Alive 4-ever

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CNET Editors' review

by: Paul Hughes on September 17, 2009

Alive 4-ever is a top-down, double-joystick, zombie-themed shooter with strong RPG elements and rich, gritty visuals and sound. The interface will be familiar to fans of other games with twin "virtual joysticks": you push one joystick to move and the other joystick to shoot, and you can tap touch-screen buttons to reload and swap between your one- and two-handed weapons. The display tracks your score, health, ammo, and time elapsed as you traverse dramatically lit, gore-filled levels, gunning down a variety of zombies--from your generic lumbering brain-eaters to speedy zombie dogs and "special" zombies that many console zombie-fighters might recognize.

Where Alive 4-ever stands out is with its multiplayer option and role-playing-game-inspired character building. You can play locally with up to four players over Bluetooth, with one device hosting the game, and you can choose from four different base characters--which you then upgrade by earning both experience and cash, increasing capabilities such as hit points and ammo capacity while buying ever more fearsome firearms, from grenade launchers to combat shotguns based on real-world weaponry. The game's 30 levels have required goals and bonus challenges, which makes it especially tempting to revisit earlier levels to complete challenges and build up your character.

With so much replay value and fun gameplay in both solo and multiplayer modes, Alive 4-ever is one of the best games of its kind for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Publisher's Description

From Meridian Digital Entertainment Ltd.:

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Now Alive 4-ever supports local Wi-Fi Multiplayer mode.

Alive 4-ever supports iPhone 2G/3G/3GS and iPod touch 1G/2G/3G with OS 2.2.1 or later.

(Requires OS 3.0 or later for Bluetooth Multiplayer mode)

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"...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.