In single-player, you’re challenged with 31 different missions, each set in a huge open-world environment. Unfortunately, while it’s easier to navigate your vehicle in this setting, the constant twitchiness of the camera can be nauseating, especially when you’re moving fast. The former set-up is loose and gets stuck behind the scenery, meaning that you have no choice but to plump up for the latter. The action takes place from an isometric perspective, with two camera options to choose from: ‘Smart’ attempts to predict your movements, while ‘Static’ changes perspective as you turn the wheel. The gameplay fares better, but is flawed in key areas. You will garner some fun out of trying to guess which accent the budget performers are trying to ape, but that soon wears out its welcome when you realise that you can’t skip conversation sequences in-game.
Despite the digital download’s talkative tone, there’s very little substance to the narrative aside from shoddy dialogue and terrible voice acting. The title does attempt to weave a conspiracy plot around its blood-soaked premise, but you probably won’t pay too much attention to it. Armed with an expanding garage of everyday vehicles and access to the government’s secret stash of lethal artillery, you embark upon a campy adventure in which you attempt to get to the bottom of your home town’s undead predicament. You fill the overalls of a survivor in a corpse-crammed suburban city. It results in a braindead isometric zombie slayer which sadly lacks the bite of its subject matter.
At least it should be, but EXOR Studios’ matter-of-fact PlayStation Network racer Zombie Driver HD gets its wheels in a spin in some crucial areas. Guts, guns, and gasoline: it’s a match consummated in the underworld.
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