Just missed the Halloween deadline, but ZombiU is interesting no matter the time of year. Did you ever play this game on the Wii U as intended? Did you play the port instead? Did the jank ruin your experience? Share and discuss.
Literally the best (and probably ONLY) reason to own a Wii U. It sometimes felt Ubishitsoft was the only developer to understand Nintendo's products. Sometimes even better than Nintendo itself.
Played it on ps4 a long while ago, was confused as hell, got eaten, spawned as another character then quit. Tempted to give it another shot, been a long while since I've played a zombie game.
Played it on PS4 and got the Platinum, the game has a special place for me, back when it released i couldn't play it so when i saw the port i instantly bought it and loved it. Just the whole Atmosphere, the Location and the OST are amazing. Sure its not a 10/10 but i always love to come back to it.
I loved the local multiplayer in this. The gamepad player controlling a horde of zombies, while a pro controller player fights against them in first person.
One thing I did enjoy, even if I do admit, it can get annoying, is how 'human' the playable characters are. They die quickly, they have to hit hard and multiple times, while making screams of disgust and fear, is a good touch.
As it happens, UbiSoft's very first ever game was also called "Zombi" - released way back in 1986 for home computers of the time. It was a mouse-driven point 'n click game based very heavily on George Romero's original Dawn of the Dead.
Zombi is the title Dawn was released under in Europe, it's actually a completely different cut of the film done by Dario Argento. More action focused with a strong Goblin soundtrack. That's why the original game was called Zombi
I remember when ZombiU came out and I remember thinking it looking not half bad, I especially liked the models I had never seen in zombie fiction before, like the box art of the Royal Guard zombie, and I think it was the first game I had heard of that had permadeath. It's always sort of stuck in my head since then, I've just never been able to justify a whole useless console for a single game, and I didn't even know it got ported! I might just have to check it out now that I can.
The WiiU version is truly the best version to play, though. Having the gamepad be your backpack while you have to keep an eye on your character on the TV is great.
@@simonrockstream Xenoblade Chronicles X, Nintendo Land, Game & Wario, Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival, Mario Party 10, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash, Paper Mario Color Splash, Sonic Boom and Star Fox Zero. Only Xenoblade is good on this list. lol yeah, a whole useless console
Zombiu is one of my favourite Wiiu games. This game I feel was misunderstood. It’s a survival horror and is meant to be slow paced. You can’t just go in guns blazing, you need to thin strategically about you’re gong to take out the zombies. I would often try to attract one at a time and finish one off at a time with the cricket bat. It took longer but I preserved ammo for later use. The atmosphere in the game is great and you really feel just isolated and alone so you need to use your wits if you want to survive. The game isn’t perfect but I still go back to play this now and then.
No you don’t, you think you do, but you don’t. You’ve definitely seen what’s become of every other Ubisoft franchise, you don’t want that for this game.
"ZombiU 2, brought to you by Ubisoft. A new and exciting zombie adventure! Complete with a huge, seamless open world, crafting, skill trees, (slow) levelling system, grappling hook for increased mobility and most importantly, thousands of collectibles! "
Me too. Zombi U to me feels like a mashup of Dark Souls and Metroid with Zombies, a sequel designed even more like a Metroidvania has so much potential to me. My heart was broken when news broke that the planned sequel got shelved
I loved that you had to look away to open your backpack/check the map, the only zombie game since that has captured the anxiety of inventory management when a horde could be around the corner is Project Zomboid.
I would absolutely recommend Project Zomboid to anyone who liked this game. You'll enjoy it, trust me. The camera angle doesn't take away from the experience at all.
Great vid. I first got ZombiU with my WiiU premium bundle, but slept on it for a couple years. After playing it, I really appreciated all of its quirks and came to love it. I even did a rerun of it every year around halloween. It's been a while, but I really have fond memories of it as a uniquely designed horror game. There really still is nothing quite like it to this day!
I really appreciate the “jank but memorable” line. I’ve put more time in for honor than any other game because there’s nothing else like it. Great video :)
The nursery part of this game was genuinely the most fear inducing thing in any zombie game I've played i just remember being so anxious to move aroound in that place. Granted I was 10/11 when I played this but still the general feel of that area was just so scary to me at the time.
i love a good zombie survival game. Just that idea of being the last person around, not really having any purpose but moving on regardless is such a cool experience to feel in a video game
Yeah people usually just criticise what you can see but what you can do in your mind with these premise hahaha amazing i just had hours thinking of London infection and all these stuff you know
I loved this game, as a kid, as an adult, I can't get back into it, but it still holds a very ... a spot in my gaming memories. I think it had a tremendous premise that never quite got fulfilled looking back at it as an adult. Played on the WiiU.
Game was pretty scary at times and dying losing all your stuff was new to me so I found it entertaining. Beat it on the Wii U and haven’t played it since then since I don’t replay games after I beat them usually….unless it’s really good or has multiple endings, but it was a good time.
It's a wonderful game but a bit of a rough one to replay even if you have a habit for it. The repetetive combat carries the game well enough for the first playthrough but becomes too much of a slog for any subsequent playthroughs.
The wrapping around nature of the interconnected world, slow, deliberate combat, the fact you lose your stuff and have to recover it after death, and the ability to leave cryptic messages for other players will leave me forever viewing this game as a soulslike. Also, the Gamepad was perfect for it. I can't enjoy it any other way
Its great to see this game still being praised and remembered, the wiiU version is the only one worth playing such a tense game on this console. Thanks for making this video i truly enjoyed it.
I played this game quite a bit when it came out and I always felt there was something special about it.. there was so many things that made this game great, but there was just so much potential that it never lived up too. Its a shame it never got a sequel, im sure it would have been amazing
This was a great game with perfect use of the game pad. There's a cheap way to kill any zombie, get behind them, push them down, and get the instant kill. There's ways you can bait them into traps you set. This game offers way more than what's on the surface.
I’m a big fan of atmospheric game titles and I personally think that zombieu looks aesthetically amazing for what it’s trying to appeal at, I don’t find it ugly one bit.
I played the port, and I almost died at the end (was trying to play through without dying) and I got grabbed by a zombie just before the end of the game, I was pretty damn upset going through the entire game without dying and falling right at the end. But apparently I had something that counters the grabbing of the zombies (don't remember if it's skill or a usable item) but I broke free from the zombie and bolted for the end.
I loved this game so much, it was gifted to me by my moms friend when I got out of the hospital. Being bedridden this was pretty much all I played for a while. It's not a masterpiece by any means but it's a good zombie game, definitely worth checking out if you haven't played it.
I just saw this pop into my recommended, I absolutely agree with this! I’m probably the biggest ZombiU stan I know at this point lol, the game is criminally underrated and extremely unique despite the jank. I plan to showcase my thoughts about the game out there at some point myself
13:10 I'm honestly fine with it personally. (though I wish that it was a extra mechanic where you have to look for batterys in order to change it instead of it changing itself.)
I had completed the ZombiU on all the difficulties, and let me tell ya: It's bloody brutal. Because of the zombie's speed, you'd feel confident about it. But that's what's gonna get you killed. You can't feel even the slightest of confidence in this game. Have fear, be cowards, and you'd do well. I can't even remember how long I would take a break after finishing a mission.
Cool video. I recently played Zombi for the first time on the PS5 and was pleasantly surprised how good it was, despite having no gamepad or online features. Certainly a very immersive and overlooked title.
I remember the days before zombies took off in gaming in the late 00's. *Everyone* wanted more good zombie games, but they just weren't being made. Feels like Dead Rising 1 changed everything. And then as you said, the floodgates opened and we got what we wished for... like Homer being fed donuts in hell.
THIS is the game I wanted the Wii U for my birthday for, I loved it so much and the gamepad aspect used to scare me everytime I had to use my inventory.
I genuinely have a lot of nostalgia for this game. It's far from perfect, but it made me wish for more games like it that actually used the gamepad in interesting ways. If Ubisoft wasn't a shambling corpse of its former self I'd ask for a new one, but I don't have any faith of that happening nowadays.
Something cool about the wiiu version’s multiplayer mode is that with the wiimote, you can hold the guns in a way that lets you look down their iron sights, a shame that wasn’t an actual feature, zombiu will always have a special place in my heart and memory
There's another melee weapon... The Shovel. Can't remember exactly where you find it but in my multiple runs I've drained the game of content and seen just about anything it has to show. Great video, these don't get old.
The other melee weapons are useless because you cant drop the cricket bat. So frustrating. I love this game so much. One of the few games where the side content opens up into some of the best levels in the game. You dont even have to visit them.
Dude zombi u was probably my favorite game of the switch because its just gave so many good memories with my family, like they would watch behind me a 10 year old and jump everytime a zombie came around the corner. Always puts a tear to my eye thinking about it.
One of the few games that makes dying actually terrifying, and in turn you're clenching your butt every time you see more than 3 zombies in front of you after you've gathered loot, sad it never got a sequel
I always liked this game due to the ways it used mechanics with the Gamepad, The scanner that you use to detect to see if a corpse is actually a zombie sleeping builds up a bunch of tension. (The local multiplayer was a nice bonus too, with one person spawning zombies while the other player attempts to survive as long as possible.)
I remember playing the PS4 port of this game. I got stuck in a base invasion and kept dying repeatedly, then gave up after 20 minutes of total playtime lol
I was only able to play Zombi on the Xbox One because my friend had it downloaded. I definitely had fun with it, but would in no way say it was a masterpiece.
Just love your work man. Been around since the very beginning. Just thought I’d finally comment. This video was just fun thanks bro. “That was the end of that sentence.” Hilarious. 😂
im 5:37 in and i just wanna say, ive played a LOT of zombie games too and i recognize this game is VERY flawed but theres something about the simplicity of the game, the zombies being able to overwhelm you easily the scarcity of supplies the depressing atmosphere and YES even the pitch darkness that would make Riddick blush BUT its honestly one of my top 5 zombie games and since they released it on Xbox one its become way more playable lol
I loved this game and thought it worked well with the WiiU gamepad. I played on the PS4 as well (it was free) and it was OK but.... On the WiiU there was one item in the arena section toward the end (don't remember what, a grenade or ammo hidden away I think) that was just enough to let me get past it and into the section with the bus and all the mines. However that one item was missing from the PS4 version and try as I could I just wasn't able to get through that section. Crazy I know but frustrating enough that I didnt finish the playstation version.
I have this game on Xbox One. Got it free with my gold membership. I don’t like horror games, but Zombi was pretty good in my opinion. It’s a shame there probably won’t be a sequel because I think a continuation would be a great way to further the story and gameplay mechanics.
I love this game honestly it's super flawed but really unique. The nursery section is done really well and beating the survivor mode was really satisfying when I finally pulled it off. The crossbow and SA80 rifle are goated
To me, one of it's biggest strengths but also, its biggest weakness is it's combat. Cause on one hand, yes, the combat is VERY repetitive considering that you rarely are going to have guns/ammo on hand. But at the same time, it also sells the atmosphere/realism that it was trying to go for, since if an actual zombie apocalypse happened, most people would be using makeshift weapons like bats or golf clubs or whatever to stay alive. However, adding to this definitely would've helped, like maybe having different melee weapons function differently, such as golf clubs being quicker to swing but do less damage or have makeshift traps you can place to immobilise zombies so you can escape. I think this would have helped the repetitiveness of combat (maybe), giving players more options in a fight besides just walking back and swinging a bat over and over.
I remember me and my kids begging my wife for us to pick up a Wii U at GameStop back in 2014. We picked it up with the obvious Mario games for the kids. I had ZombieU in my hand and slipped it onto the counter last second, much to the surprise of my wife. 😁 was the look on my face and, the kids and I were going home happy. I loved every second of this game. It was so weird but, still kept me playing. I know there were much better experiences out there before and during that time but, ZombieU was just something different to me. Not for everyone but, sometimes these not so great gems can’t be missed.
I played this game when it first came out, after having been playing COD zombies nonstop since Black Ops. This game made me actually fear zombies. And the stiff mechanics and controls made killing them a lot more tedious, and stressful. I think the only reason I stopped playing this game was because I got tired of my dad constantly watching and commenting on every move I made in the game so I gave up lol
Since the moment I looked the credits roll on my first playtrough of ZombiU, the only thing reberverating in my mind was: SO many really awesome ideas on a flawed game in SO many games
I played Zombi on the port to other consoles. And I went into it, thinking it was just a simple, brain dead (no pun), zombie game like State of Decay. I haven't been scared when playing horror games as of late as they tend to flop, but this game......actually got me a bit scared. I legit once passed the game and put it down due to its atmospheric horror. The game actually did great on this, and I wouldn't mind playing more of it
Zombiu/zombi is probably the scariest zombie game because unlike other zombie games that have you Respawn everytime you die this game has permadeath plus your a regular civilian trying to survive instead of a traind soldier/police its a game i come back to constently
It's pretty funny that you brought up reviews overselling this game at the end, because I was one of the chumps who did that. And my review was posted on the front page! Looking back on that and ZombiU in general, I suppose I respect what the intention was more than the game itself. If the developers were given more than a year to make a sequel (ZombiU was announced in 2011, shortly after Killer Freaks got canned. There's no way in hell this was in the oven for any time longer than a year), I honestly believe they could have pulled it off. Nowadays, a spiritual successor would probably be more interesting than an outright remake. Without the Wii U gamepad, I'm assuming any developer attempting it would have to resort to a phone. I have no idea how that might turn out, but if anybody ever tries it again, I'll jump right in.
I think the biggest thing for me back during its time was when I watched gameplay videos of it I was amazed at the switching survivors aspect. Your not one protagonist Mr. Mc Large Huge. Or Susan your some random who got lucky and when you die that’s it the character you were playing is dead no continues no reset that character is done and if memory serves the game overwrites your last save so you can’t go back to a previous save with that old character. That means hours of work, hours of progress gone. Now granted this is a duel edge sword on one hand the player may die due to a cheap death thanks to how janky the game is or (and this is the part I like.) you get to comfortable you start making mistakes you stop seeing your resources as finite and start using ammo up like crazy you die due to either your own carelessness, your stupidity, or your own lack of self awareness. You start paying attention to everything and as you continue to move your grow to understand where in other games you were safe once you figured out how to farm resources, now your a dehydrated human on a deserted island with only a limited amount of drinking water surrounded by an ocean that you can’t drink from.
I agree with you on pretty much all points, the only other games that come to mind; that have a similar sense of tension, are some VR zombie / horror games. But one of the parts that you missed out that was pretty unique was the local multiplayer component. That's where the game was so different from the campaign. The king if the zombies player can absolutely mess with the survivor player, and the survivor has a good arsenal of weapons and gadgets. And would take on various different zombies that get progressively stronger with various mutations. It was really fun to play back in then and made me have hope that local couch co-op play could come back nicely.
I enjoyed this game because I never had a way to play it but always wanted to. So several years later I finally got to play it and I loved it because I love zombies.
You say the game looks ugly, but I dunno, I think it looks stunning at times. Ron Freedman's flat, the stormy ambush and the palace are some highlights for me
I pirated this on my computer when it first came out and I had some decent fun with it it wasn't the best but I enjoyed the fact that when you die you start off as another survivor and then you can go locate your body and loot it and continue where you left off
The game has cult following for a reason. It fits to specific taste. Do not expect to go in you will enjoy it, likelihood is that you might not, but if you are someone looking for this specifically. You might like it.
Just missed the Halloween deadline, but ZombiU is interesting no matter the time of year. Did you ever play this game on the Wii U as intended? Did you play the port instead? Did the jank ruin your experience? Share and discuss.
Literally the best (and probably ONLY) reason to own a Wii U. It sometimes felt Ubishitsoft was the only developer to understand Nintendo's products. Sometimes even better than Nintendo itself.
Played it on ps4 a long while ago, was confused as hell, got eaten, spawned as another character then quit. Tempted to give it another shot, been a long while since I've played a zombie game.
Played it on PS4 and got the Platinum, the game has a special place for me, back when it released i couldn't play it so when i saw the port i instantly bought it and loved it.
Just the whole Atmosphere, the Location and the OST are amazing.
Sure its not a 10/10 but i always love to come back to it.
Only just a single day.
Just miss or early 2023 Halloween video.
I loved the local multiplayer in this. The gamepad player controlling a horde of zombies, while a pro controller player fights against them in first person.
Yeah, I would have loved an improved Version of this, the idea was great!
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@@RusticRonnie they did?
@@maegnificant resistance i think that was its name it was with re3 remake and it failed and they are now trying with re:verse but its now pvp
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Truly the most horrifying aspect is the game being set in Britain
Like 28 days later 🧟♀️
Try living there 😮💨
Gotta be better than the Tories, though.
Interestingly, the zombies' teeth were not affected by the virus.
@@GreatBeardofWisdom Nobody mentioned anything about politics, and no one care about your hated for conservatives. Go back to your cave.
The most unrealistic part of this game is there being three melee weapons and none of them being any sort of knife. In London.
woll at lease we aven't any gones
A knife may be too dangerous for dealing with such dangerously contagious zombies.
@@MrStickman1997they’re.. magic zombies, and the comment’s a joke over the stereotype of knife homicides in london
One thing I did enjoy, even if I do admit, it can get annoying, is how 'human' the playable characters are. They die quickly, they have to hit hard and multiple times, while making screams of disgust and fear, is a good touch.
One if the few games that actually scared the shit out of me, criminally underrated gem that deserves way more love ❤️
It's the main reason I wanted a wii u as a kid somthing about it just sucked me in even though I never played it myself just seemed different.
As it happens, UbiSoft's very first ever game was also called "Zombi" - released way back in 1986 for home computers of the time. It was a mouse-driven point 'n click game based very heavily on George Romero's original Dawn of the Dead.
Zombi is the title Dawn was released under in Europe, it's actually a completely different cut of the film done by Dario Argento. More action focused with a strong Goblin soundtrack. That's why the original game was called Zombi
That's the reason this Game has such a lame name
I remember when ZombiU came out and I remember thinking it looking not half bad, I especially liked the models I had never seen in zombie fiction before, like the box art of the Royal Guard zombie, and I think it was the first game I had heard of that had permadeath. It's always sort of stuck in my head since then, I've just never been able to justify a whole useless console for a single game, and I didn't even know it got ported! I might just have to check it out now that I can.
The WiiU version is truly the best version to play, though. Having the gamepad be your backpack while you have to keep an eye on your character on the TV is great.
"A whole useless console" Bro, the Wii U has some fantastic games you cant play anywhere else.
@@simonrockstream Xenoblade Chronicles X, Nintendo Land, Game & Wario, Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival, Mario Party 10, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash, Paper Mario Color Splash, Sonic Boom and Star Fox Zero. Only Xenoblade is good on this list. lol yeah, a whole useless console
@@Leonardolisboa1998 Bro what? Nintendo land was fire
GOT IT ON STEAM FUN
Zombiu is one of my favourite Wiiu games. This game I feel was misunderstood. It’s a survival horror and is meant to be slow paced. You can’t just go in guns blazing, you need to thin strategically about you’re gong to take out the zombies. I would often try to attract one at a time and finish one off at a time with the cricket bat. It took longer but I preserved ammo for later use. The atmosphere in the game is great and you really feel just isolated and alone so you need to use your wits if you want to survive. The game isn’t perfect but I still go back to play this now and then.
I havent played this game but it probably has one of the most eyecatching trailers i have ever watched.
It's so depressing because the trailer had a few bits of obviously cut content that couldve spiced this game up, IE: the pickaxe melee weapon etc
I want them to make a full sequel to this so bad.
It's so underrated
Yeah me too, I wish it was on the Switch to experience it all over again
No you don’t, you think you do, but you don’t. You’ve definitely seen what’s become of every other Ubisoft franchise, you don’t want that for this game.
@@keeganhooker8448 I don't want ubisoft doing anything.
I'd love for someone else to get their hands on it though.
"ZombiU 2, brought to you by Ubisoft. A new and exciting zombie adventure! Complete with a huge, seamless open world, crafting, skill trees, (slow) levelling system, grappling hook for increased mobility and most importantly, thousands of collectibles! "
Me too. Zombi U to me feels like a mashup of Dark Souls and Metroid with Zombies, a sequel designed even more like a Metroidvania has so much potential to me. My heart was broken when news broke that the planned sequel got shelved
I loved that you had to look away to open your backpack/check the map, the only zombie game since that has captured the anxiety of inventory management when a horde could be around the corner is Project Zomboid.
I would absolutely recommend Project Zomboid to anyone who liked this game. You'll enjoy it, trust me. The camera angle doesn't take away from the experience at all.
Great vid. I first got ZombiU with my WiiU premium bundle, but slept on it for a couple years. After playing it, I really appreciated all of its quirks and came to love it. I even did a rerun of it every year around halloween. It's been a while, but I really have fond memories of it as a uniquely designed horror game. There really still is nothing quite like it to this day!
I really appreciate the “jank but memorable” line. I’ve put more time in for honor than any other game because there’s nothing else like it. Great video :)
I loved the Zombi U multi-player. Me and friends would have fun screwing others over with random zombies spawning out of nowhere.
The nursery part of this game was genuinely the most fear inducing thing in any zombie game I've played i just remember being so anxious to move aroound in that place. Granted I was 10/11 when I played this but still the general feel of that area was just so scary to me at the time.
getting the Zombi u console bundle and playing this all day on launch was a good time
i love a good zombie survival game. Just that idea of being the last person around, not really having any purpose but moving on regardless is such a cool experience to feel in a video game
Yeah people usually just criticise what you can see but what you can do in your mind with these premise hahaha amazing i just had hours thinking of London infection and all these stuff you know
I love how this channel always seems to put out more content around the holidays! Keep up the good work dude
I loved this game, as a kid, as an adult, I can't get back into it, but it still holds a very ... a spot in my gaming memories. I think it had a tremendous premise that never quite got fulfilled looking back at it as an adult. Played on the WiiU.
Game was pretty scary at times and dying losing all your stuff was new to me so I found it entertaining. Beat it on the Wii U and haven’t played it since then since I don’t replay games after I beat them usually….unless it’s really good or has multiple endings, but it was a good time.
It's a wonderful game but a bit of a rough one to replay even if you have a habit for it. The repetetive combat carries the game well enough for the first playthrough but becomes too much of a slog for any subsequent playthroughs.
The wrapping around nature of the interconnected world, slow, deliberate combat, the fact you lose your stuff and have to recover it after death, and the ability to leave cryptic messages for other players will leave me forever viewing this game as a soulslike.
Also, the Gamepad was perfect for it. I can't enjoy it any other way
Its great to see this game still being praised and remembered, the wiiU version is the only one worth playing such a tense game on this console.
Thanks for making this video i truly enjoyed it.
I played this game quite a bit when it came out and I always felt there was something special about it.. there was so many things that made this game great, but there was just so much potential that it never lived up too. Its a shame it never got a sequel, im sure it would have been amazing
It’s always nice to see a positive video on something a person likes. Good job lad
Will always have a love for this game and how simple it is, played it on the Wii U and PC.
He said nobody will care but I care, Also happy belated birthday
This game has that certain charm that can only be described as "Slav jank". You know the type: The Shadow of Chernobyl Type
You mean "Eurojank"?
This was a great game with perfect use of the game pad. There's a cheap way to kill any zombie, get behind them, push them down, and get the instant kill. There's ways you can bait them into traps you set. This game offers way more than what's on the surface.
I’m a big fan of atmospheric game titles and I personally think that zombieu looks aesthetically amazing for what it’s trying to appeal at, I don’t find it ugly one bit.
I played the port, and I almost died at the end (was trying to play through without dying) and I got grabbed by a zombie just before the end of the game, I was pretty damn upset going through the entire game without dying and falling right at the end. But apparently I had something that counters the grabbing of the zombies (don't remember if it's skill or a usable item) but I broke free from the zombie and bolted for the end.
Sad you dont even know because It is calles virucide xd
same thing happened to me just after the drop before the final platform about a week ago
I've been playing this game recently and I've been having a blast
This game is so underrated I'm glad more people are talking about it
I loved this game so much, it was gifted to me by my moms friend when I got out of the hospital. Being bedridden this was pretty much all I played for a while.
It's not a masterpiece by any means but it's a good zombie game, definitely worth checking out if you haven't played it.
I just saw this pop into my recommended, I absolutely agree with this! I’m probably the biggest ZombiU stan I know at this point lol, the game is criminally underrated and extremely unique despite the jank. I plan to showcase my thoughts about the game out there at some point myself
13:10 I'm honestly fine with it personally. (though I wish that it was a extra mechanic where you have to look for batterys in order to change it instead of it changing itself.)
I had completed the ZombiU on all the difficulties, and let me tell ya: It's bloody brutal. Because of the zombie's speed, you'd feel confident about it. But that's what's gonna get you killed. You can't feel even the slightest of confidence in this game. Have fear, be cowards, and you'd do well. I can't even remember how long I would take a break after finishing a mission.
in my opinion this game really holds up. they projected their vibe perfectly
Always a game I wanted throuroughly explained to me but never wanted to play. Thank you CN!
The Prepper has a different response to your death depending on your Survivor Score
Cool video. I recently played Zombi for the first time on the PS5 and was pleasantly surprised how good it was, despite having no gamepad or online features. Certainly a very immersive and overlooked title.
i played it a few years back and yea i remember having a lot of fun exploring everywhere.
I remember the days before zombies took off in gaming in the late 00's. *Everyone* wanted more good zombie games, but they just weren't being made.
Feels like Dead Rising 1 changed everything. And then as you said, the floodgates opened and we got what we wished for... like Homer being fed donuts in hell.
0:54 God-tier transition.
THIS is the game I wanted the Wii U for my birthday for, I loved it so much and the gamepad aspect used to scare me everytime I had to use my inventory.
I genuinely have a lot of nostalgia for this game. It's far from perfect, but it made me wish for more games like it that actually used the gamepad in interesting ways. If Ubisoft wasn't a shambling corpse of its former self I'd ask for a new one, but I don't have any faith of that happening nowadays.
There is too many persons talking about that
Even some of them created a way to mod , unluckily i am not that pro to make any of these things
Something cool about the wiiu version’s multiplayer mode is that with the wiimote, you can hold the guns in a way that lets you look down their iron sights, a shame that wasn’t an actual feature, zombiu will always have a special place in my heart and memory
Thanks for making this video. I never wanted a Wii U, but this was the one game that I always wanted to try.
There's another melee weapon... The Shovel. Can't remember exactly where you find it but in my multiple runs I've drained the game of content and seen just about anything it has to show. Great video, these don't get old.
I believe it's in the Buckingham Palace gates, behind the turret, beside the safehouse.
@@Lucios1995 Ah, cheers for that! That safehouse is a curse on your inventory, mines, new melee... RIP.
there is also a baseball bat with nails in it
The other melee weapons are useless because you cant drop the cricket bat.
So frustrating.
I love this game so much.
One of the few games where the side content opens up into some of the best levels in the game.
You dont even have to visit them.
It’s a good day when critical nobody uploads
Dude zombi u was probably my favorite game of the switch because its just gave so many good memories with my family, like they would watch behind me a 10 year old and jump everytime a zombie came around the corner.
Always puts a tear to my eye thinking about it.
seeing "i made a game with zombies in it" in the beginning of the vid just made me so happy, i feel like im the only person who remembers that game
I remember getting this game free from PS Plus. It was a fun experience
One of the few games that makes dying actually terrifying, and in turn you're clenching your butt every time you see more than 3 zombies in front of you after you've gathered loot, sad it never got a sequel
I always liked this game due to the ways it used mechanics with the Gamepad, The scanner that you use to detect to see if a corpse is actually a zombie sleeping builds up a bunch of tension. (The local multiplayer was a nice bonus too, with one person spawning zombies while the other player attempts to survive as long as possible.)
I swear to god i am gonna freak if i see another one of these god damn scam bots
I remember playing the PS4 port of this game. I got stuck in a base invasion and kept dying repeatedly, then gave up after 20 minutes of total playtime lol
I was only able to play Zombi on the Xbox One because my friend had it downloaded. I definitely had fun with it, but would in no way say it was a masterpiece.
Omg ZombiU! I love you critical!
I rember this during Christmas and I always recommend it, even to this day
3:37 caught me off guard, nearly as much as the jump scares in this game
This game really does have some amazing moments. The nursery is one of the best segments in any horror game imo
i never knew people would still play and talk about this game, i'm quite happy that my favourite game is getting attention.
I got this game when I was about 7 and could never make it past the first few sections, I got too scared lmao, glad it’s getting some attention though
great content as always :)
Just love your work man. Been around since the very beginning. Just thought I’d finally comment. This video was just fun thanks bro.
“That was the end of that sentence.” Hilarious. 😂
The 20 sec of the intro sounded a lot like my academic decathlon speech on zombies back in 2006 lol I love it
im 5:37 in and i just wanna say, ive played a LOT of zombie games too and i recognize this game is VERY flawed but theres something about the simplicity of the game, the zombies being able to overwhelm you easily the scarcity of supplies the depressing atmosphere and YES even the pitch darkness that would make Riddick blush BUT its honestly one of my top 5 zombie games and since they released it on Xbox one its become way more playable lol
I loved this game and thought it worked well with the WiiU gamepad. I played on the PS4 as well (it was free) and it was OK but.... On the WiiU there was one item in the arena section toward the end (don't remember what, a grenade or ammo hidden away I think) that was just enough to let me get past it and into the section with the bus and all the mines. However that one item was missing from the PS4 version and try as I could I just wasn't able to get through that section. Crazy I know but frustrating enough that I didnt finish the playstation version.
ive been talking about this game for years and no one seems to know it!!! so so good and underrated for what it is
This game scared the heck out of me. Loved it and couldnt stop playinf it
I lost it and started lauging at 6:45 with his grunts and shouts lmao
00:22 the way he's walking! 😂😭
The multiplayer in this was amazing. You should definitely play that with another person although I think you could only do it on the wii u
I have this game on Xbox One. Got it free with my gold membership. I don’t like horror games, but Zombi was pretty good in my opinion. It’s a shame there probably won’t be a sequel because I think a continuation would be a great way to further the story and gameplay mechanics.
I saw a video from this game years ago and have been trying to find it since so glad you’re video was recommended to me
I love this game honestly it's super flawed but really unique. The nursery section is done really well and beating the survivor mode was really satisfying when I finally pulled it off. The crossbow and SA80 rifle are goated
To me, one of it's biggest strengths but also, its biggest weakness is it's combat. Cause on one hand, yes, the combat is VERY repetitive considering that you rarely are going to have guns/ammo on hand. But at the same time, it also sells the atmosphere/realism that it was trying to go for, since if an actual zombie apocalypse happened, most people would be using makeshift weapons like bats or golf clubs or whatever to stay alive.
However, adding to this definitely would've helped, like maybe having different melee weapons function differently, such as golf clubs being quicker to swing but do less damage or have makeshift traps you can place to immobilise zombies so you can escape. I think this would have helped the repetitiveness of combat (maybe), giving players more options in a fight besides just walking back and swinging a bat over and over.
Late comment, but Zombi did add a shovel (focused on reach) and nail bat (focused on damage) to the list of melee weapons
@@cdru515 were they any different to the standard melee weapon?
@@defnotjam Yeah, they're better than the cricket bat, but they take up an inventory slot. Still very useful, though
I remember me and my kids begging my wife for us to pick up a Wii U at GameStop back in 2014. We picked it up with the obvious Mario games for the kids. I had ZombieU in my hand and slipped it onto the counter last second, much to the surprise of my wife. 😁 was the look on my face and, the kids and I were going home happy. I loved every second of this game. It was so weird but, still kept me playing. I know there were much better experiences out there before and during that time but, ZombieU was just something different to me. Not for everyone but, sometimes these not so great gems can’t be missed.
I played this game when it first came out, after having been playing COD zombies nonstop since Black Ops. This game made me actually fear zombies. And the stiff mechanics and controls made killing them a lot more tedious, and stressful. I think the only reason I stopped playing this game was because I got tired of my dad constantly watching and commenting on every move I made in the game so I gave up lol
Since the moment I looked the credits roll on my first playtrough of ZombiU, the only thing reberverating in my mind was: SO many really awesome ideas on a flawed game in SO many games
Best scary WiiU game, it was fun and stressful looking at one screen for loot and other screen for zombies.
I played Zombi on the port to other consoles. And I went into it, thinking it was just a simple, brain dead (no pun), zombie game like State of Decay.
I haven't been scared when playing horror games as of late as they tend to flop, but this game......actually got me a bit scared. I legit once passed the game and put it down due to its atmospheric horror. The game actually did great on this, and I wouldn't mind playing more of it
Zombiu/zombi is probably the scariest zombie game because unlike other zombie games that have you Respawn everytime you die this game has permadeath plus your a regular civilian trying to survive instead of a traind soldier/police its a game i come back to constently
Just a minute in and I'm laughing already on that ice cold introduction to the Wii U XD
"Speaking of shambling corpses... the Wii U!" XD
It's pretty funny that you brought up reviews overselling this game at the end, because I was one of the chumps who did that. And my review was posted on the front page! Looking back on that and ZombiU in general, I suppose I respect what the intention was more than the game itself. If the developers were given more than a year to make a sequel (ZombiU was announced in 2011, shortly after Killer Freaks got canned. There's no way in hell this was in the oven for any time longer than a year), I honestly believe they could have pulled it off. Nowadays, a spiritual successor would probably be more interesting than an outright remake. Without the Wii U gamepad, I'm assuming any developer attempting it would have to resort to a phone. I have no idea how that might turn out, but if anybody ever tries it again, I'll jump right in.
Memories of Robbaz playing this just come flooding back.
I remember always looking for a good playthrough of this for so long. I kept switching between this and watching Ian is Bored
I think the biggest thing for me back during its time was when I watched gameplay videos of it I was amazed at the switching survivors aspect. Your not one protagonist Mr. Mc Large Huge. Or Susan your some random who got lucky and when you die that’s it the character you were playing is dead no continues no reset that character is done and if memory serves the game overwrites your last save so you can’t go back to a previous save with that old character. That means hours of work, hours of progress gone. Now granted this is a duel edge sword on one hand the player may die due to a cheap death thanks to how janky the game is or (and this is the part I like.) you get to comfortable you start making mistakes you stop seeing your resources as finite and start using ammo up like crazy you die due to either your own carelessness, your stupidity, or your own lack of self awareness. You start paying attention to everything and as you continue to move your grow to understand where in other games you were safe once you figured out how to farm resources, now your a dehydrated human on a deserted island with only a limited amount of drinking water surrounded by an ocean that you can’t drink from.
this is what i loved about Ubisoft, they weren't afraid to experiment with the pad and other controllers
Good video critical nobody you razorfist are my favorite content creators
Nice was looking forward to this when i was watching your stream
I agree with you on pretty much all points, the only other games that come to mind; that have a similar sense of tension, are some VR zombie / horror games. But one of the parts that you missed out that was pretty unique was the local multiplayer component. That's where the game was so different from the campaign. The king if the zombies player can absolutely mess with the survivor player, and the survivor has a good arsenal of weapons and gadgets. And would take on various different zombies that get progressively stronger with various mutations. It was really fun to play back in then and made me have hope that local couch co-op play could come back nicely.
Alien Isolation.
You know it's peak eurojank when the game is set somewhere in Europe. Also the game is optimized
I enjoyed this game because I never had a way to play it but always wanted to. So several years later I finally got to play it and I loved it because I love zombies.
Honestly this game is my childhood, I loved my Wii U and I wanted this game SOOOO bad. I got it eventually but never completed it sadly
You say the game looks ugly, but I dunno, I think it looks stunning at times. Ron Freedman's flat, the stormy ambush and the palace are some highlights for me
I liked this game back in the day
This game is a hidden gem, it would've been a great hit if it wasn't released on a doomed console
I pirated this on my computer when it first came out and I had some decent fun with it it wasn't the best but I enjoyed the fact that when you die you start off as another survivor and then you can go locate your body and loot it and continue where you left off
The game has cult following for a reason. It fits to specific taste. Do not expect to go in you will enjoy it, likelihood is that you might not, but if you are someone looking for this specifically. You might like it.
Kinda like project ZOMBOID
Great review, and pretty cool that ypu might have been the last one that ever played ZombiU in online.
Oh that Segway into the WiiU was brilliant