Zombie Driver Demo

A zombie apocalypse would probably fail to impress anyone at this point, considering the fact that most of the population is more than eager to apply the knowledge gathered from TV shows and video games. The latter has actually looked at the situation from multiple points of view, meaning that you can find games featuring all kinds of zombies, whether they are fast, slow, smart, mutated or just somewhat creepy.

Zombie Driver makes matters a bit more interesting, by adding a set of wheels to the equation and thus changing the pace of the action by quite a lot, while also integrating a few new mechanics at the same time. Hence, although the core idea is basically the same, you get to participate in new types of missions and handle the zombies in a slightly different manner, albeit much less eco-friendly.

Another nice idea is the top-down camera view, which allows you to reminisce about the early Grand Theft Auto episodes while you run over zombie carcasses at full speed. The controls are thus very simple and intuitive, since you just have to steer the car and use some special abilities, whether it's to fire the minigun mounted on the roof, or the nitro boost that allows you to get out of sticky situations.

Although the missions themselves can be rather repetitive and annoying at times, they do yield quite a bit of money, not to mention the cash you are liable to find just lying on the street. You can spend the money on upgrades for your car, such as bigger and better weapons, armor to protect you from the zombie attacks, or various other improvements that make the gameplay significantly more entertaining on the long run.

The isometric perspective might cause you to think that the graphics are not exactly top-notch, but you would most definitely be mistaken. A lot of work went into the visual presentation of the game, which is clearly visible in the amount of detail present in the environments and the very nice lighting effects. Moreover, blood is always part of the scenery and it certainly looks quite well splattered on the asphalt, albeit your car seems to be immune to stains, for some reasons.

Zombie Driver is definitely a good and exciting game, although it somehow lacks diversity when it comes to the missions themselves. You can participate in a few other game modes as well, but it would have been much more pleasant if the action involved much more than simply killing a bunch of zombies and rescuing people.