Universal Into the Dead - (by PikPok)

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  1. oooooomonkey

    oooooomonkey Well-Known Member

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    Woah so even if I buy an iap the ad's will still be there? I was just about to pick up the 69p iap to get rid of the ad's glad I came here first. :eek:
     
  2. Eoghann

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    Oh man oh man! Just 2 minutes of Sanukus gameplay was enough to convince me! :)

    Awesooome!
     
  3. Exact-Psience

    Exact-Psience Well-Known Member

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    Oh god.. all I can say is that this game is SOOOOOOO POLISHED.

    And the IAP doesnt seem to be intrusive as well.

    My only complaint... it's got ads. But they only show when navigating through the menus.
     
  4. Ausar

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    Yep really liking this as well the only complainds is the adds and for some extrange reason the games have crashed two times already during the screen where you select the Perks

    Finally something new in the runner gender

    PS: Nice menu music
     
  5. #45 Hoggy110, Dec 5, 2012
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    Well, I'm #11 on Game Centre after 4 runs :)

    Anyway, here's my +/- review

    +Beautiful graphics
    +Four control schemes that can work to everyones taste
    +Coins can be used for one perk and still get profit
    +Quite easy at the beginning, but starts to get difficult after 2000m
    +Intresting view point for an endless runner (All I've seen our over head and sideways)
    +In-Apps aren't too obtrusive
    +Ads don't interrupt the playing field
    +Nice mechanic where you slow down from hitting objects and nudging zombies
    +Corn field well done, scary jumping away from the path of one zombie straight into the arms of others
    +Nice how you can see the zombie eyes, zombies rising up from ground
    +Pretty gruesome death scene with the blood and the screaming and the zombie eating noises working together

    -Often quite laggy, especially around achievments and notifications
    -It takes a while to load (I've seen a lot worse, though I've seen a lot better than this)
    -BUG: Game progress deletes itself if you exit out the app and kill it from the home bar

    Summary: This, like many other PikPok games, is really well done. There might be other zombie endless runners on the market, but this is my favourite..The save-killing bug needs to be squashed though

    8/10

    I've got one suggestion, and thats to let ammo build up i.e you hit a crate with a pistol with 8 ammo and it goes to 20

    Edit: Just found massive bug-my game progress got deleted...review has been adjusted for this
     
  6. Exact-Psience

    Exact-Psience Well-Known Member

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    Look for Dead Runner. Very similar to this one, but came out before this. This is much deeper and is better, but nonetheless it's a good pickup for a first person endless runner.
     
  7. Eoghann

    Eoghann Well-Known Member

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    I remember Dead Runner fondly. One of the first endless runners I played.
     
  8. WCFields

    WCFields Well-Known Member

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    Are there any runners you don't like?
     
  9. I definitely see the similarities between these two games
     
  10. Exact-Psience

    Exact-Psience Well-Known Member

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    LOL... tons of them. Some of them actually have potential, but ended up being bad because of lack of attention from the devs.
     
  11. PikPok

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    Response from the concept originator of Into the Dead at PikPok on the mention of Dead Runner -

    "Good pick. Dead Runner was actually one of the title inspirations when I came up with the concept, the other being Zombie Highway.

    Dead Runner was great, but shallow enough that I lost interest after a while once I reached the peak of my natural skill level.

    Zombie Highway has great meta progression and variety which kept me playing but the gameplay didn't quite grab as much as I would have liked.

    Seemed natural to combine the best of both worlds :)"
     
  12. Exact-Psience

    Exact-Psience Well-Known Member

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    ^well said... But d the days when "variety" wasnt much, dead runner was actually pretty good, but yeah, it got old now with newer runner titles, especially with Into the Dead now out.
     
  13. oooooomonkey

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    Holy crap I've just been playing this on my ipad with my headphones in and it's freaking awesome. :D

    Everything about this is cool the way you rebound off zombies from a close shave and running through the different environments is fantastic. Seriously it's exactly like the dev said, it's dead runner updated for today and turned up to 11.
    Love it.
     
  14. bigrand1

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    This actually seems a bit creepy. Think I like it!
     
  15. ninjackid

    ninjackid Well-Known Member

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    Wow, this looks great!
     
  16. sink_or_swim

    sink_or_swim Well-Known Member

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    2 hours to go :)
     
  17. PikPok

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  18. Exact-Psience

    Exact-Psience Well-Known Member

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    I have to say, this is looking to be the best game i've picked up today.
     
  19. DannyTheElite

    DannyTheElite Well-Known Member

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    You must not have bought minigore 2 then
     
  20. Exact-Psience

    Exact-Psience Well-Known Member

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    #60 Exact-Psience, Dec 5, 2012
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    I have... and it's good, but i prefer this than Minigore 2, because it's just, well, minigore with upgrades. But again, it's really good and a very worthy successor to Minigore, but i just find this more atmospheric and more engaging.

    EDIT: Wow... went through the Minigore 2 thread and found out you havent played it yet. Sorry for giving you a bit of a spoiler, and congratulations for calling a game better than the other without playing either. :D
     

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