Depending on where you work, the gruesome sights and sounds of The Last Stand 2 may be completely inappropriate. It's a dark, bloody game in which thousands of disgusting zombies slowly overwhelm a small band of survivors. The control scheme screen is the only one that's not too unpleasant to show here, despite its liberal use of Scary "Diary of a Madman" Font. Never have the letters WASD looked so horrifying.

The Last Stand 2 takes the simpler zombie shooting action of The Last Stand and adds a rudimentary story and a sense of progression. You have 40 days to get from one small town to another, finally reaching a safe haven in Union City. During the night, shoot down wave after wave of zombies from behind a barricade of upended tables and boxes. The zombies come in several flavors, so to speak. There are shamblers, fast shamblers, dogs, folks who decided to put on a bulletproof vest just before dying, gun toting zombies, and guys holding microphones who appear to be unlucky ex-reporters, or possibly photojournalists. They knew the risks.

The only way to survive is to spend each day scavenging the town for supplies, weapons, traps, and other survivors who can help hold back the nightly assaults. Most importantly, remember to allocate several hours to rebuilding the barricade. It's not an easy task, but eventually our hero can gather enough loot to move on to a larger town, with a better class of zombie, and someday, Union City. And then everything will be all right, right? This is the last stand, so there can't be a sequel. Once we've escaped the undead horde, they'll all moan "No hard feelings, delicious friends," and wave cheerfully at the chopper as we fly away.

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