At one time, the original Dead Trigger seemed to many a kind of breakthrough among games on mobile devices due to the excellent picture. Indeed, everything looked almost like on large platforms, it seemed that it only remained to bring the plot to mind, polish the gameplay, and here you are, you get a full-fledged zombie shooter. In the second part, the developers tried to fix all the shortcomings, but to no avail.

Dead Trigger 2

genre Shooter
Platforms iOS/Android
Developers Madfinger Games
Publisher Madfinger Games
Site madfingergames.com/deadtrigger2

Grade

Nice picture, full campaign

Obsessive monetization

A good zombie shooter that still has room to grow

The game begins quite promisingly, because the banal set of missions has been replaced by a more or less intelligible full-fledged campaign. Now you will move forward in the story, while at the same time having the opportunity to have fun in optional missions for cash rewards and weapon blueprints. The campaign is unlikely to be able to surprise a person who has seen more than one movie about zombies, since Madfinger offer players a completely standard set - we look for and rescue survivors, collect them in one shelter, which we will provide with supplies, protect from hordes of living dead and improve in every possible way , in return using the services of the inhabitants. Oddly enough, not for free.

The survivors help the protagonist who is much more than that - they make medicines, make weapons according to the blueprints found, they get all sorts of bonuses like experience boosters from the black market, but they only do it all exclusively for money, and in the case of the black market - for real ones.

As the plot develops, it turns out that in addition to standard America, the resistance forces are fighting an unequal battle with the ghouls in no less standard Africa, conquering not only cities, but entire countries from zombies, so you and other survivors go there. Moreover, in order to recapture a certain city or country from the zombies, you need to destroy several million ghouls in additional tasks. The total number of kills among all players is taken into account, and as some cities are liberated in Dead Trigger 2 others are added.

Tasks in Dead Trigger 2 are not too intricate, basically they require the player to collect key items scattered around the map, activate switches, hold a position for a specified time, shoot zombies from a helicopter, or simply offer to get from point A to point B alive. along the way, zombies do not differ in special variety. Basically, these are ordinary walkers, slowly but surely rushing at the player from every doorway or hole in the fence. To complicate their task, and at the same time get some bonus cash, you can lay the doorway at the place where the opponents appear. While the ghouls are dismantling the boards blocking the passage, the player can have time to drive back and forth with a canister of gasoline, for example. True, these very barricades are allowed to be erected only in places specially designated for them.

Sometimes the game releases bigger monsters at you, like a big guy with a barrel of fuel on his belly or a mutant zombie affected by radiation, being next to which can send a gaping player to another world. Dealing with them is not difficult, if you have a couple of grenades, mines or an explosive chicken in your pocket. I'm serious, we tie a stick of dynamite to the chicken, let the bird run around, the zombies are distracted by it, they gather in a bunch ... profit. Conventional firearms can be dispensed with, but it will be much more difficult and you will have to use first-aid kits.

And here we are faced with the fact that completing additional tasks is not so much an opportunity as a necessity, otherwise you will experience a serious shortage of first-aid kits, grenades, a shotgun will be assembled for a very long time, and the improvement of the machine will have to be constantly postponed. And all why? Because all around you need money. Let not real, let game, but nevertheless. And sometimes the game does not hesitate to put the player in a losing situation. Let's say there is a $700 reward for completing a quest, but there are a couple of large monsters at this level, and these are four grenades, which, in turn, already cost $800. And you can't help but use them, because the ammo is running out, because you have a basic set of simple weapons and they shoot weakly.

You can solve the problem with the shortage of cartridges by improving the weapon, thereby increasing the lethal force and the volume of the magazine, but here the fun begins. To upgrade a weapon, you need to upgrade the gunsmith, and to upgrade the gunsmith, you have to... upgrade the technique. In other words, you need an upgrade upgrade to make an upgrade. Xzibit would be pleased. And, of course, every upgrade costs money and time. So imperceptibly 30 seconds needed to make a first-aid kit smoothly flow into an hour needed to improve a specialist. An hour is replaced by two, and two is replaced by six hours. And, of course, a wonderful button - execute instantly. For real money. Or go grind dollars in optional missions, hoping that the super-zombies in them will not be found often.

As for the game mechanics, everything is the same as before, the character moves around the level and shoots zombies, there is no question of any jumps, shelters or running. Unless the automatic shooting option is enabled by default, in which the trigger is pressed automatically as soon as the target is in the crosshairs of the sight and at a distance sufficient for shooting. If desired, in the settings you can enable both manual shooting control and adjust the location of the controls on the screen. It is also worth noting that the game supports controllers.

Despite the noticeable push of players to buy in-game gold, for Dead Trigger 2 you can spend a couple of evenings, since the game is available for free download, but it will not work to call it a significant breakthrough compared to the first part, it only pulls on a big addition.

Improved graphics on devices with an NVIDIA TEGRA 4 processor

No matter how you look at it, the first part of the zombie shooter Dead Trigger from Madfinger must be given credit. For a long time, he was able to set the bar for quality graphics and optimization. At the same time, it became an admonition to all smartphone users for pirated downloads. Actually current F2P status and asynchronous MMO Dead Trigger 2 received precisely because of these events.

Looking back, it was easy to see that Dead Trigger was a great benchmark, but it was by no means a good game. The number of missions designed for thoughtless "grinding", diluting the overall line, infuriated even the most patient player. In the end, the game turned into a short break for five minutes.

Can't wait to play...

Talking about Dead Trigger 2 in its current state is the same as trying to review an MMO, that is, an automatic touch for the third subway rail. The most anticipated game of this year, so often shown as an example of the best platform-quality tablet shooter, turned out to be rather empty at the start ... What is the reason for this?

Our roommates, and yes, they don't give a damn about the outside world

Among many of the promises that poured like a cornucopia, from the lips of the developers one sounded and quite interesting - a responsive world. Of course, everything is nice that the invasion will take place according to our actions and all sorts of special events will stir up interest. But there is one but. Behind all this lies one problem - the developers initially did not try to give out the maximum of their abilities. The very design of Dead Trigger 2 will resemble a series, where the set of the next series of missions will depend only on the number of active players. And yes, a constant connection to the Internet also brings its own negative directives.

Let's return to the "shelter" in which the player will be most of the time. A gunsmith, an engineer, a medic, a huckster are waiting for us there, and they all want only one thing from you - money. The in-game free currency is enough at the start, but then the "Clash of Clans" disease begins - long periods of waiting in everything. From creating high-level things, to leveling up secondary characters to get new technologies. In general, it is strange why we should pay survivors only for them to study, given that without the introduction of multiplayer and co-op, the main character is their savior and god.

Blank shot

No matter how you look at it, the farm is not what everyone expected from the game. So let's move on to what everyone downloaded Dead Trigger 2 for - smashing faces and other parts of the body with green-eyed zombies. The action map has lost its detail and now the player will have to visit not different points of his city, but different points of the whole country. How, in this case, the hero does not get into various troubles described in films on this topic is not clear.

It's better to walk with a gun than with this

Entering the warpath, you will meet with a terrifying sterility of the image. It feels like the zombie invasion itself did not do much harm, moreover, there is a lack of quality in the level design. For example, constantly repeating textures of graffiti, damage, symmetry of environments. By the way, many of the "various levels" are actually one location, with a changed location of obstacles that block the player's access to the rest of the map.

Each level hides... a golden pig - a secret that allows the player to earn a decent amount of in-game currency. What about zombies? They are not particularly impressive, there are fast ones, there are slow ones, there are kamikazes. The game will warn you about the most dangerous ones. During the passage, there is a feeling that you are forcibly led by the handle - and they will report about the dangers, and there is a bloodthirstiness radar, and GPS, and even ... they will shoot themselves when they reach a convenient radius and point of impact with your sight (you can turn it off, but why?) . The threshold of entry, in fact, as well as excitement, from this fall sharply.

See why - Damage

Missions, as in the previous part of the game, are not particularly difficult - there are no puzzles. Go - bring, wait, protect. In between, everything is the same - escort, protection, shooting. Sometimes there are timers, but they don't make much incendiary, like chickens with machine guns (the pride of the developers). In one, however, the developers were honest - you can get absolutely everything for free, albeit with long efforts. At least collect a crossbow at the fourth level from the drop-down drawings.

Under the hood

Internet addiction is the worst thing that ever happened to this game. This is primarily due to the fact that Dead Trigger 2 will soon be released on Steam, and for synchronization it was necessary to enter a special account, and to earn money on impatient users - a permanent connection. It’s just that after yesterday’s release, the most impossible things began to happen - auto-logging into other people’s accounts, wipe saved games, the inability to go beyond the third mission (iOS 6 and Android), the disappearance of your own accounts. On the one hand, covering with good words and so far from being an ideal title, you understand that the servers simply cannot cope with the load. On the other hand, you remember that they already had Shadowgun: Deadzone and experience with the network component, which shows another reason to call the developers negligent.

And the Lord said - let there be soap!

Verdict

From everything you read, each of you is unlikely to learn a lot of new things. Fact-finding is more like the song of a zombie swan that craves your brains, yelling "Press Tap To Win" and "Look what puddles, what water, what fire!" However, behind all this decoration lies the first Dead Trigger, which has not evolved at all, even in graphical terms. Everything but the swaying grass has already been shown in Infinity Blade 3, so even the infamous Crysis game can no longer become an analogue. Excessive arcade kills interest, because many would exchange tens of thousands of polygons for the effect of recoil from weapons, feedback from wounds, and at least local co-op. The new Dead Trigger remains the same cheap break attraction, being a game for an indefinite audience, stranded on the fringes of a rotten genre.

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I will tell you right away about the big drawback of this game: The game requires a permanent connection to the Internet

Hello dear readers.

As always, autumn turned out to be the brightest part of the gaming year, the seasonality of the gaming industry did not bypass the mobile games industry either. More recently, on the online shelves were Dead Trigger 2(which, as you understand from the title, will be discussed), the new Rayman, Asphalt 8 moved to free content, etc.

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Dead Trigger 2- made by a professional team of ambitious developers with an intriguing name - " MADFINGER Games". Rabid Fingers earned recognition by releasing one of the best action games for smartphones and tablets a long time ago - “Shadowgun”. Czechs specialize in the engine Unity3D and Dead Trigger squeezed almost the maximum out of it.

To date, we can say with full confidence that Dead Trigger 2 is one of the most striking arguments in the dispute: “ Is there mobile gaming as such? »

Let's talk about everything in order.

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Going a little into comparison, the second part of Trigger has become prettier, several options for image quality have appeared ( low and high), apparently "high" will be able to appreciate not only the owners of top-end devices, but also the owners of medium-powered devices. The gamut has expanded significantly, the scenery has been painted on and slightly diversified, but in essence everything remains the same: the weapons are cute with slightly jerky animation, the zombies are more diverse and with a large number of polygons, except that I noticed some improvement in terms of shadows. Oh, I almost forgot - a few words about music and sounds: don't expect anything super cool, the chirping of weapons is not impressive, and the background and rumbling of zombies have migrated from the last part.

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big break occurred in motivating players to kill zombies. The game has a fairly coherent storyline, story missions have some kind of connected sequence, and the war zone has expanded to the whole world. As we progress through the story, we meet new characters, kill bosses, fly in a helicopter, and most importantly: now a new continent opens up every next campaign, the gameplay on each of the continents is 75% identical, but nice and interesting buns slip through.

There are several new species zombie, battles have become much more dynamic and more fun. Now each mission has 3 different levels of difficulty, depending on the chosen difficulty, you get different amounts of rewards during the passage (you can call this a step towards casualization and add to this the introduction of an auto-shooting mode, albeit with manual aiming. But I would not do this , playing on small screens has become much more pleasant, because now the finger does not occupy half the screen when shooting).

Received a big addition from Madfinger. Excellent console-level graphics quality, gripping storyline and thoughtful gameplay have turned this game into a real hit.

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V App Store there was a "summer update", as the developers called it, with an index of 0.7. The game received a completely new POWER-T 10 location, new weapon models, regular missions and tasks for every day. Also, interaction with other participants has been improved and the arena has been rebalanced.

Secret of success Dead Trigger 2 remained the same, except that the player shoots zombies in a team with other members. In addition to the updated arsenal, the game boasts new zombies, more realistic graphics and a defeat system, and additional bonuses.

Recall that the game has expanded almost 2 times compared to the original version. The player was presented with 3 regions, 15 locations, about 30 different types of weapons and over 150 gameplays. In close combat, you can "wield" six types of weapons: Big Hammer, Brain Mill, Machete and others.

In version 0.7, gamers will also need to travel around the game world, fighting against the terrible onslaught of the living dead. In addition to weapons and ammunition, along the way, you can use various items and devices to fight zombies. And it depends only on the player whether humanity has a chance for salvation!

Summer update Dead Trigger 2 from the Czech studio Madfinger offers the player to enter the world stage and has a number of features:

• New daily missions and challenges in a new city. Now you can earn even more money than before, and spend it on new weapons, ammunition and provisions. Every day the player can also get a huge number of prizes;
• POWER-T 10 location for experienced and tough players;
• Unique camouflage skin and weapons that can only be envied - Winchester 94 + KSG;
• Daily Mission. Every day, cities will appear on the world map that will die without the help of the player. For constantly answering the call, the reward from general missions will double. Moreover, by opening new regions, the gamer will get new opportunities to increase the Daily Mission;
• Daily tasks from mentors from the Vault. For each successfully completed player receives "Gold";
• Improved interaction between participants. Now monitoring the results of friends will become completely transparent. The player will be able to easily monitor the statistics, the game process, visit the Vaults of friends, invite new members, conveniently filter data and much more.

The developers also offer some other improvements:

Madfinger Studio has released a big update for the sequel to one of the main game premieres of last year, Dead Trigger 2. High-quality console-level graphics, an exciting storyline and good gameplay made the game a real hit. The "summer update" under the index 0.7 has been released in the App Store, which adds a new POWER-T 10 location, new weapons, daily missions and tasks. Other changes include improved interaction with other players and a rebalancing of the arena.

The success ingredient of Dead Trigger 2 is the same, but now the gamer shoots zombies not alone, but in a team with assistants (NPCs). The updated game flaunts new weapons, zombies, an improved defeat system, realistic graphics and new bonuses. In update 0.3, game content has almost doubled: now 3 regions, 15 locations, 30 types of weapons and more than 150 gameplays are available. For close combat, 6 types of weapons are offered: Big Hammer, Brain Mill, Machete and others.

As before, in fact, throughout the game, the gamer will have to look not only for adventures on his fifth point, but also for ammunition with provisions, as well as various items and devices that can stop or slow down the onslaught of the evil dead. It will depend on his actions whether humanity will get another chance for salvation.

Dead Trigger 2 Update Features:

Join a SPECIAL MISSION, travel the world and earn more money than before. Keep it up - a refreshing summer update is available. Go global and fight. New city - new mission - new challenge every day. In addition, a large number of prizes. We hope they will delight you every day.

1. Siberia: open Tech 10
Are you a HARD player? Focus on a new region known as POWER-T 10. What's inside?

Unique masking skin
A new weapon from Tech 10 that other players will envy - Winchester 94 + KSG
Enjoy the exclusive GAME Siberia.

2. Daily Mission
Every day, a city that needs help will appear on the world map. Answer the challenge each time and you'll be rewarded with double the rewards from shared missions. In addition, with each region, new opportunities will open up for the Daily Mission to increase. Travel, discover and earn a wastelander.

3. Daily tasks
Are you ready for new challenges? Every day? Your Sanctuary guides know this and have prepared special tasks especially for you. Did the job - Won the Gold, just like a headshot from a sniper rifle. Join the fight right now.

4. Improved friend interaction
We know that you play Dead Trigger 2 with your friends. Therefore, here it is - absolutely transparent observation of the actions of friends. Simple, user-friendly and intelligent display of friends' statistics, monitoring their game progress, visiting their Hideout with ease, easy direct communication, intuitive inviting new friends, customizable filters, simple list and organization, and much, much more. More friends, more zombies killed, more fun.

5. Other little news

Dead Trigger 2 has a small single-player campaign, after which it is proposed to participate in the global struggle of harsh multi-polygonal men, personifying users from all over the world, against zombies. At the same time, each player makes one or another contribution to the common cause, which he can immediately evaluate with the help of various tables with statistics.

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