Infectonator: World

After my thanksgiving break, I started playing a variety of games in preparation for my (very, very, basic) game design class. This is one of the ones I particularly liked.

It's here.

The premise is rather... interesting. You are a mad scientist, or whatever, and you infect a specific area with a zombie virus, and try to kill as many people as possible. To advance to the next level you need to kill a specific amount of people.

I rate this game as about "T." There is animated blood (a lot of it) and cartoon violence, and the premise is killing everyone in the world with a zombie virus. There is also some slightly offensive language in the

I found the game both challenging and enjoyable, and the controls are easy to learn. It is very addicting, and you will often try the same challenge many times until you are able to get it, either by becoming more skilled in clicking, or by leveling up your zombie making abilities. The soldiers that kill your zombies have better A.I.s than the zombies, and your zombies will only stay alive for a limited amount of time (beginning at around five seconds).

One thing that's interesting is that, depending on you infect, you may get a different type of zombie. There are some fat people you can infect, that become fat zombies, and can take more damage than normal zombies (they also explode into green pudding when they die). There are also many available upgrades, that go from survival time (of each zombie) to infection chance (of each human killed by a zombie) to speed (the obvious). There are also several additional special zombie types, which you unlock later in the game (I haven't gotten many yet, sorry). You create these individually, and they are much stronger. The only one I have is the Tank, and it takes a ton of damage, and goes around smashing people.

I really like the music in this game. They are just a couple simple BGM's, but feel nice, and appropriate to what is happening at the time. The graphics, on the other hand, are rather old fashioned, but it does not detract from the enjoyment of the game.

I recommend those who are getting tire of the average, run of the mill, zombie first person shooter, try this. It is an addicting puzzler with fun game play, and a different goal.