World War Z

ONLINE ROMP REVELS IN SAMEY, SPRINTING UNDEAD ACTION

- Dave Meikleham

No, Brad Pitt isn’t in this decomposing, late-to-the-party spin-off. Deal with it. While it’s a bummer that Hollywood’s most handsome mug doesn’t grace this chaotic, graceless, yet ultimately likable Left 4 Dead wannabe, at least Saber Interactive used the cash it could have spent on Mr. Durden’s impeccable face on almost limitless piles of zombie flesh. Thought Dead Rising had a lot of coffin-dodgers? Think again.

Spend even the briefest of moments in World War Z’s company and you’ll come away feeling like you’ve been transported back in time. Scrunch your eyes a little, picture Gabe Newell whispering sweet nothings in your soon-to-be-chewed-off ear, and you could well be playing Left 4 Dead 2.5.

A four-player co-op campaign that revolves around slaughtering hundreds of zombie pests? Check. A constant need for tactical gunplay and selfless revives? You bet. Specialist undead classes that include Mr. Spitty So-And-So, Charging Bastard, Lurking Creeper With Boundary Issues and Loud Jerk That Alerts All The Other Zombs To Your Presence? Of course.

Undead to rights