Oh look, another zombie apocalypse game.
What?
It's an endless runner as well, that has a
store to upgrade your chances of survival
and the length of the game?
Gee, we haven't seen anything like this before,
he said sarcastically.
With all this being the case, Into the Dead
does something astonishing.
It offers a breathtakingly gorgeous engaging
gaming experience.
Load the game up, and you'll start right near
a crashed helicopter.
Turning around, there's nothing but fields
and the undead all around you.
There's only one course of action... run!
You can choose your method of flight, but
the tilt controls work excellently and you'll
be weaving through zombies in no time.
You can brush past them, and any other obstacles
that get in your way, but come into a head-on
collision, and you've just become that zombie's
dinner.
The coins you obtain for your run and completing
the game's missions are used in the store
to unlock weapons, but they're also used for
perks.
Perks are equipped at the start of the game.
Each perk cost one hundred coins, and you
can equip the whole gamut if you have the
cash and the desire to (which funnily enough
is one the missions that becomes available).
The whole store aspect isn't really that intrusive
either.
The only problem is that the game... well
it's not the most difficult experience out
there, and chances are any gamer with an intermediate
level of skill shall reach some of the new
locations, but the missions that are completed
for reaching these locations come along a
little later.
What we're saying is that some balancing is
this area might need to happen.
Now the presentation is one reason the experience
is so enjoyable.
Atmosphere is the key word here, with the
camera angle, the fog, the color palette,
and the lighting all coming together to create
something visually rich, especially on a mobile
device.
On older phones, performance is a problem,
with some frame rate loss, but nothing that
shouldn't sort itself out a few seconds into
your run.
So while the actual game isn't that complex
and the difficulty curve takes a little while
to kick in, Into the Dead is a joy to play,
and an easy recommend, even for those who
are sick of both zombies and endless runners.
