Earn to Die review

Introduction

‘Earn to Die’ is a driving game which consist in smashing through hordes of zombies as you drive your way through a zombie apocalypse. The aim of the game is to find a car and upgrade to enable you to reach a military aircraft that’s ready to help you escape. The more zombies you kill and the further you get, the more points/money you get to upgrade fuel, engine, gearbox, wheels, zombie kit, gun and boost.

Story

 ‘Earn to Die’ starts you off with a broken-down car and just points/money to be able to apply one upgrade. In time you will kill zombies and cover more distance which will enable more point to be added and therefore more upgrades to be applied. As levels advances so do vehicles and their upgrades. Enhancing the player’s ability to smash through zombies and allow you to climb hills, cliffs and smash through wooden planks that are assembled into boxes.  The aim of the game is to upgrade and get to the military aircraft as fast as you can witch is at the end of the road.

Game play

‘Earn to die’ is a popular game that is enjoyable to play bringing new stages of vehicles, upgrades and obstacles to allow the player to appreciate the aim of the game. Earn to die is a fast driving game that steals the players attention in wanting them to complete all the upgrades of every vehicle.  The game is presented in a good manner with a good presentation as it has easy menus and simple controls witch allow the player to navigate through the game with ease. Another good factor is that every time you play you always progress in getting more point/money which allows you to upgrade. However progress could be slow and put off some players.

Graphics

The graphics of the game are good but could be better. All the levels consist of similar landscapes and zombies witch could be ‘boring’. However the game is clear and is presented in a high quality manner which drives the player into action. It also contains ‘slow motion’ effects when doing credible hits on zombies witch may excite and encourage players to get to the end.

Sound

The sounds in the game does not help to actually help players in the game environment, as it contains several different sounds that will disturb the players performance. The sounds presented in the game are also load and called be ‘annoying’. And in some cases may result to players muting the sounds. Also contain repetitive music tracks; more variety would be appreciated.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the game runs perfectly well with simple controls but also has a few ‘put offs’ which may impact the player’s game play. A ‘put off’ that I experienced is at the beginning because you’re starting with a broken down car that hardly allows you to kill zombies or cover some distance. However once the player has gathered a few points/money this is fine. The good thing is the further you get in the game the better it gets as faster and more powerful features are unlocked. Another negative is that you have to go through the same level a couple of times before you reach the end of the level, this could be rather annoying to less patient players. As a player I would like to see more levels and more upgrades as each level vehicle has more or less the same upgrade that is just more powerful.

Summary

Fun game and easy to understand

Well presented