Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (PS4)

The hype. The theatrics. Does Black Ops 4 live up to it all? That's likely the question going through the minds of those who are on the fence about buying into the new experience. With a team based multiplayer returning with 8 game types centered around a new specialist team based combat system, a Battle Royale mode that was meant to be a contender to Fortnite, and a Zombies mode that looked to be more serious than ever one would think there was proper effort put into the construction, and creation of these online only experiences. Unfortunately corners were cut, and that which seemed promising ended up feeling more like a gimmick than a properly fleshed out Call of Duty experience. A mixed bag of tricks that were thrown at the gamer with the obvious intention of having at least one of the three modes be enjoyable to them. While I found the main multiplayer alright, Blackout less than so, and Zombies good I can't help, but wonder what Treyarch was thinking.

Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare - My Brief Thoughts And Opinions

Zombie indie games seem to be on the rise these days. Pun intended. Everywhere you look there seems to be a new zombie game of some sort popping up. I assume it's because of all the end time hysteria, and whatnot. Whatever the case may be "Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare" attempts to capitalize on said trend like so many other games do. Does it succeed in being interesting, and different? I'd say for a zombie themed mobile style indie with RTS gameplay mechanics it does alright to that end. Like many mobile games of that kind though it's a quick to pick up, and easy to put down experience that definitely caters to the casual crowd. Not that that is a bad thing in this case. As far as the game goes it does have an objective, but not a really story. That objective, as simple as it may sound, is to get a bus load of people across areas that are both blockaded by debris, and guarded by waves of zombies. As the bus driver you pay for help with courage, and rage points that refill over time or can be refilled through single use items. Your help comes in the form of tools as well as weapon toting individuals that make their way from the bus to the guarded blockade to deal with the problem, and the threats at hand so that the bus can move on to the next area for supplies. Supplies in the game which are basically rewards are used to upgrade your ragtag RTS brigade, and make them more fit to handle the increasingly more difficult odds, and objectives. Supposing you use your resources, and manpower correctly you can earn up to a three star ranking per level, and loot the area as well. Of course that is the end goal. Completing each mission area with three stars, and on all difficulty settings.

#KILLALLZOMBIES (PS4)

While shmups have been around in various forms over the years it wasn't until recently that indie developers began mixing different ideas into the genre. One of those ideas, which I love, took the zombie apocalypse, and mashed it up into a top-down military style shooter filled with bloody tidbits. While some of the provided indie zombie shmups were good others fell behind with their over simplistic designs. Some cost only a dollar to own, and were better than anyone could have hoped for while others cost a good bit more, and were piles of shite not worth the time of day. Recently while scouting the PSN store updates for review games I happened upon one of the soon to be released higher end zombie shmups which was created by a developer called Beatshapers. After having played a similar themed shmup earlier this year on the PS4 that had failed miserably I was a little skeptical. Thankfully that worry subsided once I began to play the game though. I think, in all honesty, that Beatshaper's zombie shooter is the penultimate zombie shmup. While it holds tight to traditional formulas it still does it's own thing, and does it exceptionally well.