Review of Zombs.io | Build. Defend. Survive.

<p>The online multiplayer market is flooded with &period;io games&period; So many developers are copying each other&comma; producing spin-offs &lpar;and rip-offs&rpar; within an extremely promising genre&period; Today&comma; I’m happy to have found a truly unique&comma; worthwhile game&colon; Zombs&period;io&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The title&comma; Zombs&period;io&comma; is rather direct&colon; it&&num;8217&semi;s a game about zombies and it&&num;8217&semi;s in the &period;io realm&period; Surprisingly&comma; there are many layers to this action-RPG-strategy hybrid&period; Its slogan is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Build&period; Defend&period; Survive&period;” And that’s a great way to sum up the gameplay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Welcome<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Upon startup&comma; Zombs&period;io looks very familiar&period; Players can enter a nickname&comma; choose a room &lpar;i&period;e&period; gameplay server&rpar;&comma; and read about the latest updates&period; The welcome screen is so familiar that one can argue it’s virtually an exact copy of MooMoo&period;io or Superhex&period;io&period; And that statement would be correct&period; The important thing is that the gameplay of Zombs&period;io is not an exact copy&period; It’s different and it’s better&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-127439 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;17122101&sol;Zombieio-BG-1024x693&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"677" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Attending School<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Learning the basics is important in Zombs&period;io&period; Without a tutorial&comma; much of the action wouldn’t make sense&period; That’s because <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;poki&period;com&sol;en&sol;g&sol;zombs-io">there’s more to Zombs&period;io than meets the eye<&sol;a>&period; Thankfully&comma; the in-game step-by-step guide walks beginners through the essentials&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>First&comma; gamers will learn the importance of gathering resources&period; Trees produce wood and rocks produce stone&period; Gather 10 of each to place a base &lpar;a stash of gold&rpar; anywhere on the map&period; Once the base is set&comma; zombies will arrive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Defenses are necessary to survive a night of the undead&period; The tutorial suggests building an arrow tower to strike invaders from afar&period; Arrow towers are inexpensive and effective&comma; but they can only hit individual enemies&period; To wipe out entire groups&comma; players must gather additional wood and stone for bomb and cannon towers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The last part of the tutorial insists on building a gold mine&period; This is perhaps the most important structure&comma; because it generates currency for future upgrades&period; Without gold mines&comma; leveling up and staying alive is nearly impossible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>The Real Deal<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-127440 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;17122121&sol;Zombieio-BG-2-1024x676&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"660" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After completing the walkthrough&comma; gamers should have enough knowledge to survive&period; But knowing the basics is only part of a winning combination&period; The other half involves experience&comma; and that comes with time&period; Each night&comma; a stronger wave of zombies attacks every base&period; Gamers can experiment with different arrangements of defense towers&period; Some shoot far&comma; and others devastate nearby zombies&period; Towers are ideal for attacking invaders&comma; but walls also provide solid protection&period; Members of gaming parties &lpar;i&period;e&period; clans or guilds&rpar; can build doors that keep enemies out and allow allies in&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Simply surrounding a base with defense towers and walls isn’t enough to live forever&period; The in-game shop is filled with additional upgrades for survival&period; Players can spend endless amounts of gold on higher-tier pickaxes&comma; spears&comma; bows&comma; and bombs&period; Better weapons deal more damage faster&period; Leveling up the pickaxe is essential for harvesting more resources and affording extra upgrades&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>More and More<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Zombs&period;io is still in development&comma; and each update brings exciting&comma; new features&period; Pets and monsters are in beta testing&period; Pets are AI-controlled sidekicks&comma; and monsters are randomly generated enemies&period; With even more features on the way&comma; Zombs&period;io will only get better&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em>This article contains sponsored links&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;