Zombie U reviews
4.5 Gamespot
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9/10
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012- ... biu-review5 from gameinformer
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/zombi ... -u-ip.aspxClunky combat, tedious inventory management, and forced GamePad features drain this game of fun
Gamers eager for a new experience tailored to the Wii U likely have their eyes on ZombiU. It shows off nearly every feature of Nintendo’s new hardware, but the sum of these parts is a horrifying Frankenstein’s Monster. Good zombie games are a dime a dozen these days, and I can’t recommend ZombiU above them despite being the only undead shooter on the Wii U.
8.4 from CVG
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/37 ... ck-review/The missions are mostly excellent, but at one point the story grinds to a halt and the game forces you to go around the city collecting 7 items, which feels like a fairly obvious attempt to artificially extend its lifespan. We do love the use of gear-gating, though. Like in Batman: Arkham City, some areas will be blocked off until you find a certain tool. In the first level you'll see a pile of rubble and your scanner will pick up an item behind it, but you'll have no way of accessing it. Then, once you find C4 explosives much later in the game, you can return and grab it.
ZombiU is full of great ideas, some borrowed from other games, and others uniquely its own. It harks back to glory days of the slow-burning survival horror, but the GamePad gives it a modern edge. The first-person movement can be clumsy, and there are a few stark difficulty spikes, but it's an imaginative spin on the horror genre. But is it scary? Well, yes, but not in the sense that you'll be jumping out of your seat every five minutes, but in the way it builds tension, the grim atmosphere of the world, and the constant threat of dying and losing all your precious gear.
6.3 from IGN
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/11/18/zombiu-reviewZombiU has so many great ideas from looting with the Wii U GamePad to permadeath to its spooky setting, but none of them grow into a great game. Controls are clunky, melee combat is annoying, and the game doesn’t look good. There’s fun to be had here as it’s challenging to see how long you can go before succumbing to a biter, but there are so many better zombie games out there that ZombiU really doesn’t demand anyone’s attention.
Edge gave it 7/10
Remember back in the day when the world record for most pre ordered consoles was like 150K for N64 or 200K for Dreamcast. These were world records. Fuck me how times have changed.
