If you haven't played ZombieU on Nintendo's Newest Console just yet, I really don't want to spoil anything, but try to not die. This may seem like pretty obvious advice when it comes to video games and life in general, but this game is a little different.
When you play Call of Duty or Halo or Resident Evil or Gears of War of any number shooter/survival games, you die... a lot. In fact, players die so much so that many of these games keep a running kill/death ratio as a mark for how good you are and the ratios are never high. I don't play a lot of Call of Duty, but I don't think my Kill/Death is much higher than 0. Then again, I'm awful at it.
In ZombieU, however. My Ratio is much higher. It isn't because I'm better at this shooter than others. It isn't because the game is easier, though it does have a more forgiving learning curve than jumping into an online multiplayer match. But the reason my K/D is so high in ZombieU, is that I'm afraid to die.
Wrap your head around that. When were you ever afraid to die in an online shooter except for when your team is one kill from losing? And even then, the kills happen so fast that it's hard to tell how many kills any team needs at any given time. These other games are based on the desire to jump right back into the action after a death, essentially making death, not meaningless, but without punishment.
When I die in ZombieU(all 12 times), I start over with 6 bullets for my pistol and a cricket bat. Yes, I can store up materials in a chest that carries over from survivor to survivor. I can even hunt down my previous survivor(now zombie) and kill them to loot their body, but every time, I wake up on a bunk in my safe house with minimal supplies and even less hope.
I'd love to say that it gets easier. But I'm 7 hours in and every time I get comfortable or confident, something awful goes wrong. Sometimes the undead attack my safe house. Other times I take a hasty step forward and find a room full of awoken, angry zombies. Every decision I make has instant and very measurable consequences as the time survived, K/D, and other statistics fade from the screen after a death.
This game isn't for everyone and it's probably better for it. I hope you give it a shot. I hope you get to feel the same fear and panic I have felt. Mostly, I hope you don't die.
When you play Call of Duty or Halo or Resident Evil or Gears of War of any number shooter/survival games, you die... a lot. In fact, players die so much so that many of these games keep a running kill/death ratio as a mark for how good you are and the ratios are never high. I don't play a lot of Call of Duty, but I don't think my Kill/Death is much higher than 0. Then again, I'm awful at it.
In ZombieU, however. My Ratio is much higher. It isn't because I'm better at this shooter than others. It isn't because the game is easier, though it does have a more forgiving learning curve than jumping into an online multiplayer match. But the reason my K/D is so high in ZombieU, is that I'm afraid to die.
Wrap your head around that. When were you ever afraid to die in an online shooter except for when your team is one kill from losing? And even then, the kills happen so fast that it's hard to tell how many kills any team needs at any given time. These other games are based on the desire to jump right back into the action after a death, essentially making death, not meaningless, but without punishment.
When I die in ZombieU(all 12 times), I start over with 6 bullets for my pistol and a cricket bat. Yes, I can store up materials in a chest that carries over from survivor to survivor. I can even hunt down my previous survivor(now zombie) and kill them to loot their body, but every time, I wake up on a bunk in my safe house with minimal supplies and even less hope.
I'd love to say that it gets easier. But I'm 7 hours in and every time I get comfortable or confident, something awful goes wrong. Sometimes the undead attack my safe house. Other times I take a hasty step forward and find a room full of awoken, angry zombies. Every decision I make has instant and very measurable consequences as the time survived, K/D, and other statistics fade from the screen after a death.
This game isn't for everyone and it's probably better for it. I hope you give it a shot. I hope you get to feel the same fear and panic I have felt. Mostly, I hope you don't die.
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