The game boasts some outstanding visual effects, but these can be overwhelming.
It can be hard to see where you’re going, too. This is particularly problematic when you’re driving the bus or limousine. The claustrophobic nature of the world doesn’t help, as it never feels like you’ve got enough room to properly manoeuvre your car. This leads to an infuriating loop in which a new zombie stumbles into the scene just as you’re about to park, forcing you to realign your vehicle and take it out, only for the same to occur again and again. However, should any new zombies wander into the alerted area, you’ll be forced to take them out before you can progress. Upon completing a mission, you’ll often be prompted to park on a highlighted spot near to your objective point.
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Unfortunately, you’ll be forced to use this weapon type if it’s the only upgrade that’s nearby. To make matters worse, not all of the weapons are particularly effective – the flamethrower, for example, is useless compared to the rocket launcher or machine gun. Ammo is restricted, so you’ll constantly need to go in search of power-ups to keep your stocks replenished. This is not a dual-stick shooter, so you’ll spend a lot of your time recklessly reversing your vehicle in an attempt to get its bonnet facing in the direction of the enemies that you need to kill. For at least half of the adventure you’ll be stuck behind the wheel of a flimsy muscle car or limousine, though the latter half of the campaign is made more appealing by the introduction of the bus, police car, and - lastly - super car.īut even when you’re in control of these more appealing rides, the gunplay isn’t particularly satisfying. This means that you have to play through the majority of the campaign before you can even consider getting your driving gloves on a well-powered vehicle. There are secondary errands for you to complete, but these often slap an arbitrary time limit on the endeavour, or force you to plough through a specific number of corpses in return for monetary bonuses.Ĭash can be invested in vehicle upgrades, but the game stops you from grinding your way to the best goodies by forcing you to unlock them first.
Sadly, the campaign’s variety doesn’t live up to its scope, with most objectives finding you driving to different locations and relieving them of the undead. In single-player, you’re challenged with 31 different missions, each set in a huge open-world environment. Unfortunately, while it’s easier to navigate your vehicle in this setting, the constant twitchiness of the camera can be nauseating, especially when you’re moving fast. The former set-up is loose and gets stuck behind the scenery, meaning that you have no choice but to plump up for the latter. The action takes place from an isometric perspective, with two camera options to choose from: ‘Smart’ attempts to predict your movements, while ‘Static’ changes perspective as you turn the wheel. The gameplay fares better, but is flawed in key areas.
You will garner some fun out of trying to guess which accent the budget performers are trying to ape, but that soon wears out its welcome when you realise that you can’t skip conversation sequences in-game. Despite the digital download’s talkative tone, there’s very little substance to the narrative aside from shoddy dialogue and terrible voice acting. The title does attempt to weave a conspiracy plot around its blood-soaked premise, but you probably won’t pay too much attention to it. Armed with an expanding garage of everyday vehicles and access to the government’s secret stash of lethal artillery, you embark upon a campy adventure in which you attempt to get to the bottom of your home town’s undead predicament. You fill the overalls of a survivor in a corpse-crammed suburban city. It results in a braindead isometric zombie slayer which sadly lacks the bite of its subject matter. At least it should be, but EXOR Studios’ matter-of-fact PlayStation Network racer Zombie Driver HD gets its wheels in a spin in some crucial areas.
Guts, guns, and gasoline: it’s a match consummated in the underworld.
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