Description
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"Best Game of 2009" - App Store
"...the game provides a substantial value over the competition given the depth of the included RPG elements, multiple levels and multiplayer capability. " - Touch Arcade
"Thanks the well-thought out objectives and outstanding multiplayer action, the popular top-down iPhone shooter has been reborn in blood, guts and flying bullets" - Gold Award (9/10) Pocket Gamer
"Alive 4-ever is simply one of the finest two-stick shooters we've played on the iPhone." - 4/4 Slide To Play
"Alive 4-ever is quite possibly the best game of its kind in the app store. If top-down, two joystick shoot-em-ups are your thing, pick this one up right now." - 4.5/5 148Apps
"...the game is the best that I've seen of its type and with the multiplayer options and upgrades, it is totally worth the price." - 4.8/5 AppVee
When you are surrounded by hundreds and thousands of zombies, would you insist of rescuing others or would you rather save yourself to live longer?
Alive 4-ever is a zombies-shooting game, with which players have a selection of 4 main characters coming from different backgrounds, trying to rescue hopeless survivors from a small town that was attacked by an unknown deadly virus which turned dead people into zombies.
FEATURES
IT IS DEFINITELY MORE THAN A SHOOTING GAME
Alive 4-ever provides 30 missions for players, which includes eliminating a given amount of zombies, rescuing survivors in a given time frame, getting vaccines, defeating the big boss – The Origin, etc. Not only can players enjoy the fun of shooting games, but they can also prove themselves to be the real heroes in the story itself!
WHAT ELSE CAN BE MORE FUN THAN A FUN AND EXCITING GAME?
The answer is to be able to play a good game with families and friends. Alive 4-ever uses Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to connect you with your friends and families (up to 4 players) so that completing missions has never been easier!
DEVELOP AND GROW WITH EXPERIENCE TO BECOME THE STRONGEST CHARACTER
Players will be rewarded with experience points after each mission. When enough experience points have been accumulated, the player level will be upgraded with the basic abilities, and at the same time, ability points will be rewarded as well. Ability points can help you with upgrading your selection of HP, maximum bullets, critical hit rate and curing efficiency to create your unique character.
PREPARE THE GROUND FOR BATTLE
Alive 4-ever has provided players with 16 different types of weapons, which include AK-47, M16 etc. Players can also buy their favorite weapons with the gold they get after each mission. You would have to get the strongest weapon fast enough to save all the survivors!
CHALLENGE THE STRONGEST
Being able to finish the mission already proves you are an outstanding warrior, but to be the Best of the Best, you would need to challenge the even stronger! Alive 4-ever not only has the basic level passing requirements, but also challenging conditions so the player will be rewarded with special equipments after the challenge. Hurry up and own all of the special equipments!
For technical support or any inquiries about the game, please email cs@meridiande.com.
What's New In Version 1.2
- Wi-Fi Multiplayer mode (local)
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Customer Reviews
One of the better zombie shooters amongst us
If the iTunes store is good for anything, it’s apparently zombie shooters which get churned out like they’re going out of style. The latest and well, good game is Alive 4-ever, a classic shooter that has good intentions when it comes to style, but could use some variety if it knew any better. For an initial release, I have to commend the devs for putting a more or less complete game together which cannot be taken for granted these days.
Alive 4-ever exceeds expectations from the diverse character selection and certain RPG elements to the variety of weapons and missions. At the current intro price, the content certainly is one of the best values you’ll see in the iTunes store. In Alive 4-ever, you can select from among 4 different characters—Steve Carter, Taza Thorpe, Anna Lennox, Wallace Milner—each with his or her own set of weapons and abilities. The game has 4 save slots so you can start and save a game using each of these characters.
Visually, the animation and graphics are very good and especially good enough that you can see zombie blood spatter after you kill them. Soundwise, the music is chaotic and conveys a sense of desperation, just what you need in a game about brain-eating monsters. Even survivors have a voice in asking for help which can be both helpful and annoying. By the way, you can also set the level of blood effects in the game, but of course, many will just leave it on the highest setting.
The game has 30 missions each with a mission objective to complete the mission within a certain time limit but also a challenge that when met, rewards characters with additional defensive equipment. The missions in general consist of rescuing survivors, acquiring vaccine or shooting a specific number of zombies or zombie-related creatures. One nice touch with Alive 4-ever is the addition of a challenge within each mission that when completed, award a bonus piece of equipment such as bulletproof vests, ammo, gun clips and additional health among other items. For example, one mission may have the objective of shooting 50 zombies and a challenge of acquiring two vaccines. Killing 50 zombies will complete the mission while acquiring the two vaccines will yield you with a bonus piece equipment.
Alive 4-ever’s dual-control stick scheme is one really one of the better set-ups I’ve played with simply because it works. The pad on the left controls movement, and the right pad is for aiming and shooting. The responsiveness and accuracy are extremely tight and definitely make this game better than many others that come to mind.
Because Alive 4-ever has RPG elements, no matter which character you choose, ability points are awarded based on successfully completing missions that can be allocated to HP, bullets, hit rate, and curing efficiency. In addition, characters earn experience and level up based on meeting mission objectives and challenges which make your character faster and more accurate. And of course upon, completing missions, you earn gold which can be used to purchase/unlock additional weapons.
The weapons section is pretty good in terms of providing an good overview of each weapons power and ability to reload quickly. And, it’s also set up so you can try out your weapons of choice to see what’s most effective for you. During the in-game play, you can shuffle between multiple weapons, and in many cases, you’ll have access to more weapons than you even knew.
During a game, there are various items to help your character such as the HP Recovery Pack (health), Gun Cartridge Pack, Gold Bullion, and Vaccine. One additional feature that is rather nice touch is the Rescue Counter which can be accessed anytime during the game to illustrate how you’re doing in terms of meeting mission objectives and challenges. Keep in mind though that when this is accessed, the game is still live with attacking zombies who don’t stop for anything.
The gameplay is fun and entertaining and the missions themselves are challenging. In many cases, especially when it comes to the boss fights, experimentation with weapons will be your friend. This is why the RPG elements and the ability to unlock bigger and badder weapons fits nicely with this game because you can re-play previously completed levels to build up cash reserves. Zombies come in all shapes in sizes some bigger than others while others are just plain faster. And where would we be without zombies’ best friend, the zombie canine. In later missions that involve recovery of vaccine or survivors, using the action button enables you to pick up/drop off items or lead survivors to the Rescue Zone. One issue I have is that you cannot hold two items at once which is limiting and borderline frustrating especially when you’re under a time constraint. A handy yellow arrow points in the direction of items and survivors, and the game does a good job of randomizing where they are located. In replaying missions, these items and survivors hardly reappear in the same spot.
If the game has a flaw, it’s that the missions are repetitive, sorely repetitive. Playing the first few provides a good idea of how the remaining missions play out which mostly consist of acquiring something, bringing it back to the Rescue Zone or simply destroying a specific number or type of zombie within a large arena. The settings do change, but the missions are more or less the same. Having said that, the game still has a good deal of content for what it is, and it doesn’t better than many others by simply having missions.
Alive 4-ever is one of the more solid zombie shooters you can buy, and while the missions can be repetitive, the game’s RPG elements and weapons upgrades make it better than most shooters in general. If you enjoy shooters and zombies or a combination of that, then Alive 4-ever is a good pick. I do hope that the devs continue to update the game because they have full-featured foundation that only needs some variety to spice it up.
Unlock Hidden Weapons
Unlockable How to Unlock
GAK Beat 24 waves in Horde Mode
GDE (Golden Desert Eagle) Survive 10 minutes in Survival Mode
M4 Beat 16 waves in Horde Mode
P90 Beat 8 waves in Horde Mode
The name is dumb - but the game rocks!
Firstly, this blows every top down shooter I have played out of the zombie infested water, sorry Minigore and iDracula, this new game puts you way behind. I'm on a 1st gen iTouch, and the game is playing beautifully with full effects and sound. I'm a huge fan of the missions (which is lucky because I can't play any multiplayer) and I like the random generation - it keeps things interesting. The main weapon ammo is a serious limitation in longer levels, or if you are saving more than one survivor. This is especially true if the survivors spawn a while away from your rescue point. But this just means you have to use a little strategy to get the job done, like changing up your weapons to your secondary to conserve ammo. I think we may have been spoilt by too much unlimited bright yellow fire power (minigore - I'm looking at you).
The graphics are smooth and a little scary, and the blood is awesome. You know what I mean - it just is.
The leveling is actually really neat once you get a handle on it, and I really like the Abilities, Weapons, Equipment thing. Not to mention the character choice.
For a 99c app with what sounds like future updates planned - where is the hype? This is better than Minigore and iDracula (which even after the update was clunky and awkward - and whoever designed the equipment purchasing mechanic between levels should be thrown to the wolves).
The music is good, and it adds a bit of ambience to the game.
I just played for a few hours, and it was the most fun I have had on my iTouch for quite a while.
Way to go Meridian!
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$2.99
- Category: Games
- Updated:Nov 01, 2009
- Current Version:1.2
- 1.2
- 38.1 MB
- Language:English
- Seller:Mun Chi Dao
- © 2009 Meridian Digital Entertainment Limited
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later.
