

You'll stumble upon a surprising amount of hidden alleyways and shortcuts. It's also interesting to see how much work went into building this city.
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Mostly you'll pick up money, which you can use to upgrade your weapons and vehicles. With only a few exceptions, most levels give you enough time and incentive to roam the city looking for secrets. Eventually you'll earn better rides, like the ambulance and the 48-seat bus. The limousine seats six people, but it's difficult to maneuver and is ridiculously slow. There's a sports car that is fast, but it only seats three people. The seating is important, since you'll often be asked to pick up six to 10 people. Players start with a taxi, a reliable vehicle that can seat up to four civilians. Players should beware, some of these optional objectives are tough, and if you die you'll have to start the whole mission over from the beginning.Ĭars play a big role in Zombie Driver HD. Other bonus missions are as simple as beating a level in a set amount of time or killing a large amount of zombie dogs. If you're victorious you'll earn a brand new ride, a very classy limousine. An early example has you fighting off a mob zombies attacking the Mayor's estate. This, and other quirks, help make the repetitive missions a little easier to swallow.Įach of the 31 missions has a secondary objective, something that will net the player bonus money or, if you're lucky, new vehicles. Not only does this make for some incredible lighting effects, but it also makes battling hordes of zombies insanely tough. Some stages are set at night, limiting your vision to whatever is in the view of your headlights. To the developer's credit, they did find new and unique ways of saving people. Usually you're saving people, which can become a bit tedious as you play through the lengthy story mode. Yet another mission involves you driving a large bulldozer and clearing debris from the main roads. One stage you'll drive around in a fire truck making sure the entire city doesn't burn down. Occasionally you'll commandeer a tank and tackle a boss fight. Sometimes there will be more survivors than your little car can hold, so you'll need to make multiple trips through the walking dead. Usually you'll need to clear the area of zombies first, which may include destroying a nest. With few exceptions, your goal in each stage is to drive through the hordes of zombies in order to rescue the few survivors still clinging on to life. Even after purchasing weapon upgrades, you'll still need to keep close eye on the bullet supply. But don't get too comfortable, because it's easy to run out of ammo. Around the city you'll find weapon drops that include automatic guns, a flame thrower, missile launcher, rail gun and more. Each of the game's numerous cars, busses and vans can shoot a variety of explosive weapons. In fact, this Xbox One game is more akin to a game like Carmageddon or Twisted Metal.ĭon't worry your vehicle is heavily armed. In this game, the player always stays in their car and there are never moments of grand theft auto. It's a top-down open world experience, not unlike Rockstar's controversial action game. I was excited to figure out why this game didn't click with me when I first reviewed it in 2013.Īt first glance, Zombie Driver looks a whole lot like Grand Theft Auto 2. Throw in a good deal of explosive firepower and missions that harken back to the days of Choplifter, and you have a pretty great concept for a video game. For as tired as I am of the zombie tropes, it's hard to resist a game built around driving over hordes of undead walkers. And while Zombie Driver won't be enough to hold you over for the system's main course, it does make for a delicious snack at an attractive price.Īlthough I had mixed feelings the first time around, I was eager to give Zombie Driver a second chance. I'm talking about a game like Zombie Driver, a moderately successful action game that was good on Xbox Live Arcade and even better on Xbox One.

As we wait for Microsoft and its third parties to release their much-hyped next-generation games, we're left with a number of smaller Xbox 360 titles finding new life on the new console.
