is a multiplayer first person shooter and escape game. Based on popular zombie escape mods, the stand🥂alone title pits up to 30 players against each other in a battle for survival. Humans ജmust flee an increasing zombie horde and escape on the train, before they all become infected.
The Basics
Pandemic Express Zombie Escape is an online multiplayer game for 15 – 30 players. At the start of each match all players spawn in one of several locked train stations on the map. ꧂Once the countdown finishes the lights go out and 1 player becomes infected. Once that zombie has turned two humans into zombies the gates will open, allowing the remaining humans to flee.
If you’re a zombie then your mission is simple, convert all the humans. As a human, you need to arm 𒈔your𓂃self and reach the train. Standing on the train causes it to move, although for each human who succumbs to a zombie the train will stop for 8 seconds. If the train makes one full lap of the track, back to the starting station, the humans win. If all the humans are converted before the train crosses the orange checkpoint the zombies win.
Running, Sliding, And Jumping
The game uses standard ꦕWASD controls with s🐟hift for sprint, space to jump and control to crouch. The main things you need to master are the slide, double jump, and gun jumping mechanics.
Sliding gives you a huge momentum boost but only until you hit the ground. You can extend this briefly by jumping, just before you stop sliding. This will allow you to conserve momentum for longer and cover incredible distances very quickly. You can also jump as soon as♏ you start sliding to make your first jump much higher.
Double jumping is🔯 when you jump again before you land, to enable you to cover much greater distances. You can also double jum♓p while running, which gives you a tiny movement speed increase.
Finally gun jumping♊, which is only usable by humans, is when you fire at the ground or a wall in order to jump using the weapons knockback. Use this in conjunction with other jumps and slides to cover huge expanses of the map incredibly quickly.
Mastering movement will give you a huge advantage. The warmup mode is useful for this as you can go in and pract♋ice pulling 𒆙off crazy tricks to get into obscure places.
When And Where To Go
In the early🍃 game, anyone who isn’t infected needs to run, and fast. Get far away from spawn quickly and then look for loot. Stashes of weapons are often found in train cars and houses. A shotgun and/or revolver wi🔯ll serve you well.
At thi༺s point you can choose to head to the airdrop, which will offer better weapons. Be aware though that all those zombies often have the same idea, so plan carefully.ꦗ Once armed you can head towards the train.
Once by the tra🌜in you don’t need to constantly stay on it. Tak♊e the opportunity to look around for armor, which can often be vital to long term survival.
When you are armored up, head back to the train to defend it. Keep your dist💧ance when poss🤡ible, especially from bombers, and just drop onto the train occasionally, in order to keep it moving. Then simply keep dispatching those zombies until the victory is assured.
Tips For Humans
Weapons
There are si🅠x different weapons and six different tiers and humans can carry two weapons at once. A higher tier weapon will hold more ammo, meaning less time spent reloading. The tiers are color coded. Tier one is white, two is green, three is blue, four is purple, five is gold and six is orange. The rocket launcher is the only orange tier weapon so use it wisely. It has seven rockets which will e𓂃xplode for huge damage on impact but cannot be replenished, making it useless once they are spent.
Keep An Eye On The Circle
As the train moves the circle will get smaller, eventual൲ly encompassing just the train it🍷self. While it does damage humans outside its range, the harm is quite minimal. The aspect of the circle you need to look out for is the health bank shut off.
Health banks are spread around the map and allow you to recharge your hearts. You ca🅷n only use💛 banks which are within the circle.
Grab Some Shields
The blacဣk jars are shꦜields. You can have up to three of these and they add armored hearts, one per jar. Armor is vital for survival. Any armor stops you being grabbed and thrown by zombies. It will also stop bombers from one-shotting you.
Remember The Train
While staying constantly on the train is a bad idea, you will 🅘need to be close by, especially 🐭towards the end of the game.
Humans have to keep touching the train to keep it moving. Jumping around and gaining high ground can help defend those on the train and increase the distance between you and the bomber zombies. If the train is empty, jump d🦩own to start it moving again.
Tips For Zombies
Use Your Abilities
A standard zombie will be able to attack and grab. An attack will cause one heart of damage on a human. Grab will allow you to throw a human across the map. Many zombies have been throwing humans into water, which leav🧔es them slow and defenseless.
You can also grab explosive barrels and throw them ♒at humans, sending them flying off their high ground.
Bombers
When 🌳you respawn you have a chance to become a special zombie, either a bomber or a phantom. Bombers are really dangerous. They explode to deal three hearts of damage, an instant kill on a human with no armor.
Flanking ℱgroups of humans before running 😼in with your timer ticking can do some serious damage.
Phantoms
Phantoms can turn invisible, giving them a slight advantage and allowing them to sneak up on humans. A Phantoms ability is best used while humans are distracted by others, allo🌌wing them to launch a sneak attack.
Survival Is Most Important
At the time of writing the game still heavily favor✱s zombies but some humans are starting to win, now that they've had more time to master the mechanics of the game. Don't forget that you can learn the movement mechanics, locations of health banks, and other useful information by exploring the map in warmup mode. Don't be afraid to take risks and see what pays off. Good luck escaping the infected.