


ZAMB! tips the landscape so the top of the screen is further away, making things up there a little smaller. This is somewhat exacerbated by the tilted point of view. The downside is that some areas are a little too busy, what with the dozens of skittering bugs, twitching decorations and flashing UI icons all over the place. The artwork has some real character to it. ZAMB! Biomutant Extermination looks great.

It's frustrating at first, and even though you eventually get used to sharing a camera with an online co-op partner, you'll still crave the lost freedom once in a while. It's occasionally maddening to run into this limitation, especially since ZAMB! won't hesitate to spawn enemies on opposite sides of the map.

That means no splitting up to keep separate reactors defended, you've got to stick together no matter what. When you're playing online, each person is sitting in their own house with their own monitor, right? ZAMB! Biomutant Extermination doesn't differentiate between local and online co-op, so even though your partner isn't in the room, you still have to share the same screen. Online works just fine, but there is one "feature" that might bug the vinegar out of you. ZAMB! Biomutant Extermination had local co-op first, followed by online co-op added just before it left Early Access. Even when it does you're rarely in a life or death situation, so it's a minor nuisance at its worst. Oh, you're trying to walk through a wall? I'll come back and hold your hand." Since so much of ZAMB! Biomutant Extermination takes place in close-quarters, pathfinding doesn't become an issue often. "Hey buddy, let's walk here and see what's down this corridor. Meanwhile, us meatbags are just mashing buttons hoping to win. The computer is generally better at pulling off precision attacks than a human player, setting up strikes that get damage done without sacrificing HP. Solo ZAMB! is a surprisingly different affair than co-op ZAMB!, even though you play the exact same levels. ZAMB! Biomutant Extermination comes with three different main modes: single player, local co-op and online co-op for two players.
