![]() The biggest addition to the game is the new game mode, Versus Survival, where players can control Zeds and fight back against a team of humans. Despite the new skills that encourage leveling in a certain perk, it takes a very long time to level up each class, requiring committed play in a certain perk before the best abilities are unlocked. In Killing Floor 2, leveling up is standardized across perks, meaning that you level up doing the same actions regardless of what class you pick. One of my problems with the original Killing Floor was that leveling up perks, or classes, was often obtuse and drawn out, with different objectives for each perk. ![]() Players can choose one of ten perks to specialize in, such as the pistol wielding Gunslinger, the aptly named Demolitionist or my personal favorite, the long range Sharpshooter. On the other hand, the metal soundtrack never gets old, as it does get your blood pumping and ready each time a wave begins. Their visual differences are welcome, as a singular visual style across all maps would have been a drag to play through. The icy whites and blues of the Outpost map stand in stark contrast to the Burning Paris level, which is exactly what it says on the tin. Combined with the combat system, this creates immediate feedback that helps to keep the game from becoming bland quickly.Īpart from the guns and blood, the maps present in the game are varied, each with their own colour palette and routes. This results in most maps becoming plastered with gore by the final waves, as body parts stick to the floor and the walls become coated in blood. (Massive Evisceration and Trauma), wherein they increased the amount of blood spatter patterns and ways to dismember enemies. The developers created a system, called M.E.A.T. They feel good, look good, and are easily the highlight of Killing Floor 2.Īlso increasing in detail is the blood and gore. Enemy and player character models look worse by comparison, but that is not so much a complaint against them as it is praise for how well designed the weapons are. There are different animations for reloading depending on whether the gun’s magazine is empty or not, along with animations for inspecting your gun. Guns and melee weapons are finely detailed, each with their own unique animations and sounds that make them distinct from one another. Much of that is the result of the massive amount of detail put into the weapons themselves. Despite being repetitive, the gameplay is simple and to the point, allowing you to pick up join any game and pick up any weapon and immediately know what to do without being out of your depth. The continual loop of moving, shooting and upgrading is extremely satisfying, no matter which weapon you use. It is to Tripwire Interactive’s credit that the basic gameplay loop in Killing Floor 2 is so strong. Once the timer runs out, a new wave of enemies is unleashed, at which point the two phases repeat until all of the waves have been completed or the players have been horribly mutilated. At that point, players can go to a pod to purchase new weapons and stock up on ammunition. The first phase is when the Zeds spawn, assailing you and your allies until they are all dead. It is fortunate that Killing Floor 2 largely succeeds in that regard.Ī typical match in Killing Floor 2 can be divided into two distinct phases. ![]() Honestly, the story exists only to serve as an excuse to kill hundreds upon thousands of monstrous creatures. In the sequel, that outbreak has moved to continental Europe, with the players continuing to fight back. For those unaware, the first game began after a mad scientist created a horde of cloned creatures, alternatively called specimens or Zeds, that rampaged throughout the British Isles. The story, or what passes as one, continues from where the first game left off. Killing Floor 2 does add many features absent or underdeveloped in the original, such as new creatures and weapons, a better levelling system and a new versus mode. You and up to five allies shoot, stab and blow up successive waves of monstrosities, buying new guns all the while, culminating with a fight against a boss monster. Playing Killing Floor 2 is just like playing the original Killing Floor. ![]() ![]() Reviewed on PC Return to the killing floor ![]()
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