The Last Stand

I've still got a pretty big helping of excellent flash games to get through, so for today's Flash Game Friday I'd like to present you with The Last Stand.



This is another game that has been around for a while, long enough in fact to have a sequel. The gameplay in the two is more or less the same, and the first game still holds up surprisingly well, so I'm just going to lump the two together with a recommendation to play them both.

In both games, you play a survivor of some sort of zombie holocaust. Your goal: survive. Game play is a combination of keyboard and mouse controls, with the keyboard moving your character up and down on the right side of the screen, with the mouse controlling your shooting and your aiming. Each level represents a night that you must survive. All throughout the night, zombies of various shapes, sizes, and fitness levels stream in from the left side. Some are fast, some are slow, some have helmets, some are rushing dogs. All of them push toward you trying to take down your barricade (barricade has a basic health meter) and feast on the fleshy brains you are so selfishly hoarding.

During each day, you can spend time searching for weapons/survivors and/or spend time repairing your barricade (keep it repaired!). You can use found weapons to improve your awesomeness, with chainsaws and some serious assault and sniper rifles being some of the weapons to look forward to. Found survivors join you inside the barricade and help shoot the approaching zombies... although I generally found their skills to be relatively lack luster.

Survive enough nights (or get to the coast in the second one) and you'll eventually be "saved." For extra points, do it on your first try. I know I sure didn't.

The game play may be pretty basic, but the production quality is top notch. If you have even a passing interest in zombies and like shooters, I think you'll get a kick out of it.