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Title:
Infected
Region:
One
Genre:
Interactive Multiplayer Zombie Destruction Action
Starring
The Voices Of: Jean Raymond, Todd Crumn, L. Britt Ervin, John Louie, Pauline
Yasuda, Lee Ladyga, Cynthia Ladyga, and David Meinstein
Writer:
Tim Williams
Concept
Created By: Nick Bruty, Scott Guest, Agran Loeb, Bob Stevenson, and Tim Williams
Created
and Developed By: Planet Moon Studios:
#
Of Players: 1-8
Recommended
Free Memory Stick Duo™ Space: 608KB or Better:
WIFI
Compatibility: Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure
Packaging:
Keep Case
Sound:
Stereo Sound
Year
of UMD Release: 2005
Publisher:
Majesco Entertainment
ESRB
Rating: M – Mature 17+ - Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Intense Violence
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
On
the night of the lighting of the city’s annual Christmas tree ceremony, a
virus infects and spreads across Manhattan faster than you can say mass transit
strike and now you are one of a select group of individuals that are immune to
the zombie plague and thus your blood and your dexterity are the only hope of
containing and stopping the spread of this virus before the world as we know it
becomes completely “Infected.”
Designed
specifically and exclusively for the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) game
console, “Infected” is an exhilarating interactive gaming experience that is
both funny and gross at the same time. The game play took a little getting used
to because both sets of game pad buttons as well as analogue joystick built into
the face of the PSP are used at the same time for game play and can make
navigating a little different especially since bullets alone do not kill these
creatures. You have to shoot them first in many cases where the infected are
highlighted with a yellow like glow. Shooting the viral gun containing the
concoction made from your immune blood can then destroy any zombie that is
highlighted with a red glow regardless of whether or not you have shot them.
This is also the only way you can kill them. Sometimes you can dispatch several
infected by hitting one just right and cause a domino like effect where the
antiviral splatter hits the others and causes them to explode as well. As the
game progresses and you clean certain sectors you gain access to more
sophisticated weapons, but you also face more threatening infected beings such
as muscle bound giant zombies, berserkers, and infected that still retain
knowledge of using various weapons like a chainsaw and whatnot.
“Infected”
features interactivity options that allow players to host a game for up to eight
players and go up against each other, even infecting each other’s game play
and spreading and tracking the virus across the virtual world. There also
different game modes including the soon to be infamous Mad Cow that is best seen
with one’s own eyes rather than explained with text. I am not too big on the
idea of getting infected in a virtual game world especially since I generally
take longer than most to get the hang of a video game and games are far more
sophisticated now than anything I grew up playing back in the day. Through
finding an Ad-Hoc or local game or using infrastructure mode to find a game
online, one can take on other players in deathmatches and gain upgrades too. You
must have access to a wireless network or be within player range between
respective PSP users in order to enjoy this feature. The disc also features
automatic firmware upgrades for your PSP that are necessary in order to play and
add functionality to the PSP web browsing, photo sharing, and music playing, as
well as networking options. Songs performed by “Slipknot”, “Ill Nino”,
“Trivium”, “Chimaira”, “Agony Scene”, “Pimp X”, and “Junkie
XL” are among the wholesome and joyous holiday tune players have the option to
listen to as they ring in the Christmas cheer and spread joy to the world by
infecting it with this relentless interactive multiplayer zombie destruction
action game. “Ho, ho, ho!”
©
Copyright 2005 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.
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