Organ Trail: Here comes retro for iOS!

To my delight this evening as I opened up the Applications icon on my phone, I was greeted in the Featured section with a brand new game titled Organ Trail. The picture had what looked like a zombie on it, so immediately it caught my interest.

After much reading of the game and it's reviews (tip: on the app store, always read the reviews!) I found myself needing to buy the game immediately! Organ trail is a remake of the classic 70's retro game where you and 5 friends must reach other cities to survive a zombocalypse. It's a 64-bit, pixelated world of creatures, navigation issues and insane executions, all riddles into the price of $2.99!

The Good:
- A choose-your-own-adventure style game. 

Our team tried to ram through a horde. We failed...

- Every action you make has consequences. (I chose to stop off in a city teeming with rodents because I needed food, and now two party members have diseases)
- The pixel art is fantastic
- The music is fantastic
- Your taken back to the 'retro' days, which I love!

The Bad:
-It crashes a lot (Please note that the developers are working on this)
- There is no multiplayer
- There is no female protagonist

One of the game-modes, where you move around and shoot stuff!

The game-play itself has many different styles: a birds eye view side scroller as you shoot down undead, a side-scrolling road-trip where you experience many mishaps. The difference is really good, it shows originality.  
Although it is limited to a 2D world, Organ Trail shows promise of bringing back Retro to iOS. So many elements in this game have been well thought out, and it was my pleasure to have experienced a game still loved even years after it's first release.
ZED  

You wanted to lose weight? Here you go!

Get the ultimate workout!

Yes I know that I already posted up about a zombie app, but this one takes the cake. 'Zombies. Run!' has become one of the mosty recent apps to combine fitness with zombies, which is quite an interesting combination.
It's hard to describe just what this game is like, so I will give you a blurb instead. Yeah, I'm good at blurbs:

The game places the runner in a zombie apocalypse, where you take on the role of Runner 5 (In the game, runners are the people who leave hot-spots to find medical and food supplies). Whilst running, the game will be simulating sounds, noises and echoes of different zombies that increase your running time.
Whilst doing this, the device picks up different items on the run, which can be used when running from Zeds. The opening menu shows an RTS style base, where you can distribute these supplies and increase your population. The game is mission based, and currently has up to 30 chapters
Here is the good news: This app updates weekly.
New Content YAY!

But there is a bit of a downside. The missions are difficult to get into, and a lot of the game requires you to use your imagination. Sometimes the charachters speech impairment can be aggravating, and other times the app will randomlty shut down on you, forcing you back to the beginning of the mission.

My rating: 3/5 for graphics, 4/5 for Gameplay, 3/5 for Development and a 6/5 for originality. This is a very interesting game, and I definetley recommend for those who want to lose weight but have fun at the same time. Zombies. Run! Is a well thought out app.

ZED

For more info on the app, see http://www.zombiesrungame.com/