When was the last time u played an action adventure and stood up u got so excited? if u havent, this one will.
The whole gameplay is basically this. Walk through a tunnel, village, a few houses, whatever, collecting ammo and health. and then u'll stumble upon a few zombies. after u exit this area, u'll end up fighting a wave of 7-20 of them. It's suspense and action mixed together to make you almost worry what's gonna happen next. when ur shooting let's say 3 zombies at once with a handgun, you'll start to become afraid of them and you'll really wanna kill them before they even get an inch away from u. wen a zombie's nearby, u almost panic. the knife is pretty useless in this game, don't you dare use it. ur rooted to the spot when u shoot, but it actually makes the experience 5x better. it's a laser pointer for each gun, which i think is an obvious idea that should've been done along time ago, but this game completely masters it.
there's probably a boss fight every 2 subchapters. from throwing harpoons at a giant fish on a boat, to shooting an ogre and dodging it's rocks and trees it hurls at you. don't worry, ur not always fighting ridiculously huge monsters, u'll fight human sized bosses as well, though still defying the laws of nature.
there's some mini games, which add a lot more value to the game. speaking of value, u wont play through this game once. more around 5-7 times. problem is, after a few times, the parts u dont like doing u start to get a little nervous about. after playing 3 times, i remember having to go fight the bella sisters and it's so annoying. u waste a lot of ammo before that so it's almost impossible at that point.
as for the horror, it's not scary. just very suspenseful and thrilling. although the re gens part might freak u out for a few days...he he, wen i first saw a re gen i dropped the controller and immediately ran over and turned the game off. that's the only part that will really scare u...o yea and the iron maidens. u might get a little freaked out by salazar's right hand, but he's not that bad.
this is a must have for gamecube owners, and dont worry, if u hate scary movies or anything like that, this game is still for ne1 10+