{"id":10747,"date":"2013-10-31T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T00:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=10747"},"modified":"2013-10-26T15:20:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T15:20:34","slug":"gabrielles-zombie-attack-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/31\/gabrielles-zombie-attack-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabrielle’s Zombie Attack (iPad)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GZOMBIE_BOX\"<\/a>Yesterday we looked at a free-to-play iOS game from Natsume called Gabrielle\u2019s Monster Match. It featured characters from Gabrielle\u2019s Ghostly Groove 3-D<\/strong><\/a>, an adorably spooky music game for 3DS. Today we\u2019ll take a look at a more recent free-to-play spinoff called Gabrielle\u2019s Zombie Attack. It\u2019s available for iOS devices as well, but reviewed on iPad here. It\u2019s mostly similar to the puzzle game Zuma.<\/p>\n

In the game, Gabrielle and her talking black cat Lola must prevent zombies from escaping a graveyard. The zombies march in a line, and if they reach the gate it\u2019s Game Over. Luckily these zombies are weak against mandrakes (little plant monsters), so all you have to do is use your finger on the touch screen to pluck the mandrakes out of the ground and flick them at the zombies.<\/p>\n

However, the zombies will only disappear if the mandrake is the same color as the zombie. Also, each zombie and mandrake has a number on it. The zombie will only disappear if the mandrake\u2019s number is the same or higher. If it is lower, then it\u2019ll just subtract from the zombie\u2019s number and you\u2019ll have to use another mandrake to finish the job. If you can match both the zombie\u2019s color and number, then the zombie behind it will disappear, too! When you can\u2019t make a match, the mandrake will just bounce off the zombie, but it\u2019ll fill up a lightning meter that, when full, will let you clear out a bunch of zombies. You can also reload your arsenal of mandrakes, but this gives the zombies time to march ever closer.<\/p>\n

In Story Mode, you\u2019ll complete missions that require you to clear out a certain number of zombies, or finish a wave with a time limit. Performing certain tasks in this mode will unlock cards you can view in a gallery. Included in the free-to-play game is a Time Trial mode, but you have to buy Endless. As a free-to-play game, there are ads on the bottom of the screen sometimes, too. Unfortunately, the game isn\u2019t very fun, controls aren\u2019t always responsive, and it gets too hard too quickly.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The zombies aren\u2019t scary at all, and the game could be considered somewhat educational as it teaches number comparison. Reading skill is needed for the text, and some kids may find the game boring and\/or frustrating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we looked at a free-to-play iOS game from Natsume called Gabrielle\u2019s Monster Match. It featured characters from Gabrielle\u2019s Ghostly Groove 3-D, an adorably spooky music game for 3DS. Today we\u2019ll take a look at a more recent free-to-play spinoff called Gabrielle\u2019s Zombie Attack. It\u2019s available for iOS devices as well, but reviewed on iPad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10747"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10750,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10747\/revisions\/10750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}