Graaaagh: Browser-Based Zombie Fun!

Show me a zombie and I'll gleefully hug it before getting my arm bitten off and promptly being turned into one myself. Of course, every morning for us pesky little humans is a lesson in zombification, but looking like we've just crawled out of a grave doesn't quench my thirst for zombie goodness. Neither does the pretty lack luster effort made by zombie films as of late (28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later put in a pretty good show but there's some debate by zombie lovers whether or not they can actually be classed as zombie films). So, I turn to games to get my fill.

Resident Evil? Been there done that. Though there's also the excellent Dead Rising. The upcoming Left 4 Dead looks set to combine my two great loves, zombies and online multiplayer games, but it's still some way off. For now, then, I have to be content with browser-based zombie games to get my fill; but what a lovely bunch of decaying, diseased, scum ridden games they are.



Probably the best known zombie browser-based game out there is Urban Dead, which could be classified as a zombie MMO (we may actually have one coming). I won't touch upon this one much since you can always read this lovely description of the game by Gnome over at Siliconera. If you like your point-and-click turn-based games then you'll love Urban Dead, especially as you get a choice whether you want to be human or zombie. Urban Dead has a vibrant role-playing community that maintains an extremely detailed wiki. If you're into role-playing then you'll no doubt find the game extremely fun. If not then you'll probably tire of it quickly, but it's sure worth a try.



Next up is a game I'm very fond of. Boxhead: More Rooms is over at the amazingly awesome site Kongregate. If you feel like wasting an hour or two you can also check out the original Boxhead: The Rooms or Boxhead: A Halloween Special (this is different from the first two as it takes place in an actual city where you rescue extremely dim civilians). The game takes place in, well, a room, that you choose from a list (strip is my personal favourite). From then on you proceed through the rounds trying to keep your chain kills high (see the metre at the top) as to gain more weapons and upgrades, whilst avoiding countless zombies and a red bastard that shoots fireballs at you. It starts off pretty slow so, for those of you keen enough, skip a few difficulties ahead once you've got the hang of it. Nightmare mode is frantic fun and, to be honest, I don't play on any other difficulty mode these days.



Finally The Last Stand is always there if you haven't got enough zombie action already. The entire game takes place behind a barricade shooting at oncoming zombies (see picture). Doesn't sound that fun? Well, it isn't really. The first few rounds are fun, if a bit on the light side, but the rest of the twenty 'nights' just seem more of the same. Sure, more zombies attack as the game goes on, even throwing some running zombies and zombie dogs into the mix, but it quickly gets boring. Also, once you've picked up the Uzi and the full amount of survivors (you find these by dedicating a few hours out of the twelve each night towards searching whilst also having to repair your barricade) the zombie hordes just seem like turning a hose pipe onto a group of ants.

So, there you have it, enough zombie fun to keep you entertained for a day or two. Got any more browser-based zombie games you'd like me to take a look at? Comment below or hit me with an email.