INTO THE DEAD - Game review.

INTO THE DEAD

A game by PIK POK

From the tense and encapsulating music to the dark theme , INTO THE DEAD opens with an awe- aspiring intro that keeps you captivated and expectant of a breathe taking thrill. This game won't disappoint you so grab your weapons and follow me as we run through a wide field crawling with zombies in an endless run of survival filled with evading and outright killing of zombies.

Into The Dead is a game developed by PIK POK and available on android phones. It is a wonderfully enjoyable and likeable game that you can immerse yourself in for the fun of playing or just to while away time. Without further ado, Here are the features present on the INTO THE DEAD mobile game.

CONTROL SCHEME

This can be accessed from the SETTINGS options. The available control methods include:

TILT: Here, you get to move your avatar sideways(L-R) by tilting your phone. Fire arms are fired by touching any area of the screen.

TOUCH: The screen is divided into three. A small portion on each side to move the avatar to that side and a middle button for fire.

THUMBSTICK: Here, the thumbstick to move the Avatar left or right is on the right portion of the screen and the fire button is the right portion of the screen.

THUMBSTICK MIRRORED: This basically mirrors the THUMBSTICK control screen so that players who favour their roght thumb for control can actually do that and enjoy the game to the fullest.

PERKS:

This cost a certain amount of gold coins and can be activated before the start of a game play.

These are certain traits or enhancements such as a comapnion, extra crates etc that can be enabled before the start of game play. The perks vary slightly according to game mode and so it will be filled in under each game mode.

ARMED START This ensures the you start the game with a randomly selected weapon.

BARRELS
Thus perk places barrels,which explode after being shot in random places on the field. The explosion affords an area effect that takes out multiple zombies

HEADSTART This starts you up 1,500m in the game.

AMMO BOOST This doubles the ammo count for every weapon you use when the perk is active.

MORE CRATES This increases the number of weapon crates the appear in different intervals within the game. The contents of the weapon crates are random.

COMPANION These afford you a K-9 companion that helps fend of zombies in your vicinity. There is a long list of companions to unlock in the options menu.

GAME MODES

There are a total of four game modes unlockable through out the game.

The four game modes in the game include: The classic game mode, Traill of the dead, Hardcore mode and Flashlight. The latter three are locked at the beginning of the game but can be unlocked as on pregresses with the game.

CLASSIC GAME MODE:

This involves the normal running and evading of zombies alongside killing them while the distance covered is measured. The perks can be selected before the game begins include:

MASSACRE:

In this game mode, you are only concerned with killing as many zombie as possible while running across the open field and evading the zombies. Here, BARRELS replace the ARMED START perk. .

HARDCORE

It is more or less similar to the CLASSIC gmae mode except the the number of zombies increase rapidly, the area used is more difficult and the weapons have various levels of reduced ammo. The perka are pretty much the same with the CLASSIC game mode.

FLASHLIGHT

Here, the whole scenrery is dark with little visibility. You are given a flashlight, that constantly loses charge the longer it stays on, to brighten your path as you run whilst evading the zombie. The battery recharges once you switch it off and occasional lightning flashes also help to illuminate the way. You are unable to carry any weapon but a companion is allowed. The perks for the flash light mode are better described in the picture below.

ARMORY:

A warehouse of weapons and what nots.

In the armory, you can buy different weapons, zombies or companion. The subdivisions of the armory include:

RARE SETS These are the weapons that cannot be gotten in game modes and have to be purchased. Some can be purchased via the game's coins or via actual money. But, don't be bothered, you can still enjoy the game without the rare set. Moving on…

WEAPONS Here, the weapons available in the game are dispalyed. You can choose to upgrade the weapons you already unlock or to unlock a lock weapon before you've unlocked it via in- game missions. These however require use of coin. Some weapons and upgrades do however require you to spend.

ZOMBIES There are two other Zombie packs to select from, apart from the main pack. They are the AMERICAN FOOTBALL zombie pack and the WORLD WAR zombie pack. The former can be unlocked via coins while the latter requires facebook log in.

COMPANION These are the animal companinons that help in fighting of zombies. They range from dogs to tigers and all vary in term of speed strength and area of effectiveness.

Overall, i'ld say this is a very good game and it has the following pros:

It's download size is small and it doesn't take up excess space on phone.

It's easy to play and quiet enjoyable.

It's Addictive.

It has a challenge mode called 'Trial of the dead' that comes up once in a few hours when you're given a weapon you do not own to perform certain missions such as kill a total of 10,000 zombies or run 500,000m.

The only perceivable cons to this game are:

The actions are automatic and mostly limited.

There is no end game as you keep running in a seemingly endless plain.

And that's it for my review. If there's anything you don't like about the game or if you have any questions about the game, feel free to leave a comment.

Thank You.

Here's what the game looks like.

Disclaimer: DISCLAIMER: All Images used in this Review are Screenshots taken from the game
INTO THE DEAD