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Mixed or average reviews- based on 37 Ratings

  • Summary: Prepare for the Horror... A horrific plague breaks out and mobs of zombies are roaming throughout the tri-state area, killing people at random. You play Jack, a simple farmer who must rise beyond fear, and battle your way through hordes of terrifying undead who are bent on spreading the zombie plague. You encounter a mysterious man named Mr. Kaufman who has established Fiddler's Green, a fortified city, which holds the last of the living. He has offered you a special job, with an exceptional reward. An offer too good to turn down, but will you live long enough to reap the rewards? Based on the George A. Romero film, "Land of the Dead." [Groove Games] Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 3 out of 4
  1. Paradoxically, any brilliance and beauty lie in the raw, unpolished stylized realism and mostly clever reworking of elements found in the film.
  2. Anyone shelling out for Land of the Dead is in grave danger of buyer's remorse. [Feb 2006, p.64]
  3. Road also boasts snore-rific multiplay that adds nothing. Even if the game's selling for less than its $19.99 M.S.R.P., leave it to rot. [Mar 2006, p.51]
  4. Land of the Dead fails to deliver even the most garden-variety of zombie-killing thrills, due to its inept combat, awful visuals, and cripplingly stupid artificial intelligence.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 22
  2. Negative: 5 out of 22
  1. MikeyH.
    9
    This is a great game for the price. Well worth getting.
  2. CeramicGod
    8
    Pretty darn good - great if you're a Romero fan. A little dated but DEFINITELY worth $20.
  3. FelipeH.
    5
    I expected a lot more from this game, i mean, sometimes it get boring, when this could be a great scary game , but it doesnt , the guns sucks (exep for the sniper and the axe)and ths zombies are easy to avoid. Its not Expand
  4. Jasonr.
    2
    I am a HUGE romero fan and if this game would have been even half way decent I would have been ok with it. This is really a mockery of the dead series. They couldn't even get the 1 head shot one kill formula right. In the first level I shot some zombies 4-5 times directly in the head before they died. The character movement is slow and clunky. From what I can tell so far you can't fortify doors but the zombies sure can break through them. I have wasted enough time talking about this game. Avoid it like, well the zombie plague . Expand

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