A Sequel to the Last Stand

Some time ago, I wrote about a cool little flash game I came across called The Last Stand; the premise is familiar to anyone who's ever seen a Resident Evil movie: mutated, flesh eating zombies are everywhere, killing folks left and right, and turning them into more flesh eating zombies that attack folks, etc...  Not exactly rocket science, but definitely the stuff that great video games are made of.

As with any good thing, once was not enough.  The makers of The Last Stand made a sequel, called orginally enough, The Last Stand 2.  You can find it here.

Like the original, this game is great.  If you just want a shoot 'em up, you'll be most satisfied. If you want a challenging video game, with multiple levels and non-sequential game play, you'll be even more satisfied.

In the original, there were 20 waves of zombies, and you could spend the time between waves repairing your defences, searching for better weapons, or looking for other survivors.  The sequel keeps all of that, but has improved on it.

Your searches are conducted according to a map of the whichever town you're in. You can search houses, stores, and public buildings for weapons, survivors, and travel supplies.  As you accumulate supplies, you can head out to other towns, search them, and slowly make your way to the coast, to catch the last ship.  You have 40 days of 'game time' to do this.  Don't let the timer run out, or you'll be stuck fighting zombies forever!

There are three specific points where Last Stand 2 improves on the original: you can arm your fellow survivors with the weapons you find; you can find some additional weapons (the bow is fun, but for ultimate zombie destruction, you'll want the RPG!), and you can set traps to keep zombies away from your barricade (bear traps and various explosives).

I will, without hesitation, recommend this game to all of my fellow geeks out there.  Stay in one night, order pizza, rent Resident Evil, and play The Last Stand 2.  Definitely a recipe for a good time.