‘The Last Of Us’ Still Looks Very, Very Good

The animation doesn’t look that great because they are still using the TellTale engine. It’s not a pretty engine but it works well. I was actually happy to see it used since I didn’t know of any other games that had used it since the Sam & Max ones.

The issue you’re probably running into is that The Walking Dead as well as this game aren’t really zombie centric. The Walking Dead, (whether it be the comics, the game, or the show) is more about the characters and their interactions than it is about the zombies or survival. If you’re not looking for character centric drama then anything Walking Dead related probably won’t be your thing.

My favorite zombie game is Dead Pixels on XBLA Indie.

I’ve been reading the Walking Dead monthly since it debuted, I know that zombies aren’t the focus, and that’s not my problem with the game. The game is essentially a movie version of those choose your own adventure books, when I watch a movie I expect it to look nice and not freeze up midway through the action. When I’m playing the game voices frequently don’t match up to the action, and the characters all glitch up like crazy during cut scenes, which make up the majority of the game. I also don’t find the story all that compelling to begin with, it seems fairly run of the mill, but I’m also only half way through it and it’s possible that there are some better developments coming. What’s worst is that I accidentally saved Duck at the beginning of the game, and am really living to regret that choice.

There should be a game that combines the attempt at story in the Walking Dead with the action of Left 4 Dead, or even The Infected mode from MW3 (for online). I’m really hoping that the next Grand Theft Auto incorporates a zombie mode into their multiplayer, since they’re really trying to make the online play incredible.