Hey, everyone. Sometimes you know a game is going to be really special by the title. This may or may not be one of those times. Today I downloaded a game from the app store. Its different and fun as well as free. That's a heck of a deal. The game is called Zombie Trailer Park.
First of all, I like the music. It does have ads at the top, during game play, even. For a very reasonable 99 cents you can upgrade to the ad free version. The game is totally worth the 99 cents because it's so darn cute. I do wish they listed the paid version on the app store directly because I don't like in-app purchases. That's probably a bit silly of me, but how do I know that it is going through the app store? I don't like typing in my password unless I am on the app store and know I'm on the app store. At any rate, I make it a practice never to say negative things about anything free so I am sorry for bringing that up.
Here's the recipe for the game. You are living in a trailer park not too very far from a city in a post-apocalyptic time. Zombies are coming out of the city and walking across a bridge to your trailer. To survive you have to send out guys with shovels to kill zombies. As the hostilities increase you have to buy junkyards so you can earn money faster. With more money you can buy useful things. What things? Well, a mobile moonshine still which the owner uses to make Molotov cocktails to throw at the zombies. You can send out farmers with shotguns, also. You must add trailers to increase your population of fighters. One potent weapon is a .50 caliber machine gun mounted on a pickup truck. Another is a big harvester that runs over the zombies and sprays them out the back in a, shall we say, finer condition.
With enough points you gain 'yee-hah' powers so that you can send an angry mob of rednecks across the bridge to put a whoopin' on the horde of undead. The zombies have their own heavy hitters that appear. There are these huge ogres that pound things to pudding and a wild-haired, screaming woman who runs yelling across the bridge at you. She's literally a hoot. The big ogre dudes can be stopped with difficulty. You have the ability to send out a preacher who uses faith to cause the zombies to turn into good folks and fight the other zombies. I found this a bit sacrilegious and would just as soon they hadn't installed it.
All in all, it's a terrific game for free or for 99 cents. The graphics are rather small but it doesn't detract much from the game because the game's strength is its great story line and the cuteness of it. If I had to put a figure on things I'd say this:
Game play: 4 stars out of five.
Value: 5 stars out of 5.
Graphics: 3 stars out of 5. Maybe less.
Story line: 4 stars out of 5.
Minor faults detract a bit from the game, but I have no problem saying it's worth the money. Rarely do I laugh out loud about anything, but this game gave me several chuckles. Well done. One of the things I liked about the game was the similarities I saw with the area where I grew up. In fact, I think I may have seen some people I know involved in the fighting. On both sides.
CE Wills.
First of all, I like the music. It does have ads at the top, during game play, even. For a very reasonable 99 cents you can upgrade to the ad free version. The game is totally worth the 99 cents because it's so darn cute. I do wish they listed the paid version on the app store directly because I don't like in-app purchases. That's probably a bit silly of me, but how do I know that it is going through the app store? I don't like typing in my password unless I am on the app store and know I'm on the app store. At any rate, I make it a practice never to say negative things about anything free so I am sorry for bringing that up.
Here's the recipe for the game. You are living in a trailer park not too very far from a city in a post-apocalyptic time. Zombies are coming out of the city and walking across a bridge to your trailer. To survive you have to send out guys with shovels to kill zombies. As the hostilities increase you have to buy junkyards so you can earn money faster. With more money you can buy useful things. What things? Well, a mobile moonshine still which the owner uses to make Molotov cocktails to throw at the zombies. You can send out farmers with shotguns, also. You must add trailers to increase your population of fighters. One potent weapon is a .50 caliber machine gun mounted on a pickup truck. Another is a big harvester that runs over the zombies and sprays them out the back in a, shall we say, finer condition.
With enough points you gain 'yee-hah' powers so that you can send an angry mob of rednecks across the bridge to put a whoopin' on the horde of undead. The zombies have their own heavy hitters that appear. There are these huge ogres that pound things to pudding and a wild-haired, screaming woman who runs yelling across the bridge at you. She's literally a hoot. The big ogre dudes can be stopped with difficulty. You have the ability to send out a preacher who uses faith to cause the zombies to turn into good folks and fight the other zombies. I found this a bit sacrilegious and would just as soon they hadn't installed it.
All in all, it's a terrific game for free or for 99 cents. The graphics are rather small but it doesn't detract much from the game because the game's strength is its great story line and the cuteness of it. If I had to put a figure on things I'd say this:
Game play: 4 stars out of five.
Value: 5 stars out of 5.
Graphics: 3 stars out of 5. Maybe less.
Story line: 4 stars out of 5.
Minor faults detract a bit from the game, but I have no problem saying it's worth the money. Rarely do I laugh out loud about anything, but this game gave me several chuckles. Well done. One of the things I liked about the game was the similarities I saw with the area where I grew up. In fact, I think I may have seen some people I know involved in the fighting. On both sides.
CE Wills.
Awesome review!, I really do love this game. I play it mostly at school but i really want it for my iphone.
ReplyDeleteHey! Thanks for your kind words! They are much appreciated. You're right, it is a great game and I have to get back into it this evening, now that I saw your post. I just came in from seeing Oblivion with Tom Cruise. No Zombies, nor trailer parks, but a great sci-fi set in a post-apocalyptic Earth. Have a great day and thanks for reading. From the author's green retreat, I'm CE Wills.
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