Welcome to our review of Frontline Zed, a new zombie game that’s out now on Nintendo Switch. Is this one worth getting? Let’s find out!
Defend your wall
Frontline Zed is another zombie game where you have to defend your position against the horde. In this game, it’s your wall. Without the wall, you’ll be overrun in seconds and probably die shortly after. During the first minutes in the game, defending your wall can prove rather tricky as you only have a handgun to defend yourself with. The zombies are walking towards you and the only way to stop them is to shoot them, preferably in the head. Most zombies are the typical slow crawlers while there are also different types like sprinters and tanks to spice things up a bit. The core mechanic of the game is really straightforward, as defending your wall will be your main goal. The more you advance and the longer you survive, the more guns and survivors you’ll unlock. It’s an easy game to play and there is something addictive about it but it’s certainly not the best quality. Take the aiming for example, since everything is shot in different camera angles, the developers went for the red dot to indicate where you’re aiming. It gives you a good sense of general direction but shooting precisely is rather hard which usually ends up in you wasting too much time and bullets on one enemy. This is especially the case when using handguns, if you get your hands on full automatic rifles, defending your wall becomes a lot easier.
Defend at night, loot during daytime
After you successfully managed to defend the wall and thus cleared the level, you’ll be transported to the daytime menus. Here, you’ll see a map of your surroundings and locations you can loot. Be aware however, you don’t have all the time in the world and you’ll have to rebuild your wall if it has taken too much damage overnight. This results in a fun tactical puzzle where you balance the hours of rebuilding with hours of looting. Everything happens automatically and it’s not really thrilling to see and yet it’s an important mechanic of the game. If you manage to save your hours for bigger locations to loot, you’ll be rewarded with extra guns and potentially some extra survivors who will fight at your side. Looting and searching for extra resources is a fun extra part of the game and it’s a bit of a shame the developers didn’t invest some more time in this. It would have been fun if you could walk around during the daytime to find some resources while the clock was counting down. Instead, the only thing you’ll see during looting are some rather dull menu screens.
Conclusion:
Frontline Zed is an entertaining game for short sessions but it never gets special. It’s a straightforward zombie defense game with a fun daytime mechanic that should have been much more than it is now. Fun for the fans of the genre but certainly not a must-have on the system.
