World War Z

 PlayStation 4
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6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 436 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 226 out of 436
  2. Mixed: 81 out of 436
  3. Negative: 129 out of 436
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  1. frantic_kratos
    Oct 25, 2019
    0
    Very bad game.. I'll regret by buying it on my ps4....stupid mechanics and stupid shooting with the whale bug of bugs...
  2. TheRobanGames
    Nov 10, 2019
    2
    GOOD GAME,but after the recent update it lags so much on consoles,because if u shot a big number of zombies,every hit marker lowers your FPS rate.On console
    Unplayable right now :(
  3. Kersakof
    Apr 21, 2019
    3
    The game has a fun progression system, but the constant buggyness holds it back. I have ran into a bug daily since release, and it has really killed my enjoyment for the game.

    If you are hoping to play with friends, it's a gamble whether or not you can invite them. Some people can, others can't. There are no check points, so if you bug out (which happens often) you have to restart    The game has a fun progression system, but the constant buggyness holds it back. I have ran into a bug daily since release, and it has really killed my enjoyment for the game.

    If you are hoping to play with friends, it's a gamble whether or not you can invite them. Some people can, others can't.

    There are no check points, so if you bug out (which happens often) you have to restart with 0 progress gained.

    The past days since release there has been constant connection errors online. And when you do join, half of the people I have seen are either hackers or extremely toxic. (I was doing a higher difficulty with a low level, and someone just kept shooting me every time I respawned claiming we were going to lose anyways.)

    And even if you do play offline, despite what people say, the bots are garbage. But they're probably designed that way so they don't nick things important to you. They don't pick up any new items, and when you set up defenses you have to do it all by yourself. Not to mention any mission where you have to haul multiple of the objective back to a point you have to do that solo too.

    With all that negativity, what does this game offer over left 4 dead? The progression system lets you upgrade guns you use frequently, and you get experience for classes which have special abilities (some let you hit more than one target with a melee ability, others let you rez people from a distance, etc.) and get different special equipment, like grenades or stun guns. This alone is what got me into the game, but since I'm usually playing solo and my team comp is just AI with aimbots with no abilities I never get to see classes shine.

    Sound design and enemy, design compared to L4D is also lackluster. Bombs feel like they're smothered by wet paper towels, along with grenade launchers. You go to different locations but the "Bull" (charger) special infected always has POLICE on it. One enemy spawns more zombies but it usually is too far away to shoot, and happens during defenses which is where you're already shooting a large amount of zombies so you can't kill it and get easily overrun.

    If the devs ever get around to fixing the numerous bugs and getting online stable, it'll already be out on steam and they'll be doing the same **** over again. Wait for left 4 dead 3, if it even exists.    … Expand
  4. Bzone
    Apr 18, 2019
    0
    Trust me when I say it's not worth the current price. It's a great game until you reach the final mission then you're like.. What now?.. I payed so much money for a game I finished in roughly 4 hours. It needs a lot more content and I regret paying so much for this game.
  5. Nake
    Apr 19, 2019
    0
    It's one of the worst games I've played in my life, the AI ​​is extremely stupid, the enemies are completely idiots, there is no challenge in the game, the targets are very bad, there is no sense in anything that is ago, many missions end in a very foolish way. The bots are useless, they do not know how to heal themselves, they do not defend or help. It is a copy of very poor quality ofIt's one of the worst games I've played in my life, the AI ​​is extremely stupid, the enemies are completely idiots, there is no challenge in the game, the targets are very bad, there is no sense in anything that is ago, many missions end in a very foolish way. The bots are useless, they do not know how to heal themselves, they do not defend or help. It is a copy of very poor quality of l4d2 in the third person, l4d2, a game of the year 2009 has better graphics, artificial intelligence, objectives, history and a great etc. compared to wwz, if the game was on Steam it would be a complete failure, OTWD was bad, but WWZ is not much better.… Expand
  6. Escfromcritic
    Apr 18, 2019
    0
    Очень классная игра, в которую стоит поиграть, да не шедевр, но давно таких бодрых зомби-шутанов не встречал
  7. LauriGamerEST
    Apr 17, 2019
    0
    Horrible game, even left for dead is currently more fun! Wait for it to be updated or just don't buy it.
  8. Matekles
    Apr 16, 2019
    2
    awful at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! really this game is like from 2000, mechanics 0,
    graphics nothing special, story 0, AI horrible, should be fine for free game
  9. DudeManGuy
    Apr 20, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How is a game from 2009 still so much better than this? The gunplay is very unsatisfying. It feels hollow. There's no weight to anything. The hordes looked cool in the videos I saw of this game. It's not enough to carry the experience.

    It's also riddled with bugs! I keep spawning into missions and being unable to leave the area due to invisible walls! What!?    … Expand
  10. Lundivar
    Apr 16, 2019
    1
    Non-polished game.

    Has potential, but no private lobbies and many random crashes really ruin the experience.
  11. Zakis1991
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    Это просто бездумная стрельба, зажал кнопку и смотри как зомби падают. Можно сказать, что это Left 4 Dead на минималках, прям совсем на минималках
  12. Simonb1471
    Apr 16, 2019
    4
    Not enough content for a £35 game. It feels like a good Indie game at best. Graphics are nothing special, the AI when playing solo is shocking. People comparing it to L4D are right but L4D was released 2008 and WWZ looks and plays like a game from that time period. Its worth £15 not £35.
  13. AceAscendus
    Apr 24, 2019
    0
    Boring, buggy and glitchy... what a waste of money! This is one of the worst games I've ever played in my life, avoid it or you will regret your purchase. The game is just not fun at all.
  14. pibeplay83
    Apr 26, 2019
    0
    horribleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! el peor juego de la generacion
  15. Sky-Line___
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This game is a mix of a lot of déjà vu, but in a far worse quality. Terrible disappointment. I expected a better scenario, by fact, there is virtually no story at all in this game. It only consists of going from point A to point B while killing zombies. When I was playing the first episode (New York), I was surprised to see it ended without an ending (I thought there would be more toThis game is a mix of a lot of déjà vu, but in a far worse quality. Terrible disappointment. I expected a better scenario, by fact, there is virtually no story at all in this game. It only consists of going from point A to point B while killing zombies. When I was playing the first episode (New York), I was surprised to see it ended without an ending (I thought there would be more to follow), and actually it's the same for the four cities. As a parenthesis, I'd like to add that despite the fact that an emphasis is put on playing in four different cities, you barely see anything of those cities. It's mainly about warehouses, libraries, and so on. Second dark point, the sound quality. The voices are coming straight from a 100€ phone. Same for the gunshot sounds, terrible. Technically, it looks extremely cheap for a 2019 game. The explosions are super low quality and overall this game feels very outdated. And of course, the essence of the game is to be confronted to a very high amount of zombies, but when that happens, the fps rate drops to a scarily low number.

    Moreover it has some really terrible features. When you fail a mission at some point, you have to completely restart it. There is a total absence of checkpoints. The worst, of course, is that among my three mission replays, two happened because a NPC we had to escort glitched. Then the dialogues. Again, terrible. The few jokes I heard from the characters are not funny at all.

    I noted only two positive points. 1) the fact that cooperation is necessary to accomplish the tasks. It's tricky, even in Easy difficulty, to play without dying if you don't cooperate with your mates. 2) I noted no connection issues at all. Some might take this for granted but several games still don't manage stable connections in 2020.

    Conclusion, avoid this game. I was bored as from the first hour and struggled finding any positive aspect.    … Expand
  16. Ishi123
    Jun 10, 2019
    3
    Like Left 4 Dead, if Left 4 Dead wasn't designed well and was a crap game. If only the developers took the time to rip off what made L4D actually good.
  17. JayDarbz
    Apr 10, 2022
    0
    Great after release support but omg this game is absolutely DIABOLICAL it’s absolutely ridiculous beyond actual belief! Fighting with coop buddies for med kits and weapons the cheap disgusting laughable so called gameplay! This game is the stuff of nightmares there is fun to be had but my god! Its abysmal! The entire thing is cheap pathetic and tragic
  18. Bomberthug
    May 2, 2019
    1
    DO NOT BUY!

    WWZ is nothing short of wasted money. The 3d person view is clunky, twitchy and give no real immersion for the player. The satisfaction when mowing down hordes of zombies is cut completely short, as the feedback when firing a gun is none existent. Even (dare I say it) Fortnite, a cartoonish 3d person shooter gets at least that right. The layout of the maps are neither    DO NOT BUY!

    WWZ is nothing short of wasted money. The 3d person view is clunky, twitchy and give no real immersion for the player. The satisfaction when mowing down hordes of zombies is cut completely short, as the feedback when firing a gun is none existent. Even (dare I say it) Fortnite, a cartoonish 3d person shooter gets at least that right.

    The layout of the maps are neither open nor linear, quite possibly the worst of both worlds, combined into a confusing mess. Along with the lack of pacing (Zombies pouring endlessly from random nooks, never giving you a chance to feel either thrilled or frightened. Instead leaving you endlessly annoyed.)

    I will go back to playing L4D2 (A good game), as the level of immersion in WWZ could be compared to a piece of wet cardboard.    … Expand
  19. TheDatenshiMMA
    May 27, 2021
    0
    Terrible game cant go past wave 30 without crash, only 4 scenario mission plus 1 you have to pay 20 bucks for, poor content, fun with friend but get boring quick, PVP is garbage, the soundtrack is terrible if you can get it for free get it but dont pay for it and this is sad that Saber will make evil dead a huge insult
  20. armundodelf
    May 7, 2019
    4
    Complete Time Waste. No big Challenges. Wasting my time was never more expensive.
  21. qwerty1234007
    Jun 17, 2019
    4
    shorting does not feel satisfying, guns dont have any recoil most weapons are behind containers which require a breach charge which is incredibly rare to find. game play is repetitive
  22. Sncharlet
    Aug 6, 2019
    4
    Shooting Delayed AFFFF in multiplayer. I sometimes regret getting it.. But they better fix it in the upcoming update. Its impossible to aim. Its fine in online campaign.. But multiplayer? NO. Disgustingly terrible (BECAUSE) of the 'Delay'
  23. gettingold
    Jan 2, 2020
    3
    glad i did not pay full price really no plot just point and shoot hundreds of zombies click this pull that no save spots so if you die you go back to the beginning of that chapter but chapters are short bought the game played about an hour turned off and forgot about it feels more like a early 90s game if you like that than the game is for you not for me will do a lot more search onglad i did not pay full price really no plot just point and shoot hundreds of zombies click this pull that no save spots so if you die you go back to the beginning of that chapter but chapters are short bought the game played about an hour turned off and forgot about it feels more like a early 90s game if you like that than the game is for you not for me will do a lot more search on games made buy Saber Interactive before i buy the next one will more than likely delete from my console did not keep me interested for long… Expand
  24. Goliexe
    Jun 28, 2020
    4
    Spiel stürzt dauernd ab und ruckelt schrecklich. Trophys werden immer schwerer und vieles wird immer mehr generft
  25. Nevada14Tears
    Jun 12, 2021
    4
    Обещали бесплатные допы, косметику только донат. Всё dlc в итоге платные. Зря брал на старте. Помойка как и компания.

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Metascore
67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 32
  3. Negative: 2 out of 32
  1. GameCritics
    Jul 15, 2019
    75
    I didn’t expect much out of World War Z as a licensed title, but Saber Interactive has done a great job adapting the IP’s globe-spanning scope and massive hordes of zombies while bolstering it with inspiration from a past classic. I’m not sure that I’d recommend it for players who insist on playing alone, but for those who have at least one friend or those who don’t mind recruiting some randos, it’s a great way to kill a million zombies over a weekend.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    May 28, 2019
    60
    Reasonably priced but with only glimmers of personality. A fairly standard selection of multiplayer modes are livened up by the horde and generally a lot more fun than a lacking story campaign. [IssueE163, p.60]
  3. Gamersky
    May 20, 2019
    62
    It might not too unbearable when you play with your close friends and you guys coop perfectly. But in general, this game is even much more boring than the zombie's daily life.
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