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‘SurrounDEAD’ – 3GS Compass-Friendly Zombie Invasion

036164_3The graphics in SurrounDEAD [App Store] aren’t amazing, and the simple tap to shoot gameplay isn’t anything we haven’t seen before, but if you are lucky enough to be playing on an iPhone 3GS you are in for a treat.

SurrounDEAD is one of the first games available that not only has the standard tilt controls for previous-generation devices, but also utilizes the compass on the 3GS as a control method. Standing up and spinning in circles as you pan the area for zombies feels just as strange as the Amiga 3000-based 1000CS virtual reality machines that often served as the crown jewels of arcades of the early 90’s.

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Facing different directions in real life to face those directions in games adds an extremely odd level of immersion to such a simple game. In its current state, it’s little more than a tech demo for 3GS owners to show off the fancy features of their phone. In the iTunes description it mentions updates coming soon to add more zombies, zombie AI, a shotgun upgrade, and some kind of level structure. However, as it stands, you just tap to shoot zombies until you get overrun and eventually die.

If you own a 3GS, SurrounDEAD is worth throwing down a buck at because the compass control method is really cool, but other than that, there’s not much to this game.

App Store Link: SurrounDEAD, 99¢