$44.99Zombie Army Trilogy Sniper co-op against the undead
Hitler's final gamble: a legion of undead super soldiers loose on a ruined Europe. Three campaigns of third-person zombie shooting with the gloriously gruesome X-ray Kill Camera, plus a new Horde Mode. Built for back-to-back co-op with friends, and best enjoyed that way.
Is Zombie Army Trilogy worth it?
Zombie Army Trilogy is worth it if…
- you want gory, over-the-top zombie shooting with friends in a lobby
- you love a good slow-motion kill camera and are not squeamish about it
- you enjoy B-movie horror that never takes itself too seriously
- you like tuning difficulty and enemy counts until the horde feels properly unfair
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Shooting that shows its work
The gunplay comes straight from Sniper Elite, rebuilt for chaos. Rifles, shotguns, pistols and machine guns all feel weighty, and the star of the show is the X-ray Kill Camera: line up a good shot and the camera follows the bullet in, showing bones shatter and lungs burst in loving detail. It never gets old. Add dismemberment, explosive traps, trip wires and dynamite, and holding a doorway against an advancing mob becomes a matter of picking which piece comes off next.
Three campaigns through ruined Germany
In the dying days of World War II, Hitler unleashes an unholy last gamble: an army of undead soldiers threatening all of Europe. You fight back across three campaigns and fifteen missions, through shattered cities, graveyards, forests and the Berlin metro, all the way to a certain demonic Führer. Alongside the usual shambling hordes you face armoured skeletons, fire demons, machine gunners and chainsaw-wielding elites. The tone is B-movie schlock and it knows it: gory, over the top and proud of it.
Make it as brutal as you dare
Choose from 16 characters, including all eight survivors from the Left 4 Dead games, and build your own loadout of weapons and explosives. Difficulty is yours to shape too: pick a level, then add enemy multipliers on top. A duo can run medium difficulty with enemy counts set for four players, filling every street with more undead than seems wise. Or keep it light and just enjoy the shooting. The trilogy also includes remastered editions of the first two games, with new effects, audio and animations, and lets you play missions from any campaign in any order.
Built for a lobby full of friends
This is where the game shines. In online co-op for 2 to 4 players, each of you covers a side of the street while the horde closes in from everywhere, and the organised chaos is half the fun. Horde Mode extends it: 1 to 4 players holding out across five maps, wave after wave. Sessions are easy to get into, and public lobbies mean strangers can drop in too. Solo is possible, but the game is tuned for company, and the hordes are far kinder to a squad.
Good to know before you start?
What is the X-ray Kill Camera?
The series' signature trick. On a well-placed shot, the camera follows your bullet into the target and shows the damage inside in gory detail: skulls splitting, bones shattering, lungs bursting. It is widely the most loved part of the game, and you can adjust how often it triggers in the settings if it gets too frequent.
How long is it?
Fifteen story missions across three campaigns, with many missions taking around half an hour or more, plus Horde Mode on five maps. That is a solid stretch of shooting, and replaying missions at higher difficulty or with bigger enemy multipliers stretches it further.
Does it run well on modern PCs?
Not always. A number of players report freezing and crashing on newer hardware, especially with many-core processors, and workarounds can take some trial and error. It is worth checking the community discussions before buying, and knowing the refund window just in case.
