Killing Floor (PC DVD)

Killing Floor shouldn't be a great game. It shows its origins as a fan-made 'mod' in so many ways, like only having a couple of voice actors for everyone in the whole game, and some irritating typos and bad grammar. (A character called Captian Wiggins?!)

The trouble is, it's just so very addictive. As you play, actions such as headshots, healing team mates or welding doors earn you progress towards character improvements in seven different classes, called 'perks'. Want to carry more stuff? There's a perk for that. Want to get cheaper explosives? Ditto. So the more you play, the better it gets. High level perks spawn with free equipment, which is also nice. You don't really play Killing Floor to kill zombies, but to rack up experience to advance your perks.

As for a storyline, it's virtually absent: a marked contrast to the linear nature of that other zombie apocalypse game, Left 4 Dead. Killing Floor tries to tell a story, about how Horzine Industries unleashed a horde of clones on London... but the maps are played in no particular order, and each simply gives a paragraph in iffy English about the situation you face. Sometimes the trouble you face is described as an 'infection', sometimes not. But you know what? Forget about the backstory! This isn't Left 4 Dead, with its cinematic cutscenes and sense of progress towards getting out of the zombie-infested area... this is a deliberate mission to kill everything that moves, London style. So what if every mission always involves killing the same number of monsters in the same number of waves. 'Space Invaders' was successful...

True to its fan-made roots, Killing Floor has expanded a great deal since Tripwire Interactive launched it in 2009. It originally had just five maps, but several official expansions have taken place since. Each adds new achievements; particularly the special Christmas-themed one that was released in late 2010. Other improvements have included adding a new, higher difficulty level, and a seventh perk. The 'live' nature of this game and community means it can keep on surprising players for a long time to come - although we have to hope that a planned sequel doesn't bring Killing Floor to an untimely end.

Killing Floor is the processed cheese of computer games: a guilty pleasure - but a pleasure all the same.

This games is awesome. If you like L4D you will love this, though this is better.

Gameplay 9/10 - The most intense game I ever played. Recommend welding the church doors in west london while fight the patiach ( big boss at the last wave) There are loads of weapons with new ones being added for free! 10 characters, including cops,soldiers, A DJ, scientist in a hazmat, Foundry worker, and a soldier in prototype armour.

Audio 9.9/10 The guns feel so powerful mainly because of the awesome sounds effects! The music really suits the game. Type in abondon all in youtube its great.

Features 8/10 Perks perks perks!!! Commando,medic,support,sharpshooter, berserker, firebug. You can weld doors!, give teamates money. Awesome british voice acting. And the best feature....SLOW MOTION! thats right the game detects when you get an awesome kill and every player goes into slow-motion simultaneously!

ZOMBIES 10/10 ok there's a few and there not actually zombies there specimens/clones, zeds for short. ok we have the

-clot. small weak but can grab you.

-crawler. You would hate to see this spinning a web in your house! Big black spider. very weak but hard to shoot.

-Gorefast. A clot with a sword and twice the health and dmg. Shoot them before they get too close.

-Siren. Scary bitch, get her from a distance her screams can bust your ears. also they destroy nades and rockets in mid-air!

-Bloat. Big fatty, holds a cleaver but hardly uses it as you will find out when he pukes on you! thats right! acid puke. Nice!

-Stalker. Invisible....well almost. these will sneak up on you very easy. But its fun when you shoot randomly to find out you just shot a stalker in the head. and no she isn't naked.

-Scrake. tough but slow and oh yeah he has a chainsaw! charges when his health gets low.

-Fleshpound. big,tough,strong and has battle axes for hands! Dont get him pissed because he will rage and you will die! (if playing hard, which you should be) always take him out first!

-The Patriarch. Words can not describe his sheer brutality. A rocket and chain gun for an arm! he has 3 health vials.(he will run away to heal)Also most the time he is invisible.

Buy This Game! also if you have any experience in the unreal Editor its the same software so please make maps!

this game is very entertaining, it will keep even the heaviest of gamers occupied for dozens of hours, and at the price, it's a steal, although the graphics aren't too great, I'd recommend it to anyone.