My Undead Gaming

Zombies, Undead, Walkers, just few of the many names given to the living dead. Over the years Zombies have become very present in the gaming world and have made for me some of the best gaming experiences out there. In this article I will be writing about some of my favourite zombie experiences gaming has to offer.

Left 4 Dead 2

Okay so Australia sort of got shafted with L4D2 with a piss weak version with no blood and bodies that just vanished, when I first played this watered down version I just couldn’t get into it. It wasn’t until I imported an uncut copy from the UK that I really got into and enjoyed playing this game.

L4D2 is another game made for playing with friends, AI controlled team mates are useless at times, especially when a clown is up your ass honking its stupid red nose, Sorry I have Clown fear. My most memorable moment playing this game with friends is carrying around the gnome in the carnival level only to get right to the end and run the wrong way and get nailed, Laughs all round but it was annoying having to do that final battle again.

Up to 4 friends can jump into the action, with a vast arsenal of weapons from Guns to Fry pans and my personal favourite the gold club, The Zombies can be a little repetitive and when you here the crying of a witch you find yourself inching around the map trying not to wake the red eyes whore up... or in my case trying to get as close as possible and running away before she give chase.... ahh good times.

L4D2 is a good all round Co Op experience with the right fun gamers, I highly suggest importing the uncut version if you can and not playing this on your own it just doesn’t hold up as a single player game.

7 Undead Chickens out of 10

Dead Island

Another zombie game made to lay with friends, unlike L4D2 this game can hold its own when playing solo but I still preferred having a bit of backup when taking on the armies of the Undead. This game can be brutal at times I did find myself bolting to the exits on many occasions just to get away from some mad Undead bitch who was about to take a chunk out of my ass.

Dead Island has some great weapons from guns to Melee, you will find bullets are hard to come buy so don’t go wasting them all at once especially on a zombie that could easily be whacked in the head with a paddle.

I loved the game and have put a lot of time into it with my friends but alas had not had the time to finish it. I recommend this game to anyone who has a good amount of time on their hands love large open worlds and love having things jump out at them from every corners. You can play this on your own but it is awesome to play with your mates as well

8 Undead Chickens out of 10

Resident Evil 5

 Out of all of my Zombie games RE5 feels like it is the serious one of the bunch.  You play as Chris Redfield or Sheva Aloma.  If you are familiar with the latest Resident Evil movie you will see a lot of familiar faces from Jill Valentine to Wheska and a few areas seem similar like the movie may have taken some pages from the RE5 book. I found the similarities to tie the games and movies together a lot more.

The combat in RE5 can take some getting use to with not been able to move while looking down sights or shooting can make this feel awkward to start with.  I tend to run in to bad situation without thinking which in RE5 is not the best move in this game, take your time line up your shots and make sure you watch your back.

You will come across a lot of different enemies during you time in RE5 I was especially welcome by the giant Crocodile in chapter 3-2 who decided to give me a big love bite 5 or 5 times, apart from gunplay in this game you will also have a few cinematic scenes which will give you prompts to press button combination, be quick and don’t stuff up as they can change when u try again.

RE5 is a great survival horror game and has left me rubbing my hands together or the upcoming Resident Evil 6 and I only hope it is as good even better then RE5

8.5 Undead Chickens out of 10

Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare

I love RDR, I have put a lot of hours into the campaign and have legend 5 times during my Multiplayer wanderings, When Undead Nightmare was Released I was more than happy to part with some points to get some Zombie Cowboy action going on.

Combat in Undead Nightmare is similar to the combat in RDR apart from you must get head shots so having aim assist does not help as much just remember to try aim high when you shot, I found the shotguns to be more reliable in zombie killing until I got my hands on the blunderbuss but you don’t get that tile halfway through the game.

You can wander the full RDR world during this expansion head up to Tall trees to hunt some zombie grizzlies or even hunt the mythical Sasquatch. During you wandering you will 5 mythical creatures there are 4 horses of the apocalypse and a unicorn to be found and they can be used as mounts during the game.

This expansion has a decent length and I recommend it to any RDR fan, it also opens up a zombie survival game mode online and zombie characters, but there moaning got on my nerves after a while.

9 Undead chickens out of 10

Call of Duty Zombies

Zombies were first introduced to COD in World at War and then again inn Black Ops; there have always been fun expansions to the game and a nice break from the online MP modes of the game when needed.

COD Zombies is a Wave mode Survival you can only go through doors and unlock weapons as you earn more money, it is best to play this with friends and not randoms as most randoms are all for themselves. Conserve your ammo there is nothing worse then been chased down by a hoard of zombies with a few pistol rounds.

If you want to get the most out of Zombies on COD I suggest getting BLOPs it had several zombie DLC expansions come out after release including one where you could play as some famous faces like Buffy and Freddy Kruger. When you play Survival on Modern Warfare 3 you will really miss the lack of zombies bring on BLOPS 2

7 Undead Chickens out of 10

                                                        

So in conclusion of my Zombie loving rant, there are a couple of Zombie games on my radar this year, First of Resident Evil 6 the follow up to RE5 I am rubbing my hands together for this and have already got my copy ordered Also PS3 owner keep your eye out for a game called Last of us, this game looks very promising from the makers of Uncharted it can’t go wrong.