Zombie Wars: Invasion
- January 13, 2016
- DNZY Games
Get on Steam"Zombie Wars: Invasion" is a classic tower defense game featuring epic zombie wars and modern weapons. Build and upgrade towers, use hero abilities, and strategize across 24 levels with 20+ unique zombies, each with special abilities. The game offers fully cartoony graphics for all ages and intense defense battles to keep you engaged for hours.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game offers a simple and entertaining tower defense experience, making it enjoyable for casual players.
- Some players found the game to be a source of joy and motivation during tough times, highlighting its potential for providing a positive distraction.
- Despite its flaws, the game has a decent amount of content and can be played through to completion, offering some fun moments.
- The game is plagued by numerous bugs and balance issues, making it frustrating and unplayable at times.
- Many players criticized the game for being a low-quality asset flip, lacking originality and depth compared to other tower defense games.
- The difficulty spikes and unbalanced enemies, particularly the overpowering mummies, lead to a frustrating gameplay experience.
- graphics6 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are widely criticized for their low quality and lack of customization options, with many noting that the visuals resemble a subpar imitation of the "Plants vs. Zombies" art style. Backgrounds are described as unattractive, and technical issues such as crashes further detract from the overall experience. Overall, the graphics seem to set minimal expectations for a tower defense game, earning a low score in this category.
“This game seems to try and set the absolute minimum expectations for even the most basic of tower defense games, and seems to try and suck any success it might get from the 'Plants vs. Zombies' cutey-pie looking zombie graphics.”
“There's no option to change the resolution for the game or customize the graphics settings.”
“There's no way for gamers to improve the low-quality graphics.”
“Graphics backgrounds are a bit ugly, and the software sometimes crashes on Windows 10.”
- story3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The game's story is minimal, primarily revolving around the theme of perseverance in the face of challenges, but lacks depth and a proper conclusion. Players find the narrative underwhelming, as it mainly serves as a backdrop to the repetitive gameplay focused on grinding for resources rather than delivering a compelling storyline.
“The moral of the story is that you never know what life has in store for you. If I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
“There is little to no story with this game other than you simply have to stop the waves from getting through, and there is no proper ending to this game either.”
“It's an okay game, but the grind is super real to get enough gold to upgrade your tower levels or to buy bombs for the harder missions; you will spend hours farming coins to get their levels up.”
- stability3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with numerous bugs reported, particularly related to the camera angle and unintended scrolling behavior. Overall, players express frustration with the game's lack of polish and reliability.
“The game is buggy as hell.”
“The game camera angle is very buggy; when hovering over the land mines to use them, the game scrolls down by itself even though you are not near the bottom.”
“The game is buggy as hell.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be excessive, requiring significant time investment to earn gold for upgrades and items, which leads to a tedious and unengaging gameplay experience.
“It's an okay game, but the grind is super real to get enough gold to upgrade your tower levels or to buy bombs for the harder missions. You will spend hours farming coins to get their levels up.”
“Actual gameplay is very boring and tedious; as I mentioned, the game doesn't have that tower defense feel.”
- gameplay2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The gameplay is criticized for being boring and tedious, lacking the engaging feel typical of the genre. Players find the mechanics overly simplistic, with only six towers that have poorly designed utility in terms of aim ranges, fire rates, and damage output.
“Actual gameplay is very boring and tedious; as I mentioned, the game doesn't have that tower defense feel.”
“The mechanics are too basic: there are only 6 towers, but their utility as weapons is poor because the aim ranges, fire rates, and damage are not well designed.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized by a cartoonish portrayal of zombies, reminiscent of titles like Plants vs. Zombies, which adds a lighthearted and amusing tone. Some players find the juxtaposition of zombies wielding guns to be particularly humorous, making it an enjoyable experience for those seeking fun.
“Zombies are humorously depicted with cartoonish designs, reminiscent of the ones in Plants vs. Zombies, but some of them even use guns!”
“A funny game for people who play just for fun.”
- music1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The music in the game is described as soothing and calming, providing a relaxing experience that can help players feel at ease.
“I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
- monetization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The monetization of "Zombie Wars: Invasion" is criticized as exploitative, with reviewers labeling it an asset flip and a low-quality cash grab that lacks originality and value.
“Zombie Wars: Invasion is an asset flip of a basic Cocos Creator tower defense mobile app template that's been dumped on Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab.”
“The monetization strategy feels exploitative, with constant prompts to spend money on features that should be part of the base game.”
“It's frustrating to see a game that could be enjoyable turned into a pay-to-win experience, where players are pressured to buy upgrades to compete.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Users find the game to have a compelling concept that enhances its replayability, making it enjoyable to play multiple times.
“The game has a very cool concept and offers great replayability.”
“Each playthrough feels fresh and engaging, making me want to dive back in.”
“The variety of choices and outcomes keeps me coming back for more.”
