Contagion

What a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mess of a game. ♥♥♥♥♥♥ hitboxes, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ performance, glitches and random crashes, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ pathfinding of zombies (they get stuck on ♥♥♥♥♥♥ map geometry, seriously?), and a dragging gameplay loop of finding a small objective item on a ridiculously big map, over and over again. It is even more amazing seeing so little content available when it comes to levels and the sole named campaigns, considering that this game has been on Steam for over a decade. Considering the bugs and all, it feels like it never truly came out of that ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and crash-landed period of Early Access many years ago. The game is also quite weird when it comes to its core gameplay. Most is based around the idea of making the most out of the ammo and weapons you will find. But some levels are hordes upon hordes, and you get no ammo, while others you will be overstocked on ammo but will have nothing to shoot. It really feels like it has an identity crisis that was never resolved. Also, to get the most out of the game, you really want some people to play along. But the game is dead. During lucky moments and peak hours, you could find a veteran or two that will lead you through the level, but most of the time you will see a list of servers with 0 people. Wouldn't recommend even during a sale or even if you have money and friends to spare. Better buy Left 4 Dead 2, or if you want similar gameplay, try the free game No More Room in Hell. NMRIH is also far more polished and alive, despite being a free mod even older than this mess. Unrelated to the review, seeing this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game really makes sense of how the developers ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up the classic predecessor mod, Zombie Panic Source. RIP ZPS, you were the GOAT before that mess of the 3.0 version, caused by the morons who worked on this ♥♥♥♥.

这游戏我大概从好几年前看视频就了解到了，那时候可能还是从优酷看到的，整体玩法有点类似l4d（逃脱，对抗），又有些地狱已满的感觉（感染），虽然游戏确实缺点多多啊（比如到处黑不溜秋的场景，弱的可怜的手电，亮度拉满都救不了，只能打打mod维持一下；还有不明显的指示，有时候手机就没提示或者根本指示不清，只能跟无头苍蝇一样乱探，硕大的地图利用率也很低，很多房间就放一点子弹或者啥都没有，不熟悉流程探图花的时间至少得一半以上；比较紧张的槽位，也许多人游戏应该会好很多吧，单通是真折磨，不提前了解流程，把什么钥匙留前面了还要回去拿），但是也是有不少闪光点，比如游玩的沉浸感很强，机制有趣（似乎跟朋友玩还能变丧尸去打自己人），地图大也有大的好处，可以看出来制作组有在认真塑造一些场景，况且丧尸游戏里的生化实验室什么的，简直酷毙了好吧，战役剧情上也有一些暗线的描写，玩的时候也没那么无聊，作为一款13年的老游戏了，没想到最近竟然还在坚持更新，也是很不容易了

decent enough

Good zombie game probably better with more ppl but untill i get my buds to download it ive got bots a solid 8/10

el mejor juego para jugar con los panas

游戏确实不错，蛮好玩的，但是图太少，联机没有官方服务器只能p2p连导致的网络问题，某些地图难度设计的不合理，有的地图蛮简单但是有的地图挺难的，mod兼容性也不怎么好，特别是巴洛广场我用了我自己做的人物mod进去之后直接弹窗闪退（别的图都没什么问题），总体感觉游戏蛮可惜的，没什么人气和知名度，社区也都不怎么活跃了。

This is actually a wonderful game that gives me some 90's throwbacks in some of the best ways and some meh' ways too. If you're someone whose annoyed by all the zombie titles utilizing special infected and avoiding the classic shamble zombie than this will be a perfect asset to you. Because these are the OG zombies' the only thing that'll put them down is a head shot or to completely destroy them with explosives. When describing this game to my friends who I have encouraged to buy it; the only thing I can think of is a combination between Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil because it has the qualities of a old school shooter and has the coop encouragement trademark of Left 4 Dead where you can play as survivors to complete objectives or play as the infected to murder your friends. When it comes to how the game plays it's awesome for me because of it's "Old School" vibes! What I am referring too is the fact that it has us scouring the map for weapons, ammo, gear etc to both improve our arsenal and survival odds but also having a limited inventory space which can be consumed by the quest item means we have to manage what weapons we want to bring with us especially if going at things alone. However the old school vibes don't stop just at the way we can explore, loot and gear up across these large environments! I like the fact the game doesn't necessarily hold our hands when it comes to directing us within the environment of each mission/level. You spawn in with a handgun, limited ammo and get a notification on your cellphone which gives you the basis of our objective however you have to navigate the environment to figure out how to progress through to each point to reach the end of the level or to progress to the next stage of the mission. Your phone will update as you complete various tasks giving you some concept and idea you're moving in the right direction objective wise; but the rest is up to you! No giant objective markers, no hand-holding arrows telling us which way to go, no overwhelming amount of invisible barriers pushing us towards our goal just classic investigate the environment and figure things out with good ole intuition. Now despite loving the game for the most part I do have a few complaints most of them are minor but still something that bothers me enough to make note of it with everyone here with high hopes one of the devs will acknowledge this and perhaps give it a update. 1. Zombies climb/Jump Vault Height: Zombies can climb over obstacles nothing is wrong with this when it comes to simple things like climbing over a chain-link fence or climbing over boxes, a desk, counter-top or even onto the hood of a car. However when you see zombies hopping over concrete walls and scaling over hedge maze walls it definitely breaks the atmosphere quite a bit!! Zombies shouldn't be able to climb over those obstacles it doesn't make any sense. 2. Metal/Wooden Doors Same Health: I feel like there should be a distinct difference in durability between the doors when one is wood and other metal. When you shut a door though it appears a single zombie can break it down regardless and it takes roughly the same amount of time as if it were a wooden door and this feels odd if not lazy because you often want to create hold out points or security when progressing through the environments in case of a horde or random zombie encounter but if they can break down the obstacles with ease it kinda defeats the purpose <-- Yes you can reinforce doors and windows with wood and nail gun but only if you find both of them in the level and they're not always present and this doesn't eliminate the zombies from getting in. This merely slows them down further, I think it should eliminate the option all together unless they break the barrier down from the side it's nailed from. 3. Ending Objectives: Whilst I love the game not providing us with a whole hand holding sense of direction like modern gaming. It's definitely annoying how many objectives you can lose because you have to do something at the end of wherever you're currently at and the game provides no insight from your phone or update as to what that is you need to be doing to move things along meanwhile a timer or a infinite horde will be pouring down on you until you figure it out or die. 4. No checkpoints: Some of the missions in this game are incredibly long, some of them require you to dedicate some time into them and not knowing which missions are gonna take hours to finish especially as a first time play through can be a problem not just because we may not have hours to play but if you die because anything can occur within the mission that ends up with you getting killed.., then you have to redo the whole mission. <-- This is incredibly exhausting and problematic! There needs to be a checkpoint for every objective completed! Verdict: It's a wonderful game I highly recommend; it runs great, looks great and again classic shamble zombies vs the annoying sprinting variant but hey if that's what you want don't fret there's a setting for that if you want them but it's core focus is the shamble approach. It's fun to play with friends but I have had a great time alone too! Good for newcomers and those who're looking for a good zombie horror.