Zombie at the Gates

This game has a beautiful aesthetic. The gameplay, though, is limited and sometimes frustrating. I wanted to see the castle take off, but I wasn't entertained enough to make it to the end.

Oh wow another zombie game.

The whole "stage" look the game is appealing and reminds me of Super Mario Bros. 3, but the game itself as repetitive and got boring fast. Nothing really different from other zombie games. The ending also disappointed, which really left a sour note.

Can anyone explain the "lives" to me? I started with three lives, but I would get killed once and I'd have to start the level over. Then I bought a fourth life, but as soon as I got killed, I had to start the level over. Any idea why the lives even exist? I thought from what the tutorial said that you got to go through all three ( or in my case, four) lives before you had to start over but that hasn't been the case--one death, boom! Restart.

You're thinking of "lives" in a different manner than the game is. You start with three hearts and lose one every time a zombie gets you. That's what the "lives" you can buy are and can get yourself up to six. You also can get fully revived once if you die within the medic-sheep zone.

Still, even fully equipped with lives it's so easy to completely get overwhelmed by the zombies. If you don't have high enough level weapons you can't kill them fast enough to fend them off, and you also (as far as I can tell) don't even have the option to play earlier levels or anything to grind for more money for upgrades. There might be some trick I'm missing but this felt like a very poorly designed game to me.

Actually, while it's true that you can't go back to levels, once you complete the game you can do the last level over and over.

PS: To collect all the resources, kill all but one zombie and pretend he isn't there- when you need to get past him, just groundpound. Then, when you've gotten all the resources, kill him.