Zombi Gameplay
Wan Cabiness
In my opinion, ZombiU - despite being a launch title for the console - is still one of the best games for the Wii U. It mixes survival horror and permadeath mechanics together perfectly, and to this day remains one of the only games on the system that actually bothers utilising the gamepad for something other than just a secondary map screen.
Now almost three years since ZombiU's launch, Ubisoft has finally decided to release the game on the PS4, PC and Xbox One - minus the 'U' and minus the multiplayer. In terms of how it actually plays, Zombi is very similar to ZombiU; the level layouts for the campaign are identical, and the only real change comes from the lack of the Wii U gamepad's second screen. Digging into your backpack, scanning for items or tearing down barricades now happens on your TV and, rather than it having the effect of losing tension, as some people had feared, I actually think it improves the overall experience no end.
Graphically there have been quite a few changes though, not least the new field of view which allows you to see much more of the game world than before. I've placed the Wii U and PS4 versions side by side in the graphics and gameplay comparison video below, so do give it a watch if you want to see how they stack up. There's also a few insights into the improved lighting, textures and added gore too.
Directly ahead of you will be a table with a light emanating from it. Head over to it and collect the Prepper Pad. This will create a map in the bottom right of your screen. You will be directed to turn the power on. There will be a green indicator on screen, showing the way.
The generator is in the bathroom at the back of this area, make your way there and turn on the generator. Head back into the previous room and look at the monitors. They will show you the previous survivor that your mystery man tried to help. You need to locate the survivor (as indicated by the area marked on the map) and retrieve his Bug-Out Bag (BOB).
Press to open your inventory. Here you can assign your items to quickslots. I recommend setting the L9A1 pistol to and the cricket bat to . You can also assign the medkit to , just in case. You do not need to assign ammo or your flash light as they are automatic. You will find some more ammo on a nearby table.
There's a bedroll in the safe room which you can use to save your game, I recommend doing it often but it only matters if you plan on turning the game off for a bit. Death overwrites your save file, so it's not like you can revert to a previous save if you die.
There is a door directly opposite the locked one. Head through there and slowly walk down the corridor. Look through the first window on your right to see an idle zombie. This is the perfect opportunity to headshot it with your pistol to unlock:
Continue on and wait for your friend to unlock the door for you. Take the steps up out of the station. Continue forward, through the tents and around the fence ahead of you. On the wall of the building to your left is Junction Box 1/16. Get up close and scan it.
Walk through the room, scanning as you go to find items. As you reach the middle area a zombie will appear, so kill it and continue your looting. At one side of the room is a Spread Upgrade you can apply to a shotgun later on. There is a door you can remove a bar from in order to have another entrance/exit to the supermarket, and there is also a room separated from you by translucent door flap things. Behind them is a zombie so kill him and enter.
Avoid the fire on the floor yourself, which should deal with any zombies that try to get to you, then run back down the alley opposite and take the manhole to the safe house (a zombie will climb over the wall as you approach the door. You can either kill it or just continue running). The lockers in front of you when you return will have mines in them.
On the bottom floor of the safehouse area, there will be a door you can now unlock. Go through it and crouch under the destroyed bricks that lead into the metro tunnel. Go left and move through the area, down the path the game provides. Climb down the ladder and around this sub-level area until you eventually reach a door to exit through, as the Prepper gives some plot oversight the whole while.
Run ahead, jumping over more destroyed bricks, before going right up the stairs and around this area. Turn right once you reach Victoria Memorial, going through the gated door here and into the sewers. Go straight, down the stairs, and left into the flooded area.
Traverse through the water, sticking to the left as much as you can. As the area turns left, follow it all the way to the end to find Junction Box 3/16 on the wall to the right. Now head back to the room you came from, moving straight and ducking under the sewage drain. Climb the ladder on the left, going up the stairs and following the path. Enter the door with the safehouse symbol on it, following the path down to a manhole at the bottom. Open it up before ascending the stairs all the way to the top, eventually bringing you the Palace gates.
Move around this path and whack any zombies getting in your way, following the path through the shipping containers. Kill the zombies near the door before prying it open with the hammer. Enter, then turn around once you're halfway into the room for Junction Box 4/16. Leave this room and follow the path to the right, taking care of as many zombies as possible. Go through the container, kill the zombie here, and loot the box for items and the way to unlock the gate you had passed a few moments before.
After the zombies stop pouring in, make your way back to the left. On a gate to the right, there's a mesh door in the fence you can now open. Enter and examine the manhole, descending down to reach another section of the sewers. Go through the door in front of you and start making your way down the corridor. Go right, dropping off into the water when you must. Keep an eye out for the collapsed grate on the right, use it to climb up and out of the water. Move a bit ahead and take the first right here, killing the zombie in front of you. Go all the way right, past the broken fence, collecting items and scanning Junction Box 5/16 from the wall above the cots.
With that done, turn around and descend the metal stairs, following the walkway around this area. Follow it around until you reach a metal door on the left, leading to a hallway and another door which exits this area. Go into this next area, scanning the door in order to unlock it before entering to achieve:
Enter the Palace and cross the hallway, entering the blue door here. This room contains a corpse and will have a long dialogue scene explaining some plot. Once you can exit through the opposite door, take the door on the left and follow it to another door. Go across the catwalk and make another left, opening the door at the end here, then the sliding door to meet with the Doctor. After having the talk with him, leave this room the way you came. back across the catwalk. In the hallway, make your way to the elevator and hit the switch to get to the next floor.
Run ahead and up the stairs here, taking care of the zombies that fill this hall. Go up the left side of the staircase, making your way left across the balcony, and hanging right to the door. Enter it, then take the hallway left, bashing in the zombies and vaulting over the furniture blocking the hall. Take the door on the right, dealing with the zombies inhabiting this room. There's another door in the back right of this room. After clearing it of zombies, climb up the ladder and make your way across the scaffolding in order to avoid the fire, then drop down on the other side. The next room contains even more zombies, so deal with them however you see fit before going down the corridor on the bottom floor. More zombies await in here, which hopefully will give you:
Go through the doorway on the right at the end of the corridor, turning around and looking above the door you entered from for Junction Box 6/16. Examine the book marked as an objective, opening the crawlspace in the wall. Get under it and turn right, making your way around the upper level. Pass the button and go around the passage until you find a backpack, pick it up for:
Turn around and continue down the passage, finding the ladder near where it branches off. Descend the ladder and grab the crossbow before going through the rotating hidden door. Run back to the elevator in this hallway, taking it up once again. Go straight once getting off the elevator, back through the blue door, across the catwalk, and back into the room with the doctor. Examine the panel to slide him the text you recovered. Take the upgraded data pad from the slot, then turn around and enter the door containing the zombie. Kill it with the crossbow for:
Stick the corpse with a syringe, then listen to more dialogue. Once the doc is done talking, go to the left door and don the corridor, ripping the boards from the door here. Go back into the room with the doctor and head through the right door this time, making your way to the sewer and entering the manhole.
Exit the sewer and work your way underneath the fence that previously took you to the supermarket. Bank a hard left after standing back up, opening the fence here and going down the stairs. Pass through the door and down the ladder, going through another door before moving straight through the hole in the bricks for yet another door. Go left in this new area, through the door in the wall and up a ladder. This will bring you to the warehouse. Climb up onto the boxes and scaffolding in front of you, then climb over the railing to the right before dropping down into the next area. Duck under the broken fence section to left and up the small set of stairs to the right. Go left down this elevated section before going through the door here, quickly moving to the door on the left in this room to enter the warehouse proper.
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