A brief haiku summary:

ZombiU is to

Zombie games what too few are

Far and few between.

The (decaying) meat and bones:

“Oh dear, oh my!” said I,

Fleeing from a zombie, trying not to die.

While not fast, or that strong:

One bite from these guys and you won’t last long.

Difficulty seemed a thing long gone in most of the genre,

But this game… It sure says otherwise, huh?

With zombies that can easily take you down

Scattered through London, throughout Up and Downtown,

Getting around

Safe and sound

Is no easy task, my hound.

Or dawg, or G, or homie.

(My most sincere apologies.)

I, nevertheless, died.

Time, and again, I tried

To simply make through the next task, alive.

Yet, as fate is with real life,

Such is with this one in virtual stride

(Albeit on a much shorter timeline.)

There is no escaping;

Death will befall ye.

Graphically speaking, it pales in comparison

To the latter games of the previous generation.

Namely, the most notable mark is of the wall textures,

Which, when juxtaposed to other games, may stand out like fissures.

This game is, however more about the atmosphere,

Somthing that exists in great quantity, here.

From the Palace bunker, to the dreaded nursery, to the markets,

You will always find reason for suspense or fear.

If your hair does not stand on end,

Through the many locales you will attend,

Through even the Nursery (which many deem the creepiest within),

Then your nerves are probably something to commend.

Another note of lesser (but still valuable) importance,

Is that this game sports a multiplayer (who doesn’t like new opponnents?).

While it does not have online, what it does have is cool:

A mode of King of Zombies, in which zombies are the king’s greatest tool.

Using the gamepad, one player may place animated cadavres,

Attempting to inhibit the other player by making them scurry and scatter.

Meanwhile, the other player (with a Pro Controller or Wiimote)

Must attempt to capture points on the map, trying not to croak.

All in all: I can safely recommend

Just make sure that you don’t play with the bends.

(That simply just won’t be a fun clean up, in the end.)

I give this game a 7.5/10