![]() ![]() RGC celebrates the best in s art s s nostalgia!" This weekend you'll find thousands of video game fans from the Northeast and Canada in downtown Syracuse So, what are you waiting for? Those zombies won’t kill themselves.Not only is this event the largest in Upstate New York, it has grown to be the largest gaming event in all of New York State. The fact the developers have just released extra content and introduced some new gameplay elements with moving zombies and different ammo types bodes well for the future of the app. It offers a lot of entertainment and even at $0.99 it is well worth grabbing. The problems with the game are not a big deal and Stupid Zombies is, for the most part, great fun. One last similarity is that the iPhone version costs ($0.99) whereas Android owners can enjoy the carnage for free. The gameplay is distinct enough that the comparison can end there and Stupid Zombies definitely does have an identity of its own. The presentation and format of Stupid Zombies is very reminiscent of Angry Birds and the addictive hook is pretty similar too. Wooden planks in particular seem to ping around as though they are on bungee ropes. The only other minor detraction from the gory fun is the bizarre physics on some of the obstacles. The bigger your touch screen display, the easier Stupid Zombies will be to play. Since you have to tap on the screen to fire it can be tough to get the precise aim you want for some of the levels. They aren’t too intrusive and should only be visible on the menu screens, although I did notice them creeping into a level on a couple of occasions which was distracting and irritating. ![]() The Android version is free, which is great, but there are ads. This also means you have to come back out to the main menu to turn the sound on or off. There’s also quite a long pause between levels and you can’t use the Menu button in game – you have to use the onscreen pause control. The game takes a few seconds to load and individual levels also take a while to start after you select them. Played on my HTC Desire the performance isn’t perfect. The sound is perfectly adequate but nothing special. In game you get moaning zombie sounds at the start and there are squelchy sound effects for the slaughter. The backgrounds are fairly basic but they strike the right tone. They can also come apart and it’s not uncommon to see a zombie head fly off, complete with a jet of blood spurting into the air, before landing and rolling to rest at your feet. The zombies look great and they flop about as ragdolls when blasted. It is an attractive game with a cute cartoon style. This is easily one of the best zombie games for Android. That’s plenty of entertainment to keep you busy. The developers just released the first update which contains stage one of chapter two, offering another 60 levels taking the total up to 300. You can fire grenades, split shot ammo and even buckshot. Then there’s chapter two, where you’ll find some interesting new ammunition options that allow for new kinds of puzzles. There are four stages in chapter one with 60 levels in each. There’s usually a way to slaughter all the zombies with a single shot, so even if you complete a level there’s a lot of replay value as you try again in pursuit of a perfect three star rating. Stupid Zombies features a three star rating system for each level, again exactly like Angry Birds.Īs the levels wear on, the architecture becomes more complex and some new puzzle features such as exploding barrels, switches to open doors and moving obstacles are introduced into the action. Your bullets will bounce off the walls and surfaces in each level and the fewer bullets you use to dispatch your undead foe, the higher your score will be. Each level is populated with some hapless zombies and you need to put them all down in order to progress. Anyone could pick this up and play, although some parents may not want their kids to try it because there is blood involved and the zombie’s heads are easily detached. You have to complete each level to unlock the next, exactly like Angry Birds. You start each level at the bottom left of the screen and you simply tap anywhere on the screen to fire there. The game is extremely accessible and it makes good use of the touch screen. ![]() Your aim is to wipe each level clean of the eponymous stupid zombies standing or shambling around. In Stupid Zombies you are cast as a shotgun wielding, tank top wearing, hero with a quiff – in the mould of Ash (Bruce Campbell) from the Evil Dead movies. There’s something lovable about those shambling, brain dead, shells of humanity. Like many people I am afflicted with a zombie obsession sparked by the genius of Romero’s original Dead trilogy. ![]()
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