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Dead Nation |OT| This Is Thriller, Thriller Night

alr1ght

bish gets all the credit :)
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Platform: PlayStation®3 system
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Housemarque
Rating: "M" (Blood and Gore, Violence)
Release: November 30, 2010 (NA) / December 01, 2010 (EU)
Price: $14.99 / €12.99 / £9.99​

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From the developer of the popular and successful Super Stardust HD, comes another action packed blaster – this time the infectious gameplay is more gruesome. Taking the essence of Super Stardust HD and what makes it fun and compelling, Housemarque has thrown that into a zombie filled post-apocalyptic universe.

Sometime in the not-too-distant future, a deadly virus is once again sweeping the globe, infecting everyone in its path and killing off almost all the human race. To the horror of the survivors, the dead have begun rising from the grave, hell-bent on feeding on the living and wiping out mankind for good. But, just as it seems all is lost, a small pocket of survivors emerges, determined to take back the world from the undead.

You are one of these survivors. Armed to the teeth and totally outnumbered, you’re the last hope of discovering a cure for the virus and saving humanity. Just remember to lock, load, and aim for the brain!

Players are rewarded by score multipliers and gold orbs when zombies are killed. Gold is used to purchase and upgrade weapons and multipliers grant better metagame scores. Each time players are hit, they lose multipliers and health. The metagame allows players to follow their country's purification progress in relation to other countries as well as local leaderboards. Using the PlayStation Network, players will start off in their own country, and be grouped with other players from that country.

Players fight their way through different environments, finding checkpoints and weapon shops that allow weapon upgrading and armor swapping. During the levels players will find small loot chests that grant ammunition, multipliers, or gold as well as large chests that grant gold and armor pieces. At times the players are trapped in survival arenas where they must stay alive until they have accomplished a predefined goal. Armor sets boost strength, endurance and agility. The game has 10 levels with different environments from city streets, to a park, hospital, graveyard, harbor and a highway.

The players need to use crowd control and the environment to their advantage. This brings a tactical element to the gameplay and is a necessity in the later levels. Zombies can be attracted by flares, car alarms and vending machines. Zombie hordes will catch and spread fire if ignited. Zombies can be killed by environmental hazards like diesel barrels, fire and industrial circular saws. The players will encounter a large variety of zombies.

Players can use a melee and rush attack against zombies. Players are also issued items for crowd control that can attract or repel zombies. There are flares, grenades, mines and Molotov cocktails.

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Global Zombie Infection Status Map
Track your zombie kills with the daily online world map aggregating the scores of players from all around the globe

Highly Advanced Zombie A.I.
The “smartest” zombies you’ve ever encountered. These zombies lurk in the shadows and perform surprise attacks, drop down from higher surroundings (buildings, balconies, etc.) right on top of you, and even try to grab you behind or through fences.

Zombie Body Piles
The most on-screen zombies in a video game to date. If you spot one wandering zombie, it’s more than likely that 30 or more zombies are sure to follow.

Slaughter Zombies With Friends
Blast your way with a friend in online and offline co-operative play.

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Romero Would Be Proud
Collect All Trophies

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Morbid Curiosity
Complete Campaign Mode on ‘Morbid’

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Double the Action
Complete Campaign Mode in Co-Op Mode

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Genocidiary
Kill 53,596 Zombies

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Top Gear
All Armor Pieces

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King of Looters
Collect All the Loot in Campaign Mode

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Mediocrity
Complete Campaign Mode on ‘Normal’

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Tough Enough
Complete Campaign Mode on ‘Grim’

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Very Dead
Complete a Mission on ‘Undead’

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Skilled
Complete a Mission Without Receiving Any Damage

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Zombie Hunter
Kill 10,000 Zombies

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Aim for the Head
Perform 500 Headshots

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Weapons Specialist
Fully Upgrade All Stats of Any Weapon in Campaign Mode

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Looter Collect
All the Loot in Any Mission

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Easy Does It
Complete Campaign Mode on ‘Braindead’

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And So it Begins…
Complete Mission 1 (Any Difficulty Level)

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A Trip Downtown
Complete Mission 2 (Any Difficulty Level)

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Walk in the Park
Complete Mission 3 (Any Difficulty Level)

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On top of the World
Complete Mission 4 (Any Difficulty Level)

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Out of the City
Complete Mission 5 (Any Difficulty Level)

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Hospital Bill Through the Roof
Complete Mission 6 (Any Difficulty Level)

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Gravedigger
Complete Mission 7 (Any Difficulty Level)

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Train to Nowhere
Complete Mission 8 (Any Difficulty Level)

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Sleeping with the Fishes
Complete Mission 9 (Any Difficulty Level)

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Took the Highway
Complete Mission 10 (Any Difficulty Level)

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Teamwork
Complete a Mission in Co-Op Mode (Any Difficulty Level)

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Survivor
Complete a Mission Without Dying

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Zombie Killer
Kill 1000 Zombies

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Up Close & Personal
Perform 500 Melee Kills

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Blown to Bits
Blow Up 1000 Zombies

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Pyromaniac
Burn 1000 Zombies

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Car Killer
Destroy 500 Vehicles

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Upgrader
Fully Upgrade a Single Stat of Any Weapon in Campaign Mode

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Suit Up
Collect An Armor Piece

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Contributor
Help Your Country To Clear The Virus Infection

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Metacritic (80)

PSNation
(100) Turn off your lights, crank the sound up, and get ready to not blink for a few hours. ‘Dead Nation’ is a must-have for PS3 owners, even if you’re not “into Zombies” (like me.)

PSX Extreme
(85) We get reliable, solid control, a widely accessible format, sharp and satisfying visuals, great sound, a fitting atmosphere, and an internal system of competition and cooperation that really sets it apart from other games. Good stuff.

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MrPliskin

Banned
Awesome OT! can't wait to pick this up! You guy's will have a blast playing it. I loved it in the beta, and have been eagerly awaiting it's release ever since...it's like drugs :lol
 

alr1ght

bish gets all the credit :)
excellent, just as I post, abload decides to not load any of my pngs. Hopefully it fixes itself soon. :/
 
Definitely looking forward to this, even though I just realized Dead Nation comes out one day before DKC:R. That's a bit unfortunate timing, so I wont be there Day 1, but I'm sure it's also a good fit for the christmas holidays. :I
 

dwebo

Member
I know Valve doesn't have a copyright on special infected, but those zombies are pretty damn similar. Are they saving the charging variants and a smoker clone for DLC? :lol
 

CozMick

Banned
Great OT.

This game is going eat into so much of my life.................that's left after GT5.

The online co-op is worth the wonga alone.
 
never has the wait for a downloadable game been as excruciating for me... i don't even know why (not a zombie fan at all), i just have to play this :D i guess it's because i loved SSHD so damn much.

after this, it will be hard wait for thatgamecompany's Journey...
 

stuminus3

Member
Fuck me it's a game with zombies in it! :eek:

But I will reserve any further cynicism because I like these guys and would very much like to play their new game.
 

Carl

Member
Shiitttt this is only a week away? AWESOME :D Been looking forward to this since i played it at Beta Rooms in august. Shit was amazing :D
 

MrPliskin

Banned
Neuromancer said:
Looking forward to it. I could have done without the super zombies though, just like in L4D I think they're unnecessary.

Once you start playing it you'll change your mind. They really alter the dynamic of the game when they appear, and require you to plan accordingly and think on the spot. It's a far far more interesting game when they show up!
 

McLovin

Member
I feel like a total ass. I bought Zombie Apocalypse thinking it was this game. No wonder I was so disappointed :lol :lol
The whole time I was playing it I though, I can't believe the Stardust HD guys made this.
 
Will this be the first game from Sony this year that doesn't dissappoint? Sidenote Dead Ops in in Black ops is pretty damn fun this game hopefully will do a lot more than that.
 
MrPliskin said:
Once you start playing it you'll change your mind. They really alter the dynamic of the game when they appear, and require you to plan accordingly and think on the spot. It's a far far more interesting game when they show up!
OK I hope you're right.
 

YoungHav

Banned
McLovin said:
I feel like a total ass. I bought Zombie Apocalypse thinking it was this game. No wonder I was so disappointed :lol :lol
The whole time I was playing it I though, I can't believe the Stardust HD guys made this.
:lol ! I came close, but did a double take.
 

Sword Familiar

178% of NeoGAF posters don't understand statistics
Very much looking forward to this. I'm glad it's out soon, but it still can't come soon enough. :O
 

Teknoman

Member
:lol at the name Bombie, Jumper = Haters gonna hate zombie, Mouth is really creepy though.

Looking forward to having another great zombie game, especially one with co-op. Hopefully with a fitting soundtrack and nice weapon noises.
 
Drunkenthumbmaster said:
Will this be the first game from Sony this year that doesn't dissappoint? Sidenote Dead Ops in in Black ops is pretty damn fun this game hopefully will do a lot more than that.

I thought Sony delivered big time this year and general consensus on metacritic says they did. What is this post for exactly ?
 

see5harp

Member
This is the first PSN game I'm going to buy day one since Joe Danger. REALLY glad they added multiplayer to this one.
 

CiSTM

Banned
seady said:
Is this pretty much those zombies twin-stick shooter that overran the iPhone markets for .99 each?
Yeah, It's exactly like them. Couldn't you bother to read some of those reviews ?
 
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