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Pro Zombie Soccer Review

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Developer: Chillingo
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.1

Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Overall Rating: 3.92 out of 5 stars

I have to say, I for one am grateful that there is FINALLY a Zombie game on the app store. There are way too few titles available that star the world’s favorite undead flesh eaters. In case you missed the satire, I’ll point out that Zombies are an extremely overdone topic on the app store. That said, Pro Zombie Soccer has a pretty impressive enjoyment level, even if the storyline is a bit… off.

The storyline features a washed out soccer player who gets bitten by an all star soccer player recently turned into a zombie. Miraculously the skills of the zombie soccer player get transferred through the bite, and it’s up to the soon to be washed out zombie to take out as many flesh eaters as possible. Convenient, right?

While the storyline lacks a certain level of… finesse, the game play is a great time. The soon to be zombie soccer player stands stationary in the center-left of the screen, or is running while staying in the center of the road. From this location, soccer balls are aimed and shot at the oncoming hoards of zombies using a touch a flick movement. Pushing the soccer ball for a few seconds powers it up for extra damage, and there are three separate super powers that can be used once a power meter is filled up.

The game play is a rather simple design, and sometimes gets a bit repetitive. The challenge and unique approach that certain levels require help to tone down the repetition though. Overall I found myself enjoying the unique fun that this game provides, regardless of the far fetched storyline and re-use of the app store cliché, Zombies. I guess that’s a bit hypocritical, seeing as Zombies in general are far fetched. Pro Zombie Soccer is a good time and you can check it out on the app store today for $0.99.

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Review: Pro Zombie Soccer

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

It’s hard to blame George Romero for the current glut of zombie games, even if they’ve all been influenced by him. Computers were steel hulks that resembled washing machines when he shot the first modern zombie movie. It’s likely he had never even heard of video games back then.

How could he have known his apocalyptic vision aligned so perfectly with video game conventions-to-be that his zombies would eventually become the poster children for legions of uninspired gamers?

Then again, that’s always been the in-joke with zombie flicks, hasn’t it? Pop culture would eat itself, and this act of cannibalism would give rise to an epidemic. It was only a matter of time before the infection spread into video games.

Pro Zombie Soccer is among the latest of the Zombie-come-latelys, joining the ever-growing horde of the zombie apocalypse. The thing is, Pro Zombie Soccer didn’t have to be about zombies. It didn’t have to be about soccer, either. It could be about throwing hypercubes at American folk artists and no one would be the wiser.

It’s obvious why they went with zombies and soccer though.

Further broadening its popular appeal, a vaguely emo art style envelops the game. There’s even touches of juvenile humor such as getting credit for nailing zombies in the crotch with your soccer ball. It’s not just the zombies who groaned.

Fortunately, angsty teens in big-zippered jackets are merely cardboard cut-outs atop a fairly unique set of pulleys and levers. The off-putting demographic-targeting is offset by the game’s interesting departures from other Defend Your (insert your word of choice here) style games.

Zombie Pro Soccer is a peculiar mash-up of Missile Command, Arkanoid, and billiards games. At its core, it’s a battle reenactment  in which you defend a castle under siege.

It’s a game where you line up shots to ricochet bullets into the enemy’s soft spot. It’s a game about using an underpowered soccer ball to trigger overpowering power-ups, letting you mow through the throngs like wind cutting through your stylish yet not-so-well insulated hoodie.

The game does a good job of keeping things fresh all the while. Stage-specific set pieces constantly surprise and, together with the power-ups, add a great deal of variety to the drone of a zombie work week. These wrinkles range from slightly annoying to simply awesome — and some are so unexpected that I’d feel bad for spoiling them here.

It’s the occasional touch of absurdity that, in the end, swings my opinion of Pro Zombie Soccer from meh to Yeah. It evokes just enough curiosity in the workmanlike mechanics to keep them from becoming day-by-day. Likewise, it adds a splash of strangeness to the otherwise trite tropes of the game world.

As for zombie games, I doubt they’ll be going away any time soon. But hey, look on the bright side. It’s better than seeing Planet of the Apes games everywhere you look.