Zombiewood Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

by Jim Smale · Published April 12, 2024 · Updated April 12, 2024

Zombiewood Review, Zombies have invaded Los Angeles. The once glitzy and lavish streets that were alive with movie stars and celebrities are now overrun with hordes of the undead. For some, this spells terror, fear, panic… infection… But, for others, it’s an opportunity to light up the silver screen, roll the camera, and call ACTION! Take on the role of a stuntman-turned-action-hero, arm up your arsenal, and make your way to fame through the once-glamorous city now infested with flesh munchers!

Zombiewood Review Pros:

Decent cartoon-like graphics.
1.3GB download size.
Twin stick shooter gameplay.
Opening tutorial section.
Coins drop from enemies and breakable objects.
Combo counter.
In movie scene presentation, each film has a collection of sets to complete.
Each level/set has a list of objectives that give you reels.
The reels are used to unlock new films.
Power-ups and new guns can be found on a level.
Blow up cars and vending machines to take out zombies.
You can see zombie health bars.
A lot of replayability thanks to the objectives and earning reels.
Loadout – choose the main fun, hat, top, trousers, and consumables.
Get major abilities like dropping massive bombs etc.
Easy to get into.
Fun as hell to play.
Levels can have many different objectives like kill count, survival, or defending a point.
Rebuild barricades by just standing near them.
Arcade approach to the controls and general gameplay feel.
The shop lets you buy new weapons, items, and costumes. You can buy and hold up to 3 consumables and upgrade stats.
Gets very addictive.
Auto-aim option can be toggled.
Earn EXP and level up to earn stars which can be used for better high-level gear.
On-screen icons to help guide you.
Impressive on-screen number of zombies.
Complete all the objectives on a set to get a reward for unique gear.
In-game and hand-drawn storyboard cutscenes.
Playing with auto aim means you don’t have to worry about using the right stick but you still can use it at any time.
Awesome movie posters.
18 movies to unlock and they are parodies of well-known movies.
Three game modes – story, survival, and slot machine.
The areas you play in are surprisingly big and open.
Great casual shooter.
The combo gauge fills up as you kill zombies and once full you get a time-limited stronger attack bonus.
Local co-op play for survival.
Survival mode is a lot tougher and ammo really matters.
Level objectives open the game up like defending someone can have you traveling into whole new areas. I mean they made a race-like objective and it works really well.
The slot machine mode is where you get unlimited spins with the coins and get exclusive rewards and items.

Zombiewood Review Cons:

Unskippable opening credits and story.
Slow initial load.
Coins disappear fast.
The performance is a bit all over the place with a slowdown in areas with loads of zombies even in docked mode.
No coin magnet so it makes picking them up painful and you end up leaving some behind at the level end.
You have to unlock survival and slot machine modes.
The game is very grindy for upgrades etc.
Not always great at showing progress or what an objective is.
Ammo seems kind of redundant.
No difficulty options.
They start locking off upgrades behind your level.
You don’t have any camera control.

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