ZombiU (2012)

Beat on Normal. I started off as some guy in marketing; don't remember his name. I followed the story until the Victoria Memorial when he got killed being a noob. Just past the shipping containers in front of the door leading to the comm building was a zombie standing in a corner. I went over to kill him. When I turned around after killing him another zombie was right behind me, grabbed and bit me. I looked and scanned around so I am not sure how I missed it. From that I learned to mash that motion sensor button and to lure zombies to me rather than approach into insecure territory. I could have survived that by using the shove instead of trying to ready a melee swing.

Next up was Kayla the secretary. She was a ninja, sneaking around using a shovel and crossbow to kill. I hardly used any guns. She got as far as the school/daycare or whatever; after killing the teleporting nurse boss and waiting for the exit door to be hacked open. Zombies started spawning and I figured I could handle them with just melee. Circle strafing around them, took a couple minor hits but was doing alright. Until there was a spitter. Tried to create some distance and switch to a molotov but I died 1 second before the weapon swap completed, and 1 second later the door unlocked. In retrospect I should have had my healing kit bound to a quick slot, should have ran away to get some cover, and should have been more aggressive with guns and explosives.

Next up was Ben the police constable. Alright awesome, moving up in the world. He continued on to the arena level where I died because of how retarded that whole sequence was. I managed to make it through the first couple waves but without the scanner how was I supposed to know where to go to get supplies? I ended up dying out of ammo with no idea I could get on top of the bus to get stuff up there. Taking away the scanner and melee weapon for this part was a stupid design choice. I tried a couple more times with no progress before quitting to look up a walkthrough. I remember 3 characters; a guy in a suit, a punk girl and a housewife.

The guy who finally beat the arena was Theo Moore the Major General. I assume he is with the British army but can't really tell. He did have cool camo fatigues and was a much sweeter upgrade over the cop. I managed to beat the rest of the game with him and evac in the chopper. Made good use of flares, molotovs, mines, grenades, pistol, assault rifle, sniper rifle and the nailed bat. I took all of those on the final mission and ended up running and gunning with the AR to get past the seemingly infinite zombies. I left behind a lot of stuff at the safe house stash; ak47, magnum, silenced mp5, tactical shotgun with lots of ammo, and some explosives and med kits.

The game has a number of problems but I found it quite compelling. The only things that really annoyed me were: the arena level, the crappy recharging flashlight, despawning loot and the safe house storage not being huge.

7.0/10