So the game ends up providing quite a variety of ways to clear the hordes of enemies in the area. These are everything from your standard zombie-whacking baseball bat or chainsaw, to chain-guns, shotguns or guns that cause the monsters to start dancing. So the game quickly becomes a balancing act of keeping a good number of creeps on fire so you can increase your score, but not getting so overwhelmed by them that you die too quickly.Īs each level progresses and wave after wave of various zombies come from the ground, weapons will appear on the arena. To make matters more interesting, if a burning zombie touches another zombie, it goes up in flames. The problem is, once they are lit up, they are faster and more determined to get to you, so you will want to kill them quickly. Killing a flaming-zombie will add to your score multiplier so your score will increase faster. For instance, as the title suggests, you can light zombies on fire. But given this basic premise, the game does quite a lot. While the various guns tend to sound the same, the music seems to really work well with the game since it tends to get the heart racing and maintains the high tension necessary with any game that has you facing off against unknown numbers of reanimated corpses.īurn Zombie Burn! has a fairly simple core game mechanic run around, survive and kill as many zombies as possible to increase your score. Outside of that, there are the sound effects of the different weapons and the background music. Bruce doesn't really talk all that much, and the zombies pretty much just groan in unison. Sound in Burn Zombie Burn! is amusing and gets the job done, but isn't really necessary. when you aren't running away from them, of course. There's quite a variety of zombie classes, and while the creatures within the class all look the same, they are all still enjoyable to see. The standard guys aren't all that interesting to look at, but as the screen fills up, you will encounter baddies that will charge at you (they have football helmets on), dance towards you (in pink tutus and leotards) or approach you and blow themselves up (they have helmets with flashing lights on their heads). The zombies are also interesting to look at, and were made to be a bit of comedic relief as well. From Bruce's slicked-back black hair, to his leather jacket and pistol, you can easily picture our hero being a member of the T-Birds and dating a Pink Lady, especially since his girlfriend, Daisy, sits in a car that would fit nicely in the musical Grease. You play as Bruce, a 50's greaser who finds himself in the middle of the Zombie Apocalypse. Instead of going for ultra-realistic, the graphics take on a characticture feel as everything looks exaggerated and stereotypical. Part of the game's distinctness is it's feel. Burn Zombie Burn! is an interesting example of a simple gameplay concept that leads to a fairly complex game, and when compared to a lot of PSN games, Burn Zombie Burn! has a lot of potential to stand out amongst the noise.
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