Idle Zombies

Found this game through an ad, and liked the look of it, so I downloaded it, and booted up. I find the gameplay actually really enjoyable! No forced ads, which is a big plus. You also don’t have to spend a single dime on the game to do well, just watch the optional ads to get some pretty generous boosts. I “completed” the game in just a few days, however, due to what I would call an exploit that I found. Once you upgrade any turret just once, you can watch an ad to increase its level by so many without paying any in game currency. The “problem” here is that every time you do, the levels you get per ad increase. This means that a 2 star turret gets 10 levels, with an additional 2 per ad watched. Since dogs scale with the power of your turrets, and the first dog each area can be auto’d for only 10 gold to give a cash drop every five seconds, it creates an exponential loop, giving you more and more money each ad, quickly surpassing the cost of the last dog. This is where it gets broken; you can use this metric boatload of money to reset the first area hundreds of times, adding on another exponential increase. I got to the CK’s then the game crashed around a 34,000x multiplier. Did all this in just a few hours of absent mindedly clicking the ad button, and now the game crashes when I click special weapons XD. Great, free entertainment breaking this game!

I’ve been playing this game for two days and LOVE It! It’s a fun game and is probably one of the best idle games ever made. The one issue that I have with it is that when you level a gun up past level 6600 (easier than you’d think. Again, I’m on day two), the game freezes. For those of you who don’t know, when leveling up modified weapons, you have the option to either pay in game money for upgrades like any other game or you can watch an ad to level it up a lot at one time without paying for the upgrade. Once you get the weapon to around level 6600, if you play the ad, the ad will freeze and you won’t be able to increase in the levels. I did this with multiple weapons all to the same effect. This effects the damage of the weapon and the amount of money that you get so there’s not really anywhere to go at that point. I feel like I’m done 2 days in because I can’t progress. Again, really fun game, but please solve that issue. Thanks!

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The game could be pretty good if they had actually focused on the user experience instead of maximizing monetization. Progression is painfully slow around level 30. I’m sure this is to they can entice you to buy their $10 pack for that level. Once you’ve progressed (and waited hours since you decided not to pay) enough to reset your progress you will really notice how the game falls short. Want to upgrade your towers back to high levels after a reset? Be prepared to tap 10,000 times. First level has 20+ towers that need to be updated and they’ll easily e level 500+ when you’re good at the game. There is no option to buy multiple updates at once like every other game where you prestige has. You have to tap over and over and over. You also have to wait significantly to get back to the level you left off. It takes at least an hour to reach level 60 again after a reset. Most of that time is some weird delay between levels. There is no fast forward button like you find in every other tower defense game in the history of tower defense games. This game could have been great if the devs were familiar with tower defense games and had taken some of the crucial elements that made them playable, but they didn’t.

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Legitimate time killer, but after not playing for 3 days, then checking the “dog houses” I had only accrued 3 rewards for something that generates a reward every 4 seconds in one area, where other areas had accrued 120,000+ rewards. Level advancement is lackluster at best, once you reach level 30, you have to increase the “Chaos” mode. Most areas unlock this at level 35, but you have to pay in gold, or pay $10 for the city unlock. It’s a perpetual cycle, but considering how many ads you have to watch just to earn a few gold bars here and there, on top of buying the cities, you could easily pump hundreds of dollars into this game, and for what? There is not nearly enough content to justify how much money you can spend for all the bells and whistles. On top of this, offline earnings were in the AO range at one point, but after substantially increasing offline duration and earnings % amounts, I now only earn in the AK range? Probably biggest waste of money on in-app purchases I’ve ever spent. Download and play all you want, but don’t bother spending your money here.

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I’m a type of person that love these defensive games. None of those building territory games that take forever. I like constant needing to upgrade your weapons to beat the next wave of enemies, in this case, zombies. I have to say, this game is good, but it’s not great. I don’t like how they throw you in the game without any tutorial to how the game works or functions, then the wave starts coming in without warning. You have to learn everything yourself. Then they expect you slice with your finger to damage them, which is ok. I like the fact that they want to you to interact with the game, but it’s not fun when there are ads that pop up every so often. I’ve had the window pop up to pay for the item and I had to cancel it. Then, it’s expected that for every game they want to pay for the increased upgrade or perks, but it’s ridiculous how persistent they are to want you to pay for things. Guess how long I played this game to get all these problems and right this grieving review? 20 mins. Lot to learn.