Line #15 VideoGame/PuzzlesAndSurvival


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3	''Puzzles & Survival'' is a mobile game set after the zombie apocalypse. The player must survive in the wasteland by building a base, gathering resources, forming alliances, fighting zombies and other players. The game combines match-three puzzle games with survival base building.
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6	!!''Puzzles & Survival'' contains examples of:
7	* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: The higher the level of any building, the more resources are required to upgrade it. For instance, upgrading to level 30 headquarters requires more than 210 million food. Troops also progressively take more resources to train at the higher tiers.
8	* AllegedlyFreeGame: The game is free to download on the app store, but it quickly becomes very difficult to progress without spending any money on upgrading the player headquarters, purchasing resources, or powerful heroes. Players who do spend money will quickly be able to overpower those who don't.
9	* AfterTheEnd: Set after a zombie apocalypse caused by a virus left the world a wasteland. Survivors fight each other for resources and dominance over the wasteland.
10	* ArbitraryGunPower: Heroes that use guns as one of their combat skills cannot instantly kill opponents. When their shooting skills are used in combat, they only cause health damage to the enemies.
11	* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: Only five heroes may be deployed at one time per march or puzzle battle. You can also only assign five heroes to sanctuary defense, with the rest being on standby.
12	* CharacterLevel: Your Commander can level up through experience points, unlocking talent points which can be used to unlock special skills and improve stats. Experience points are gained through winning battles and can also be bought in some of the shops.
13	* CombatTentacles: The hero Marlowe has a mutated arm with tentacles that he uses in the puzzle battles to inflict damage on enemies.
14	* FreemiumTimer: Stamina and energy regenerate very slowly. Building upgrades can take several real world days to finish at the higher levels.
15	* LootBoxes: This game is full of loot boxes. Some are literal, and others are disguised, but still are gambles. You can buy various tokens to get more chances at these loot boxes in the in-game mall with real money.
16	* MatchThreeGame: The puzzles involve matching at least three pieces of the same color to make corresponding heroes of that color inflict damage onto an opponent. Each color is stronger or weaker than another color. Creating combos and deploying multiple heroes of the same color inflicts more damage. However, if your team of heroes lacks a color, pieces of the missing color will either deal no damage or ScratchDamage when matched.
17	* MonsterClown: Some of the enemies are zombie clowns wielding baseball bats.
18	* {{Plunder}}: One way of gaining resources is by attacking other players' sanctuaries and stealing theirs.
19	* NewbieImmunity: New players are given three-day shields that prevent them being attacked by other players.
20	* WritingAroundTrademarks: Several of the characters are blatant rip-offs of popular characters from other media.
21	** Doctor J is basically the Creator/JaredLeto version of ComicBook/TheJoker with a slightly different wardrobe and hairstyle.
22	** Requiem is [[Series/TheWalkingDead Michonne]] if she were played by Creator/HannahJohnKamen. There's even a TWD tie-in event that gives you a Michonne skin for Requiem as a reward.
23	** Ulrik is a barely-disguised version of [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad Immortan Joe]].
24	** Nataly bears a strong resemblance to [[VideoGame/MassEffect the female Commander Shepard]].
25	* YouRequireMoreVespeneGas: The resources in this game are food, lumber, steel and gas. These are needed in order to train troops, research skills and upgrade buildings.
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