infexxionRed Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Review
Undead Nightmare is the latest (and best, so far) DLC for the hit game 'Red Dead Redemption'
Red Dead Redemption has had two great DLC's already, (Legends & Killers, and Liars & Cheats, respectively) but this marks the first time we've gotten some additions to the single player campaign AND multiplayer at the same time. When Rockstar said this was the biggest and best DLC for Red Dead, they weren't lying. Let's have a look.
Visuals: When you fire up Undead Nightmare, you're treated to a great cutscene that gets you back into the world of Red Dead, taking place pretty late in the game. Once you begin playing, though, you notice the gloomy overcast that has overtaken the old west, and then you hear a moan coming from one side or another, and you turn to come face-to-face with a flesh hungry zombie, or a mauling, bloody, undead cougar. It all looks fantastic, and even the sound effects and music have been changed to match the depressing tone of this DLC. We get several new cutscenes, some new outfits for Marston, and great new zombies to kill. It looks great, and that compliments the gameplay perfectly.
5/5
Gameplay: With the undead running rampant all over the areas you became familiar with, it's fun to sort of re-discover them. Towns are overfilled with zombies that need clearing out, and you can choose to help save towns and the townspeople by killing all the zombies. Zombies can be fast, and only a shot to the head will take them down, so classic Red Dead 'take cover and shoot' gameplay doesn't work too well, you need to stay moving and reach the high ground if you hope to survive the undead onslaught.
There's a couple new weapons to help you hold off the waves of the undead like a torch that burns the zeds (but you have to get up close) and the blunderbuss that blows them apart, but you get ammo for it FROM the undead, so a sort of trade-off. Speaking of, money has no real value anymore, bullets are the main currency here. You can choose to raid every belt-wearing corpse in hopes for a few more rounds, or you can give the townspeople some ammo to keep them alive, fending off the undead.
We also get a great story to go along with the new style of gameplay. Marston's wife and son are bitten and turn into zombies, so he sets off to find a cure. Without spoiling any of the main plot, you meet some old and new characters, fend off the undead, and uncover the truth about what started this awful plague.
The new multiplayer mode 'undead overrun' is fun, of course I am a big fan of taking on never ending waves of zombies. While this mode isn't QUITE as good as Nazi Zombies from Call Of Duty (which I consider to be the benchmark in endless wave game modes), it does have its fair share of tense moments and fun action, and taking it online with 3 other people is definitely a good time.
5/5
Sound: From the moaning of the zombies, to the roars of the undead bears, to the cries of innocent townsfolk as they are chased by a flesh-hungry zombie, it all sounds excellent. The voice acting is superb, and the music is fantastic. Despite the fact that not too much has changed in terms of sound, it's still fun hearing zombies moan. Great job on the sound, Rockstar.
4/5
BREAKDOWN:
PROS
This is how DLC is done
Amazing story & multiplayer
Fun new guns
Being released on a disc so even those without internet have no excuse
It's only $10
CONS
None
OVERALL: 4.6/5 MUST BUY
