Even in an industry with such evocative and artful names as "Cut the Rope" and "Angry Birds," Desert Zombie: Last Stand may still qualify as one of the worst, most cliche video game names in history. That said, the game itself actually looks pretty cool, and the graphics are absolutely gorgeous.
Don't let that screenshot above fool you. It's not a rail shooter. It's a Gears of War-esque third-person shooter in which, as should be obvious from the name, you have to blast tons of zombies. It's also being crafted in the Unreal Engine, which powers the graphics of some of the iOS platform's most beautiful games.
There hasn't been a whole lot of official information released about Desert Zombie, but this video alone gives us everything we need to know. When you combine zombie slaying with beautiful graphics that equals an instant purchase.
Check out the video for yourself below. Warning: includes terrible heavy metal soundtrack.
I have played it on my iPad 2 for hours and it ROCKS - it is a technical feat - no pre rendered, staged animations, the visauls leave everything on IOS in thier wake - and pulsing with random mayhem - the AI is absolutely kicking , imergent craziness everywhere - zombies RPG'ing zombies and the FX stand ground with the best on console !!! -
Re criticism of lag on iPhone 4 - the devs mentioned performance issues with IPhone 4 in CAPS, prior to purchase - that says a lot about the devs - they also state a patch is out before next weekend !!! -
And yet people still criticize the devs for lag on IPhone 4 - but hey, they were pre warned - if waiting one week was going to be such a problem for them why buy ? - people are so strange - ordering chocolate, complaining about getting chocolate - :)
Oh well back to the most stunning mobile game ever made -
Oh my GOD! That soundtrack is atrocious! The game looks awesome though. Wish it didn't feature zombies. Crystalized is kinda late to the party to try to ride the zombie wave. It's disappointing that you're not fighting actual people; that would make the replay value skyrocket. Either way, still looking forward to this game.
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