Zombie Apocalypse is a downloadable shoot
'em up video game developed by Nihilistic
Software and published by Konami.
It was released in North America for the Xbox
360 via Xbox Live Arcade on September 23,
2009 and for the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation
Network on September 24, 2009.
In 2011, a sequel was released, Zombie Apocalypse:
Never Die Alone.
== Gameplay ==
Zombie Apocalypse is a multidirectional shoot
'em up.
The player controls one of four characters
through 55 levels set in seven different areas.
The player must rescue survivors, and kill
waves of zombies using a range of weapons
and the environment.
Use of environmental kills rewards the player
with more points for their score.
Every five kills awards the player with another
score multiplier, which resets to one upon
death.
Each of the game's modes can be played in
single or multiplayer.There are 12 trophies/achievements
available.
Playing through the game unlocks new modes.
== Development ==
Nihilistic sought to make a pure arcade shooter,
akin to Robotron 2084 and Smash TV.
Inspiration for the environments and characters
was taken from zombie films, including Night
of the Living Dead and Return of the Living
Dead.
== Reception ==
On Metacritic, it has received an aggregate
score of 61% on PlayStation 3 and 66% on Xbox
360.
IGN said "[Zombie Apocalypse]...is inconsequential."
GameSpot called it "Robotron: 2084 with zombies...what
it lacks in innovation it more than makes
up for with good, mindless fun."
Destructoid praised the variety of zombies,
but added "by the time you hit your 25th night,
you've pretty much seen them all."
GamesRadar commented "At its core, Zombie
Apocalypse is an entertaining, if overpriced,
top-down shooter...By the time you hit the
halfway mark, you’ll be sick of spinning
in circles."
1UP also criticised the repetition, as well
as the difficulty level and enemy variety
"Worse than simply being tedious, though,
is how jaw-grindingly frustrating Zombie Apocalypse
becomes.
As the game wears on, absurd variants...replace
the run-of-the-mill brain-eaters
