If you hate zombies *and* Nazis, there's a chance that the Zombie Army Trilogy is the perfect place for you to vent your anger one headshot at a time. AUTOMATON's Peter Martin lets you know if your wallet should follow your blood lust.
Ryan, from RelyonHorror.com writes:
"The Sniper Elite franchise is well known for its x-ray killcam, audacious Fuhrer-assassinating missions, and tactical simulation gameplay. It only seemed natural to the team to break away from the tried and true formula of popping heads off of Nazis, and move on to something a little more… undead. After all, if video games have taught us anything, the only thing that’s better than dispatching Nazis, is dismembering re-animated Nazis. Therein lies the mantra of Rebellion’s cooperative Zombie Army Trilogy."
"We were able to chat with Tim Jones, Head of Creative at Rebellion, about Zombie Army Trilogy."
You may have not played Farming Simulator, Deadly Premonition or Sniper Elite, but it’s extremely likely you know them by name.
These, and games like them, are examples of mid- and low-budget titles that have managed to achieve either commercial or critical success, despite their position outside the realm of triple-A releases. In other words, they’re cult hits.
As Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley explains: “A cult hit comes when you get a mismatch between critical praise and sales in either direction.
For years, Nazis have been the go-to enemy for numerous movies and games. Well, for those people who thought that Nazis weren’t bad enough, we now have the trend for Nazi Zombies! From games like Wolfenstein and the co-operative modes in the Call of Duty games, to movies like Outpost (2008) and Dead Snow (2009), Nazi Zombies have become quite the enemy-de-jour. Next up, in this trend for killing the Nazi undead, is Zombie Army Trilogy from Rebellion, the developers behind the Sniper Elite series. The ‘trilogy’ in Nazi Zombie Trilogy comes from this being a bundle of the Zombie Army 1 & 2 DLC from Sniper Elite V2 and a new chapter developed for this release.
