Thursday, April 26, 2012

The Walking Dead Game Review

The Walking Dead Game Review

Subscribe! bit.ly Follow Us On Twitter Twitter.com Become a Real Fan www.facebook.com Walking Dead from Telltale Games represents the first videogame foray into adapting the series into a playable form. You play as Lee Everett, a man convicted of murdering a Senator after finding him with your wife. Luckily for Lee, instead of actually having to go to prison, all he'll have to do is deal with the Zombie apocalypse. So does Telltale live up to the high standards of the Walking Dead series? Let's take a look. The story kicks off with Lee in the back of a cop car heading out of Atlanta. After a car-crash involving a lone zombie, you narrowly escape into a random backyard only to find a little girl hiding in a tree house, and her parents missing. Being the kind gentleman that you are, you decide to take care of her while attempting to reach your own family. Upon finding out that the Walking Dead was a TellTale game, my biggest worry before playing was that there wouldn't be a se! nse of urgency during the action. TellTale is known for making great point and click puzzle games, so how could they possibly match the frenetic pace that is required to make a zombie fighting sequence exciting, and frightening? I'm happy to say that they managed to pull it off. What's more, the game captures the essence of the Walking Dead very well. Much of the game, aside from the action sequences, is about the humanity of the situation, making hard moral decisions, dealing with other survivors, and ...





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