In the vast and often baffling world of video games, every now and then something shuffles out of the shadows that defies logic, budgetary expectations, and possibly the laws of good taste. Enter the subject of this particular YouTube review: a Chinese zombie game that boldly features Will Smith as its marketing centerpiece. Sounds promising, right? Well, don’t let the A-list star power fool you. According to the reviewer, this game is less Hollywood blockbuster and more direct-to-VHS oddity from an alternate dimension.
Despite Will Smith’s face being plastered all over the promotional material, his actual presence in the game is about as lively as one of the zombies. There’s no voice acting, no dramatic monologues, not even a crisp “Aw, hell no.” Instead, all his dialogue is relayed through plain, lifeless text. Imagine downloading a Will Smith game and getting a PowerPoint presentation with subtitles instead.
The reviewer quickly uncovers what appears to be a severely underfunded production, or at least one that handled its budget like a drunk pirate in a casino. Animations vanish mid-action, sound effects go mysteriously missing, and entire cutscenes seem to have been replaced with blank stares. It’s as if the game developers started building something ambitious, then collectively decided to go on vacation and left a junior intern in charge of finishing it with five dollars and a prayer.
What really propels the review is the running commentary on the game’s many, many bizarre design decisions. For instance, there is an entire section devoted to washing clothes. Yes, laundry. Because if there’s one thing zombie survivors love doing, it’s keeping their delicates fresh and clean. The dialogue, meanwhile, seems to have been crafted by a random sentence generator that malfunctioned halfway through. Every line is a surreal delight, or a confusing nightmare, depending on your caffeine intake.
The supposed budget of the game is a whopping 140 million dollars (!), which the reviewer treats with the same level of credibility as a three-dollar bill. With missing audio, unfinished scenes, and more bugs than an abandoned cabin, it’s hard not to wonder if most of that budget was spent licensing a photo of Will Smith and possibly a single track from a public domain music library.
Still, while the game itself might be a chaotic mess, the review turns that disaster into comedic gold. The real entertainment doesn’t come from the gameplay, but from the reviewer’s constant jabs, bewildered laughter, and the escalating sense of “what on Earth is happening.” It’s part mystery, part roast, and part group therapy for anyone who ever expected coherence from a celebrity-endorsed zombie simulator.
In the end, Will Smith’s Undawn stands as a shining example of how big names and big budgets don’t always lead to big results. Sometimes, they lead to an unskippable cutscene where Will Smith silently texts you instructions while zombies awkwardly moonwalk in the background. But if nothing else, it makes for a fantastic YouTube video.