STP: The Drowning, a unique free-to-play shooter we’ve had our eye on for a while, has just been released in New Zealand and Australia. We’re not sure when it will land in the U.S., but we took the game for a spin. Read on to find out what to expect when this post-apocalyptic game hits an App Store near you.
At the start of The Drowning, a hands-off introduction finds your character on a small motor boat. Something is clearly amiss, because you’re audibly freaking out and plowing through the water at a dangerously high speed. After a few near-misses with rocks and abandoned boats, two animated corpses pull themselves onto your vessel, and you crash on the shore.
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The Drowning is a peculiar iOS title: an FPS that shies away from virtual buttons in favor of tap-targeting. Now, this may sound like a bad control scheme waiting to happen, but the reality is, it’s quite good. Thanks to the Unity Engine, of which it is one of many iOS titles to utilize, it is also very pretty. Not even pretty in the “for an iOS game” sense; this is a legitimately impressive looking video game.
TouchGen - News about The Drowning surfaced quite a while ago, with shiny videos demonstrating its rather unique controls against a popular backdrop: rural U.S. territory, infested by zombie-like creatures. Finally seeing the game emerge brings some joy, as the graphics and atmosphere suggest great potential. The disappointment, however, kicks in as soon as the in-game menus pop up: this is a freemium title optimized to rake in money, any way possible.
