Zombi is a first person survival horror game for the Xbox One and PS4. The game is a port of the Wii U title ZombieU.
I found this game to be a mixed bag, with some really good ideas and interesting mechanics however the execution of these did not necessarily pay off.
I liked the idea of a survival horror game set in London being from the UK myself, it made a nice change.
The graphics were serviceable and it appropriately looked grim but it's not the best looking game.
The death mechanic was cool, where depending on the difficulty you select you can either respawn as a different character but will need to locate all your previous lost gear (health packs, ammo, weapons) from the rucksack or die permanently and restart the game from the beginning. I chose the easier one, but it still made it a tense experience as you had to be careful to survive especially tracking down your lost gear.
This isn't a run or gun zombie game either like Left 4 Dead, shooting zombies is not always the best strategy as these zombies can take you down fairly easily if you are not careful. Too much noise will attract them to you. This is more of a survival game with looting for supplies. There were some jump scares but overall it's not that scary, definitely not in the league of Alien Isolation.
I found the best method was to use the cricket or baseball bat however you do need to get your timings right when hitting zombies as they can issue quite a bit of damage.
Unfortunately, the game suffers from a lack of polish which hinders the actual gameplay. The controls are quite clunky and didn't always respond when needed which could be a little frustrating. The story itself, wasn't overly gripping and while the death mechanic is definitely interesting you don't become attached to your character and they do not have any defined personality.
Zombi may be worth playing if you can find it cheap and enjoy survival horror games.
For me it's a 6.5/10.
I found this game to be a mixed bag, with some really good ideas and interesting mechanics however the execution of these did not necessarily pay off.
I liked the idea of a survival horror game set in London being from the UK myself, it made a nice change.
The graphics were serviceable and it appropriately looked grim but it's not the best looking game.
The death mechanic was cool, where depending on the difficulty you select you can either respawn as a different character but will need to locate all your previous lost gear (health packs, ammo, weapons) from the rucksack or die permanently and restart the game from the beginning. I chose the easier one, but it still made it a tense experience as you had to be careful to survive especially tracking down your lost gear.
This isn't a run or gun zombie game either like Left 4 Dead, shooting zombies is not always the best strategy as these zombies can take you down fairly easily if you are not careful. Too much noise will attract them to you. This is more of a survival game with looting for supplies. There were some jump scares but overall it's not that scary, definitely not in the league of Alien Isolation.
I found the best method was to use the cricket or baseball bat however you do need to get your timings right when hitting zombies as they can issue quite a bit of damage.
Unfortunately, the game suffers from a lack of polish which hinders the actual gameplay. The controls are quite clunky and didn't always respond when needed which could be a little frustrating. The story itself, wasn't overly gripping and while the death mechanic is definitely interesting you don't become attached to your character and they do not have any defined personality.
Zombi may be worth playing if you can find it cheap and enjoy survival horror games.
For me it's a 6.5/10.