Read Dead Redemption Zombie Nightmare DLC Review
Friday, October 29, 2010 at 9:57AM GamerZitch PROS
- The best value you will get for a video game this year
- Zombies done right in a video game
- Genuine terror added to an already amazing game
- More addition to the story
CONS
- I’m drawing a blank here
After you are done reading this go and write Rockstar San Diego a big thank you letter for showing people how DLC is supposed to be done. This piece of downloadable content priced at $10 has content that will rival (and in many cases surpass) full $60 retail games.
You Don’t Need Braaaaaaains to Know This is Awesome
Where could I possibly start with this one, how about the fact that Rockstar San Diego took one of the best action/adventure games ever made, with one of the greatest most thrilling narrative drives, with some of the slickest gameplay ever crafted and adds mythical creatures, sasquatch hunting, hoards of undead and manages to turn one of the greatest action games ever into one of the greatest survival horror games ever.
The writing, acting, animation, gameplay, every bit of this DLC is as top notch as RDR, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I could go on to explain all the details that make this game great. Like the fact that the fantastic story missions lasted me nearly 7 hours. As a point of reference, I spent $60 on the new MoH game, and playing the single player through to completion as well as the multiplayer I only spent about 6 hours in that game, RDR Undead Nightmare’s single player (not including all the multiplayer goodness) lasted me an hour more than that whole game. I could mention how there are 27 towns that you help survivors clear of zombies, which could then come back to raise hell again. How about using parts of the undead as ammunition in your brand new blunderbuss. That’s all just the single player.
On the multiplayer side you have 4 player co-op that would make the Left 4 Dead series proud, an all new hoard modes places you and three friends against waves of undead that (much like L4D) you will actually need to play cooperatively to survive against.
No More Clever Headlines Needed, Go Play This
Undead Nightmare starts off with John Marston finding his wife and son Jack infected after being bitten by the now zombified “Uncle” after hogtying and locking your family in your house you’ll be off to help qualm the zombie menace. You’ll meet familiar faces throughout your journey, oh and did I mention that you’re now going to be taming the 4 horses of the apocalypse as your mounts, yeah, awesome!
The best part of Undead Nightmare is that it is genuinely terrifying, there was more than one occasion I had to turn the lights on in my game room and walk away to regain composure.
The single player is the star of this DLC but everything else is just icing on the proverbial cake. This is one of the best values in the video game medium I have ever seen. If turning the best western game ever into one of the best horror games ever for the low price of $10 isn’t enough for you, well then you need to take a look at your life. Now I’m going to go peacefully over this way on my magic death horse go and enjoy this…. OH S**T ZOMBIE COUGAR!!!
