Graves Robber
Tony Mei | Feb 12, 2010 Games
User rating: 
(4 votes, average: 1.50 out of 5)
(4 votes, average: 1.50 out of 5)
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Overview:
Machines guns. Rocket launchers. Zombies. Tight pants. Developed by iPhoGame Dev, Inc. This sentence fragment review is brought to you by a bored app reviewer.
Some good stuff:
Nice 3D visuals and rendering. 1st and 3rd person views. Collectable power ups. Money tracking, weapon upgrading, clothing purchasing. Variety of powerups to collect, save, and to lay waste the bosses with.
Recent update shortened my “Not so hot” list considerably. Gameplay is satisfying. Boss fights are satisfying. Getting mobbed by zombies and dying is less satisfying.
Some not so hot stuff:
About 4 different items to collect. Which isn’t a lot. All zombies act the same. Not very many power ups. Linear levels (kill zombies, kill boss, enter swirly portal). Game gets repetitive quick. Controls are occasionally screwy. Very little rpg-likeness.
Things that would make this app better:
More items, more upgrades, more stuff to do. But I basically say that about every app.
Should I buy it?:
Right now, this app is bare bones and simple, but has a great concept and an extremely ambitious starting. A recent update improving movement and reloading shows the dev’s dedication, and possibly of things to come.
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- Everything you need for a sucessful zombie thrashing.
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- This ominous purple portal. Sounds good.
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- Don't ask.
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- A fantastic vantage position. That pile of dirt has no chance.
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- I liked it better when zombies would only moan and shamble toward you.
Version 1.1
Reviewed on iPod Touch 3.1.2
Kids vs. Zombies
Swain Valasek | May 24, 2009 Games
User rating: (6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
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It took awhile for me to review Kids vs. Zombies, virgin effort from new developers Monkey Wrench Games LLC. Not on purpose mind you, just one of those things but the point is 2 events occurred during that time which are great for the consumer: a 1 dollar price drop and a lite version! Anyway on with the review. KvZ is close to being a CD (castle defense) game but innovates on several fronts to where I can only loosely associate it with that genre. Yes, the core of the game is defending a static fort from an endless onslaught of zombies but beyond that the execution is vastly different from what you might expect. First of all, it’s freakin’ zombies and that’s already a plus in my book but I digress so let’s start at the beginning.
Tags: $1.99, castle defense, Swain Valasek, zombies
