Death Shooter 2 is a first person shooter mobile game published by ICloudzone Games on the Google Play Store and Apple iTunes on March 25, 2015. Despite its recent release date, Death Shooter 2 has racked up over 5 million downloads with a 4.0 rating aggregated from over 105,000 reviews. It’s clear that Death Shooter 2 is popular and enjoyed by those who have downloaded it, but is the game worthy of its reviews? In this article I take a look at the positive and negative aspects of Death Shooter 2 and offer Tips, Tricks, and Cheats to help make your playing experience as enjoyable as possible.
Upon opening the game, the player is shown a title screen that is relatively self-explanatory. The “More” button at the bottom of the screen opens a Google Play Store window with a listing of all ICloudzones current games. On the side are three social network buttons (Google+, Twitter, and Facebook) that allow you to easily share Death Shooter 2 with friends and invite them to join you in playing the game. The bottom right allows you to adjust music volume and sensitivity, compare your high scores against your Google+ friends and the world at large, and take a look at achievements unlockable in the game.
The play button prompts the player to choose between Counter Strike and Zombie Wars, the two main systems available for play in Death Shooter 2. Regardless of which one you choose, at the beginning of the game you have access to the first level and normal mode (This review only covers normal mode as the other two modes would require a long grind to unlock without spending real money). Through playing the game or using real money, you can collect the currency necessary to unlock the different modes.
Once you choose between Counter Strike and Zombie Wars, you’re introduced to Death Shooter 2’s Equipment and Shop screen.
Before discussing the various items you can buy to assist you in gameplay, it is necessary to make sense of the resources used to purchase them.
In Death Shooter 2, the vast majority of items you purchase will be bought using Cash, the basic in-game currency. Cash is received for completing levels, from in-game actions such as getting headshots, or purchased with real money via the in-game store.
Medals are the other currency and are earned from completing and excelling in levels and are also available for purchase with real money.
Through the equipment screen you can outfit your character with weapons and armor as well as purchase consumables for use in-game.
On the left of the screen you can access the different categories with items available for purchase: Main Weapon, Sub Weapon, Supply Kits, and Body Armor.
The Main and Sub weapon categories don’t appear to differ any in what they offer, so the player essentially gets to choose two weapons they can swap between during combat.
Weapons range from the cheap M1911 at 1000 cash to the expensive D5R-Gold at 700000. There are also a selection of weapons available for medals that seem to be more powerful than those available for cash. Each weapon has four stats: Damage, Capacity, Crit Rate and Zoom. When you buy a weapon, it starts weaker than its full potential. By spending cash on upgrades, you can increase the stats up to the maximum allowable by the type of weapon. Damage affects the damage your guns do to enemies and is increased past its base by upgrading the barrel on the gun.
Capacity affects how many bullets the gun can hold before requiring a reload, and this is increased by upgrading the gun’s magazine. Zoom affects how far you’re able to zoom in while using the weapon. This can be increased by upgrading the scope on the weapon.
Crit Rate affects the chance for you to score a critical hit with your weapon and cause more damage than usual. This is increased by upgrading your silencer. The silencer also makes it harder for enemies to spot you, and can allow you to make several kills before being detected which can give you a big leg up in later levels.
Though this list comprises the basic offensive stats in the game, not every gun has access to every attachment. As such some guns either won’t use the corresponding stat at all, or won’t be able to be upgraded past their initial rating in said statistic.
In addition to Main and Sub weapons, there are Supply Kits and Body Armor.
Supply Kits allow you to purchase first aid packs which can be used during combat to replenish your health, and grenades which can be aimed and tossed to do area of affect damage.
Body Armor gives your character an armor stat which takes damage before your health begins to be depleted by your enemies’ attacks. Each Body Armor has a specific Absorb rating from 100 for the most basic to 9999 for the most expensive. Once you take damage that amounts to more than your Absorb rating, the body armor is useless and you must buy armor again to reap the benefits.
Unlike many console first person shooters, there is no movement of your character in Death Shooter 2. You stay positioned behind partial cover for the duration of the fight. At its most basic, combat is carried about by using your finger to move the target reticle and then tapping a button to pull the trigger.
There are many buttons on the screen but it’s pretty simple to pick up the mechanics of combat. The top left of the screen contains your health and armor bars and underneath is your current cash. Though most of your spent money will be in the equipment and shopping screen, you can buy grenades and first aid kits on demand in the field, or repair the building you’re protecting in Zombie Wars by spending your cash. This is helpful if you find yourself in a pinch, but it is also very easy to quickly burn through all of your available funds.
On the left of your screen is the first aid button in Counter Strike (Repair Button in Zombie Wars), and on the right the grenade button.
The bottom left of the screen contains a targeting reticle which makes your gun zoom as well as a counter of the remaining bullets in your magazine. Completely depleting your magazine simply means that you’ll have to take the time to reload. It is not possible to run completely out of ammunition in Death Shooter 2.
The right side has a button you can press to duck for cover as well as a button to fire your gun.
Finally, at the top right is a radar circle that shows the remaining enemies and their orientation compared to the direction you’re currently facing. This is useful when you have just a few more enemies left and are having trouble locating them. The outline of a gun next to the radar serves as a timer for the various buffs you may gain during combat.
The two main game modes in Death Shooter 2 are Counter Strike and Zombie Wars. In Counter Strike your objective is to eliminate all threats. In Zombie Wars, you must defend a point against a constant onslaught of Zombies for the allotted amount of time. Though these modes differ in their objectives slightly (defend in Zombie Wars vs attack and survive in Counter Strike), the gameplay remains largely the same.
During gameplay, making good shots or killing specific mark targets often grants a buff that lasts for a short while. This can vary from increasing your crit or damage to replenishing your armor or health.
Each level in each mode has up to 3 medals you can get. In addition, you may be rewarded additional medals or cash depending on your accuracy and speed of completion.
The levels are relatively simple and don’t change too much as the game progresses. Once the player masters the basic controls and understands the mechanics of both Counter Strike and Zombie Wars, the only trouble they should run into is if they are not great at aiming.
If you are sitting there playing Death Shooter 2, then you have likely found out that gold is needed throughout the game, and it’s also very hard to unlock god mode. While you can buy the gold through the app store, this is very expensive, and most people hate paying for this. If you want to get gold and god mode for free, then you need to download our hack tool for Death Shooter 2.
Simply check out the image below to see how easy the hack is to setup, with an options menu where you enter the amounts of gold you want to add to your account, and a button to unlock god mode.
All you need to do is download the free hack tool right here from our website, which takes about 20 seconds, and then wait 20 seconds while it automatically installs. After that, select either iOS or Android depending on what you are using to play the game, and then enter the amounts of gold that you want to add to your account.
Tap on “Start” to begin the hack tool, which should take no more than 40 seconds to finish, although it can depend on your internet connection. Afterward, load up Death Shooter 2 like you normally would, and then gold will be in your account, and also god mode is unlocked. Using our free hack tool for Death Shooter 2 allows you to get gold and god mode without spending a dime.
There aren’t too many tips, tricks, and cheats to Death Shooter 2, but there are a couple things to keep in mind to make gathering currency easier.
Try to get as many headshots as possible, as you get a cash bonus with each one. Also, make sure you kill the starred enemies to get helpful combat buffs. This will help you clear everything faster which leads to a bigger bonus in the end.
On the Shop and Equipment screen you can get a free cash bonus every 12 hours, so make sure you log in every 12 hours regardless of how long you’re intending to play to get the rewards.
For an initial boost in cash, you can click the free cash button and complete the requisite tasks. These range from sharing the game with your friends to rating the game on the app store.
Death Shooter 2 has a decent premise but its execution fails on several levels. What could have been an okay game ended up leaving a bad taste in my mouth with the constant intrusive advertisements and popups as well as the long grind required to unlock further game modes unless you’re willing to fork over real cash (I wasn’t, so the review simply covered the first mode).
Mobile games are a decent ways behind consoles and computers in terms of their ability to render graphics, and while Death Shooter 2 could have gone the route of going with some manner of stylized graphics, they tried to go for realism and ended up with a dreary and blocky environment with comically animated and unintelligent enemies.
The game encourages you to grind and earn cash and medals to unlock cooler stuff, but then makes it frustrating to launch the next level by including obnoxious advertisements that make you wait a decent amount of time before you can get rid of them.
Players may opt to speed things up by purchasing medals, cash, or gear with money, but the prices get ridiculous very quickly considering how expensive both weapons and consumables can get.
If all this wasn’t enough, the game crashed every few minutes and then made me sit through a bunch of ads to get back in.
Overall I didn’t find myself having very much fun at all, which was a shame as the combat buff system was kind of interesting. What little good the game brought was completely overshadowed with how horribly ICloudzone handled monetization.
Artwork: The artwork is drab, ugly, and dated. Rating: 1/10
Music / Sound Effects: The soundtrack is barebones and the “headshot” voice that sounds whenever you shoot an enemy in the head quickly gets annoying. 2/10
Story / Originality: There’s no story in the game at all. As far as originality, the game is kind of unique in the way they handle combat buffs, but at its heart a lot of this game is a watered down and barebones first person shooter. 3/10
General Gameplay: The gameplay is mildly enjoyable for what it is, but the experience was completely ruined by obtrusive advertisements and an experience so buggy that it crashed every few minutes. 2/10
Addictiveness: This game tries to get people to grind for cool rewards and then makes it painful to keep playing for any period of time. 1/10
Overall Rating: This game is definitely one I’d pass over. The few positives Death Shooter 2 brings to the table in no way make up for the glaring negatives. 2/10
