Gameinformer-ZombiU Review:A Bad Start For New Wii U IP

GI:When the Wii released back in 2006, Ubisoft delivered a new IP called Red Steel on launch day. The game aimed to highlight the console’s motion controls with first-person shooting and gunplay. Unfortunately, the sloppy aiming and slashing instead foreshadowed how much the FPS genre would struggle on the console. Ubisoft is back again for with a new game that shoehorns in all the bells and whistles of Nintendo’s latest console. Instead of an exciting showcase of the Wii U’s interesting new technology, ZombiU demonstrates just how bad survival horror can get.

[SilentNegotiator]

Oops, Ubisoft did it again.

[bigfish]

why are Ubisoft so shit??......

[decrypt]

Lol want to play a real Zombie game, Left4dead 2 is still the best out there, specially the PC version.

[bumnut]

Im more of a Dead Rising kind of guy.

[NukaCola]

A lot of the issues from the lower reviews, that I have seen, are not the game itself, but instead the poor implementation of Wii U features. The tablet is one touch only and doesn't work well so they have a lot of issues with it, especially since the game doesn't pause. This makes it frustrating when you need to get in your bag or do minigames while zombies are coming for you.

[DigitalAnalog]

"This makes it frustrating when you need to get in your bag or do minigames while zombies are coming for you."

Isn't this such the case with Demon's Souls? Looking through the reviews, I can certainly say the game does have the winning formula but is unable to apply it properly on the game. My guess is that it wants to be played like DayZ but ended up being played as a L4D/Borderlands hybrid.

[medziarz]

There's no future for the Wii U, it's dead on arrival, its traditional market has now been dominated by PS3 and 360s, the price is high and additional expensive storage is needed.
It's very tough for the consumer to justify a new system that's going to cost him around $400, and $60 for each game, when there are cheaper PS3s with the same functionality and hundreds of stellar games for 10, 20 dollars and whole series for $40.

NOW REPLACE THE WORD
Wii U with PS Vita
PS3 with smartphone
and 360 with tablet
BIASED HATER JOURNOS

[chadboban]

Reviews are SO freaking mixed for this game.

[_LarZen_]

Yeah, it just shows that a review is something one should be really careful to put to much faith in.

[OmniSlashPT]

It just shows which websites are bought by Nintendo and which arent lmao

[jeeves86]

Because Heaven forbid that people have differing opinions.

[modesign]

this has me worried for watchdogs.

[metroid32]

Nah most reviews are positive ive seen more reviews over 80% than anything else im happy with it but on Nintendo everything the black ops wiiu footage look amazing just like pc wow im getting black ops/fifa/mario u/and maybe another game not sure.

[Blastoise]

Here's a few full stops

.....

Use them.

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

Herp Derp

^_-

[Ilovetheps5]

I have no clue what to think. I'm going to get NSMBU instead of this game. I'm going to wait a little bit to see what users think of the game and then I might buy it. Based on reviews though, I can't decide if it's worth buying. Reviews are everywhere.

[wenaldy]

Dude, it's freaking Ubisoft!! What did you expect?

[KMCROC54]

Don't know maybe a game as good as AC,Patriots,
Splinter cell, R6. games along that Quality.maybe I

expected to much.

[finbars75]

I played the demo for it in the store at walmart and it was pretty bad in my opinion.Todays standards are very high and I have a feeling that people are going to have a bad taste in there mouth with the new Wii-U once purchased.I just couldnt get comfortable with the controller at all.Its just a another nintendo gimmick to me that will burn out fast in sales a few months in.The graphics arent as good as they say they are as well.I think most games are going to look a little dated to what we are use to.This might be next gen for nintendo but its old gen for those who have been playing current gen for the last few years.

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

My gut feeling is it's all just another gimmick but I'm going to give it a year before passing it off and see what games they have released or are in the pipeline.
I don't have enough faith to put down the money yet, the wii burnt me bad as a hardcore gamer fool me once...

[Trunkz]

Just rent it for 1 night, if you like it then you only spent say $4 more extra but if you don't like it you saved $56.

Judge for yourself everyone has different tastes.

[majiebeast]

Why use a pic of deadisland for the submission?

[jeeves86]

Because someone was quick to do some bashing without any actual research.

[TheStorm]

I think this is a game made for gamers that actually like challenge, and don't have the ADD/desire to shoot something every five seconds. The reviewers that like this seem to be the ones that hate crap like RE6 and the ones that hate ZombiU seem to have liked RE6 a little better.

Mixed game for sure, but I think it's made for those that like an actual challenge, and use strategy over just firing again and again.

[Mikito11]

Why is everyone focusing on the bad reviews more than the good?... Oh right, this is N4G.. Sigh

[_LarZen_]

It's in human nature to focus more on the negative parts...

[MasterCornholio]

Just because the game gets a few positive reviews doesn´t mean that its a good game. Just look at Resistance Burning Skies which has 10 positive reviews but it has a metacritic of 60.

Just because ZombiU is a launch title for the WiiU doesn´t mean that its immune from being a bad game. Some people have to accept this and move on because in the future the Wii U will have its share of great games and horrible games.

Slapping Nintendo on a console doesn´t mean that all the games for it will be good.

P.S IF a game flops for your beloved console (PS3, XBOX360, WiiU) just accept that its a bad game and move on with your lives. If Zombi U is a horrible game than so be it the only reason why people are defending it to the grave is because it was one of the most highly anticipated launch titles. Just play Mario Bros U which is a great game compared to this.

[XboxInnovation]

As soon as they called it Zombie U I knew it was bound for the dumps.

[smashcrashbash]

Some reviewers seem to think the tedium, lack of good story and questionable graphics aren't worth lowering the score and some seem to think otherwise. The bad ones do sound like they make some good points but it won't matter anyway. Most people will close their ears to the bad scores anyway. Any bad score just means the reviewer doesn't know what he is talking about. How he said that changing of characters due to death give you no commitment towards any one and therefore lessens the experience. I said that the first time I heard about that mechanic and he seems to echo my concerns.

@ Mikito11. No matter how any of us deny it we have to look at the bad scores as well as the good ones too. I don't like to do it either but everyone's opinion of the game counts too no matter what anyone thinks. People harp on about the good reviews so why can't anyone harp on about the bad ones too?

[skeeter149]

man i a glad i went with scribblenauts. after red steel i was scared to get this one right away and it looks like caution paid off. waiting to hear more opinions from users because i dont trust mags 100%. still hoping:)

[AO1JMM]

most reviews are positive. I am not basing my purchase off of 1 reviewers opinion.

[WildStyles]

We're looking at another Red Steel folks.

[Eyeco]

Well if it's anything like Red Steel hopefully the sequel will be a much better game, seriously Red Steel 2 was badass

[DeadPixel]

Getting pretty bored of all these different reviews, don't know what to believe anymore...

[Embeepee]

Reviews for this game are all over the place!

[Braid]

Which is never a good sign.

It was written "mediocre" all over it, though. You could have seen that coming from the trailers, and gameplay videos. It looks okay, but not something spectacular. I'd rather play War Z, honestly.

[WeskerChildReborned]

So many mixed reviews.

[Moncole]

I think this person played the game with a mindset it will be like Dead Island when its a completely different game.

[spicelicka]

isn't that a dead island screen?

[amaguli]

People are seriously complaining that there are mixed reviews for ZombiU? God forbid people have to read more than one review instead of glancing at the number.

If you are really unsure about the game, just rent it if you can, if not just go with your gut feeling.

[insomnium2]

It's always safe to wait a few months for a pricedrop.

[ronin4life]

So...
Negative reviews: comments galore.

Positive reviews: ghost town.

I think that speaks volumes about the mentality of n4g...

[TenkoTAiLS]

So only Gameinformer and IGN have given it a midrange score that I have seen thus far, and that means its a bad start? All those 7's, 8's and 9's don't look bad to me. Then again I've always made up my own mind. There's been so many games "critics" have panned and I've had a brilliant time with them. You follow what critics say and your gunna miss out on some great gaming.

[etowntwo]

That's it... I'm def selling my WiiU for a profit.

There is not one game that I want to b lay on the WiiU. This game was my last hope.

Oh, and I tried the kiosk Rayman game on WiiU..... And the screen on the controller seemed really really gimmicky to me.

[millzy102]

play it first you Dick if the game looked good to you in the first place then it probably will be. can't people make there own mind up these days. plus survival horror games have always have mixed reviews like silent hill. (best survival horror ever) and always have mixed reviews don't be a sheep

[V0LT]

Here is a tip.... Stop reading reviews.. All reviews are is one persons opinion on a game. I can't believe so many people listen to reviewers...

[Kamikaze135]

Reviews are so mixed. I wonder if this game is only meant to appeal for people who are in a zombie phase. I know I'll be getting this game when I get my Wii U and I'm excited for it!

[millzy102]

no it intended for people who like SURVIVAL HORROR not FPS.

[Plagasx]

Jesus, this, RE6 and Hitman Absolution has to have the most mixed reviews ever in the past 10 years..

[C0MPUT3R]

It is really hard to get a bad review from game informer.

[felidae]

i think they don't know how to play the game ... just look at this video, looks amazing:

http://www.giantbomb.com/qu...

[DasTier]

A dead Island Picture?

[AO1JMM]

ZombiU is a very fun game.