Zombie Gunship - iPhone Review

Zombie Gunship – Limbic Software, Inc.

Price: $0.99 - Universal

IAP Coins: $0.99 - $49.99

I know what you’re all thinking, “Does the app store really need another zombie and/or AC130 game?” That’s an easy question, of course it does, duh. Thankfully, the game architects at Limbic Software said we need a combination of the two. Their idea to merge two famous Call of Duty game modes was without a doubt to produce some sort of supergame. Well, it almost does…

We all know how this works. You’re an AC130 gunner with an thermal view of the ground below. You have no control over the circling plane, but can look around by a simple swipe. Your objective is to save civilians sprinting to a bunker, all the while keeping zombies from reaching it. Once a zombie reaches the bunker, the bunker will seal itself off, ending the game. Another way the game ends is when you kill three civilians… and darn those civilians! The civilians are just about as dumb as the zombies. They are slightly faster than a zombie and will run right into a flock, usually leading to their death.

From your AC130 viewpoint, civilians and zombies look like black and white. Other than the canyons, crazies, idiot civilians, and your sacred bunker, there isn’t much else to be seen. This isn’t a complaint, as it’s expected from an AC130 type game. Early on in your zombie exploding career, you’re equipped with only a puny 25 mm Gatling Gun to “snipe” zombies. Zombie sniping is no easy task, and is usually done as a last resort to save an unfortunate civilian. At the end of every round you are given coins based on your performance. These coins can be used upgrade your guns, and more importantly, buy the 40 mm Bofors and my precious 105 mm Howitzer. There are several other upgrades to increase cash inflow and to ward off zombies. As you probably guessed, you can purchase more coins via IAP.

The pace of play is great; each round starting with a few weakling zombies then will quickly throw weakling and mammoth zombie ogres from all directions. The sound is fantastic, the voice acting is good, and weapon sounds are great. My biggest complaint is the degree of difficulty to snipe a zombie. I usually kill the civilian while attempting, so I typically let them die instead. I’m hoping for an upgradable zoom or more accurate 25 mm in an update.

Even with only one map, I still find myself coming back to this game again and again. Don’t you worry, updates will come and more maps are to be made. This is Limbic Software we’re talking about. They updated the mess out of Tower Madness.

I just can’t put this game down. Zombies + AC130 = Bliss.

Rating:

4.0/5.0