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Now, the fine folks at Freeverse have teamed up with the publisher of the novel Quirk Classics to bring the video game iteration of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to the iPhone. It's a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up similar to Final Fight, Streets of Rage, or TMNT Arcade of years past. The presentation of the game is a total success, both visually appealing and rife with bizarre humor. Unfortunately the gameplay itself isn't quite as strong, and feels somewhat shallow and repetitive. Surprisingly, this doesn't hamper the overall experience of the game that much, as the story is hilarious and remains a lot of fun to play through.
Up-and-coming app developer Feel Every Yummy is inspired to make strong female characters, like Jane Austen, in video games. They say, "Female characters in video games can be written and treated so much better than they have been, and game developers ultimately have the power to change that."
Sorry, Jane Austen has it all wrong. I find women much stronger the less clothes they are wearing ;)
While I'm sure that was supposed to be a sexist joke, it's actually kinda true. Female bodybuilders wear next to nothing, and a lot of athletes, and strippers need some strength to hang upside down on that pole.
TheAppera: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a critically acclaimed modification on the book by Jane Austen, solving the mysteries within, by adding zombies.
AppSpy writes: "Seth Grahame-Smith's hit 'mashup' of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' and the zombie mythos has been a huge success and almost a year later Freeverse have succeeded in adapting this tale to the App Store as an action-packed side-scrolling beat'em up."
