Let's travel a few years into the past. Let's travel to that time when video games had just discovered 8-bit and we needed more than good graphics to get into a story. We are talking about the late 80s, where imagination and an interesting premise were the kings of the barrack and the only fast-paced action we could see on our screens were the Van Damme and Steven Seagal movies. It is in these years when role-playing games and similar entertainment products begin to triumph among the youth. Do you remember the books of "Choose your own adventure”?
Choose your own adventure it was a series of juvenile books of what is known as explorative hyperfiction, also called "gamebook”. In this series of novels, the reader could intervene in the narrative by making decisions that affected the future of the story. At one point the protagonist of the book was at a crossroads and it was up to us to decide what would happen next.
'Dr Drake runs into a suspicious guy in the train car. It seems to be hiding something. If you want Drake to pursue the suspect, turn to page 34. If you prefer Drake to stay in his cabin, turn to page 62. "
Thus, the reader took an active part in the course of history, and it gave a lot more excitement to the reading. If you didn't make the right decision, the protagonist could die!
Madrid Zombi, explorative hyperfiction for Android
The Madrid Zombie game transfers that same “Choose your own adventure” experience to our mobile devices. Developed by FicciónInteractiva.com , Madrid Zombie it's a kind of online novel in which we will put ourselves in the shoes of a person who experiences the infection and subsequent zombification of the entire population of the city of Madrid first hand. Depending on the decisions we make at key moments, the novel will advance in one direction or another.
Download QR-Code Madrid Zombi Developer: FicciónInteractiva.com Price: Free Graphics
Madrid Zombie is a full-blown novel, so 99% of what is displayed on the screen is written text. Perhaps in that sense he could be blamed for not having chosen a slightly more stylized typeface, but it must be admitted that this font is similar to Times New Roman It gives it a retro touch that is not too bad either.
Sound
Sound is tremendously important in history and helps create an atmosphere that would otherwise be impossible to achieve. It is totally recommended, even almost essential, to play Madrid Zombi with good headphones.
Playability
Although it is still a role-playing game, we are closer to a novel than to a game as such. The mechanics itself is really simple: enjoy each reading chapter, while we find ourselves at crossroads in which we will have to make one of the decisions that are presented to us to choose.
At the beginning of the game, we must enter data such as our name, our partner's name, etc., which together with the game's soundtrack will help us dive in a way never seen before in novels of this type.
Throughout the narrative we will also find small interactive details, totally subject to the narration of the story.
Overall rating
Madrid Zombi is an attractive story that will especially appeal to lovers of typical books. Choose your own adventure, thanks to this small twist that is read from a mobile device. The story is not over yet, and it is updated with new chapters periodically. It currently has 1108 unique pages and 7 episodes, and many, many zombies.
For those who are still hesitating to try this app, I can only say that it has the highest rating I have seen of an app on Google Play to date, a score of 4.9/5. Fully recommended for those looking for a different and entertaining reading experience.
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