ZombiU

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Yesterday, we were introduced to ZombiU, a beautiful landscape of London in a zombie-filled, post-apocalyptic world.


Want to learn more? Here is the first press release about the upcoming game from Ubisoft!


LOS ANGELES — June 4, 2012 — Today, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Ubisoft challenged gamers to find out how long they can survive in the dilapidated, infected world of ZombiU – a new survival-horror shooter that will be released exclusively for Nintendo’s Wii UTM. ZombiU headlines a group of eight titles from Ubisoft that will be available for the Nintendo Wii UTM.

Developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, the studio behind critically acclaimed titles like From DustTM, Beyond Good & Evil® and Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter®, ZombiU puts players in the middle of London circa 2012, where an outbreak has infected the population, destroying their humanity and turning them into mindless monsters preying on the flesh of the few remaining survivors. This fear-fueled first-person shooter takes all the terror, chaos and tension found in the best of the horror genre and adds original interactive elements, including a unique death mechanic that puts players in the body of a different survivor each time they die, allowing them to track and take down their old, infected characters, recover their equipment and see if they can stay alive just a little bit longer this time.

ZombiU showcases the innovative features of the Nintendo Wii UTM GamePad and creates new game experiences not possible on other consoles. The Nintendo Wii UTM GamePad serves as the player’s ultimate survival kit, called the “Bug Out Bag.” The Bug Out Bag is a backpack containing all the maps, tools, weapons and supplies that players can scavenge from the limited resources available in the devastated cityscape. ZombiU also uses the Nintendo Wii UTM GamePad’s touch screen, gyroscope and camera to create a tactile connection between gamers and the in-game world. Finally, ZombiU features a distinctive multiplayer adversarial mode that allows one player to take on the role of “Zombie Master,” spawning and controlling enemies from a top-down view on the Nintendo Wii UTM GamePad while the second player fights for survival on the big screen in first-person shooter view with the Nintendo Wii UTM Pro controller.

“ZombiU is a dark and daunting game that gamers will love to play again and again,” said Guillaume Brunier, producer at Ubisoft. “ZombiU takes advantage of the Nintendo Wii U’s one-of-a-kind capabilities and will be a launch title that every gamer will want to sink their teeth into.”

For more information on ZombiU, please visit the official ZombiU website (www.zombiu.com) and facebook.com/zombiugame
 
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While I do feel like the concept post-apocalyptic zombie survival game is a bit tired, I also think this is a step in the right direction as it will hopefully show that not all Wii U games will be some sort of happy happy fun times kiddy fest like people seem to think.

Of course as someone who has never played a survival zombie game it did catch my interest.
 
Did anyone else see the gameplay trailer for the Wii U game ZombieU? If you did what did you think?

I personally really liked it. I thought the game looked fun, it had some cool ideas for the Wii U gamepad, and the graphics looked amazing. I am also a lover of zombie games and Nintendo has been severally lacking in this genre.



If you have not seen the gameplay video here it is. But be warned it is a little graphic so viewer discretion is advised.

 
Yeah, they showed this one. There's another video that actually had live gameplay and that one was pretty cool. Basically, the survival aspect is done by giving no game overs or health per se, but making a system of if you get bit, you die. Then, you start with a new character not too far from where you were. That character has none of your leveled up skills and must pick up the gear your old character left when dying. Maybe even kill the zombie your old character became...

Pretty stoked for this type of hardcore game. I will likely be freaking out and cursing very loudly as I die many times.
 
I'm not a big fan of zombie games, but I really like how many stuff you can do with your Gamepad! (especially door hacking)
 
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