Imagine The Walking Dead’s zombie apocalypse unfolding in the middle of a Command & Conquer campaign. Rather than just a handful of survivors, you’re commanding tanks, helicopters, and entire military units as you try to stop the undead from overrunning a city. If this sounds like an interesting premise for a video game to you, an upcoming zombie survival game on Steam is looking to bring these two familiar worlds together, putting players in charge of humanity’s fight against an increasingly organized undead threat.
Developed and published by ProjectAlive, Ebbtide takes place in a world overrun by the undead, starting with a desperate fight to save Los Angeles. Players get to command TF-1 “Ark,” humanity’s last carrier task force, as it attempts to contain the outbreak and protect what’s left of the population. The game draws on familiar ideas from military strategy games like Command & Conquer but throws in a zombie apocalypse where losing ground has consequences beyond a failed mission.
One of Ebbtide’s more interesting features is how it handles its operations map and battlefield. According to its Steam page, players can move between the two without loading screens, zooming into individual streets to take command of ongoing fights...
