Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green

The Good
Being a big fan of the Living Dead Trilogy i just had to buy this game without reading any reviews and i'm glad i did. The game starts of with your character in his farmhouse in a rural area of America. The guy is just a farmer not a highly trained S.W.A.T. officer or a soldier which helps give the feeling your well over your head. Even from the very beginning of the game you are creeped out by a man standing in your garden and you are given an objective which is "see what the man wants" so off you go expecting a conversation but you then realize he is one of the undead and you have nothing but your fists to protect you. The next objective tells you to "get your rifle from the attic" and once you have it your ready for anything hell can throw at you. There is also a handy way of slowing the zombie by shutting doors behind you which gives you a few moments to get you gun reloaded and ready for when the zombies smash the door down which also adds to its scare factor. Another thing that stays true to the films is the way a zombie can be quickly dispatched by a carefully aimed shot to the head which results in a crimson shower of blood, skull and brains. The various weapons all do there job very well from the head popping revolver to the rapid firing M16 and there are various melee weapons for when you occasionally run out of ammo. The levels are very pleasing to the eye and you never get the feeling of deja vous as each is completely different to the other. There are also no over the top bosses at all in this game which makes it more realistic though there are a few zombies who have learned to weird melee weapons and take a few extra hits but Bubba in day of the dead could fire a gun so it isn't anything out of character.

The Bad
Sometimes it gets annoying when you try to pick up items next to cabinets as you can only interact when it says press use to pick up / open close item / door and you have to position yourself in exactly the right spot which is bad if you've got a zombie coming after you while you doing this. Some zombies can take about 6 head shots from the revolver before they die which makes it seem a bit unrealistic. Even though there are lots of levels you can still finish it in about seven hours.

The Bottom Line
If you're a big fan of zombie movies and/or first person shooters then this game is a must. It will creep you out for the first few levels and make you hope you don't bump into the zombies but as you get into it you'll be enjoying the satisfaction of torching a bunch of undead with your molotov's.