The AI director is the spite of Left 4 Dead. He plans the deadliest of ambushes, spites the humans with hordes of infected, and relentlessly, time and time again, spawns just one too many Tanks. Imagine the strings being pulled behind the scenes, imagine if you could hold that power…
And now you can…
Zombie Master is a free Source Mod that lets you play as the AI director. You can spawn Shamblers, set traps with Banshees, and mow down the living with a Hulk. It’s all surprisingly well done. Being a cross between Zombie Panic! Source and Left 4 Dead, you get to play as a group of the living, or the aforementioned Zombie Master.
At the beginning of a round, one player is randomly chosen to play the Zombie Master, the others play as humans. The human gameplay plays out much like Zombie Panic! Source: You look for objectives, kill hordes of zombies, and try to escape alive.
But the real fun is being that specially chosen player for the Zombie Master. This plays much like an RTS: you can spawn Zombies at predetermined spawn points, set traps, and also activate special “Manipulate” points to create various environmental dangers.
There really isn’t much else to talk about, the only thing you can do now is read the manual, and give it a whirl!
And before you go… do look out for Drifters, those things are deadlier than they sound…
