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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game)

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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game)	comment	Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare is the sequel to the mobile game Dead Ahead, developed by Mobirate and released on the Google Play Store in March 8th, 2017.Unlike it's predecessor, which is an endless side-scroller with several elements of Vehicular Combat with you running over unlucky zombies standing in your way while staying one step ahead of a never-ending horde of undead chasing you, Zombie Warfare is a strategy-based Tower Defense game based around sending out different units to destroy the barricade blocking the way of your bus, with two meters that will control your Unit summoning: Courage, which allows you to spawn most of the Units (survivors that are send out to directly damage the barricade and kill any enemy in their way) and automatically fills up. Rage, which allows you to spawn Support Items (inanimate objects and items that can benefit the Units in one way or another) and Rage-exclusive Units, and unlike Courage, it does not fill up on its own and must be gained through killing enemies. Once completely filled up, however, the player can then have Bill pop out from the bus with his LMG to mow down enemies.In the midst of all this, a multitude of zombies will constantly spawn to try to push the player's forces back. If the player waste too much time (three minutes to be exact), the massive horde of enemies will spawn with a countdown, consisting of the game's fastest and most hardy enemies, making it a death sentence should the player drag on, forcing them to not waste too much time completing each mission.The game, like the first one, takes place in the aftermath of a mysterious plague ravaging the world, a la The Walking Dead with tidbits of Left 4 Dead sprinkled on it, with you playing as Sheriff Bill, the (presumably) leader of a mobile survivor camp in the form of a repurposed school bus, and must travel through the desolate, undead-ridden landscape in pursuit of the source of the infection. The game's campaign contains eight different locations, each having at least a couple dozen missions with varying difficulty and zombie types. Each of these locations introduces new zombies, each with a unique gimmick and with increasing difficulty to take them out.In addition to the main campaign, there are also several other game modes: Skirmish, which is the game's resident multiplayer mode. Here, you will be given 100 points of a Courage/Rage mix and all of the human Units you have currently so that you can set up a full team of whichever ones you see fit. Once done, they will be pitted against another player's team. With every win, you earn dog tags that will help you advance up the leaderboard. Events, which are weekly special in-game modes that require Event Tickets to be played. Currently, there are three events in the weekly rotation: Wall Mart, which takes place inside a megastore and has the player concerned with holding their ground against an endless horde of zombies, until their bus gets overrun. The more zombies are killed, the higher the score becomes. Princess Rescue, which is Exactly What It Says on the Tin. Instead of Courage and human Units, the player only has the preset Support Items at their disposal to indirectly escort the designated 'Princesses', who are women fleeing to your bus. She cannot defend herself, meaning the player will have to protect her from encroaching enemies. Corn Farm, which plays like a regular Campaign level (destroy the barricade blocking the way), only that you have to fight the marauders, infected human enemies who are generally more resilient than zombies and possess firearms. With every barricade destroyed, more Marauders with higher levels begin to appear, higher quality Items are dropped, and the barricade's health will increase. Similar to Wall Mart, the more enemies killed, the higher the score, though only Marauder kills will contribute to the count.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_10c393f5	type	Video-Game Flamethrowers Suck
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_10c393f5	comment	Video Game Flamethrowers Suck: Displayed with Flamethrower's eponymous weapon. It's short ranged and the spray itself is somewhat slow. It can theoretically provide very high damage output, but that requires extreme min-maxing to achieve, due to Flamer's low base stats.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_16f2bb43	type	Item Caddy
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_16f2bb43	comment	Item Caddy: Austin, who is the worst high-rate-of-fire unit in the game thanks to having bare-bones stats, unjustly high rage cost, and no survivability skills. The only reason people are willing to spend a whole 500 greens on him is because of his ability to generate coins on kill. When used in a proper mission, he is able to create more than 1000 gold in a single session.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_17ce80aa	type	All There in the Manual
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_17ce80aa	comment	All There in the Manual: Many units used to have detailed backstories in the form of KTPlay developer blogs. All but one are deleted now, possibly due to copyright issues. note Most of the posts contained heavy pop-culture references, and weren't particularly original.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_23698fa8	type	Aborted Arc
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_23698fa8	comment	Aborted Arc: This happened to Marauders' plotline due to the final locations getting added much later after the game's release. We are yet to find out their goals, and the reason why they are trying to kill Bill's team.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_24d05c2f	type	Third Eye
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_24d05c2f	comment	Third Eye: One of Crank's more peculiar mutations is the addition of an extra eye located on the side of his mouth. Compared to Crank's other mutant features, this one seems fairly random and serves no other purpose than to add that extra creepiness factor to an already abominable zombie.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_26a98394	type	Forced Level-Grinding
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_26a98394	comment	Forced Level-Grinding: Downplayed. Players can manage to beat the game with human units upgraded as low as level 8. Instead, the main grind is focused on leveling up upgrade items.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_2804d516	type	Master of None
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_2804d516	comment	To add salt to the wound of Builder being such a "nothing" unit, Grenadier has the exact same base stats as him, with the exact same resistances, much faster attack speed, and a powerful ability on top. Even Guard and Light Soldier outclass him, who both fulfill his same role, and have significantly higher stats.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_2afb1a9	type	Limit Break
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_2afb1a9	comment	Psychos' 2/2 synergy allows them to generate small packs of Rage 25% of the time upon landing a crit. The awesome part is that this way you can start a non-stop spam of Berserker, Saw, cheap rage items, and even Bill's LMG, but actually enabling it can be challenging. Not only that you must use the 13-rage cost duo, who are tricky units on their own, but you must also ensure that your deck compensates for their issues while allowing you to get the most out of the resource they generate.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_2f253c94	type	Glass Cannon
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_2f253c94	comment	Glass Cannon: All of your Fighters are this. Zombies can easily Zerg Rush you and even the most basic of undead mooks can take a couple of hits, but in exchange, your Fighter units can put out more damage than any zombie. Even units specifically made to hold enemies back can only handle one or two mauling them at a time, while any unit that isn't a Heavyweight will quickly fold once an enemy has the chance to whale on them.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_30bf3ff4	type	Beef Gate
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_30bf3ff4	comment	Beef Gate: Putrid and Big Blue for location 7, and Crank for location 8. Both of these are huge tanks that deal high damage on hit. They appear in intro missions of the aforementioned locations, which can be unlocked before you even finish world 5.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_358388f6	type	White Mage
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_358388f6	comment	White Mage: Nancy, whose combat abilities are limited to a slow medic bag swing. Instead, she has a unique AI that prioritizes using her healing â€“ she'll rush out of combat if there's a unit to revive with her defibrillators or patch up with her injections.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_3678fbfa	type	Mad Bomber
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_3678fbfa	comment	Mad Bomber: Queen, a psycho with a grenade launcher.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_392ccbc9	type	Close-Range Combatant
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_392ccbc9	comment	Close-Range Combatant: All melee units. Willy counts too since his taser has a very short range. Downplayed with Flamethrower and Doctor Norman, whose weapon sprays don't go very far, but still reach much farther than the attacks of any melee.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6	type	Boring, but Practical
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6	comment	Boring, but Practical: Redneck is the simplest Fighter available, with no flashy attributes other than fast preparation time, and even his level 13 ability is a mere movement speed increase. However, it doesn't stop him from being viable throughout the entire game, even outside of the team synergies he belongs to. Some team power synergies count as this. Especially the 2/2 ones. Mechanic's 2/2 repairs 5% of the bus's health whenever a Mechanic comes out of the bus. While the percentage seems small, it's more than enough to cheese out 3-star completion of every mission, since Hillbilly is a very spammable fighter, and most other members of the team are strong units on their own. Police's 2/2 makes every ranged unit have their magazine size doubled. When there's huge hordes of tanky zombies constantly pouring in, that added uptime of many gunners not having to reload can make a massive difference. Emergency 2/2 makes every unit have fire immunity (which includes lightning). While this sounds like a negligible upside, remember that this is the team with Lionheart, Firefighter, and Paramedic Nancy in it. It allows Lionheart to use his gas torch ability to burn bodies or activate his damage boost without risk to his teammates, and stops Firefighter's and Nancy's on-death strikes from harming their allies, with the latter's zombie form also becoming a non-threat. This makes Emergency 2/2 one of the few team powers that actually synergizes well with its members. Emergency 5/5 has all itâ€™s members have 25% extra max health. The simple health increase helps out the heroic helpers a lot, considering theyâ€™re all front-line fighters, even if they donâ€™t work well together as a team. Despite College being an underwhelming team, its 2/2 power can be a useful bonus. It stops all units from turning into zombies upon death. While there aren't that many dangerous on-death transformations, the ones that do exist are harsh. This team power stops Sonya and Medic from turning into the fast Witch, Diaz from turning into the tanky Cop, and Saw from turning into Monks immediately. It especially helps with Abby and Dr. Norman, who arguably have some of the most dangerous on-death turns in the game. Abby's undead form is essentially a downscaled Insectoid, and Slob's poisonous explosion can kill your entire team if his body stays close to them.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_3babae20	comment	Degraded Boss: Paramedic is presented as the boss of the first location. He then gets downgraded to an Elite Mook during mid-game.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_3f0310d6	type	Magikarp Power
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_3f0310d6	comment	Magikarp Power: Glenn is quite a mediocre unit on his own. He's essentially a spam unit who costs 10 more Courage than the actual spam units, and even though he has higher stats than Redneck, Mechanic, and Rodriguez, that still isn't enough to save him. However, to compensate for him normally not being part of any team powers, he was given 3 skins. One for Military, one for Police, and one for Northerners. And he can synergize pretty well with each of them, giving him a resurgence in use. Glenn and Lester (with special ability unlocked) activating Northerners 2/2 allows the two of them to blast through hordes. Glenn can try to activate Military 3/3 twice, or even 3 times, meaning he has multiple chances of spawning a free SpecOps. And he can activate the powerful Police 5/5 that gives every other police member on the battlefield the Fury buff (permanent 100% damage increase) when a police member dies, multiple times by himself. Special abilities unlocked at level 13 tend to be this for some units. Pepper is a very weak unit; doesnâ€™t excel at much besides rolling back to keep herself alive, and she isnâ€™t used really past the early game. However, her special level 13 ability has her give the powerful inspiration buff to all other allies when sent out, essentially making her an accessible version of Cap. As Cap is locked behind a 925 money pack, is tied for having the second highest Courage cost in the game at 35, and having worse survivability skills than Pepper, she pretty much becomes his direct upgrade, barring the fact that she canâ€™t use her ability more than once per life and lacking some resistances. Swat's special allows him to get a massive 25-damage bonus for every 90 points of charisma he has. While charisma is a negligible stat on average, the buffs of it are surprisingly generous, meaning that it's easier to upgrade Swat's damage by seeking charisma out, with the approach also being more rewarding to him and his team. The Agents' special makes it so they properly count as two separate units, meaning that if you use them, you need one less unit to activate Police team synergies. This allows the Agents to always have the 2/2 Police power active by themselves for both them and the entire team, which makes Agents much stronger in general, and lets any Police team have one extra slot open for any other unit or Rage item.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_4001334d	type	PVP Balanced
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_4001334d	comment	PVP Balanced: The game has a major problem with this, since PvP modes and regular missions play radically different from each other. It's common for a unit that is poweful in skirmish to be subpar in PvE, and the inverse is even more frequent. Same can be said about team powers, but their balancing is even more polarizing, as each of them is deliberately designed to be useful in only one of the two modes. Developers rarely ever do anything about this, and when they try the results end up usetting both types of players.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_41dd77d	type	Zerg Rush
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_41dd77d	comment	Zerg Rush: A common tactic for zombies. The majority of missions between location 4 and 6 rely on spamming hordes of fragile enemies who possess a dangerous ability. The Redneck team enables this strategy by giving players a chance to get free courage in case any member of the synergy gets hurt. Since Redneck (the unit) is a Fighter, spamming him will likely result in even more spam. Same goes for the Psychos team, which has a chance to create a pack of rage points upon landing critical hits. This allows Saw and Berserker, the main crit powerhouses, to quickly refund their own prices, and then create more resources to send out their clones.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_42c9f1ec	type	Downplayed Trope
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_42c9f1ec	comment	Downplayed ever since the introduction of cutscenes. They still don't tell us much, though.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_4832a3bb	type	Always Chaotic Evil
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_4832a3bb	comment	Always Chaotic Evil: The Marauders, who not only attack other humans but also turn on their own after they succumb to the infection.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: Most missions in each stage use similar-looking backgrounds. However, there are some levels with fully unique scenery, and those tend to be an eye candy. Each supply run also comes with its own set of backgrounds, and some of those make the game feel really atmospheric.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_4b248941	type	Long-Range Fighter
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_4b248941	comment	Long-Range Fighter: Shooters and Snipers are this by default. Most Shotgunners are downplayed examples, due to their much shorter base range. Zig-Zagged with Abby. She wields a heavy machinegun, but only ever fires it once, and then proceeds to attack enemies upfront... despite her mediocre health and attack speed.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_4c709317	type	Useless Useful Spell
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_4c709317	comment	Useless Useful Spell: Nitrogen, an AoE rage item used to stun enemies. It takes a minute to prepare, is often a worse option than Molotov Cocktail/explosives, and stun in general is only useful if it's consistently applied on a single target. Not to mention that it can affect the player's units as well.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_54ec2f0c	type	Not Completely Useless
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_54ec2f0c	comment	Not Completely Useless: Medic is often considered a highly inefficient unit, usually being outclassed by simply bringing Medkit into your deck. However, she shines during the Halloween and Christmas event, since keeping specific units alive is much more important, and Medkits are limited in these events. All this makes Medic a mainstay in teams during annual competitions.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_5534431f	type	Money for Nothing
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_5534431f	comment	Money for Nothing: Zig-Zagged, with manifestations of zigs and zags constantly changing throughout the game's history: Matter of fact, the trope was zig-zagging from the start. Prior to update 2.9.2, the level cap for everything was higher, meanwhile efficient methods of coin farming required specific units to be at least level 10. Underprepared players didn't have a choice but to grind missions with highest coin rewards... Yet once they could get their hands on all the crucial upgrades the proccess of money making was becoming mindnumbingly easy, boiling down to either fighter spamming in Wall Mart, or bulletproof rangers stacking in Corn Farm. These events were able to provide players with enough coins to buy all units in a few weeks, and more than enough items for selling in the future. Unfortunately, the limitations on event attempts and shopkeeper's bank made those methods unable to catch up with unit upgrades â€“ the prices were scaling too high past level 13, and it could easily take a month to raise a single unit past the 16 mark. Meanwhile, maxing out someone could take a year since reaching level 19 in the first place requires at least two, and there was no way to speed the grind up due to lack of quests. In the end, even though post-game players always had something to save up their money for, 99% of the time their savings were turning forever dormant, as grinding for levels used to be that tedious. Right after unit levels got capped at 13, the trope took full effect for veteran players, as even those who haven't upgraded their units much still received a big enough compensation to buy all newly introduced specials, and max out units they haven't touched before, with some spare change left for the future. Meanwhile, players who haven't progressed far into the game have received nothing and got forced to deal with new bus prices, which became unreasonably high. The aftermath of update 3.6.0 had an effect similar to the previous example, but it ultimately resulted in the trope becoming averted. This is thanks to the new item system, which turned out to be a perfect coin sink: many veteran players didn't even notice how their virtual wallets got empty after constant grinding in supply runs.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_5bec943d	type	Powerful, but Inaccurate
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_5bec943d	comment	Powerful, but Inaccurate: Thanks to his level 13 ability, Swat counts as a shooter with the highest potential single hit damage in the entire game. With proper min-maxing, it can make him deal damage higher than 150. The problem is that he pays for all this with low accuracy, made worse by his long attack initiation range.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_5d1eb74d	type	Dump Stat
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_5d1eb74d	comment	Dump Stat: Charisma and Valor are this for almost every unit in the game. There's very few instances in which you would actually want to upgrade them, and they are mostly related to using members of Circus Pack outside of their default team synergies, and certain units' special abilities.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_5e85d617	type	Empty Levels
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_5e85d617	comment	Empty Levels: The bus and all units can be raised up to level 13. The player, however, can go as high as 19. Yet there are no unlocks past the 13th mark, and your only reward every time is 10 bucks and some fuel.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_5fff364d	type	Combat Medic
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_5fff364d	comment	Combat Medic: The Medic, who has a fittingly quirky AI â€“ her decision-making is a bit awkward, and she prefers shooting to dropping Medkits when needed. Paramedic Nancy shares this trait, being able to attack enemies with her medkit and heal/resurrect units with it when needed.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_60414102	type	Zombie Apocalypse
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_60414102	comment	Zombie Apocalypse: As demonstrated.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_68148dc	type	Militaries Are Useless
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_68148dc	comment	Militaries Are Useless: Somehow, a bunch of random people has done a better job at fighting zombies and aliens than the whole US military. Subverted with some of the survivors. Sonya, Specops, and Grenadier are all useful units that belong to different military branches and organizations. Double subverted with Internal Forces' and Military's synergy decks. They are largely inefficient, and their team powers aren't helping the case.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_6838a3ec	type	EliteMook
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_6838a3ec	comment	Elite Mook: Blue enemies of location 7 count as this towards their green counterparts from early-to-mid game. Aside from having much higher stats, they can also do critical hits that stun units.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_6ca52003	type	Master of All
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_6ca52003	comment	Master of All: In the modern state of the game's balance, Sonya is perhaps the only unit that is truly capable of fulfilling all necessary niches at once. She has an acceptable courage price, a right level of tankiness to her, an ability to meaningfully defend herself in close quarters, high potential damage, and an ability to both burst single targets down, and provide crowd control, all while being swift enough to respond to critical situations quickly.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8	type	Guide Dang It!
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8	comment	Guide Dang It!: The game contains a lot of mechanics that aren't explained in-game anywhere: How the Egg enemies work. They are immune to all bullets when they are inactive, and will "awake" once damaged by melee damage (either with a melee unit or dropping a barrel). While it's active, it loses its immunity and starts spawning Energy Spheres. Only the last part is ever explained on its Zombiepedia page; What agility does. It's used to determine how often a unit pauses while attacking and when targetting enemies, completely preventing that from happening when maxed out. Because this mechanic is chance based, it can be difficult to figure its usage out until you decide to fully upgrade some agility watch and give it to a melee unit; Item sets deserve a special mention because in-game descriptions fail to properly describe their real functionality. The most infamous example is the Hitman set. Its description states that it adds a flat +30% to its wearer's crit. damage stat, but in practice, it applies an additional x1.3 multiplier on top of the regular bonus.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_6fa1e7a2	type	Noob Bridge
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_6fa1e7a2	comment	Noob Bridge: End-game locations introduce multiple examples of this, thanks to early-to-mid game over-relying on spam or being very generous with how you can approach mission completion: Ranged unit stacking is a strategy that is viable from the very beginning of the game. But if a player will fail to notice this, they'll have a very hard time beating mission 119 which plainly has no other solutions. Not many players consider using either of the barrels or Generator as a wall against Charged Zombies. This is a very important tactic for multiple missions where the only enemies are CZs and multiple Eggs. Because most common and dangerous enemies of location 7 are all fire-resistant, players tend to assume that this is also true for the 8th world. As a result, they don't try using Red Barrel or Flamethrower against Twins, who are almost unbeatable otherwise. Fortunately, however, it is still technically beatable without using fire, and proper use of it still trivializes the only stage they appear in. While missions with poisonous and explosive enemies can be beaten by using non-specialized units, doing so can be very challenging. However, most new players still go with that idea, simply because they don't know about Firefighter's resistances.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_70d8269d	type	Excuse Plot
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_70d8269d	comment	Excuse Plot: Like the first game, Zombie Warfare doesn't have much of a story. You just destroy barricade after barricade to let your bus go through, killing zombies along the way, and eventually confronting a crashed alien walker, which might be the source of the infection. Downplayed ever since the introduction of cutscenes. They still don't tell us much, though.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7315fd38	type	Covers Always Lie
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7315fd38	comment	Covers Always Lie: The game's icon features a massive tank zombie and a random police officer. These two characters don't appear in it at all, and nobody looks similar to them.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_73937e17	type	Ad Reward
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_73937e17	comment	Ad Reward: The player can watch ads to gain bonus resources, like coins and fuel.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_74d255ee	type	Knee Fold Fall of Defeat
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_74d255ee	comment	Knee Fold Fall of Defeat: Done by Rogue, Abby, and Juggernaut.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_75f09f53	type	Morale Mechanic
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_75f09f53	comment	Morale Mechanic: If there are too many zombies on the field, your units (and the Marauder enemies) may be inflicted with the "Fear" status effect. Fear causes units to have slower reaction times and pauses in combat more often.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7a292811	type	Reviving Enemy
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7a292811	comment	Reviving Enemy: Undeads and Surgeants are capable of coming back to life after death, with the Undead able to do this 5 times. Burning them with fire will prevent their resurrection.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7a7b093d	type	Mana Meter
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7a7b093d	comment	Mana Meter: Courage builds up over time, and most units require spending Courage to be spawned in.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7b7965dd	type	Boss in Mook Clothing
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7b7965dd	comment	Boss in Mook Clothing: For what it's worth, the Demon has a bit too much health to be considered a regular mook, at least by the standards of Location 4. What adds to his questionable status is his special ability to attack all units and stationary objects present on the battlefield, which does a fair bit of damage.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7b8b88f2	type	Raising the Steaks
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7b8b88f2	comment	Raising the Steaks: Pooches are skeletonized dogs that sprint past your defenses, but are very fragile. They are the only undead animals that appear in the game.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7deb3fb1	type	Crutch Character
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7deb3fb1	comment	Crutch Character: Grenadier, albeit in the context of mid-game. A lot of mid-game missions involve waves of large, swift hordes of enemies, and his grenade throw is the best option you can have against these. But then come location 7, where swarms of enemies are too widespread, and Damagers as a whole become too expensive to be used efficiently.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7e8a8eac	type	Body Armor as Hit Points
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_7e8a8eac	comment	Body Armor as Hit Points: Willy's, Soldier's, and cops' shields work as separate health bars. The Scout item set also allows to acquires said shields by killing enemies. Medic(Zombie) provides 30 Shield Points to any nearby zombies by expelling out gas within a small area
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_87ce0385	type	Series Mascot
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_87ce0385	comment	Series Mascot: Free Hugs, even though this status is to a lesser extent that her definitive mascot status in the original Dead Ahead, due to her being a rare PiÃ±ata Enemy in this game. And others like Redneck, Pepper, the TMF, the IF, and even the Runner zombie getting just as much attention and being just as Iconic.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_8ba9512b	type	Our Zombies Are Different
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_8ba9512b	comment	Our Zombies Are Different: Dead Ahead zombies mostly follow the usual formula of being stupid sacks of rot, with occasional bodily mutations. However, some enemies also got under the effect of mysterious alien energy. So far, this energy has given the zombies: telekinesis, necromancy, rapid regeneration, and the ability to turn into lightning-fast suicide bombers. Aliens Are Bastards, indeed.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_8bb55271	type	Hazmat Suit
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_8bb55271	comment	Hazmat Suit: The Scientist units except for Dr. Sanchez wear one. Their zombified counterparts, the Epidemiologist and the Slob also wear one. They come with the benefit of making most of them fireproof.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_8c49c29e	type	Zig-Zagging Trope
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_8c49c29e	comment	Zig-Zagged with Abby. She wields a heavy machinegun, but only ever fires it once, and then proceeds to attack enemies upfront... despite her mediocre health and attack speed.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_8cb259f4	type	Overshadowed by Awesome
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_8cb259f4	comment	Overshadowed by Awesome: Even though Jailer is a perfectly viable unit that is also crucial for his team, there's no reason to keep using him after you unlock Rogue. Aside from team differences, he does the exact same things as Jailer, and more effectively at that, thanks to ridiculously high damage and faster attack animations. To add salt to the wound of Builder being such a "nothing" unit, Grenadier has the exact same base stats as him, with the exact same resistances, much faster attack speed, and a powerful ability on top. Even Guard and Light Soldier outclass him, who both fulfill his same role, and have significantly higher stats. Carlos is a good, formidable force himself, putting out high amounts of sustained damage from a distance. However, he often gets overshadowed by Sonya because of her higher health and better CQC abilities. Even though Carlos actually beats her out in having more sustained firepower, he's still a vulnerable unit and is rarely able to handle even lone enemies, should they get close to him. On the other hand, Sonya's punches do respectable damage, and she is able to land critical hit spin kicks, which knock enemies away from her, allowing to finish them off with her SMG. When the late game comes and the player starts meeting Insectoids, this matters a lot more, as those enemies deliberately target ranged units. There are multiple item sets that blatantly outshine all other options. For melee units, this is the case with Gentleman, which provides a temporary x1.5 damage multiplier once they start their critical hit animations. For ranged units, the most broken option is Hunter, which provides a high boost to bullet damage based on distance traveled. There's simply no reason to use any of the other sets for the majority of units.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_8df14c99	type	One-Hit-Point Wonder
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_8df14c99	comment	One-Hit-Point Wonder: Welder is the only example of this among units: his starting health is 8. Even at level 13, with a fully upgraded set of items, it can prove difficult to bring him above 100 health. At this point in the game, most enemies can kill him in one hit, true to his title; Fat and Charged Zombies are designed like this on purpose, as players are meant to destroy them with droppable items. Since some of them have low base damage, they can still be used against the aforementioned zombies.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_933576c8	type	Mighty Glacier
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_933576c8	comment	Mighty Glacier: Some heavyweights manage to live up to their intended role, working as examples of this trope. Policeman, Chopper, and Juggernaut are all pretty slow units with a solid amount of HP, who can deal massive damage with their weapons and signature moves.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_940a5958	type	Artificial Stupidity
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_940a5958	comment	Artificial Stupidity: When it comes to combat, units' AI is painfully simple. They engage in fights only with enemies closest to them, ignoring anyone else standing by their side. And once they chose a target they lock onto it until it's dead, letting other enemies go past them. All these issues lead to a general lack of coherent teamwork. Instead, you'll often see several units ganging up on a single zombie, even if it's very weak.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_96ecc67e	type	Shotguns Are Just Better
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_96ecc67e	comment	Shotguns Are Just Better: This trope used to be in full effect, thanks to most shotgunners dealing greater bursts of damage than shooters, and having faster preparation time too. However, the trope became averted by introduction of a cap on shotgunners' bullet travel distance. Nowadays, the two classes perform roughly on par with each other.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9885d4ab	type	Min-Maxing
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9885d4ab	comment	Min-Maxing: The game operates on the inversion of min-maxing. If you focus too much on a single stat the upgraded unit will almost always fail in battle, as none of characteristics are able to properly compensate for one another. The main issue that stops this trope from being fully averted is the fact that there exist multiple universal dump stats. Critical chance and damage lead to outright zig-zagging, as viability of crit. builds vastly varies from unit to unit.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9a1fe522	type	Attractive Zombie
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9a1fe522	comment	Attractive Zombie: Every explicitly female zombie. Downplayed with the "Girl" and EMT. Both of them are clearly feminine but wear baggy clothes and look messy. Subverted with Abby's zombie form, thanks to Body Horror.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9aaf8eca	type	Crippling Overspecialization
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9aaf8eca	comment	Crippling Overspecialization: Firefighter, who exists specifically to counter enemies with poison, fire, and explosion damage. He is the only melee unit to posses such set of immunities, which makes him stand out among similar options. Firefighter is equipped well enough to easily beat missions with the aforementioned kind of zombies, but everywhere else his mediocre attack and movement speed make him very underwhelming, to the point he is entirely irrelevant past location 6. Ironically, there also exists an item set called "Firefighter", and it too suffers from overspecialization. All it does is increase the unit's fire damage by 30%. Flamethrower is the only one who can get a meaningful use out of it, and even then he has multiple better options. Firefighter's only benefit is that it's consistent.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9b54d536	type	Evil Counterpart
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9b54d536	comment	Evil Counterpart: The Marauders are essentially enemy versions to your units. Naked to Redneck. Both have high speed and good damage, but are ultimately frail cannon fodder who are usually spammed throughout levels they appear in. Robber to Sheriff Charlotte. Both are backline revolver users who specialize in single shot damage. Lubber to Builder. Both are slower but stronger damager type units who have bullet resistance. Rifleman to Farmer. Both are double barrel shotgun users who are slow, but fire powerful blasts. Biker to Gunslinger. Both are units wielding automatic firing guns who spray their enemies with bullets. Crazy to both Redneck and Mechanic. He takes the speed from Mechanic's opening attack with Redneck's sustained damage with the shovel. The Truck Driver to Sheriff Bill. Considering the fight against him is essentially a Mirror Match. The driver mans an armored vehicle just like Bill's bus, sends out the Marauders to defend the truck like how you send out your units, and uses an LMG to shoot down at enemies just like Bill's LMG.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9b8e2257	type	Overrated and Underleveled
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9b8e2257	comment	Overrated and Underleveled: Light Soldier's description hones his very high base damage, but it also ignores his high courage cost and lack of any outstanding perks.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb	type	Difficult, but Awesome
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb	comment	Difficult, but Awesome: Downplayed with Red Barrel. People are generally aware that it's a strong item but are often scared off by its lower direct damage and higher cost in comparison to Blue Barrel. With enough game sense and good positioning, however, Red Barrel can be the most effective defensive tool thanks to its high health and its explosion, while shining on offense with its fire pools. Lester can come off as a reskin of Farmer â€“ they both have identical stats and function the same, with the only difference being their factions and Lester's quicker firing and reload speed. In practice, this is exactly what makes him powerful in the right hands, as he can provide large bursts of damage more often, all while requiring less time and courage than Policeman and Ranger. Finally, his faction bonus synergizes with him very well, granting him a lot more powerful double shots. If you manage to compensate for Lester's fragility, he becomes one of the best units for use during the campaign. Psychos' 2/2 synergy allows them to generate small packs of Rage 25% of the time upon landing a crit. The awesome part is that this way you can start a non-stop spam of Berserker, Saw, cheap rage items, and even Bill's LMG, but actually enabling it can be challenging. Not only that you must use the 13-rage cost duo, who are tricky units on their own, but you must also ensure that your deck compensates for their issues while allowing you to get the most out of the resource they generate.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9e062ca3	type	Suicide Mission
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9e062ca3	comment	Suicide Mission: Every mission counts as this for your close-range units, as it's very unlikely for any of them to stay in battle for a long time. Not like that's a problem, not for Bill or yourself at least...
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9f7b20af	type	Late Character Syndrome
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9f7b20af	comment	Late Character Syndrome: Light Soldier, who is unlocked at level 13. By the time the player will achieve it, they will be close to fighting the final boss. It doesn't help that LS' design in general is bad for late-game locations and that he is outclassed by other Damager units like Turbo and Guard in Skirmish. Downplayed with Nancy and Rogue, who are unlocked at level 13 too, yet their unique traits are so strong that they justify these units' insane price tags.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9f86dbcf	type	Immune to Flinching
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_9f86dbcf	comment	Immune to Flinching: Various zombies and most heavyweights have knockback resistance.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_ac007f3e	type	Lady Not-Appearing-in-This-Game
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_ac007f3e	comment	Lady Not-Appearing-in-This-Game: A gender-netural example is present in a particularly infamous ad of the game. It features a massive grotesque zombie that looks like a cross between Demon and Cephalopods, and is able to summon and launch multiple Energy Spheres. It doesn't exist in the actual game. Funnily enough, the same ad also used to demonstrate that trope by featuring a revealing skin for Sniper Polina that's a Shout-Out to Quiet from Metal Gear Solid V. The skin wasn't present in the game at that time, but a slightly edited version of it had been added later, effectively making it a delayed subversion.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_afa3c1ff	type	Eyes Out of Sight
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_afa3c1ff	comment	Eyes Out of Sight: The gameâ€™s art style has every human characterâ€™s eyes hidden for the most part. Usually achieved through hats, helmets, masks, or eyewear. Carlos, the second dark-skinned Agent, and Robber are seen as exceptions to this pattern, not sporting any sort of headwear, but they still have their eyes hidden like everyone else anyways. In these cases, it's their hair casting a permanent shadow over them. By the time you can see their eyes though, they are most certainly dead, with whatever headwear they had on falling/breaking off only to reveal lifeless bloodshot or yellow eyes in many cases. That's also a visual indicator that Glenn still isn't dead when he gets knocked down, as he keeps his hat with his eyes covered, and when he dies for real, then his hat gets knocked off. Although, interestingly, there are a number of other units who also keep their eyes hidden upon death. But unlike Glenn, they obviously donâ€™t come back alive. Interestingly, Clown Chopper, the Psychos skin for Chopper, does depict him with eyes. There are no other skins with this distinction, making it quite an exception. The only explanation being that Chopper wears face paint with this skin, which could take attention away from his eyes, but they're still clearly visible. Sometimes, units will just have shadows covering their eyes when nothing should be. Unit skins involving things like headbands, a beanie, a santa hat, or a backwards cap should have the unit's eyes exposed to light, but a shadow still keeps them hidden, despite there being nothing to produce the shadow.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_b0e18b32	type	Unique Enemy
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_b0e18b32	comment	Unique Enemy: For a long time, Foreman and Twins could only be found in a single level each (missions 25 and 138, respectively). The trope became averted with the introduction of revamped Halloween Event, some waves of which feature the aforementioned zombies. They also were added to some of the supply runs introduced in update 3.6.0.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_b798d379	type	One Stat to Rule Them All
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_b798d379	comment	One Stat to Rule Them All: For a brief period of time, cost reduction was an example of this trope as it allowed units to achieve a discount as low as -20. While it was extremely difficult to actually acquire four items with a -5 reduction, getting your hands on them was equal to beating the game. Skirmish outright suffered from this stat, as it was possible to make decks with 16 units in them, which were all effectively unbeatable. Cost reduction's dominance was eventually stopped with the introduction of a cap for it: the buff can now only be upgraded once, for a total of -2 reduction on a single item.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_bbca7a41	type	Mirror Match
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_bbca7a41	comment	The Truck Driver to Sheriff Bill. Considering the fight against him is essentially a Mirror Match. The driver mans an armored vehicle just like Bill's bus, sends out the Marauders to defend the truck like how you send out your units, and uses an LMG to shoot down at enemies just like Bill's LMG.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_bcae7b8c	type	Combat Resuscitation
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_bcae7b8c	comment	Combat Resuscitation: Paramedic Nancy is capable of reviving any dead units once, unless their corpse is too damaged to be revived. (Units that detonate on death or are burnt to ashes)
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_bcf69f60	type	Short-Range Shotgun
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_bcf69f60	comment	Short-Range Shotgun: Pellets of shotgunners can travel only for a fixed distance before disappearing. The units themselves also tend to have short base range.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_c145f69b	type	Subverted Trope
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_c145f69b	comment	Subverted with some of the survivors. Sonya, Specops, and Grenadier are all useful units that belong to different military branches and organizations. Double subverted with Internal Forces' and Military's synergy decks. They are largely inefficient, and their team powers aren't helping the case.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_c14ca4e0	type	Zombie Infectee
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_c14ca4e0	comment	Zombie Infectee: Almost all of the Marauders are said to be infected, except for Biker, although it's implied with him. Even though the rules of this world's zombie infection are unclear, and they seem to be fine with being like this, they're still infected. Naked has fully green hands and a whole green face. Lubber has green hands and blood pouring out of his mouth. Rifleman has a small amount of blood coming from under his cap. Crazy is said to have almost transformed into a zombie, and immediately turns upon death without even falling to the ground. Robber and Biker both appear to be perfectly fine, but Robber is said to be infected, and Biker is implied, being with all the other Marauders.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_c75df49a	comment	Funnily enough, the same ad also used to demonstrate that trope by featuring a revealing skin for Sniper Polina that's a Shout-Out to Quiet from Metal Gear Solid V. The skin wasn't present in the game at that time, but a slightly edited version of it had been added later, effectively making it a delayed subversion.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_c93a6560	type	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_c93a6560	comment	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: The Foreman zombie has a metal pipe stabbing through his sides.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_cc05f657	type	Begin with a Finisher
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_cc05f657	comment	Mechanic is a standard Fighter who uses his strongest attack first. Coming out of the bus with his sledgehammer, he'll slam it into the first enemy he encounters and deal 3 times his normal damage before switching to his wrench. This opening attack is effective enough to deal with some powerful threats in one hit, or at least take out a massive chunk of their health. It gets better with his special ability, which lets Mechanic keep the sledgehammer if he gets a kill with it, allowing him to chain kill after kill with high damage.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_cfd569ac	type	Take Your Time
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_cfd569ac	comment	Take Your Time: The phases of the final boss are triggered by reaching certain thresholds of its health. There's no other limits during the first and the second of them, and the boss only starts attacking in the latter. This means that you can do practically whatever you want throughout the first phase, as long as you don't deal too much damage to the boss or let the bus take too much damage.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_d311b60a	type	Monster Compendium
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_d311b60a	comment	Monster Compendium: The Zombiepedia records any enemies the player have encountered, listing their stats alongside a short description. (Some of which are misleading or outdated.)
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_d429d0f6	type	Canada, Eh?
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_d429d0f6	comment	Canada, Eh?: Northerners will randomly apologize after landing a kill if you run a team with their synergy active.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_dae3999d	type	Action Bomb
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_dae3999d	comment	Action Bomb: Firefighter and Rebel zombies can explode on death. So do Grenadier, Juggernaut, and Firefighter (the human) among players' units.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_dfb71617	type	Male Gaze
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_dfb71617	comment	Male Gaze: When any female unit dies a highlight is made on their thighs and bottom. Only Charlotte ends up lying on her back, but it doesn't stop her from evoking the trope in a different way. Abby and Nancy are the only exceptions. The former falls on the floor face down, and the latter turns into a zombie instantly.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_e407c52e	type	Double Subversion
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_e407c52e	comment	Double subverted with Internal Forces' and Military's synergy decks. They are largely inefficient, and their team powers aren't helping the case.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_e4e86215	type	Fake Difficulty
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_e4e86215	comment	Fake Difficulty: Shown via RNG playing a big role in enemy functionality. It affects such aspects as the frequency of attacks, positioning in individual waves, and how often they pause while moving and trigger abilities.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_e5421161	type	Expy
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_e5421161	comment	Expy: Lester, Turbo, Glenn, and Austin as blatant examples. Queen, Sonya, and Builder Abby as more subtle ones. More examples can be found on the Shout-Out page.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_e69173b6	type	Time-Limit Boss
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_e69173b6	comment	Time-Limit Boss: The third phase of the final boss battle must be completed in under a minute.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_ea480f92	type	Simple, yet Awesome
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_ea480f92	comment	Simple, yet Awesome: Mechanic is a standard Fighter who uses his strongest attack first. Coming out of the bus with his sledgehammer, he'll slam it into the first enemy he encounters and deal 3 times his normal damage before switching to his wrench. This opening attack is effective enough to deal with some powerful threats in one hit, or at least take out a massive chunk of their health. It gets better with his special ability, which lets Mechanic keep the sledgehammer if he gets a kill with it, allowing him to chain kill after kill with high damage. Cashier is also a standard fighter, but he has a relatively slow crit animation, and doesn't have any special perks to his name. He does have unusually high stats for what kind of unit he is. Which at least makes him powerful. However, his special ability is when he truly shines, granting his critical hits quadruple damage. A 4x in damage on crits makes Cashier a powerhouse who can deal with some of the most dangerous or tanky threats in the game all by himself, if he gets to hit them. The Agents are normally Awesome, yet Impractical, but when given their special ability and put in with the right team, they can become great support units. The Agents' special ability allows the duo to properly count as 2 units for team powers. while it might sound like another trivially unimpactful special ability, consider that the Police are one of the best teams, with arguably the best team powers in the game. Police 2/2 is always active for the entire team when the Agents are on the team, Police 3/3 is easier to get 3 police alive for due to them being two units for the price of one. And overall, 3/3 and 5/5 Police teams get one extra slot open for any other more versatile unit or Rage item to fill, making those teams overall less restrictive. Some team powers count as this. Marines 2/2 is the only team power that only affects one unit: Private Rodriguez. Making it so that Rodriguez never pauses between attacks. Rodriguez was nerfed to have a major problem with pausing, even when he's at max agility, he'll often stop and stand still when attacking. This brings him back to his pre-nerf glory, being able to punch and kick through hordes swiftly. While it doesn't help his greater team directly, a significantly powered-up Rodriguez greatly makes up for it. Northerners 2/2 makes every Northerner score a critical hit as their next attack after getting a kill. Even though this only synergizes with Lester with his special ability unlocked and Glenn, it synergizes with them extremely well. Allowing Glenn to shred hordes of weaker enemies apart and allowing Lester to keep on using his special ability's extra powerful dual barrel shot since it counts as a critical hit.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_eb4cc0bc	type	Villainous Harlequin
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_eb4cc0bc	comment	Interestingly, Clown Chopper, the Psychos skin for Chopper, does depict him with eyes. There are no other skins with this distinction, making it quite an exception. The only explanation being that Chopper wears face paint with this skin, which could take attention away from his eyes, but they're still clearly visible.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_eec1d165	type	Color-Coded Item Tiers
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_eec1d165	comment	Color-Coded Item Tiers: Items are separated into four tiers: Common (White), Rare (Blue), Epic (Purple) and Legendary (Orange). Higher tiered items can be upgraded further and can contain a higher amount of bonus stats.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_ef23acb9	type	Xenomorph Xerox
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_ef23acb9	comment	Xenomorph Xerox: Insectoid. All that's missing is a tail and a second mouth.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_ef8ee709	type	Critical Status Buff
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_ef8ee709	comment	Critical Status Buff: Units equipped with the Surgery set gain doubled main damage once they reach half health or below. The effect is lost if the unit is healed above the health threshold. The Hitman item set also provides a buff to critical damage if a unit goes below 70% health. Just like Surgery, the effect is lost if their health goes past that threshold. Policeman Diaz's special ability gives a 30% speed increase to all actions if his health is at less than a half. Berserker's special ability gives him a 50% increase to critical chance while his health is not full.
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Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_f13a0451	type	Suicide Attack
Dead Ahead Zombie Warfare (Video Game) / int_f13a0451	comment	Suicide Attack: Charged Zombie's only tactic, as it can't attack normally. Once it charges itself to the max, it starts rushing towards the nearest unit at incredibly high speed. Nancy, Welder, and Firefighter get repurposed for this strategy in Skirmish, as their usual traits don't play that big of a role in it.
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