Zombie Apocalypse

Also known as:  N/A

Developer: Nihilistic

Zombie Apocalypse is kinda like Geometry Wars, but with the geometrical shapes replaced with zombies and the beautiful, colorful lighting effects replaced with dreary, dark landscapes of a post-pandemic world. It’s not as solid as Geometry Wars, but Zombie Apocalypse is a surprisingly solid twin-stick shooter. I say surprisingly solid because even back when it was released, I remember hearing almost nothing about the game and until returning to it for this list, I had completely forgotten all about it myself. Anyway, like many twin-stick shooters, Zombie Apocalypse starts out slow, but gradually gets more chaotic as each level progresses. Various zombie types, like knife-throwing grannies and bearhugging construction workers help keep the shooting from becoming boring, as do the survivors that you need to try to protect until a helicopter flies by to save them. Unfortunately, even with all of those efforts, it does wind up feeling dull after a while...so your time in Zombie Apocalypse may sway from chaotic and fun to bland and boring....then back to chaotic and fun. It's not awful by any stretch, but you may hit a wall like I did, and just want the game to be over. Overall, this is a decent game, though. If you like twin-stick shooters you could do much worse than Zombie Apocalypse.

Review added: 04/21/2020