AIM FOR THE ZED

KILLING FLOOR 3 is classic monster-shooting fun

- Elie Gould

Iam but a simple creature, my idea of a good gaming time with friends is yapping about how our days have been while blowing monsters to smithereens, it’s a good way to take the frustration out. So in that respect, Killing Floor 3 does a great job. It places you and some friends into the heart of a horde of zeds with various weapons and says, “Have at it”.

Killing Floor 3 is exactly what you would expect. It's you and a bunch of guns against hordes of bioengineered monsters. The matches are made up of five waves, with a boss fight at the end. Regardless of whether it's just you playing solo or with a team in multiplayer, things can get quite hairy in the later stages.

Luckily, you can stock up on ammo and meds after each wave, upgrading your weapons with different mods that you've crafted between matches. It can take some time to find and craft the weapon that works best for you. I tried to prioritise handling and reload speed as these are two stats that I found the most lacking with the base weapons provided.

But otherwise, Killing Floor 3 is a very easy game to pick up, like most shooters, any practice you have at hitting heads will translate well here. Although learning how to crowd control the swarms of zeds is an important skill.

It also feels as cool as it sounds to blast zeds to bits. Tripwire has used a new gore system, which it's calling MEAT, that lets you dismember zeds in various ways. The graphics complement this as every single chunk of brain and skull flying out of a dead zed’s head. At one point, my team tore the legs off of the last enemy to slow it down, just so we could all complete our objectives before the next wave began.