Zulu Response

Zulu Response is a first-person tactical game set during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. You play as a British soldier or Zulu warrior, commanding a squad of intelligent AI soldiers and reserves. The game supports single-player, four-player co-op and eight-player multiplayer.

Command your squad

You can issue orders to your AI as a full unit, in smaller groups or individually. Available player classes each have a distinct British or Zulu squad, and squad size and reserves depend on your class and faction. Orders include setting rally points or target areas, or having soldiers follow you.

As a British player, you can arrange AI soldiers in standing and crouched battle lines, assign targets and order them to fire. You can also command both lines to fire together or alternate their fire to maintain a steady volley.

Configure each battle

Game options let you adjust realism settings for weapons, AI skill, the environment, movement and fatigue. These include weapon and melee effectiveness by player and AI class; fatigue and its effects on movement; AI movement, combat and target-detection speed; and Zulu movement speed based on health. You can set whether AI only respond to orders within hearing range, and choose objectives such as walls to breach, target spawn areas and the number of people who must escape.

Other options cover the game timer, lingering weapon smoke, iron sights or a crosshair, respawning or a hardcore mode where player death ends the game, and whether squad AI identification uses no markers, names or symbols. You can choose automatic reloading or reloads initiated by the player, and adjust spear impalement, soldier cowardice and its effects on desertion and AI morale, the frequency of requested Zulu charges, the percentage of Zulus who form an Impi charge, the number of reserves and an in-game marker cursor.

Maps and battles

Maps are scaled to real-world size and based on 1879 battlefields, using satellite images, old drawings and maps from the period. The maps and gameplay draw on actual battles and flashpoints from the war.

Medals and rewards

British players can earn medals, while Zulu players earn rewards. AI soldiers respect commanders who have earned them and fight harder; medals and rewards can also be traded in during the game for a benefit.