For all the added immersion the first-person perspective gave me, I was pulled right out of it again when I found myself looking past my scope during combat. ItвЂ™s especially weird since ADS already existed in World War Z on some weapons, like the sniper rifle, so itвЂ™s not like looking down scopes just isnвЂ™t something you ever did in third-person.

Lots of guns have scopes, but instead of looking down them, you look down the side of the weapon, which feels very odd, clunky, and downright unsatisfying. The caveat here is that, for whatever reason, aiming down the sights of your weapons has been curiously left out of first-person mode. IвЂ™m all for some mindless fun and World War Z has that in spades, but telling actual stories in the style of Left 4 Dead would make the world feel more worth saving. Cause, yвЂ™know, friendly fire is a pretty common mishap when youвЂ™re fighting thousands of zombies in claustrophobic areas and the characters will never not comment on it.

In fact, I feel like 90% of the time I heard a character speak, they were politely reminding me not to accidentally shoot them in the head. Precisely zero characters are fleshed out or interesting in any way, and their dialogue is campy and mostly serves as background noise while you run around shooting things. Compared to the fairly straightforward design of Rome, it was really nice seeing the developers have some over-the-top fun with Russia.Д®ven when the new episodes are at their best, though, Aftermath still fails to improve in the way of storytelling, which is still as disappointing as itвЂ™s ever been. Fairly straightforward tasks quickly become formidable undertakings with the constant threat of zombie hordes, and the best-laid plans can become a comedy of errors in no time at all. ThereвЂ™s also some great puzzle sections that require teamwork, like one where your crew has to use a flamethrower to melt doors thatвЂ™ve been frozen shut while the others provide cover fire, or another where you have to fix an electrical grid by finding and pulling levers in the right order. The frozen tundra of Kamchatka, on the other hand, has some really memorable moments, like one area where a blizzard causes you to take damage just for being outside for short periods so youвЂ™ve gotta race between heaters while fighting off waves of brain-eaters. Nothing really stuck with me very long after I beat it, though, except maybe those flaming pits filled with dead zombies those might give me nightmares.

ItвЂ™s still good olвЂ™ fashioned face-smashing fun with a few highlights, like when you have to guide and refuel a van through the streets of Rome while under constant undead assault. Aside from the new sights, sounds, and giant flaming pits filled with zombies, there isnвЂ™t much to distinguish Italy from other destinations. Rome is the more by-the-numbers of the two: it takes a well-known destination, gives it whatever the opposite of a facelift is, then lets you and your friends blast your way through it for a laugh.

ItвЂ™s rare to see it go beyond the roots of its very clear inspiration, and thereвЂ™s not a whole lot of variety when it comes to the missions, the special zombies, or the weapons, but what is there works and is enough to fill the Left 4 Dead-shaped hole in all our hearts, for a little while at least. The best way to experience World War Z is to fire up your microphone and find yourself a four-person crew to play through its brief but fun campaign.

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