The title says all, ha-ha. For you The Walking Dead Fans out there must already know this game right?
Directly adopted from the TV version, The
Walking Dead Social Game brings you to join Shane, Greg, Kara and companies
to explore the zombie-infested areas, gather supplies to survive, and kill
walkers in a cool way! For you who want to play this game right away, CLICK
HERE
Well then, for you who don’t know about this game, then allow me
to explain!
The Walking Dead Social Game is
a Facebook site game which was scheduled to be released in April, 2012, but was
released on August 9, 2012. The game allows players (that’s you), to have their
own adventures, with opportunities to encounter show characters at key moments
suggested by the show’s narrative. The goal of the game is to survive the
apocalypse by fighting zombies while scavenging resources and establishing
camps based on settings from the show.
The game itself divided in Chapters. The Prequel Chapter is the one
you begin with (Chapter 1). Chapter 2 was released on October 13, 2012 with
several new features .It introduced full-screen, new weapons, and more. Also
morale and intel was removed from the game. In order to play a camp task now,
you must have between 6 to 12 energy and a certain amount of supplies. However,
Chapter 2 Missions vary in energy cost and in supply amount. With the new
energy update, you can now kill walkers and pick up supplies without energy.
There are now NPC's in the actual missions and new indoor and outdoor missions.
Along with indoor and outdoor missions, you can play in several maps for just 1
mission. Such as Mission 2 - Meet Glenn. You start out in the city streets.
Then you go into the parking lot by going over to the end of the road.
Only half of the Chapter 2 Missions were released. It is a good
speculation that the second half of Chapter 2 will be released on the
Mid-Season Finale of The Walking Dead TV Series Season 3.
To play Chapter 3 however, we have to wait. Chapter 3 will most
likely be released once The Walking Dead TV Series Season 3 comes back on in
winter of 2013 after their Mid-Season Break.
Well then let’s move to the gameplay; the gameplay is pretty
simple. Just like other “Energy-Based Game” like Farmville, or The Sims Social
(Yeah I know, its sucks). The player given role as a survivor, to…well...
survive. Gathering supplies, protecting the camp and destroy walkers on the way
are your basic mission. Walking from one area to other is easier now, now
without cost of energy. When you face the walker, you got two options, run from
them, or engage in a fight. Once fight command selected, a crosshair is
displayed, you have to click in the right moment or your attack end in a clean
miss! Then the walkers attack you, depleting your health. If your health reach
zero, it’s GAME OVER! No, don’t worry; you’ll just have to replay the mission
Again, there is no Game Over in this game. After you successfully finish a
mission, you earn one skill point. You can distribute them to upgrade your
character.
Gameplay Video ( Thanks to http://www.facebook.com/JanVincentflordelis for the video)
In some story mission, you can fight alongside your favorite
character form the TV series. And if you want some nifty weapons, you can use
your dollars (yes we talking about REAL money) to buy them via TV Items in
Supplies section. Guaranteed easier, and more fun to use.
Talking about music, the music in The Walking Dead Social Game has
been revised for more horror atmosphere. The breath-taking music and sound
effect from gun shots, baseball smash to dying scream makes you really be on
the game.
But one of the coolest aspects of this social game is the fact
that, due to RockYou’s partnership with AMC, they’re actually able to add to
the lore of the show. You’ll start off the game with Shane and Lori and meet
T-Dog and Morgan too. But you’ll also meet a character in the game
pre-transformation who we’ve only seen on the TV show as a Walker. And you’ll
find out how they met their fate. “If you saw the webisodes
about Bicycle Girl the then you know how this works,”
Griffin explained. “We’re taking that same approach. And we’re sprinkling it
throughout. And while we still want the game to be about going through the
chapters, we’re going to keep that idea going - where you’ll keep meeting some
of the key Walkers from the show before they turned. And you might even
actually be a part of why or how they became a Walker. It’ll be interesting,
with this first chapter, to see how quickly the users will pick up on which
character is actually a future Walker on the show in Season 1 when they’re in
the camp with them. So we do have a chance to contribute to the lore of the
show in that way.”
So let’s just rate the game, shall we?
POS(+)
1.
Cool graphic for flash-based game, The
3D effect makes the game more fun to play also added the horror effect to
gameplay.
2. Interact
with character from the original TV series. It’s getting into RPG’s…
3. Breath-taking
music and sound effect, Thanks to RockYou for this.
4. Synchronization
between game with the TV version. This way, you can experience what the other
survivor’ dealing with in the TV version. Really Cool!
5.
Dynamic gameplay, combining turn-based
action with classic strategy game. Either run or fight the walkers, it’s up to
you.
NEG(-)
1. Energy-Based
gameplay, which is sucks to us. We don’t need another “Farmville” game
style in here.
They should allow us to do things without energy limit.
2. Premium Items; they
are every gamers Dream and nightmare. It would be cool if they give
us another option to get
them without paying the money.
3. It still in Beta
version, which we expecting lots of bugs during gameplay, so don’t smash your
screen when your game is suddenly crashed or lag.
Well, I guess that’s all I can write, you can agree with it or
not, your choice. Just play the game and tell the developer about it, for
myself, they gotta remove that damn energy-thing. That should do it fine. Don’t
forget to add me to your buddy list!
Happy Playing! And Stay Alive!
