- throughout the game, interact with different groups that have their own interpretation of John Dee's "Black Prophecy"
- they also have their own approach to this doomsday scenario
- guided most of the game by a survival expert referred to as the Prepper
- the rest of your group takes refuge in his bunker
- they are sent out one at a time when the current survivor out in the field is killed
- the Prepper treats the Black Prophecy as gospe
- he believes a great fire will wipe out the plague
- Dr Knight is a scientist who argues that science shall prevail in the war against the plague
- he has sealed himself under Buckingham Palace to search for Dee's fabled panacea, a universal cure for the disease
- uncover the secret society known as the Ravens of Dee and their leader, Sandra
- RPG-style levelling and upgrade system
- use the GamePad to scan the environment for items such as weapon parts
- enter the safehouse to upgrade weapons with these parts
- this will boost attributes like damage, firing speed and accuracy
- the more the player uses a certain type of weapon, the better their character will become at handling those kinds of weapons
- these skills only apply to one character at a time
- they disappear if said character dies
- competitive asymmetric multiplayer mode playable both locally and online