While the zombie video game genre has always been popular, it has recently entered a new golden age, with games like The Dead Island 2, Dying light 2, The last of usAND Resident Evil all set new standards for the genre moving forward. If a new zombie game wants to succeed in this now highly competitive genre, it has to do something truly special, and that's especially true for an indie game that doesn't have the same budget or inherent scope as a AAA title. Fortunately, Zeverland He has a few tricks up his sleeve.
Under development by new independent studio, Quantum Quirks, Zeverland is an upcoming survival game that will join its zombie-slaying companions next year. In addition to his announcement, Zeverland has released a 6-minute gameplay trailer, giving potential players an idea of its key features.
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What players should expect from Zeverland
Zeverland combines the crafting of Dead Rising with the multiplayer of DayZ
THE Dead man resurrected the franchise is still home to what is widely considered one of the best creation systems in gaming. The biggest strength of the series, Dead man resurrectedThe crafting system allows players to combine everyday objects to create improvised weapons. These weapons often had a humorous twist, such as a homemade lightsaber or the machine gun-wielding “Freedom Bear” stuffed animal.
Zeverland clearly takes inspiration from Dead man resurrectedThe innovative crafting system, which allows players to combine a variety of items to create equally unique weapons. Zeverland's reveal trailer featured a rubber chicken on the end of a stick, a cobbled together spear, and a tranquilizer arrow made from a pen and some discarded chloroform. But crafting is only part of it Zeverlandthe game.
According to his press release, Zevereland it will be a massively multiplayer game, where players can join friends or strangers and explore the post-apocalypse together. Players can join other bands of survivors to create their own little corner of safety amid the surrounding chaos, or choose to be a lone wolf, heading into the wilderness to live day after day.
Zeverland has some promising vehicle customizations
Zeverland will feature a massive 24km² open world map, and that kind of space warrants the need for some form of fast travel. Fortunately, Zeverland has a surprisingly extensive vehicle customization system. According to the recently released trailer, Zeverland will allow players to customize their vehicle's paint job, equip it with weapons and install defenses. Larger vehicles can also be equipped with structural blocks and planters, essentially making the player's vehicle a portable base.
Zeverland's PvP breakthrough
Right at the end of the announcement trailer, Zeverland revealed his big breakthrough. Death is not the end Zeverland. Instead, after a player dies from a zombie bite, they can continue playing as the undead. While players won't be able to wield weapons or drive vehicles as zombies, they will be able to unlock a completely different style of gameplay.
As a zombie, players will have to manage a hunger bar. They can fill this bar by hunting down human players and eating their remains, or by eating other brain eaters. The longer the player stays alive as a zombie, the more unique abilities they unlock, such as the ability to control the zombie horde.
