While Mortal Kombat may owe much of its awareness due to the controversies that came from the fact you could punch someone’s head off or rip out their spine, back in a time when video game violence was nowhere near as gory as it’s become, the series has always looked to reinvent itself with almost every iteration. That sense of rebirth is why the series has remained so fresh, so unique, and so beloved.

While World War Z follows the same route Earthfall took by following incredibly close to Valve’s tried and true design, it does so in a way that captures the essence of what made Left 4 Dead so addictive in the first place. This might be the closest we ever see to Left 4 Dead 3.

Among its cartoony visuals and charming setting, you’ll embark upon a journey to make the most of your new life in the small town of Portia. Surrounded by long abandoned skyscrapers and ancient relic’s, you’ll meet new friends, expand your ever growing workshop, take on an adventure or two, and become the number one builder across the land.

While the title has some interesting ideas and moments of intense combat, its wide open world can leave a lot to be desired, despite how absolutely gorgeous it can look. For a game that follows the trend of environmental story telling, it just doesn’t tell an interesting or captivating narrative among the evacuated Swedish setting filled with an army of robotic creatures that are intent on putting you down.