Even on the higher difficulties, the game never poses much of a threat as its “grunt” zombies go down after a couple of good shots. It’s lucky that there is this variety, otherwise World War Z would be a total cakewalk. These are archetypes for a reason, and that’s because they work so well at keeping things interesting.

It’s fairly derivative of Left 4 Dead (as is every action-oriented zombie game with teamwork, in truth) with it borrowing many of the same zombie types: there’s the burly lad who will chuck you around if he gets too close, the one who leaps on you out of nowhere, and the toxic pain in the backside who will fart on you if he gets too close.

World War Z pits four players against waves of zombies as they complete simple objectives as different characters from all corners of the endangered world. In fact, it’s provided some of the most fun I’ve had with a game all year. It’s apt, because the World War Z game itself doesn’t exactly feel entirely current, though that’s not to say it has nothing to offer. Since the movie was released (and had nothing in common with the book apart from the name), we’ve seen two different World Cups, Marvel and Netflix enjoy a love-in and then a falling out, and a sequel for the movie itself getting cancelled and revitalised about nineteen different times. It wouldn’t be unfair to suggest that World War Z is a little behind the times.

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