History VideoGame / ZombiU

* TragicMonster: When you meet up with [[spoiler: Vikram]] a second time, he'll have zombified enough to be eating his own son, but still has enough humanity to beg you to kill them even as he attacks you.

''[=ZombiU=]'' is a SurvivalHorror game with FirstPersonShooter elements developed by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} exclusively for the UsefulNotes/WiiU, released as a launch title for said console in November 2012.

While the game shares elements with one of Ubisoft's first games, the 1986 PC title ''VideoGame/{{Zombi}}'', it is not a reboot. The game received a port to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} as ''Zombi''.

* EvilIsNotAToy: Boris and his gang sic zombies on survivors they kidnap and relish in their struggle. However, a group of zombies break free from containment and proceed to tear the kidnappers apart thanks to the light and music.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Your character only becomes a zombie if s/he is killed by one. If you're low on health and want to avoid having to fight [[JustForPun [=ZombiU=]]] to get your stuff back, blowing yourself up or jumping off of a ledge can be the best move.

''[=ZombiU=]'' is a SurvivalHorror game with FirstPersonShooter elements developed by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} exclusively for the UsefulNotes/WiiU, released as a launch title for said console in November 2012. You play as a human trying to survive a ZombieApocalypse in London, but with one big twist... [[{{Permadeath}} when you die, you stay dead]], and restart the previous mission as a new survivor without any of the skills learned or items acquired previously. The story is told through interaction with the handful of {{Non Player Character}}s scattered throughout the game; mainly the mysterious man who guides you through the city and seems to know more about the events surrounding the zombie outbreak than he lets on.

Originally expected to be a fairly generic zombie game, [=ZombiU=] was maybe the first attempt in years by a non-indie developer to resurrect the classic SurvivalHorror game, then regarded as a dead genre with virtually every horror game having tons of action or [[StealthBasedGame none at all]]. The game's polarizing reviews (ranging everywhere from an awful 4.3/10 to a stellar 9.3/10) and poor sales ([[StillbornFranchise resulting in the planned sequel being canned]]) led to debate over the viability of the genre in the modern era, until ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' put the question firmly to rest.

* HollywoodSilencer: There are two weapons in the game equipped with silencers, a Sig Sauer P226 Pistol and a Heckler & Koch MP5SD3. No zombie will be alerted of your presence when firing these particular guns no matter how close you are to them.

[[caption-width-right:300:How long will you survive?]]

Originally expected to be a fairly generic zombie game, [=ZombiU=] was maybe the first attempt in years by a non-indie developer to resurrect the classic SurvivalHorror game, then regarded as a dead genre with virtually every horror game having tons of action or [[StealthBasedGame none at all]]. The game's polarizing reviews (ranging everywhere from an awful 4.3/10 to a stellar 9.3/10) and poor sales (resulting in the planned sequel being canned) led to debate over the viability of the genre in the modern era, until ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7'' put the question firmly to rest.

While the game shares elements with one of Ubisoft's first games, the 1986 PC title ''Zombi'', [[https://www.twitter.com/KesieV/status/270532117191094274 it is not a reboot.]] The game [[http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/07/09/the-wii-us-best-non-nintendo-exclusive-is-coming-to-ps4-and-xbox-one/ received a port]] to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) as ''Zombi''.