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Beautifully crafted; the cutest zombie characters; quests are extremely well-thought out; so much fun I can't begin to tell you. But the best part is it's not anywhere near as expensive as the many other online games I play/have played: you can actually progress WITHOUT purchasing anything in-game! That in itself is a thrill and a half to me (hmmm, what does that say about me?). Plus I don't find the in-game "zombucks" over-priced, either, so I have no qualms buying them from time to time. I really hope it stays affordable and fun. Yay!🎉🎉🎉 ***Update*** A year later (or is it two??), I'm still playing, and I still love it! Really imaginative and creative team of people, those devs. Yes, there are the yawwwn times between updates, but I try to grow crops and collect as many resources from the spin-the-prize-wheel buildings, cooks, treasure hunters, and fishermen as I can during the down time, and you can also have Zombie dig for treasure, too. A hint for new players - collect as much quartz as you can, it's very necessary for building wells. Happy gaming!🍰

Whoever developed this game did a great job! I follow along and can’t believe how much thought was put into every detail. It’s challenging but easy to navigate if you strategize. Some say tools are hard to get but I don’t think so. You can get quarts in your exchange sets, your treasure hunters give you signs sets, you can make logs and plenty of boneberry. You have to look around and get to know what’s available to you. They give you plenty of golden shovels that give you many things you need. You can sell to get coins, exchange to get coins, I’ve never ran out of coins. It’s not suppose to be that easy. Some people want something for nothing. This game gives you every thing you need. I have spent some money, 1.99, 4.99, isn’t bad considering the developers have put so much time and energy into creating this fun game that is free I would hope they can make some money from all their talent. Love the zombies, the creative islands and graphics and love this game! Brilliant!

It just keeps getting better! I understand people’s frustration with things like tools and time, but why would developers create great games if they could never make money from them, this game can be enjoyed without spending money, but not as an all-day obsessive thing. Maybe they could consider charging for the game as an option? At least these guys seem to be listening and trying to improve all the time! I still love this game, they've made some great improvements, I almost never buy anything-it's very possible to play and never pay, but you have to play a lot! The designers are always available to answer questions and fix things-I thinks that's quite amazing! They upgrade often. It helps to build lots of towers to win quartz for tools. And yes, it can be hard to get enough tools, but they are giving us more on new islands, and they need to make money somehow to keep this fun game going.

It’s fun and definitely can play a lot longer than other similar games like Klondike where cut down one Boulder and your done for next couple hours unless you buy the energy. The Z dollars purchased goes much further as well when buying items for game. Tool wells, don’t like they run out and you have to have a lot on your island to have enough for tasks. There are times it seems no matter how many you build there is never enough; for the timed islands- which eat up tools quickly. Also I noticed if an area requires an pick mostly due to lots of boulders or a an due to lots of trees - you seem to get less of the needed tool. For instance when I’m not working an island I get all tools pretty much evenly. But start using axe a lot and the wells give less axes. Same with pick. Support said that is not the case. But my experience is there is a decrease in a needed tool from well. I will suddenly start getting more of the tools I’m not using and less of the tool I am using.

I really like this game, it’s pretty unique and I find it satisfying and relaxing to clear all the different islands. This is actually my second time around playing this, I lost all my progress the first time because I got a new phone and don’t have Facebook to save 😢 Oh well, I’m still enjoying it! My only complaint is with the special event island’s. I got about halfway through this last one, but the next gate I’m at takes an insane amount of work and resources to open in such a short amount of time. I gave up because it’s just not worth it and I don’t want to waste all my stuff opening the gates. I don’t remember it being that difficult before when I played about a year ago, I used to finish all of the events. One more minor issue is that the music stops working after about level 20, is it just me? It’s totally silent now except for the random crow cawing 😆 Overall, it’s a great game though!

I love this game, I love games like this where I can build stuff and explore new places. I have several issues with this game though,..as others have said it is beyond frustrating to have to jump through so many hoops to get tools, it takes so many materials and the quarts are hard to get, not to mention it feels like once u add a well one runs out immediately in order for you to not have so many tools, then u have to wait so long to accumulate enough tools to do anything on the islands. The game is pretty much designed to force you to buy zombie bucks and I’m sorry but I’m not spending money on a game, especially when the zombies only go so far. The other thing that really makes me mad is that you can’t get any more then 100 tools in each category, even if the well spits out enough to get u over 100 it will only let u have 100 tools which is ridiculous. I should be able to have as many tools as I collect. The game seems designed to keep u from being able to play it without buying stuff. I won’t buy zombucks, so the game is going very slow for me. If these things were fixed I would give it more stars, but I doubt that happens. Another thing is that they give you those bonus islands at the same time and give u time limits so it’s almost impossible to finish the islands before time runs out if you aren’t willing to use your actual money to buy zombie money to get those blades that cut down anything.

This is a fun game. I like that you can build different things and follow the tasks in any order. It’s a creative concept. However there are some down falls. When things first start out in the game the tutorial isn’t very clear on where many things come from and it’s a lot of figuring out on your own on where items can be gathered from as well as resources. I almost wanted to start the game over because I hadn’t realized that by going to the “new islands” at the bottom like it allowed me to I triggered timed quests that I’ve now missed out on because I didn’t have the tools to do them. The islands at the top you have to unlock. The number of tools it takes to clear an area sometimes can be daunting and it feels like the game is pushing you to spend real money, but if your patient enough you can make it through without having to. I’ve still continued to play the game, I do enjoy it. I do wish there were more ways to earn weapons with out them expiring such as the wells you spend so much time building that them to have them “dry up” so to speak. It’s kind of daunting, but it’s a good mean time game. It’s a gamble to do the special islands at the bottom that take up your resources for so called prizes. For now I’ll stick with it and hope for improvements on guiding you through the game and better responses to the tool needs.

I actually have really enjoyed playing this game, and will TRY to continue to play it. However, I've read a number of the other comments, and agree wholeheartedly with the ones I've read. Tools... you can make enough money to buy the water wells which supply the tools, the issue is building them. The majority of wells takes quartz, which where in the world is quartz. Even if you're fortunate enough to cut through and stumble on a cluster of quartz, it isn't even enough quartz to build the well. At the present time I have one well, and when that goes, it's over. Even if you were to purchase zombie bucks, which I would be willing to do occasionally, the only things you can purchase tools wise are the swords and bombs, which cost an astronomical amount of zombie bucks. The building of the water wells need materials that are at least accessible. I'd be happy to raise my rating if this issue gets resolved, but I'm literally at the place I will be unable to continue to play the game, I want have any tools soon. I am not the only one who has an big issue with this, so hopefully you'll listen to your faithful players, and we'd be much more inclined to purchase things, if it was worth our while.

I absolutely love this game but I have a few questions issues that could make it so much better. First off you should be able to have unlimited tools. I personally check my game every so often when I have a minute to spare to let my tools build up then when I have time I like to go in and play also the tool ratio is off. I always have too many machetes and nothing to cut with them, this makes the event islands almost impossible to complete also there shouldn't be building materials that are only available on certain event islands. I have 3 buildings that I have been waiting months to build because I didn't have the snowballs to build it until dino island and still won't be able to get the materials because of the tool issues. Lastly I think if we are cooking something than it should continuously cook the item until we run out if the ingredients or manually stop it especially if we are paying for extra brains to cook. The wood cutters and miners continue to do their job until they finish the rock or tree so why shouldn't the cooks. I would have easily given the game 5 stars if it weren't for the tool issues alone.

I'd give one star but I have to recognise entertaining game, when one can actually play it. The tool problem is well documented. I can't imagine playing after I lose that 2nd island that gives me 2 permanent Wells. For now mainly doing the limited time 'event' islands. The other flaw is lack of confirmation on spending zombie bucks. I usually will not pay for such a game out of principle. I did spend$5 which made a huge difference in playability. But still spend most my time switching island to collect a few tools. I could have more cool things but I lose so many bucks to accidental spending. I will not spend anymore money on this game Update:. Don't know why Dev said to contact them. Did not result in anything. I did volcano island and spend TONS of resource with not too much rewards too show for it. I see there's another update probably another limited time island. I don't think I'll do this one Update: I did Valentine island and it was good work good ROI. Increasing to 3 stars. However I don't know I can do the extra island once I leave mad island as I will loose most my free tools

As others mentioned, this game has many appealing qualities. And way too many primary flaws. The tool problem is utterly ridiculous. I’m currently on Pirate Island and have cleared the main goal, and have been systematically clearing all the remaining obstacles, too the point that only rocks are left. 75 lava rocks - requiring 55 to 125 pickaxes each; over 55 black, green, and white marble rocks - requiring 25 to 35 pickaxes each; 35 grass topped hills - requiring 85 to 155 pickaxes each ... and only ONE well to get them! Early in the game I fell for the stupid trick of buying miners to break up rocks and woodchoppers to cut down trees - only to discover they ONLY work on the first TWO islands! What the H*&# is their point? Why so many options to get them, only to not be able to use them??? The deeper you get into this game, the greater the frustration level becomes. I go sometimes for days without even looking at the game - just not up to feeling jerked around so much. Adequate quantities of quartz or temporary wells on ALL the islands would make the game enjoyable as well as playable. As it is, I’d not recommend getting involved in it unless you have nothing to do but waste your whole life away getting 4 or 5 tools at five minute intervals - and only three cycles maximum in “inventory”. (Meaning you can’t just wait for them to accrue - you must constantly clear the well to accumulate anything.) It’s really a shame.

I agree that this game is awesome. Really fun and unique. What I hate, though, is how long it takes to do anything. Once you get past the second island up top you have *one* renewing well. Islands close down permanently once you complete, so I stalled on leaving the island that had the two renewing wells for as long as I could. It’s REALLY stupid that the buildings went into storage but those wells didn’t. There are plenty of creative ways to get people to spend real money (like zombucks for Brainy workers, or the flash bangs) but just to cut down a few trees should not take two days of waiting on wells. Hell, I would even use zombucks for a renewing well that didn’t just disappear eventually. The devs really need to heed people saying this, which is why I am giving two stars for a five star game until they do. Edit to respond to the developer: but the problem is not how many tools you have—it’s how long it takes to *get* enough tools to actually be able to accomplish the game’s objectives. There isn’t enough quartz to keep building the non-renewing wells, and one well is so not enough to make progress at a pace that makes the game satisfying. It was fun when I had three; then I left that island, lost the two renewing wells, and went back to barely playing because it takes way too long for the one well to even get enough tools to cut down one 85 pick ax rock or 65 chop ax tree.

As others have noted, the developers have made this game basically non-functional. In order to proceed through game actions, your zombies need tools. These come from wishing wells, which you can build. Unfortunately the developers have severely restricted the resources (quartz) to build them, and in the most recent update also decreased the longevity of each wishing well, basically meaning about 30 seconds of game play before running out of tools. As someone who has paid for the zombie bucks to get the buffs such as the airplane (which was totally worth it at the time), I now feel all that expense was a total waste as the developers have completely ruined the game. Sad- it was fun up until they trashed it :( UPDATE: 27 Sep 2017- I received a nice email from the developers, for which I give them high marks for trying. Unfortunately they don't seem to understand how severely they have restrained the resources, but simply advised doing the steps that can gather those scarce resources (and one I didn't know about- playing mini games on Facebook). Using all but the Facebook option, I have gathered 12 quartz in the past 10 days, logging in a couple times a day. You need 15 quartz to buy a well. I regret my investment in this game and will spend my remaining 400 zombie bucks and delete :(

I have been playing this game for months and enjoyed it for the most part. Lately I have been trying to complete the Grotto and today was the last straw. In order to move to the next stage and complete the egg, I needed to make 26 Sleepy Sundews (33 hours) Not a lot you think? Guess what...(and you can’t buy your way out) ...first you have to make 26 eyeball sundews (26 hours) and 26 hypnolilies (26 hours). What..you don’t have eyeball sundews or hypnolillies in stock? Ok, for the eyeball sundews, you need to make 68 eyeball liquors (4.5 hours) and 180 hot sundews (only 90 more hours)! God help you if you don’t have hypnolillies because you will need 78 hypnodreams (117 hours) and hypnopoppies (17 hours)...the list goes on and on....I gave up calculating it all. This time doesn’t even include all of the crops you have to grow. I don’t mind spending a little money to move on (support the developers and all that) but this is crazy! No amount of money gets you past this. The special events aren’t all that great either as far as rewards go anymore. Anyway, I am DONE wasting my time, money, and energy on a game that’s impossible to make progress in and is more like WORK. I already have a full time job and I believe that games are supposed to be fun...but not this game any longer. I’m out....