Topic: Super Zombi U, I'm freely warming up to it

[ShyGuy]

I suspect reviewers are rushing through the game to get their review done, but this game is meant to be played slow. Maybe they wanted a run and gun FPS, who knows.

[Stogi]

If they're trying to play it HARDCORE, then they should set it to the HARDCORE difficulty level, and weep like children when the game mechanics can't support their weak and starved strategies.

There are difficulty settings right?

[ShyGuy]

There is normal mode where you respawn as a new character and HARDCORE mode where you get one life for the entire game.

[EasyCure]

Jeez, If i knew ZombieU required an updated I would of dealt with it yesterday instead of jumping right in to Nintendo Land

edit that wasn't nearly as bed as it was yesterday.

[Fatty The Hutt]

Jeez, If i knew ZombieU required an updated I would of dealt with it yesterday instead of jumping right in to Nintendo Land

It sees like EVERYTHING requires an update when you first start it.


The Wii U
Netflix
Nintendo Land
Call of Duty (needed an update to get into online multiplayer)
Zombii U (I don't have this game, but you just said it needed one)


So, my guess is all things need an initial update. Probably the big Wii U update itself prompts corresponding updates in pretty much all launch games and applications.

[Ceric]

The U is really for Update.  Its a deep dark secret.

[EasyCure]

The U is really for Update.  Its a deep dark secret.

this honestly made me chuckle.

So I died in Zombie u, survived only an hour :/ I accidentally tried to open a door that was barricaded, set an alarm off and I was basically raped in a small alley with no way out other than the door where zombies were flooding in from. Well ****.

[Mannypon]

Damn, I've already died like 4 times.  One point in the game that I won't mention, had me go through 2 characters back to back lol.

That was my first death Easy lol.  I soon as I set off that alarm and saw Zombies coming out the woodworks, I went into a full blown panic.  I started to run around and then tried running into the door and began to swing away.  I completely forgot I had a gun lol.

[ShyGuy]

haha I died at that same spot. I came back and took revenge.

[Mannypon]

lol yeah, it was intense lol.  I have to say though, if this is what we're getting with first gen software, I can't wait to see how games will look once developers have learn there way around the hardware.  I'm with Nintendo on this one, you don't have to go all out with specs.  These graphics are good and they will only get better.  In the end, art and style will trump specs any day.  The atmosphere in this game is just palpable.  I can only imagine how this would be once I can hook it up with surround sound. 

[EasyCure]

haha I died at that same spot. I came back and took revenge.

I didn't, everything went so wrong! I come back and as soon as I come out into the streets, I try to climb up to that ledge; i see zombies across that gate, where the door was, but nothing in that little area leading up to it. i climb back down, slide under that opening and BAM 2 zombies were right there as if to ambush me. I'm fighting them off with the stick because I barely had bullets, since I hand't stored anything in the safe zone locker. This is all happening while the zombies stuck in that pit are getting riled up.

I nail the two that tried to ambush me and work my way to the gate, half beaten up, trying to swing at them the best I can. I do a couple of headshots, but they're just so many! I run out of bullets and go back to the stick. I finally start beating them down until there's only 2 left, but when I kill one another runs up; it's My first "survivor" with all my ****, and I barely have any health.. I'm surprised I didn't die right then and there, some how I died 27 minutes in JUST outside of manhole. gimme a break!

[ShyGuy]

Yeah, I don't understand reviews, even positive reviews of this game saying the graphics are bad in Zombi U. The detail in the levels is fantastic, the lighting and particle effects are great, the character models are good. Do they not like how dark and dirty it is?

I've played most of the 'graphical milestones' on the HD twins, Gears of War, Uncharted, Killzone, Skyrim, and this game holds up to them at least.

[tendoboy1984]

People are comparing this game to "Condemned", an early Xbox 360 game from SEGA. I can see the resemblance. ZombiU's slow-paced gameplay and dark atmosphere does resemble Condemned quite a bit.

And I never thought Skyrim looked good graphically. The character models are ugly, and the game world is too big and empty.

[Adrock]

I'm digging this game though it may be a bit dark. It's slow enough that I can handle playing in 1st person without wanting to lie down, like Metroid Prime. For a launch title, I think it looks great. Games are only going to look better on the platform from here on out, especially from a team as talented as Ubisoft Montpellier.

[EasyCure]

I'm digging this game though it may be a bit dark. It's slow enough that I can handle playing in 1st person without wanting to lie down, like Metroid Prime. For a launch title, I think it looks great. Games are only going to look better on the platform from here on out, especially from a team as talented as Ubisoft Montpellier.

Just curious, did you change your tv brightness settings at all? I always go into options first for controls and I decided to go into the display option. I actually had to set my tv a tab bit BRIGHTER to match the brightness test displayed in game (neither of the last 2 zombies were visible originally).

edit DAMMIT! Another death. I don't know wtf happened! I walk into a room and start scanning but immediately there's zombies trying to break into a room I JUST ENTERED and the door was already barricaded.. FROM THEIR SIDE! I had no idea wtf was going on or if they would even breach, but they did, not one but two. I go into a panic because there is limited space and I decide it'll be faster to take them out with the pistol. Took em down fairly quickly but a 3rd zombie comes in, an 'infected survivor' from someone elses game! My first time seeing that so at least that was cool, but as soon as I blow it's head off, one of the zombies I put down, didn't stay down. I go shut the door and decide to barricade it or not, as soon as I turn around to loot the other survivor, BAM. Dead.

This was the first time the game made me jump, I really thought I was safe..

[ShyGuy]

The ankle biters will do you in.

[EasyCure]

This one wasn't an ankle biter! It was back on its feet and came out of no where..

Next dumb move: decide to try to play it stealthy outside Buckingham Palace, not realizing just how many zombies there are, and due to the rain I can't even see where I'm going. I end up trying to run away from 4 or 5, trying to find this damn manhole cover, instead I found a small bunker where you can save your game, effectively trapping myself inside. I try to open the door and pull of a few shots but seeing so many there at once made me panic. I forgot which button did what and before I knew it one of them was inside my bunker and even though I managed to close the door, the fucker bit me..

In other news, looks like mannypoon died and is in my vicinity. Do I risk hunting him down with other zombies still out there or do I proceed in finding my way into the palace...

[tendoboy1984]

Oh God, so many spoilers! I can't wait till I have enough money to get a Wii U!

[EasyCure]

Did I really spoil anything? I thought Buckingham Palace being a location was common knowledge..

[tendoboy1984]

Did I really spoil anything? I thought Buckingham Palace being a location was common knowledge..

Spoiling the locations you travel to, and the types of enemies you fight (ankle biters)... Well, not really spoilers, but I want to play the game for myself to discover all those surprises.

[Mannypon]

Wow, I think it was me that killed you Easy lol.   I died in the exact same room, those 2 zombies behind the barricaded door lol.  A 3rd one came from behind and got me there.  I'm starting to think my survivor was the one that killed you.  Since I died there, my zombie self was probably sent to your game.  Given you were in the same room I died in, it might've been my character.  We were just playing in the same area at the same time lol.  I saw notifications that you had died a couple of times and I was wondering if I was going to run into your character lol.  I just found that safe zone you got yourself in, saved, and decided to take a break lol.  That game is intense.
 
By the way, the rain and fog affects in that area of the game are AMAZING.  Also, the audio of the rain falling on those metal freight containers....F Me man, I wish I had my WiiU hooked up to a surround sound system.  The sound of the rain falling was perfect.  I remember when Gears of War 2 or 3 came out, reading about how well the rain affects were in a particular stage (can't remember the name of the stage though).  These affects here put that GoW stage to shame.  Simply amazing. 
 
Here's hoping to running into you again Easy lol.

[TJ Spyke]

Did I really spoil anything? I thought Buckingham Palace being a location was common knowledge..

Spoiling the locations you travel to, and the types of enemies you fight (ankle biters)... Well, not really spoilers, but I want to play the game for myself to discover all those surprises.

Well, you have to expect those things in a thread about the game.

[Mannypon]

I just updated my post for potential spoilers.  I'll try and use them whenever describing particular exciting points in the game.  I know what we are discussing aren't exactly spoilers but through our explanations, we're painting too vivid a picture and I can see why you'll rather not know lol. 
 
Anyway, this game is amazing but dam do I suck lol.  I must've died like 3-4 times in the last hour lol.

[EasyCure]

It may have been you Manny, I couldn't see the name of that first infected survivor because I was in panic mode. I did notice the notifaction that you'd died when I was in that safe bunker a tad bit later. We must have the same playstyle because we both died a few times in that same area haha.

I just had to put the game down, I died yet again. I got a tad further this time but I was attacked by StrikerObi.. grr!

@tendoboy; sorry for those minor spoilers, anything I'd consider major I would use spoiler tags on (like very specific locations that haven't already been discussed). As for something minor like "ankle biters" well, as TJ said you'd have to expect that in this sort of thread. As far as I know the only enemies in this game are zombies so when discussing them I don't think it would be spoiling anything if I mentioned a type, such as an ankle biter, because anyone who has ever played a zombie game should know there's a chance a zombie will be crawling on the ground.

I could give more specific details such as the fucking armored zombie that decided to swing down from one of those metal freight containers as I was trying to exit. I mean, I've sen a few of them drop off the side from areas that don't appear accessible according to the game map but this one was like fucking Rambo or something, the way he swong down on his arm and landed on his feet. See, something that specific could ruin a surprise for you so I would prefer to tag it.

Tempted to read aren't ya?

[tendoboy1984]

I could give more specific details such as the fucking armored zombie that decided to swing down from one of those metal freight containers as I was trying to exit. I mean, I've sen a few of them drop off the side from areas that don't appear accessible according to the game map but this one was like fucking Rambo or something, the way he swong down on his arm and landed on his feet. See, something that specific could ruin a surprise for you so I would prefer to tag it.

Tempted to read aren't ya?

Too late.