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Early Access

Attract Mode

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Early Access

Attract Mode

When there’s no more room in Hell, the dead will

star in a successful multiplayer shooter franchise

and better in every way. We added options for

players, much bigger levels than any Zombie

Army game we’ve seen before, a lot more

depth, and a lot more storyline with things to

discover throughout.” Part of the new newness

comes in the form of perks and upgrades,

with this offering players a broader sense of

customisation as they make progress, allowing

them to make a character very much their own.

Naturally, this brings up questions of balance

• is it something Rebellion has had to focus
  a lot of effort on? Well, yes and no. ȊWe focus
  heavily on balance throughout development, we
  playtest a lot internally, and we balance for one-
  to-four-player games specifically,ȋ Woodward
  explains. ȊWith the perk system, though, it’s
  more about offering options for the game
  rather than trying to balance for every single
  combination – that would have been a gigantic
  challenge to do. So rather than trying to balance
  for every single combination, we focused on
  allowing people to specialise and have fun
  with the perks system, trying to maximise their
  gameplay with it.”
  Another pivot for Zombie Army 4 is a focus
  more on the storyline aspect. You’re not going to
  be sat in front of Kojima-level cutscenes taking
  up eight hours of your time apiece, but there is
  more of a narrative thread running through the
  previously mindless slaughter of the hordes.
  Again, balance is key.
  ȊThe story’s always there running in the
  background, so if you’re interested in it there’s
  a lot of depth to pick up,” Woodward explains.
  Ȋ2r you can focus on the game as Must a ]ombie-

Zombie Army 4: Dead War

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GENRE

Horde-’em-up

FORMAT

PC / PS4 / XBO

DEVELOPER

Rebellion

Developments

PUBLISHER

Rebellion

Developments

RELEASE

2020

Info

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t’s still a bit of surprise – especially

if you haven’t been paying attention

to stuff and things – that the Zombie

Army series is as successful as it is.

Seems people can’t get enough of the

thrill of teaming with up to three other players

and battling their way through increasingly

diɝcult waves of ]ombies. Who are also Na]is.

So, a horde mode, but with more questionable

application of real-world history. And yet here

we are: what began as a bit of a throwaway

add-on to Sniper Elite V2 developed into its own

series, became really very successful, and has

a full, proper fourth game coming in 2020 with

extra bells and whistles to boot. It’s the great

British indie success story, except the indie in

question is a relatively massive one, and the

story concerns ]ombies. Who are also Na]is.

Jordan Woodward, lead level designer on

Zombie Army 4, explains the rationale behind

going back to the well once again Ȋ)ans were

basically asking for more, so we went bigger