Zombies Ate My Friends Review
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Version Reviewed: 1.0.2
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4S
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Zombies and video games go great together. We tend to forget this, especially as zombies in general become increasingly played out, but it’s a fact regardless. While Zombies Ate My Friends is no The Walking Dead, or Zombies Ate My Neighbors for that matter, it still showcases why this combination is so strong in the first place.
Also enhancing the horror, but perhaps inadvertently so, is the freemium influence on Zombies Ate My Friends’ gameplay. The action takes place on a 2D, sidescrolling plane so getting lost is never an issue. Meanwhile, plentiful and inventive weapons like shotguns, cricket bats, and zombie body parts do a good job at keeping the undead at bay. But the energy system, which limits how many actions can be performed without waiting, really makes players fight for every inch. In too many other mobile games this can feel like an arbitrary, cheap, cynical, money-grubbing way of slowing the game down. However, here it actually adds to the oppressive atmosphere.
Zombies Ate My Friends rides high on its top-notch production values and compelling synthesis of mobile and horror game design philosophies. It’s definitely worth devouring.
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