World War Z: Aftermath - Review 2022

[@steelungol4373]

The Book is a pretty good read and a unique take on the zombie genre. To summarize it’s written in a mockamentery style of story telling where the story is told through “interviews” of various people from around the world and their experience with zombie war. It’s a shame the movie was an In-Name only adaptation.

[@lonewolfdiconis]

I will give it a try.

[@insertsomethingfuni2617]

@@lonewolfdiconis one 9f the best books I've ever read

[@Vlorbmik]

@@insertsomethingfuni2617 bro you alright? You confused the 9 with a o

[@milesinwyatteandcora]

The only part of that movie was barely remote was the ending showing different countries dealing with it lol

[@jarrodedson5441]

Ding dong

[@birchiev7460]

such a underrated game.

[@donn2cool816]

WWZ is top tier. Better than B4B and honestly any other zombie game out right now.

[@CHRISFREE84]

right my friend

[@mell5428]

Resident evil resistance will give it a run for its money

[@Six-bw3ir]

Dying light

[@haroldberserker]

Ok

[@tag5762]

Left 4 dead

[@NebLleb]

In case you're wondering about the differences between World War Z the book and WWZ the movie and game, don't worry because they have everything you love about- *THE TITLE.* And nothing else.

[@NebLleb]

@@RavenKStudios All sarcasm aside, it should be noted that Max Brooks, the author of the book was aware of all the changes made and felt that the film was still good despite that.

[@NebLleb]

@@RavenKStudios haven't read it yet.

[@Lefiath]

@@RavenKStudios It is. It's really sort of a documentary about a war that didn't happen, it's a very easy read and fun, it's certainly different from most books with standard story structure.

[@tacticalochoa1310]

So as others have stated, the book and the movie are very different from each other. In fact, pretty much the only scene from the movie that is reminiscent of the book is Gerry Lane's conversation with Jurgen Warmbrunn, the Mossad official in Jerusalem, who is an actual character from the book. His conversation with Lane is pretty much like how Warmbrunn's interview in the book went. The book is a mockumentary set after the zombie war where we learn of the history of the war through interviews. Many many different and interesting perspectives throughout the world. It pretty much still is a very unique take on the zombie genre. I highly recommend checking it out. Oh, also, the zombies in the book are the Romero walker types. Not the tidal wave runners in the film. The World War Z game, despite being set in the film's universe, is arguably more faithful to the book compared to the film. The game references the book more than the movie did. For example, the military radio transmission that you hear when hovering over New York in the episode selection screen is a reference to the Battle of Yonkers from the book. I'll let you look into what the Battle of Yonkers is. Spoiler: Unlike in the film, Israel was actually the only country in the book that was able to avoid the zombie plague entirely because of Warmbrunn's report that confirmed that the zombies were real and that Israel was able to enact proper quarantine procedures, such as that big ass wall that you saw in the film. So yeah, with the exception of the zombies breaching the wall, Israel is pretty much the only part of the film that's accurate to the book, which is pretty much why I consider the Israel segment to be the best part of the film.

[@clydemarshall8095]

I think WWZ the book is absolutely fantastic and it would translate very well to a television adaptation if someone who was interested in genuinely adapting the source material was in charge.

[@nickpearce2968]

Great review! For me, a few years later, I'm still spending part of an evening or two a week with friends and randoms defeating the hordes. I keep coming back because it is simply so much fun to hone strategies and tactics for each class as you level them up.

[@TheEngieTF2]

World War Z: Aftermath does a better job at being a spiritual success to Left 4 Dead than what Back 4 Blood did, and that shows the reputation of Turtle Rock Studios currently. It's that bad

[@lonewolfdiconis]

@Step_ OH I guess the game :D

[@andysantian1175]

i really like this game, the only big negative i have in this game is the prestige sistem for classes, i want to maks out all class perk but it take a really long time because the prestige sistem to get extra perk reset the class level. i only have 3 class that maks prestige.

[@lonewolfdiconis]

Yeah the skilltree could use a new revision. Maybe in WWZ2

[@DmitryIsc199]

Play horde mode for boost :)

[@iaintgonlie7858]

@@DmitryIsc199 Yeah horde mode can boost a class quite a bit if you can last 20 waves. Still can get boring though because lack of Horde Maps.

[@DmitryIsc199]

@@iaintgonlie7858 agree. if you start as a 1st level and beat 1-24 waves you'll get 17lvl. two session and prestige is yours. I also find it boring. Fortunately I maxed my favourite classes and I dont need farming anymore xD btw I heard devs work on new horde mode XL, might it'd be more interesting

[@iaintgonlie7858]

@@DmitryIsc199 Yeah I wished I known which classes were worth it tbh. Give me something that really buffs my class significantly. Once I finish my Drone, I am not looking to prestige again. Prestige perks are way too insignificant overall for the grind and boredom. Let me start with a specific weapon, let me get an extra equipment slot, let me respawn quicker etc. Reloading 15% is lame.

[@purposly]

The audio book for World War Z is fantastic. Also the new Horde XL update is great too, definutely worth a check out again

[@visual_chris]

the game is really a lot of fun if you just want to turn of your head really hope the game continues dropping improvements and new chapters.. I'll buy them for sure

[@kabob0077]

21:00 Modding can make every single run unique to you, like I have a mod that makes the track Forces from Berserk play anytime a Tank appears, a mod that makes the Hunting Rifle into an SKS, scripts for Infinite ammo on the M60 and a better Magnum (plus an M6D), fucking Razormind for Mobs, more maps and campaigns, the possibilities and fun is endless.

[@lonewolfdiconis]

Modding is the best.

[@chaineddepths9523]

with mass zombie systems changing up their skins can actually be an agonizing endeviour from my knowledge

[@andhika7452]

This game looks amazing. I might buy it later.

[@lonewolfdiconis]

With friends look for a deal.

[@Sol-Cutta]

@vinarrun3622 aren't all games tho??

[@BonelessCheese]

I have got the platinum trophy for this game on PS4. I bought the game when it first came out so I haven't got any of the dlc maps or the Aftermath expansion but I think this game is quite solid, probably a 7.5/10. It is quite a fun game to come back to every now and again but can get boring rather quickly so I usually only play here and there. One really big downside to this game is that the online pvp multiplayer is down right awful. The class system is pretty good if kind of grindy. Especially if you're looking to prestige your classes. The guns in this game are quite lacking in most aspects, including models, sounds and animations. Saber Interactive aren't that good at designing weapons in my opinion. For example when Saber took over the development and support of Killing Floor 2 the quality of weapons dropped drastically. Old weapons were recycled with slight adjustments added to them and the weapon animations were lowered quality wise along with the weapon sounds.

[@alexlavrikLavriq]

Against all update now you can play all heroes in all mission

[@thelonelypilot]

The WWZ movie only takes some very light ideas and the locations from the book, but leaves out a lot of stuff. For example, in the books Israel builds a wall as well to stop the zombies. Military carriers become massive refugee fleets. And North Korea goes dark. But there was never a vaccine to make people sick to hide from the zombies, instead the zombies had a brown sludge that somehow kept them from decaying fully, and they were slow but only a headshot could stop them. The book actually goes into tactics, the governments reaction to the outbreaks, and how religious groups took it. Oh, there was also a light Civil War 2. I think the movie is ok, but the only thing it shares with the book is a name and some locations. I highly reccomend the book.

[@sapphire-x7406]

probably the best zombie media out there

[@br0wndynom1te90]

I'd say for the zombies they make it abit of sense with them turning with what they had on them for the bull an screamer, no different than L4D's clowns an riot zombie. As for the characters fair enough tho the game leans abit towards the book where it's about people's struggles an adventures more than character development. An well the game was inspired by WWZ more than lfd2, not claiming to be a successor unlike Back For Blood. Awesome video tho

[@rocy9789]

what killed the game for me was that the devs never fixed the asynch bug which made runs disgustingly unfun. schrödingers zombies everywhere. oh 200 zombies at the gate which needs defending? they arent real. but when a real one gets in there then have fun with the needle in the haystack. teammates fighting their own imaginations sooner or later.

[@ironboy3245]

oh you're very wrong about the medic. I'd prefer to have a medic over a fixer on my team any day of the week on insane and extreme difficulties(which is what most players play). medics can pull your collective team's asses out of the fire by reviving you from a distance with the stim shot. The fixer is great, but his reliance on NOT FRIENDLY FIRING your teammates(which is hard when most players aren't on voice comms) mean that someone is going to lose a quarter of their health at some point to a single stray bullet. Also, the special zombies have directional sound and unique cues, enough for you to react. the lurker hisses, the bull fucking yells before charging(you can taze it with the slasher and dronemaster, and the hellraiser can chuck c4 at it to stop the charge in time), the infector has its own sounds, and the screamer makes itself very fucking obvious very quickly(its idle state is also quite loud on the occasion that it spawns naturally) also, it seems you're a dronemaster player. Try him with the stun gun instead, gun drones tend to suck really hard, we still haven't figured out how to not make them suck

[@ironboy3245]

@@RavenKStudios it's his only prestiged class, you can see it in the perk selection screen Also most teams aren't coordinated, most people play with each other using the matchmaking(the masochists who play on extreme like myself tend to use the wwz discord to play together), and even then a medic can and will pull entire teams out of the fire

[@lonewolfdiconis]

I've played it with friends and we had no problems, we noticed a fixer, slasher, drone master and a gunner is the best combo. Sometimes we go even with two slashers.

[@ironboy3245]

@@lonewolfdiconis 4 slashers is fun. Human blender

[@rlmm]

Game is far better than back for blood, and the book was fantastic I'd say read it

[@ESCalation]

Just asked a friend if I can borrow it!

[@commandervex1626]

I feel WWZ is a good job as a spiritual successor. Is it perfect, god no. But the game is very fun and I can look past it's flaws because the developers clearly had passion. Would I love modding, absolutely. Would I love small changes like the soldiers having different models, sure. But the game has a very good loop and if they just expanded the horde mode with new maps, and maybe even let us choose characters for a campaign (as much as that'd break the story, imagine how interesting it'd be).

[@lonewolfdiconis]

Yes I a gree.

[@presofcamelot]

I was playing the game while watching(or listening) to this video. The game slaps, its not better than L4D2 but its still Great

[@TTVRockstarquezz]

World war z is my top tier game I have it for Xbox and switch going to grab for computer soon I just wish the devs added more guns and episodes I did read articles on how there will be no WWZ2 because of something I forgot why but it did numbers in the charts They did start working on it but just stopped for some reason I can’t remember

[@eldenringer6466]

That back for blood is not fun. Wwz is fun. It's that simple.

[@zombiearmyfan9316]

You could be tired of zombie games now but may I recommend one more. Zombie Army 4 Dead War. It's set in 1946, your Amory is a mix of iconic ww2 weapons and a few out of the ordinary weapons as well. It's a campaign focused game and honestly one of my fav games. If you've heard of the Sniper Elite franchise, it's that but you kill Nazi zombies instead. If you would check it out it will be cool if you did a review

[@CENmassTER86]

Yes this game is phenomenal..feels great popping zombie heads

[@zombiearmyfan9316]

@@CENmassTER86 do you think one day you'll do a review on it. I don't want to pressure you or anything but I'd love to see your opinion on the game ☺️

[@LilMissSmartyPants.922]

hope we get more content in 2024!!! a Hawaii campaign and Horde map, a Florida swampland and loisiana during margi gras would be great

[@visual_chris]

I think you forgot the newer special zombies - Explosive guy, Gas Zombies and that new Gas Zomvie that improves base zombies

[@andresbravo2003]

Not much, but I Still have my survival guide.

[@m_h_akca2110]

Thanks for the nice video and info but can you still play this game without freezing and error system code error issues?.. The game is no more playable, for a long time I'm waiting a fixing update for the PS4 Pro to be able to play again this game...

[@roguerifter9724]

I imagine in a zombie apocalypse countries would break open the arsenals. Zombies would be a much worse concern then the threat posed by well armed civilians to anyone with a working brain IMO

[@nicholassexton3377]

Does anyone know why mine doesn't let me do anything on the offline part the game just freezes, let's me move around but can do anything

[@ImFAULKn]

It's on the Game Pass and I fell in love with the game compared to all the shit we have currently

[@CHRISFREE84]

me 2

[@Dimitri9511]

Can you make a review for Zombie Army 4 the Zombie version of the Sniper Elite saga?

[@lonewolfdiconis]

Hmm why not?

[@nicktanicosilva2582]

How is it that the L4D AI bots are better than modern AI for zombie games like WWZ and B4B like seriously, they are smarter than some regular players? Maybe if they make a sequel it'll be better cause there hasn't been a great zombie game like L4D.

[@ironboy3245]

Yeah it's kind of mind-blowing how bad the bots are on higher difficulties, L4D2 bots were years ahead of their time

[@MassiveHappyClapper]

I tried back4blood kept getting bots and no matches made so I uninstalled. I think the player base is dead. So I was wondering is this game worth downloading, in terms of is the matchmaking good and still plenty of players? I would try it, but I don't know if there is much of a player base on series X.

[@oexks]

game is cross platform

[@CaseyJones88]

Does it have matchmaking? Can I play with randoms like Vermintide, Payday and l4d?

[@portman8909]

This or Zombie Army 4: Dead War?

[@ultgamercw6759]

Pretty sure this game was given away for free ages ago on epic games.

[@ironboy3245]

it was, i got it for free and bought aftermath

[@lonewolfdiconis]

Yes, there is where I have it.

[@jarrodedson5441]

Go read the book....the book is way better then the film.....in fact the film is way to inaccurate to the book, that only similar things between them are name of film....yeah thats the only similarities

[@izutsumii]

WWZ is actually not bad, i enjoyed playing it. Basically L4D2 but you modded it heavily.

[@skoldmo762]

It would be really intresting to see what russian guns would be due to their very strict gun laws but for most of us. Russian owning guns is a natural thought. Amazing video of something most of us expect to be generic or bad

[@corbinowens2437]

I do hate that the zombies disappear so fast after dying. I'd like to see a nice big pile of the dead!

[@Walktheline1991]

It's performance related. It would eat up RAM very fast. Even in the old dawn of war games, if you play UA mod with no disappearing bodies and much bigger pop cap, the game lags like crazy pretty fast and the graphics are 20 years old.

[@Fives_ix]

I just have one questions that I can't find the answer to, do you get to play the original world war z in this new aftermath version or is it only this new game

[@ESCalation]

It is an expansion of the base game, so the base game is included.

[@kabob0077]

I sadly haven't played WWZ, although I kind of want to now. Also, apparently the Book and Movie are very different from each other and only share a name.

[@lonewolfdiconis]

I can recommend it, especially with friends.

[@RedRingOfDeath]

This is a great game I just find it anoying that you have to pay to have access to first person

[@lonewolfdiconis]

The first person isn't worth the money, so don't worry about it.

[@chaTzon]

The book Readers always gotta highlight that they read books

[@KhoiGO]

Can you transfer ps4 data to PC?

[@BenchongDy]

Not being a fanboy here but the flaws this video mentioned sound like an "I want this feature" thing than actual flaws.

[@ESCalation]

missing features is a flaw to me

[@gtaakuma4514]

Mans said l4d character have personality mans forgot Abt Rochelle

[@justink.1845]

It scares me that you are using a shotgun as a range weapon xD

[@perezperez6342]

We need a vr update

[@unstablenecrophage278]

been playing since day 1 and i love how thry are still making more content for this. great game. the Left for dead we should have had.

[@bioshock6935]

But isnt this game so buggy. I would of played this if i had a good enough pc to play it. Now i have a 3080 and 4k setup the game is old and no ones plays it now so its point me playing it as i dont like games with bots as your team mates as there always useless

[@xandra9468]

level 130 In-game is even more fun than B4B

[@happymonkeyfish]

I'm still salty that they didn't actually adapt WWZ the book into a movie. Some of the stories from the interviews in the book are awesome

[@spider-ham7140]

Just play L4D 2 it’s the best zombie game ever made period.

[@AromonChannel]

The problem with zombies game like this nowadays are because every server only allowed 4 player to play with, the good and best zombie game are a game that can allowed so many players to fight those zombies, just look at l4d2 24 player server, litterally fun as heck to play with so many people and increase difficulty.

[@rhythmmandal3377]

Like the Fist World War you forgot to mention Japan.

[@ESCalation]

what?

[@madmonty4761]

I would rather play b4b wwz just got dull its not bad i just got bored

[@ThatDudeCalled]

Thank you so much for acknowledging how trash the movie was. I think its important to say because of how closely linked the game is to the movie. (Not saying the game is bad) I just stayed away from it for several years because of the dogwater taste left in my mouth by brad.

[@primordial7881]

The book World War Z I felt was nothing like the movie which I found disappointing.

[@ESCalation]

So.. the book is better?

[@awesomebrawel4050]

@@ESCalation people say yes

[@primordial7881]

@@ESCalation I enjoyed the book so much more! The book and the movie had very little correlation to each other.

[@lonewolfdiconis]

Sadly most of the time games and especially movie don't stick to "close" to the source, sadly.

[@DevilsFavoriteMan]

There's something I don't like about WWZ: zombies are weightless with ragdoll physic, they overreacting to any attack, so it doesn't matter if you're shooting them with a shotgun, pistol or melee weapon, they're poorly animated so killing zombies it's not really satisfying

[@angelsaucedo9227]

Better than b4b tho that's for sure bro

[@humbertomanray1450]

Para mi esto es Left 4 Dead 3 y nada mas

[@chunkytomatosoup1826]

6:28 dunno if you know but on the original patent for the first suppressor it was marketed as the "Maxim Silencer." So theres nothing really wrong with calling suppressors silencers.

[@lonewolfdiconis]

I didn't know thanks for the information and as far as I know silencer and suppressors are both right, I use both words.

[@ESCalation]

Every time I call it a silencer I have people in the commnts telling me 'it's actually suppressor' :D

[@killerninjaz13]

EXFUCKINGSCUE me have you even ysed the medic correctly When you use it correctly you literally become the sole reason you survive

[@vinhtrn]

I liked wwz

[@MistressMary...22-u9j]

WWZ has the WORST MP servers ever! got rid of it because of that

[@lordmoldybutt1260]

Care to elaborate?

[@danielprivate220]

unsure if I just got lucky when i decided to play it on gamepass ( 2months after this post) I havent had any mp issues yet for pve mp anyways yet to try any of the pvp mp stuff

[@jacobclements1582]

Vermintide the better back for back for blood

[@mist12345678910]

I fell asleep playing that game

[@jacobclements1582]

@@mist12345678910 OK bot //: edited: you obviously a bot with that name lol

[@mist12345678910]

@@jacobclements1582 Mad lol

[@jacobclements1582]

@@mist12345678910 yeah I know I'm pretty funny

[@mist12345678910]

@@jacobclements1582 I said mad, not funny. Nice larp attempt

[@JahonCross]

Its on gamepass so try it out

[@ThisOLmaan]

these hords reminds of Dayz Gone

[@localcarmechanic183]

I wish bend studio would make days gone 2

[@Potato96780]

Its better than left 4 dead

[@iaintgonlie7858]

Way to much nitpicking in this breakdown. People act like L4D2 was perfect when it wasnt.

[@ravivandersalm4586]

b4b > l4d. fight me

[@chrisjordan2784]

I no longer like this game cause of the broken big zombie literrally running and ignoring walls broken af just to take you and slam you to the ground pluss the new green zombie that makes all zombies 1shot down you makes this game unplayable i no longer play this shit game not to mention teammates are a joke worst that bots

[@hazeu01]

You have too much of a biase opinion... sadly not many know how to review games

[@thefox5301]

Wwz is completely dead can't find anyone on there while b4b still at least has a sizeable pool to give you new lobbies each time