Killing Floor 2

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Hold the line with five friends against waves of mutant clones.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (88% of 129,496 reviews); Metacritic 75 (PC); 4.32 out of 5 from 51,000 ratings on the PlayStation Store
Players: 1 to 6 (online co-op); 12 in Versus Survival
Controls: Keyboard and mouse or a controller.
Made by: Tripwire Interactive
Released: 2016

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What frightens Europe is overrun by the Zeds, failed biotech clones: shrieking Sirens, cloaked Stalkers, chainsaw-armed Scrakes and raging Fleshpounds pour out of vents and doorways in waves, and the gore system sprays blood and limbs over every wall as your team fights to survive until the boss arrives.
Content: extreme gore, violence, loud sounds.

A first-person co-op shooter where up to six players hold out against waves of the Zeds, grotesque clones loose across a collapsing Europe. Between waves you spend money on weapons and armour, and the last wave brings a boss. It is fast, loud and very gory.

About Killing Floor 2

Killing Floor 2 was made by Tripwire Interactive and came out of early access on 18 November 2016 for PC and PlayStation 4, followed by Xbox One in 2017. It is set a month after the first Killing Floor, when an experiment by the Horzine Biotech company has let its specimen clones loose across Europe and governments and armies have fallen.

You are one of a band of mercenaries and survivors sent into outbreak zones such as city streets, labs, farms and a burning Paris. Each match is a series of waves: the Zeds come from every side, and you fight with rifles, shotguns, flamethrowers, blades and stranger weapons, then run to the trader pod between waves to buy ammunition and better guns with the money you earned. Perks, from Commando to Field Medic, give each player a role.

The horror is in the creatures and the gore. The Zeds are twisted mixes of flesh and machinery, some cloaked, some screaming, some charging in rage when hurt, and the game shows every wound. Slow-motion Zed Time kicks in on big kills. On higher difficulties a team that splits up or runs dry of ammunition can be overrun quickly.

It can be played alone against the waves, but it is made for groups. It suits players who want a co-op horde shooter with a horror theme, like Left 4 Dead with more monsters and more blood.

How to play Killing Floor 2

Buy it on Steam, the Epic Games Store, PlayStation or Xbox and choose a perk class.
Join an online Survival match with up to five others, or play solo.
Fight off each wave of Zeds; earn money for every kill.
Between waves, find the trader pod to buy ammunition, armour and new weapons.
Survive every wave and beat the boss at the end to win.

Screenshots

Killing Floor 2 screenshot: a hulking, mechanical Zed lumbers across a tiled hall toward the player's glowing energy rifle

Killing Floor 2 screenshot: blade-armed Zeds lunge at a mercenary beside a fire in a cave

Killing Floor 2 screenshot: a pack of Zeds with blades for arms rush through a jungle at the player

Killing Floor 2 screenshot: a gas-masked mercenary fires at Zeds in an overgrown, lamp-lit courtyard

Killing Floor 2 screenshot: a squad of mercenaries shoots at a leaping Zed in a prison yard at night

Killing Floor 2 screenshot: a punk mercenary with a green mohawk holds a grenade launcher in a burning lab

Tips

Stick with your team; a lone player is quickly surrounded.
Focus fire on Scrakes and Fleshpounds, and do not wake a Fleshpound by hitting it lightly.
Play Field Medic or Support early on to help a new team.
Use Zed Time to land headshots and reload.