$6.99Is Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now worth it?
Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now is worth it if…
- you want a fast top-down shooter you can finish in a few evenings
- you like old-school arcade action with gory physics and destructible levels
- you enjoy a noir story that does not take itself entirely seriously
- you have friends on the couch and a horde to throw at them
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Couch co-op against the horde
Plug in whatever you have, controllers, mice, keyboards, the game does not mind, and put up to four of you on one screen. Survival mode throws waves of zombies and monsters at the group, and the fun is in the mess: someone kites the horde, someone panics, a barrel goes up and half the plan with it. Prefer a score to settle? There are PvP fights too. It is straightforward couch chaos, the kind where the rounds are short and the blame is shared.
Light is a weapon
The monsters here hate light, and the game builds its tactics around that. Your flashlight is not just for seeing: aim it at the dark and enemies recoil, buying you breathing room when the horde closes in, and exposing hidden weaknesses you would otherwise fight blind against. Throw a flare and watch the creatures scuttle away from the glow while you reload and pick your next target. Levels are dark on purpose, so where you shine and when you spend it becomes the difference between a clean fight and being overrun.
A noir story told in splatter
The singleplayer campaign runs 16 levels through a city gone wrong, with fully voiced dialogue, animated cutscenes and a hero who growls his way through noir monologues straight out of an old detective film. The writing plays it with a straight face, which is exactly what makes it funny. Between the shooting you meet characters, pick up side quests, drive vehicles and face bosses, and the story carries you the whole way. The campaign is short, a handful of evenings, but it is paced like it knows it.
