What We Played #193: Zombie Army Trilogy, Dying Light, Resident Evil Revelations 2

Brains. That’s what we had on our collective minds this week when we went about playing our video games of choice, and you can bet that many of those brains were either eaten or destroyed in our endeavors. So if this edition of what we played seems a little ‘moany’, well then grab a shotgun, your running shoes, or an exo-suit and join in on the fun as we talk about what we’ve been up to for the past seven days.

Aran starts us off this week and was the only one of us that didn’t play something zombie related at one point or another. Wait… are there zombies in Hotline Miami 2? I’m not sure, but that’s what he’s been playing. It’s out next week on PS4 and you can expect to see his review in the near future, but he’s been saying that it can be both frustrating and fun at the same time, and that “working out a correct tactic is very rewarding once executed properly.”

Next up is Dom, who double dipped in the zombie pool this week with Zombie Army Trilogy, and the second episode of Resident Evil: Revelations 2 for review. The downside to playing all these zombie games? A difficult time sleeping after watching those monsters feast on anything and everything (but really only humans). As for what else Dom played this week…

I’ve also been playing Mario vs Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars, though there’s at least one point where a creature takes over a clockwork Mario, turns him dark with glowing red eyes, and he moves brainlessly about the level hunting the other clockwork Mario. There’s zombies in everything these days.

Blair checked in next and made quite a bit of time for gaming this week, starting with GTA V. He didn’t do the normal GTA things like stealing cars or money (he saves those tasks for real life), but rather just took a tour around San Andreas and enjoyed the beauty of the world that is GTA V. Next he played OlliOlli 2 for review, which he thoroughly enjoyed and his score most definitely reflects that. Finally, in sticking with our zombie theme, he played the new Havoc DLC for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Although he noted that exo-zombies is a good time, it wasn’t really up his cup of tea so he stuck with the new multiplayer maps included in the pack, all of which he thought very highly of.

Stefan also had multiple run-ins with zombies this week, as he played both Zombie Army Trilogy (his review is here), and a bit of Dying Light with friends. As if that wasn’t enough co-op action for the week, he also dabbled in a bit of Helldivers, which bagged a solid score of 8 out of 10 in our review. Yeah, he’s pretty much a review machine these days. To top it off, he olli’d around in OlliOlli 2, which he described as “wonderful.”

As for me, I haven’t actually had my zombie fix just yet this week but I intend to start playing through Dying Light as soon I finish this. I tried one last go with Alien: Isolation before I put it down. It’s weird, I really enjoyed my time with that game, but I’m not really interested in finishing it. I put about 12 hours into it but I know I’m nowhere near the end, and I feel like if I keep playing, my opinion of it will drop considerably. So with that in mind, I put it on the shelf and moved on to The Order: 1886, which didn’t take long to complete, but was a joy to experience even if it wasn’t a powerhouse of a game overall. Finally, I also played OlliOlli 2, which I’ve really had a good time with so far.

Head to the comments and let us know how big of a role zombies have played in your gaming ventures this week. If no zombies have been present, we’ll also accept whatever else you’ve been playing. Now get to it, before they catch your scent.