In
1996 I played the original PlayStation game, Resident Evil. It was the first
game that really had me on the edge of my seat and literally jump out of it at
times too. Since then I have been looking for a game to recreate the same
environment. Despite valiant attempts by games yet as fear and Condemned, I
have never found one that quite hits the mark in the same way. That is, until
now.
Walking
Dead: The Game, to give it its full title is a point and click adventure game
that follows the storyline of the Walking Dead comic book series. If you're
more familiar with the TV series that still know what is happening even though
the TV used some "creative license" when bringing so successfully to
the big screen.
The
cell shaded comic book style graphics do a great service to the comic book
series and the soundtrack along with impressive atmosphere and possibly some of
the best voice acting in a game for iOS, if any game I've seen Walking Dead:
The game sucks you in from the moment it starts. (The game recommends you use
headphones to play the game and could not agree more.)
You
take the role of Lee Everett while being transported in the back of a police
car you manage to be free after car collides with a walker. From now on you are
and a collection of other non-walkers are introduced along the road against the
ever-rising of the undead who walk the earth.
Interactions
with walkers is stunning done to ensure maximum shock value and excitement in
his attempt to take his life and the people that you join with.
The
game moves at a pace good and this is helped by the way the story and the
action sequences where you control the action are intertwined. The controls are
easy to pick up, move around the screen Lee to investigate the environment is a
simple case of dragging your finger across the screen, while objects that you
can interact with are highlighted.
This
principle may seem that the game seems fairly linear, however, because of the
short time that is given to make decisions and how these decisions affect the
gameplay that is certainly not the case.
The
interactions of the characters are expertly done and as mentioned before the
voice acting is so good that sometimes they forget they are playing a game and
not watching a movie. Decisions on how to interact with the other characters
and what they say are offered as a set of options and do evil in the allotted
time could have catastrophic consequences.
The
game is a universal app, but unfortunately there is no synchronization of your
progress so you can not jump between the two devices play would have been nice.
Some people may sharply priced too because not only is the application of a
cent under $ 5 that will only get the first episode, after four episodes will
cost an additional $ 4.99 each, or $ 14.99 if purchase them at the same time.
Personally
the price does not put me off and therefore strongly recommend that the shell's
initial $ 4.99 per episode, enjoy a completely gripping, atmospheric game and
then decide whether you want to purchase additional episodes.
Some,
but not all people are reporting problems with the performance, especially on
older devices, checked Walking Dead: The Game as an iPad 3 and the iPhone 4S,
no problems of this type.
VERSION 1.0
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