This game is full of so many good ideas, and not a one of them is ever fleshed-out or successfully pay off. The problem is the brawling part of the game is the only ones the developers really got right. The Walking Dead: Survival Instincts is part first-person brawler, part shooter, and part strategy game. The game’s theme of survival is enough to keep the story going, but the addition and exploration of more long-term characters may have added an extra depth of dimension to the plot. But these characters are never really developed, and none of them end up hanging around very long. During his travels, Daryl meets other survivors who may join his small group and could offer assistance in collecting resources or offering unique items such as new vehicles. The game is basically a prequel to the Dixon brothers’ introduction to the TV series. There is no greater point to the story than to survive long enough to find your brother. Daryl’s road trip across Georgia includes many stops at small towns, farms, and other roadside areas that may yield the game’s three precious resources: fuel, food, and weapons/ammunition. He decides to hit the road and track down his brother, Merle. Daryl Dixon is hunting in the Georgia wilderness with his father and friends, when all hell breaks loose. WDSI opens up at the beginning of the zombie outbreak. Interesting fact: the Dixon brothers never appear in the graphic novels they are a complete invention of the TV show. WDSI stars the show’s favorite rednecks, the Dixon brothers: Daryl and his psychotic older brother Merle.
Developer Terminal Reality’s Survival Instinct is a first-person action game that takes place in the TV show’s universe. Last year’s Walking Dead game (developed by Telltale Games) was a point-and-click adventure game that took place in the graphic novel’s universe.
However, if you want to compare it to another recent high profile bomb, I’ll tell you one thing right now: WDSI is worlds better than Aliens: Colonial Marines. That said it’s still a far cry from the high purchase price publishers Activision and AMC Studios are demanding for the game. But I’m here to tell you that the game is not that bad.
WDSI has been bludgeoned, hammered, eviscerated, immolated, and shredded by just about everyone who calls himself a critic. Like a rotting, clawing zombie that refuses to die, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct was a game that continued to surprise me and refused to be brained by its shortcomings.
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