The DLC will also keep you on your toes at some sections due to Guy and a few producers making up the story and surroundings as they go. There were never enough of these and Dead Living Zombies will make sure to remind you every minute. Other set pieces are exaggerated to a ridiculous degree with one prime example being explosions. Which includes decent comedy between Guy Marvel and whomever he engages with. There are a collection of zombified beings that will appear, including a zombie bigfoot, but the first two zombies I mentioned will be the ones you interact with the most.Īs I loosely touched upon there are commentaries and satires to chuckle at. There are ones that will swarm you and act like typical zombies, hot heads have glowing spots in their cranium that serves as an explosive weak point, and ones that will throw goo at you and explode once defeated. The zombies themselves aren’t too diverse either. While this isn’t a terrible problem or a new one, it’s just something I noticed easily. Some parts are even recycled and reused assets from the base game. The handful of levels or script ideas you have to complete are pretty straightforward, linear and don’t offer a terrible amount of variety. In this regard the zombie killing is quite fun for the ninety or so minutes it lasts for. Gameplay is the standard Far Cry formula and all the mechanics return. Occasionally the person he’s obsessively pitching these to will provide their own commentary while you play. Guy’s glee and naivety will take you through each of his scripts as isolated levels with no interconnecting story. Some are even a satirical or teasing take on famous staples and pop culture.
You know the one filming a movie and asking the Deputy to act as a star? Either way this dude is going around to various movie makers and producers while pitching scripts of his that involve strictly zombies. You may even remember him as the obnoxious director in a few side missions to the campaign. Dead Living Zombies falls somewhere between Hours of Darkness and Lost on Mars in terms of greatness and barely made me happy I purchased the aforementioned season pass.ĭead Living Zombies tells the pathetic tale of Guy Marvel before the events of the main game.
Far Cry 5’s mechanics definitely work well with the living dead, but the total package here never really amounts to anything you can’t find on a great map made in Far Cry Arcade. Having defeated all the “pitches” I can say the experience is fun but pointless. It’s a tired and clichéd genre and only Ubisoft’s wit and satire would make or break Dead Living Zombies. As one who’s purchased all of this in advance, I wasn’t expecting much with the final drop involving zombies. The conclusion to Far Cry 5’s season pass comes to a point where one great and one horrible DLC have launched.