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Zombie Chav Hunt

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There have been plenty of 'last in your species' predicaments in fiction, but we doubt there's any to match Nev Perry's. Surely not even Robert Neville in the original I Am Legend hits the pathos of the last chav left on Earth?

After all, what's a solitary malecontent to do all day without the decency of hard working families (or whatever the political comfort blanket description of ordinary folks is these days), to kick against?

Yep, when the world consists of reanimated corpses and help-yourself liquor stores, there's no place left for proper juvenile delinquency.

Poor old Nev Perry has to make do with some guns and 90 second-sized sessions of green-splattered gore. And who would deny him those joys?

The first release in CobraMobile's 99c/59p range of bite-sized iPhone/iPod touch games, Zombie Chav Hunt is about as simple as you can get. As in a twisted fairground duck shoot, various types of zombie chavs wobble around the screen, providing you with opportunities to remove their heads in comic style.

And what do headless zombies mean? Points, of course.

At the start of each session, you get the option of choosing either a sniper rifle, pump-action shotgun or uzi (technically the latter two have to be unlocked, but it's hardly an onerous task), then firing away at the macabre scene set in front of you.

Touch where you want to shoot and, depending on your weapon, an onscreen zoomed-in sight will appear. In the case of the rifle, it's a proper crosshair view, whereas the uzi is just a red dot. Either way, keep tapping the fire button in the bottom right of the screen and off you go.

Actually, there's a bit more to it than that, and it's subtleties that make the game. For one thing, you can tilt the screen to tweak your shot which is both useful, as the rifle scope is very tight in, and fun as you attempt to continuously fire the uzi.

For another, you can also line up two heads with one shot if you're that way inclined.

Far from being completely mindless 2D sprites, the zombies play their part too. As well as providing their own groany voice tracks, each type forces a decision.

The basic chav is a one-shot kill for minimal points, and as you work your way up the food chain they're harder to take down but more profitable.

For example, the rapper has his bling armour, while the boss-like numbskull has to have the top of his head removed piece by piece before you can target the presumably stemdead brain inside.

Or alternatively, you can just kick back and take on the zombie pigeons.

The screen is generally busy with specimens of each (there's only ever one numbskull though), so a certain amount of frantic finger tapping is always induced. If you're a pro, you'll also want to maintain your hit accuracy percentage.

Surprisingly this is easier to do using the shotgun that the sniper rifle. However, it's probably sensible not to get too analytical over a 99c/59p game.

So if the title appeals, Zombie Chav Hunt is a game that's well worth your dime. Indeed, if you're anything like us, you'll end up playing it more than many of the more substantial games you'll find on the App Store.

Maybe there's a piece of Nev Perry inside us all.

Zombie Chav Hunt

A well designed nugget of bite-sized entertainment, 2D shooter Zombie Chav Hunt is worth its credit crunch pricing
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Jon Jordan
Jon Jordan
A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon can turn his hand to anything except hand turning. He is editor-at-large at PG.biz which means he can arrive anywhere in the world, acting like a slightly confused uncle looking for the way out. He likes letters, cameras, imaginary numbers and legumes.