GameSpot writes: "It's no secret that the zombie apocalypse has been in vogue for the past few years and experiencing a multimedia renaissance that would warm George A. Romero's heart. Dead Block is the latest downloadable attempt to reap this fertile harvest by cultivating a different take on the undead end times. On each level, you find yourself trapped in a building. You must explore this building, gather resources, barricade windows, and set traps to fend off the incoming zombie hordes until you can kill them all with rock and roll. It's a strange, campy twist on survival horror, and the clever traps that the three playable characters can deploy fuel some light strategy. Unfortunately, "light" is as deep as the strategy gets. Furthermore, almost all of the actions you perform involve simply holding a button, mashing a button, or tapping a button in an ill-calibrated timing challenge. Repetition creeps in from all sides, and boredom sets in for the duration. Even adding a few loc...
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Oh might as well pick up that Titanfall season pass, on the off chance that I ever play the xbox version again.
You know the drill. Get out your axes, guns and guitars, and make sure you have enough drinks with you, because it’s another game that carries the word “dead” in its title. Yes, another zombie game. At least you know what you are getting into as soon as you read the title.
A game with zombies in it! How about that, huh? BrutishBatfink boldly dives into Dead Block to see if this decidedly retro take on the undead is worth your time (and possibly brains).