Into the Dead 2 17+

The hidden gem amongst the rot.

Ok, now from the off I have to be honest; this games was far from receiving the five stars, which I’ve finally awarded.

A few years back I played a similar game in which the character was running through a forest at night. However, although addictive, the game became quite tedious as your only enemy was time. As you can imagine I soon dropped it and moved onto something else. Then I came across this little beauty.
Now upon first glance I assumed this game tone identical to the previous game I had spent so much time on. But then I began to play, and I’m so pleased I did. The differences are huge. To begin with this game has a storyline. The lead protagonist ; a truck driver, is trying to get home to his daughter and sister, when he becomes caught up in the zombie apocalypse.
Graphics and sound are implemented beautifully. With a host of additional tasks and raids to gain better weapons, money and energy, you must get to the homestead.
My only gripe, and I know the developers have set the controls out this way for a reason, is that you direction is pretty much set. It certainly isn’t an open world game. However, you could look at this from the protagonists point of view; you would want to use the quickest and most direct route possible to get to where you were going. You certainly wouldn’t want to be roaming around if this was real life.

On the whole this game is a fantastic addition to any zombie fans mobile gaming arsenal.

Rip of crate

Ok, a while back I left a fairly disgruntled review based on what I had to spend and the odds against you for actually getting parts for upgrades for the better weapons. BUT, now that I have been playing the game for quite a few months, I now appreciate that if you have some patience and are prepared to put in the work, you will get the upgrades! The constant new additions by the developers is brilliant and completing the daily challenges gives good rewards. The graphics are great, the updates are easy, the story lines good and I now consider this one of the best, play when you need some decent distraction games out there.

Developer Response ,

Hello. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. I will pass on your feedback to the team. If you have any further feedback, questions, or queries please do not hesitate to contact our customer support team. You can reach them at support@pikpok.com. Thank you

Pay to win

Like many reviewers have already said, you need to pay, a lot, to win. Developers response is that you can win without paying, yeah if you want to run through each level without any ammo.
You don’t get enough ammo to play a level even if you hit an ammo crate mid-level. Not enough supplies to have your dog with you. To buy one ticket costs 50 gold, I had only 164 gold. You start with 5 blue tickets for an event, you do the maths for how long they would last if you want to retry more often. Same for any power ups, upgrades, parts everything needs coins or gold which, like your ammo, you don’t have enough of.
Everything has been deliberately pared back so that you cannot simply play a level with some ease. It’s all been setup to get you to pay. And let’s not forget the adverts on top of that.
So many games out there allow you to play without paying to upgrade, this could easily be one of them.

Developer Response ,

Hello Stevie.
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and leave a review on the game. I will pass on your feedback to the team regarding the in-app purchases and the upgrading system. If you have any further feedback, questions, or queries please do not hesitate to contact our customer support team. You can reach them at support@pikpok.com. Thank you.