Yet Another Zombie Survivors Impressions
Yet Another Zombie Survivors puts a squad-based spin on the bullet heaven formula, with rescued survivors expanding your arsenal during each run.
Yet Another Zombie Survivors. Credit: Awesome Games Studio
Yet Another Zombie Survivors left Early Access with its 1.0 launch on Steam late last month. I’ve only scratched the surface, but I’m enjoying its squad-based take on the bullet heaven formula.
Instead of playing as a single character and drawing random weapons as you go, each hero has a fixed set of weapons. Over the course of a round, you rescue two “survivors” to join your squad, opening up access to their weapons. This is a strong differentiator from the typical survivorslike, a genre crowded with games that don’t do much to stand out.
Story progression comes through missions with specific objectives to complete during a run. The goals are simple, usually things like finding objects in the level or surviving a run while carrying a specific item. The more interesting missions restrict you to specific starting characters, levels, or other conditions.
I have yet to discover everything the game has to offer, but so far it’s very fun. PossumCoffee will be posting a full review soon.
Yet Another Zombie Survivors puts a squad-based spin on the bullet heaven formula, with rescued survivors expanding your arsenal during each run.