping into its nine
hour-long (or longer) levels
because the nature of its
matchmaking system doesn’t
seem to prioritise where you left
off. Ultimately the game survives
this disarray because most of its
mechanics work well and it’s
paced relentlessly, not to mention
it benefits from the almost
unanimously true adage of
“everything’s better in co-op”.
This means you can focus on
having fun with your friends
while slaying the undead,
including an impressive array of
special types, by the hundreds in
every chapter, and explore the
game’s weird and wonderful
campaign. After seeming
adequately hinged in the opening
level’s train station, the story
brings players to several absurd
landing spots like a would-be love
cruise down the canals of Venice,
an abandoned zoo, and a research
laboratory, because no game this
gleefully schlocky would be
complete without a phony scienceZombies. Nazis. Armies of same.
And you shoot them. What more
do you want?
Mark DelaneyThis is before
Gavin’s Chiro
appointment.
Now he hunches
at least three
inches higher.To care about the story
in Zombie Army 4 is
misguided, and generally
feelslikemoreeffort
than the dev team
expects of you.