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Game Review: Mercenary Ops

Hey, everyone. It is hard to blog when your I-Pad is trying to install the new version of I-Tunes. So, if you got a version of this blog post with no body, that is why.
    This evening I have been playing a new game on the Padster. The name of the game is Mercenary Ops. This game has a wide spectrum of reviews on the store, from one star to 5 star. That in itself is not unusual, even though there are only 16 reviews.
     First of all, it is free, so it won't hurt to try it, if you have a half of a Gig of space. Yeah, that's right, a big file. The graphics are superb, as you might expect from an Unreal Engine game. There is a bit of a lag, in spots, on my I-Pad 3, but not enough to be a deal breaker. Some reported crashes on certain devices.
    In this story, you play as a soldier, Leo, who is in Europe to investigate strange happenings at a creepy castle. When you get there you find that the place is overrun with zombies. These pitiful creatures are lovingly rendered in all their stark clarity. They stalk, they crawl across the cobblestones, they throw battleaxes at you. Some of them actually have guns, which would seem rather high-tech of dead people. There are even zombie dogs, which is one thing I can't abide. Ha, ha. I shoot them first because they are so darn fast and they have sharp teeth and claws. One of the surly brutes looks like the Hound of the Baskervilles created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I popped a cap on that dude.
     There are huge man-beasts which are armored, hard to kill, and probably would have bad breath if you were in the same room with them. There are times you have to swipe the screen or rock it back and forth in order to step on a zombies neck or whatever.
      As far as control schemes, there are three choices. I have only played the easy mode, in which you tap the zombies to shoot them. I understand that you can play with gyroscope controls as well, but I cannot personally vouch for that.
    You can buy guns, med packs etc. with in game coins or coins  that you buy from an in-app. Let's talk about money a bit.
    The game is free, as I said. You play one level and then must choose to buy the full game or not. No problem with that. A free sample is cool and the full game is only $1.99. Unfortunately, the aggressive enemies necessitate quite a bit of healing packs, which cost $1000 for five of them. The cheapest in-app is 99 cents for $5000 in coins.  You can about depend on spending a minimum of $2.99 on this game. I haven't played far enough to know if my $3.00 will carry me deep into the game or not. I have misgivings about that since there is one in-app that costs a whopping $29.99.
     So, now you have some information to help with your decision. Do you want to spend a few bucks to go to Europe and kill zombies (and dogs)? The answer to this searing question is still unknown, here at the author's green retreat.
   I'm CE Wills.
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