"A lot of wandering around, hoping and second guessing is required."

The problem with this game is it’s extremely repetitive. This is all you do in the game. Wander around, killing humans. Yes there are different methods. But there is not enough variety in the game. There are little side games in the game, such as a dance off with the police commissioner. However, these are few and far between, and by the time you get to one, you are probably close to boredom as it is. There doesn’t appear to be any storyline or plots, and you sometimes even don’t know what you’re doing. Another extremely annoying part of the game is you can get lost very easily. You can get to the end of a map, and have no idea what to do next. There is the occasional green arrow pointing you to something you have to do. You complete that task and then wait for some kind of message to tell you what to do next. But it doesn’t come, and you have to guess what exactly is required of you. Unlike in Halo, there is no objectives menu telling you what to do. This can be extremely annoying and frustrating. A lot of wandering around, hoping and second guessing is required.

For further frustrations, the game seems very difficult at certain times, and easy at others. Even on the easy level, you will struggle at times. Sometimes the hordes of people you’re trying to kill you are just too much, or, without realising it, you have used your specials too early meaning that you have no defence against the humans. A lot of restarting levels will happen, making the game even more annoying.

The game has a multiplayer side to it, which could have been a possible saving grace. But unfortunately, this too is a disappointment. The multiplayer part of the game is simply a co-op version of the one player game, and from being an extremely difficult one player game at times, it becomes a very easy game in multiplayer. Two human players with a large zombie army, means even on the hardest level, you may not even break a sweat. The main disappointment about the two player game is it appears to have just been thrown in with no thought that this could be a great multiplayer game. Surely it would not have been difficult for something different such as a competition to see who can kill more humans in a set time. Just a little more thought, and this game could possibly be a good one.

Stubbs the zombie reminds me a lot of the game “State of emergency”. When you first start to play the game, it’s a novelty and a bit of a laugh. The remarks made by your victims when you suck their brains, the ways you can kill the humans, and the general blood and gore will keep you amused for a bit. However, it’s repetitive and lacks any kind of real long lasting game play. This is more of a game to play to pass a bit of time. The game had great potential. It used the Halo game engine well, but the lack of game play, repetitive nature, and any other form of multiplayer games not being put into the game, means it unfortunately does not come close to fulfilling it. This is probably one for rent, or wait until it’s in the bargain bins unfortunately.