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It is truly an improvement that DS has finally put out an Adult title. If you liked games like Area 51, then you will enjoy this game. It has 4 chapters each with sublevels and a boss. The gameplay is interesting having to actually tap on the emeny with the stylus (thus touch of the dead). Reloading requires one to drag ammo across the screen, which can take a bit of practice to do it quickly.
My only complaint would be the way the game saves itself. First you can "resume" your game if you stop, it saves at sub-points within a level. This creates 2 probles, first only one player can have a game to resume, you can't have multiple players using the same DS. Second, if you die, you restart the level at the same point you did the first time you reached it, so if you have 1 or 2 health points you always start with 1 or 2. This is really frustrating because you have to restart often to advance well. Almost like you have to get good, go back and start again repeatedly. Overall I enjoy it and
My only complaint would be the way the game saves itself. First you can "resume" your game if you stop, it saves at sub-points within a level. This creates 2 probles, first only one player can have a game to resume, you can't have multiple players using the same DS. Second, if you die, you restart the level at the same point you did the first time you reached it, so if you have 1 or 2 health points you always start with 1 or 2. This is really frustrating because you have to restart often to advance well. Almost like you have to get good, go back and start again repeatedly. Overall I enjoy it and
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This game is a lot like House of the Dead because all you have to do is shoot (tap the touch screen) and all the movement is controlled for you. You'll get 3 different guns throughout the game, one of which has unlimited amo. That's pretty much were all the strategy is. You'll have to quickly reload, switch weapons on the fly, and aim carefully since every bullet is precious.
The biggest problem with the game is that it just get's too damn hard. At the end of each level you'll get a tiny amount of health and that's it my friends. You'll be left with the same amount of amo you left off with and usually you find it easier to just restart the whole damn game then try to complete a level with 3 health bars and 20 shot gun shells.
The biggest problem with the game is that it just get's too damn hard. At the end of each level you'll get a tiny amount of health and that's it my friends. You'll be left with the same amount of amo you left off with and usually you find it easier to just restart the whole damn game then try to complete a level with 3 health bars and 20 shot gun shells.
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I purchased the game for two reasons: zombies and a great Amazon rating. Unfortunately, I barely skimmed the reviews and ended up with a game that just is not my cup of tea. I would recommend reading those detailed reviews first, then come back here.
The "rail system" can be very repetitive, boring, and challenging for, in my opinion, all the wrong reasons. The graphics, even by DS standards, are rather poor. The shortness of the game and the replayability are slightly below the "meh" range. The story is... well, there really is no story, at least not one that makes enough sense to follow. Overall, the game is about rapidly tapping the screen and not really about thinking.
That said, it can be an adrenalin jolt, and it has zombies, so, while I did somewhat enjoy it, I was let down. I was hoping for something along the lines of a Resident Evil 4 meets Metroid Prime Hunters, and instead I got a very short mishmash that seemed like a scaled-down port of an old mid-90s arcade shooter. I loved
The "rail system" can be very repetitive, boring, and challenging for, in my opinion, all the wrong reasons. The graphics, even by DS standards, are rather poor. The shortness of the game and the replayability are slightly below the "meh" range. The story is... well, there really is no story, at least not one that makes enough sense to follow. Overall, the game is about rapidly tapping the screen and not really about thinking.
That said, it can be an adrenalin jolt, and it has zombies, so, while I did somewhat enjoy it, I was let down. I was hoping for something along the lines of a Resident Evil 4 meets Metroid Prime Hunters, and instead I got a very short mishmash that seemed like a scaled-down port of an old mid-90s arcade shooter. I loved
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If you were a fan of the House of the Dead games in the arcade, then Touch of the Dead is definitely the game for you. This rail-shooter is more or less House of the Dead with touch screen controls. The end result is actually pretty cool. It suffers from a few flaws, but it's not so bad that you won't enjoy the game itself. Touch of the Dead actually works.
While playing the game, the first thing to note is that it's on rails. This means the game does the walking. All you have to do is shoot. The control of the game is exclusively touch screen based. When enemies come are present, you simply touch them and your character shoots where you touch. Blasting zombies has never been easier, and of course you can use all the rounds you like... except you'll have to reload at some point. In the arcade reloading is as easy as shooting off screen. Here, it's a little more complicated than that as you actually have to drag the bullets over to your ammo meter for it to reload. This means
While playing the game, the first thing to note is that it's on rails. This means the game does the walking. All you have to do is shoot. The control of the game is exclusively touch screen based. When enemies come are present, you simply touch them and your character shoots where you touch. Blasting zombies has never been easier, and of course you can use all the rounds you like... except you'll have to reload at some point. In the arcade reloading is as easy as shooting off screen. Here, it's a little more complicated than that as you actually have to drag the bullets over to your ammo meter for it to reload. This means
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If you were a fan of the House of the Dead games in the arcade, then Touch of the Dead is definitely the game for you. This rail-shooter is more or less House of the Dead with touch screen controls. The end result is actually pretty cool. It suffers from a few flaws, but it's not so bad that you won't enjoy the game itself. Touch of the Dead actually works.
While playing the game, the first thing to note is that it's on rails. This means the game does the walking. All you have to do is shoot. The control of the game is exclusively touch screen based. When enemies come are present, you simply touch them and your character shoots where you touch. Blasting zombies has never been easier, and of course you can use all the rounds you like... except you'll have to reload at some point. In the arcade reloading is as easy as shooting off screen. Here, it's a little more complicated than that as you actually have to drag the bullets over to your ammo meter for it to reload. This means
While playing the game, the first thing to note is that it's on rails. This means the game does the walking. All you have to do is shoot. The control of the game is exclusively touch screen based. When enemies come are present, you simply touch them and your character shoots where you touch. Blasting zombies has never been easier, and of course you can use all the rounds you like... except you'll have to reload at some point. In the arcade reloading is as easy as shooting off screen. Here, it's a little more complicated than that as you actually have to drag the bullets over to your ammo meter for it to reload. This means
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Seeing a mature rated game on the DS is a rare thing indeed. Seeing a mature rated game featuring hordes of zombies is even rarer (in fact, I do believe the only other game to feature both for the DS is Resident Evil: Deadly Silence). Touch the Dead for the DS seems like a first person shooter with zombies at first glance, but upon playing you'll realize how linear the game really is. First off, you play on a rail-based system; meaning you really have no control of where to go on a pre-determined path as you progress through the game, kind of like a light-gun shooter. The only thing you really can do is fire your weapon at the hordes of the undead that are all hungry for you. The catch of Touch the Dead is that the game is surprisingly difficult as these zombies aren't completely brain dead, which is a nice touch in the gameplay. However, most of the difficulty stems from the game's best feature. Tapping the stylus against the touch screen fires your weapon on the zombie armies,
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