World War Z

World War Z — a cooperative shooter with horror elements and a first-person view, created based on the film "World War Z". The cooperative campaign is designed for four players and will tell unique survival stories from around the world after the zombie apocalypse.

Players need to act tactically, using traps, barriers, and the environment to stay alive. A variety of weapons are available to help deal with hordes of the undead.

The events of World War Z take place in an alternate reality of our world. A pandemic of "human rabies" has begun on the planet, where an infected person turns into an aggressive and fast zombie in just seconds, reacting to noise and searching for the next victim to spread the virus.

The game is divided into four episodes, each set in its own city — New York, Jerusalem, Moscow, and Tokyo — across three acts. Events begin shortly after the attack of the infected.

All levels in the game are built on a uniform scheme of a large corridor arena, where players must fend off the constantly arriving zombies. Progressing forward is not required — players need to defend key positions, outgoing transport, or important individuals.

The variability of gameplay is limited to the ability to blow up a car or debris to bypass a horde of zombies via a safer route. In some areas of the level, players can build a small barrier, lay barbed wire, or scatter mines in key locations.

The gameplay of World War Z resembles Left 4 Dead. Players need to eliminate all zombies in the area. For this, they have an extensive arsenal at their disposal: pistols, submachine guns, various models of assault rifles, shotguns, and sniper rifles.

In addition to being divided into three quality indicators (common, rare, and unique), all weapons are categorized into five levels — the higher the level, the better all its indicators. It is not uncommon for a common weapon of the fifth level to be more useful than a rare weapon of the first level.

At the same time, a character can carry three types of weapons — primary, secondary, and heavy (flamethrower, rocket launcher, grenade launcher, machine gun). If zombies get too close, players can pull out deadly melee weapons.

To hold off the hordes, players can periodically set up or use heavy weapons, such as a mounted machine gun. The realistic design of the models makes the zombies not only terrifying in appearance but also explode into many pieces from blasts. If shot accurately in the head or leg, those limbs will explode with a beautiful blast.

The zombies in World War Z are almost a complete analog of those shown in the film "World War Z" — strong, fast, and unafraid of falls from great heights. There are also differences — mini-bosses occasionally appear. One releases a cloud of choking gas around itself; another screams, summoning all nearby hordes; the third charges at any player, grabs, and hits with all its might.

The events of World War Z unfold separately from the events of the film, at a time when zombies have taken over most major cities and destroyed almost all surviving humans. While the heroes of "World War Z" fled from the zombie apocalypse, the characters in the game (there are almost 20 of them) fight against it.

There is no overarching plot in World War Z; each episode contains its own set of characters with a brief backstory. Players have pointed out the downside that the story does not progress — you simply need to survive and escape. However, because of this, all episodes and any missions can be completed in any order.

World War Z offers six classes, with self-explanatory names, made unique by different abilities:

There is a leveling system in the game. By successfully completing missions, players earn experience points that accumulate into levels, as well as in-game currency. Since each class has its own set of abilities, they all unlock as levels increase and can be purchased with currency.

As for weapon upgrades, they occur with use — the more zombies you kill, the more "experience" the weapon gains.

You can play World War Z in two ways, but the gameplay and events will remain unchanged:

World War Z also offers multiplayer with shooter mechanics at its core — two teams of survivors are on the same level and need to complete the assigned task at any cost, along with even more zombies. The modes are traditional — capture points; resource gathering; vaccine war; and team deathmatch.

Multiplayer is significantly different from single-player or cooperative modes. It has its own class system (a total of ten) and leveling that does not depend on your achievements in cooperative play. Each ability has a cooldown time, and picked-up gear only reduces it.