Age of Z Origins
By Paul Semel,
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Zombie-centric strategy is a fun but typical base builder.
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What’s It About?
In AGE OF Z ORIGINS, what remains of humanity lives within the high walls of a city. But constant zombie attacks, as well as general use, has left the city in need of repair. So, it's up to you to launch a series of infrastructure improvement projects, while also fighting off zombies heading down the road to the city and destroying some undead folk who are just hanging around but look like they could be trouble some day. Using classic strategy, building, and tower defense mechanics, this game has you testing your tactical planning in hopes your intellect can protect what's left of the human race.
Is It Any Good?
Though it's a fairly typical strategy, world building, tower defense mash-up, it's also a rather solid and engaging one, even if it is heavy on the ads. In Age of Z Origins, what's left of the human race lives in a walled city. But thanks to constant zombie attacks, as well as general wear and tear, the city is in need of repair. Using the resources you get from playing, you have to decide what buildings and structures will get fixed or even upgraded, and which will just have to wait. You also have to pick and place stationary weapon systems to stop the hordes of zombies walking down the road towards town, while also sending soldiers out to fight groups of zombies who are just hanging out but look like they're up to no good.
As strategy games with elements of building and defense go, this is fairly standard. The touch screen controls work the same here as they do in other games, and there's, of course, a lot of waiting for things to get built... unless you want to spend in-game money so you don't have to wait. It's also got a lot of deep, complicated systems to understand. As a result, fans of similar games won't find anything terribly inventive about it, but nothing terrible either. Except maybe how it runs ads along the bottom of the screen when you're on most of the menus. Sure, they're just ads for things you can buy from this game's store -- packs of supplies, currency, and speed up tokens -- but it's still a bit much after a while. Still if you love planning and killing zombies more than you hate crass commercialism or simple gameplay, you'll find Age of Z Origins to be as strategically compelling as other games with the same basic mechanics.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about violence in video games. Is the impact of the violence in Age of Z Origins affected by the fact that you're attacking and destroying zombies and other monsters? Would the impact be intensified if you were fighting people? Does the game need to show blood if you're destroying monsters and other creatures that aren't real?
While you can earn the money needed to buy weapons or to fix up buildings by playing Age of Z Origins, you can also buy this currency with real money, so how do you decide how much is appropriate to spend on a free game, and what to use it for?
App Details
- Devices: iPhone , iPad , Android
- Pricing structure: Free
- Release date: July 14, 2021
- Category: Strategy Games
- Topics: Adventures , Monsters, Ghosts, and Vampires
- Publisher: Camel Games
- Version: 1.2.83
- Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 10.0 or later; Android 5.0 and up
- Last updated: July 20, 2021
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