History VideoGame / WorldWarZ2019

* HitAndRunTactics: This is usually the best way to deal with the Bull, by pumping it full of lead while evading it. Just make sure that you're healthy enough that you can run fast, and that there's room to run.

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: Bot-controlled survivors don't need to pick higher-tier weapons, they unlock them automatically. However, this might be a problem if you manage to get your hands on a higher-tier gun early on and AI will be unable to take advantage of it.

* StandAloneEpisode: All of the campaigns start with a team communicating with a rescuer on their radios and end with the team successfully escaping [[spoiler:(or killing off all of the Zekes in the Russian team's case)]]. [[spoiler: Only Tokyo doesn't get this treatment, as the Undead Sea update adds in Cruise Control, where the Japan team has to clear out an evac cruise ship of infected.]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Of course, the Engine gets pissed at uncooperative play, so it'll often spawn less powerful guns and more zombies to target the cruelty-inflicting players.

* YouALLLookFamiliar: For all the bragging about the ability to generate countless infected zekes of varied looks, the actual variety is pretty limited. It is especially noticeable in Tokyo chapters, where you are still fighting against obviously Caucasian zombies.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: The Solanum virus is apparently highly transmissible but takes around 20 hours to kick in. In gameplay, only Infectors can "turn" players (if you fail to disinfect quickly) but do so extremely quickly. [=NPCs=] overrun by the horde ''will'' turn on death though; this is basically guaranteed to happen during the Cruise Ship section of the Japanese episode simply due to the number of enemies.

** The AI survivors aren't particularly smart, but they do have features that make them serviceable rather than dead weight, such as immunity to poison gas, their inability to run out of ammo and they won't break stealth until you do.

* ShoutOut: The train conductor quotes {{Literature/Jabberwocky}} at the end of New York's first chapter.

* DamageSpongeBoss: Bulls, especially on the higher difficulties. They have several times more health than the human survivors ''combined'', but if you break their riot helmet or target their back, they go down easily. That said, their durability is more along the lines of a [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Juggernaut]] rather than a [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Cyberdemon]], but during a chaotic swarm event the sudden appearance of one can sudden tip the balance of the fight against you.

* DamageSpongeBoss: They're called Bulls for a reason. They have several times more health than the human survivors ''combined'', but if you break their riot helmet or target their back, they go down easily.

** Bulls: Tank/Charger hybrid. Stealthier than both due to simply being an angry guy in riot gear; blends into crowds much better and isn't considered by the game to be a BossBattle like Tanks in ''[=L4D=]''.

* ConvenientEscapeBoat: Serves as major plots points in the final base game act for the New York and Tokyo chapters. [[spoiler: Tokyo, in particular, has a level set on a compromised evac cruise ship the rescue team are on board.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: Crossbow, especially before fully upgraded (and grinding it to a higher level is notoriously tedious) and learning how to properly use it. It has a small ammo capacity, slow rate of fire, each explosion comes with a delay and deals dangerous splash damage, while it's very easy to cause a friendly fire with it. If all of this wasn't enough, it eats through ammo caches like a starved pig upon refill.

** The tunnel borer from the New York 2 finale can clear any horde swarming the train. However, it takes an eternity to wind up and you're down a person the entire time it operates. Similarly, the saw mill in the rock quarry of Marseille 2 can slice through dozens of zeke at a time. The problem is that the button is in an inconvenient position, and the swarms don't spend a lot of time in the saw mill's path. It's better to ignore both of these and focus on shooting pyramids.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Crossbow, especially before fully upgraded (and grinding it to a higher level is notoriously tedious) and learning how to properly use it. It has a small ammo capacity, slow rate of fire, each explosion comes with a delay and deals dangerous splash damage, while it's very easy to cause a friendly fire with it. If all of this wasn't enough, it eats through ammo staches like a starved pig upon refill.

* DeathFromAbove: In the final base game act of the New York chapter, when Bunko tests a radio to see if anyone responds, [[spoiler: she and her team are met with mortar shell attacks that can be exploited by the players to kill off big swarms of Zekes]]. Then there's Jerusalem, [[spoiler: which closes out with the firing of an Israeli superweapon]].

* AllThereInTheManual: The backstory to every character as well as background info on each episode are within the game's menus.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by the survivors of the Marseille campaign. In the event that there's no one around to provide missile coverage for Marseille, one of them offers to stay behind while the others will convince them not to. It doesn't matter, because they run into a man who's willing to do it for them.

* RageQuit: Consult the ''Webcomic/VGCats'' [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=278 guide]].

* NotTheIntendedUse: Fixer's supply crate exists predominately to provide explosive rounds and then extra ammunition in general. However, both deploying ''and'' picking from it instantly reloads your weapon, too. Depending on the gun, it might be simply faster to just set up the crate or pick more ammo from it, not to mention deploying it in a pinch, too.