‘Night At the Gates of Hell’ Only Downs Zombies With Head Shots
Night At the Gates of Hell is filled with resilient undead that won’t drop for anything less than a bullet to the head. Which can be hard to land when you’re shaking with fear.
David’s been leaving alone since his wife passed away. It’s a lonely experience, but likely preferable to what came next when zombies broke out all over the city. He arm himself with what few weapons he could find, and it’ll be up to you to find ammo and supplies from here. Maybe answers lie at the end of the stream of living corpses. You’ll only find out if you’re a good shot, as the undead don’t really care if you shoot them anywhere but the head. Probably because their noggins downright explode when you hit them there.
Pulling off those headshots is a nerve-wracking experience. Having to hit a zombie that’s rushing your way is hard enough when you can shoot them anywhere. Having to pull off that precise shot to the head as something dangerous lunges towards you is difficult, though. Your nerves in those instances really don’t help. Also, the zombie designs are downright surreal and off-putting. The hyper-real faces on the blocky, misshapen bodies, gore drawn onto their polygonal forms, is extremely uncomfortable to look at. At least for me. It gives it this sense of being in a bizarre nightmare where reality isn’t quite screwed together right. This made me even more uneasy as these creatures lumbered my way, making headshots even harder to pull.
Night At the Gates of Hell plays havoc with your nerves, which in turn makes it harder to pull headshots, which makes you more frightened because your enemies aren’t dying, which makes it HARDER to shoot zombies in the head. It’s a chilling cycle the game puts to excellent use, creating a chilling game that’s hard to put down even as you’re begging for it to stop.
Night At the Gates of Hell is available now on Steam.
