We Hate Zombies

Title: Zombie Horde 3 (click to play)
Style: Top down strategy
Source: www.crazymonkeygames.com
So, last time we left our hero he was stuck in a forest fighting off zombies. Unlike the first game, he is not a scientists, but a soldier. As a soldier, he does fight zombies to protect the scientist on occasion and sometimes he protects a box. All the meanwhile he is earning money to buy more bullets, more guns, and more armor. Fast forward to now.

He gets picked up by some of his friends who happen to be soldiers too. They are driving around in there hummer (I assume) talking about how odd is was that he just happened to be stuck in a forest full of zombies. Hell, they even joke about how he apparently had unlimited ammo and got paid money for killing zombies. This game is awesome!! Wait, no… No… NO!!!!!

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just when I thought I was going to have fun, the game ruins any sort of credibility is had by showing a zombie shooting a bazooka at the hummer. WTF is that about? Geez I hate it so much when people try to portray zombies as anything but lifeless bodies with teeth. In the following explosion, our hero is left alone, in the city full of zombies. Some of the streets are blocked off because the citizens tried to fortify their city. Apparently they failed. Of course they did.

Something new to this series is movement. I know that you could move around in the second game, but this one actually requires you to navigate the city in an effort to find certain things. There are parts in the city where you can refill your health, buy guns, and get more ammo (the garages). There are parts where you have to randomly protect the area. This brings back memories of zombie horde 2 where you just juke and jive long enough to clear the stage. These things are great for building that money stack. Then there are places that you have to travel to progress the plot. Yep, you heard me right, there is sort of a plot. The only thing you have to do is break through barriers with bigger guns. Easy enough…

The first stop is the police station where you find that bastard scientist that pretty much ended the world. He’s still pretending he doesn’t know what he did to start all of this. As usual, he doesn’t stick around. He is such a prick. Oh yeah, and he talks about the new breed. The reason I have a bad taste in my mouth. Romero’s Land of the Dead zombies have arrived. They wear clothes and shoot guns. Geez.

As for the game itself, it brings another level to the Zombie Horde series. It was great fun in a Grand Theft Auto sort of way. You get to run around a city shooting bats, crows, zombies, super zombies, crawly thingies and such. You even get to drive a go-kart. That is pretty badass because you can just run over the zombies while taking minimal damage.

The sound isn’t so annoying that I want to mute it. That’s a plus. The graphics are pretty standard for the series. There isn’t much improvement over the second intallment except that there are crude buildings and a fucking go-kart. And the cuts scenes leave a little to be desired. The controls were easy to figure out and the garage system was actually a great addition. It made sense to how he could be getting more ammo and guns and such and it allowed you to save the game. That is one of the best things about the game. You can save your progress.

Back is the great survival mode. I got my ass chewed up by zombies eventually but I had a good time blasting away. For what it is, I’d give this game a five if it weren’t for zombies with guns. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth and smells bad too.

Game Score:

Graphics:		2
Sound:		2
Fun Factor:		5
Satisfaction:		1
Total:

Rating (Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 5)
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This entry was written by Geoffrey and posted on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 at 7:56 pm and is filed under Zombie Game Reviews, Zombie Games. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.