Ubisoft's survival horror video game ZombiU, a launch title for Nintendo's Wii U, was meant to showcase the new system innovative touch screen controller, the GamePad.
The game was one of the most anticipated titles for the new system as it showed that the Nintendo Wii U would have games geared towards hardcore gamers as well as casual players.
However, when the game released it was met with less than positive reviews and many critics condemned the game's melee combat system and sluggish controls. On review aggregating website Metacritic, the game currently hold a 77 percent rating based on 53 reviews.
In a recent interview with Nintendo Life, ZombiU producer Guillaume Brunier said that some of the early reviews for ZombiU frustrated the development team.
"We were really disappointed with the early US reviews," Brunier told Nintendo Life. "We are aware of the strengths and weaknesses of the experience we created but we did not expect so harsh a feedback."
Brunier said that as more reviews came in the game received more positive reviews and that the team is happy with the overall reception of the video game.
"However as more and more journalists and gamers played the game, these opinions proved to be a minority," Brunier said. "So right now we're rather pleased with the overall reception of the game."
Nintendo Life gave ZombiU 8-out-of-10 stars and said, "ZombiU isn't perfect, but it sets out to do a very specific thing and succeeds with style. It's atmospheric and horrifying and will provide plenty of sweaty palms and jump scares, proving that dark, mature games can thrive on Nintendo's newest console. Anyone looking for a challenging and highly immersive experience with some real heft behind it is definitely going to come away pleased, despite some relatively minor niggles relating to that ground-breaking GamePad."
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