God this game is so frustrating, the level design and visuals are really pretty and detailed, you can tell that some serious time and effort went into it and that's pretty much where my praise ends. The gameplay loop? Ehhhh... it's a downgrade in every possible way and feels so unfinished. The characters just spew cringe after cringe, line after line. I can't even remember half of the cast's name because they never speak to each other hardly ever. The guns sound flat and hardly have any kick or impact, zombies don't blow apart they just flop backwards and spew blood. Even when you light them on fire, they just turn like a grey/orange color and flop over. Half of the chapters, the finale instead of heading into a safe room or a car or whatever, it just cuts to black abruptly and plays a cutscene. Don't even get me started on the horrific ending (I love bacon!) This is definitely not a $60 release and I don't know if it ever will be. It's a downgrade in every possible way from Left 4 Dead, if you have access to Left 4 Dead, play that instead. I'm really glad I got this on game pass because otherwise I would've been pissed. I'll update this review whenever I decide to check out the PVP, but I doubt it'll be any different from the awful one map survival type mode they had going on in the beta.

PVP Update: Yep, its unbalanced as hell and boring. Won't be revisiting this one. Do yourself a favor and play Left 4 Dead 2 instead, you'll find far more replay value in that.

Reviewed on Oct 22, 2021


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