Infected Shelter Lets Grandpa in on the Zombie Murder – GameSpew

Infected Shelter has taught me two things: that a physical impairment neednt be an obstacle to zombie murder; and that if your grandpa does use a wheelchair, hell be cool with you using his chair, with him still in it, to beat a boss-monster to death.

Okay, maybe Infected Shelters ethics are a little muddy but when the dead walk, everyone has to pitch in.

Grandpas just capable of wielding an oversized flame-thrower as any of the other characters the game has you play as. But it doesnt guarantee his survival since, despite the name, Infected Shelter doesnt have you defending your post-apocalyptic outpost.

Instead, you roam through various brightly-coloured landscapes, dispatching the dead for the sheer hell of it. Infected Shelter is a cross between The Walking Dead and South Park; the enemies you face, squishy guts aside, look and move like theyre made of construction paper. Combat isnt overly complex; there are combos to be executed but low-level enemies can be dispatched fairly easily. But its the RPG aspect of the game that gives it depth.

Permadeath, not always a welcome concept, means that your first few characters will meet an unpleasant, and probably quick, demise. But the pick-ups and currency they gather during their short lives means that your later characters will have a better time of it.

So while you may have to start your run from scratch, being able to power through the same boss that slaughtered you six times before is hugely satisfying. Youve got an unlimited supply of characters, so even though Grandpa Joe may be zombie-food before long, but theres a conga-line of octogenarians waiting to take his place.

Like many zombie films, Infected Shelter is ludicrously over-the-top and features some wonderfully absurd touches; pick up the right stat-enhancing outfit and youre fighting the dead while wearing a stick-on beard. Each run you survive brings with it a change of scenery and the prospect of more absurd power-ups. Theres some reference to a kidnapped scientist, but youll be too engrossed in slaughtering your increasingly powerful foes to bother thinking about saving the world; foes who, as I discovered to my cost, have just enough smarts to pick up your discarded weapons and introduce them to your spleen.

I had a real blast playing Infected Shelter. While its not a game youd spend hours playing, I can see myself dipping into it for another dose of absurd zombie action. I didnt get the chance to try out the games co-op mode, but you cant go wrong with sharing the mayhem.

Infected Shelter is out now on Steam, and will be hitting PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One in the near future.

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Reviewed and Recommended by Erik Baquero
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