The first footage from The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct didn’t look all that great. Of course, that wasn’t an official trailer as we soon found out but a fan edit of different preview videos of the game.
Now, I’ve checked over this three or four times and this new trailer is definitely official – it shows the zombie-riddled world that we know from the TV show and characters Daryl and Merle Dixon, who are the main focus of the game.
It’s better than that first video but the game still doesn’t look like it’ll amount to anything special, though the exploration of the brothers’ relationship could provide some great backstory for fans of the show. I highly doubt it’ll be as well received as the other Walking Dead game.
The game’s out in the UK on the 29th of March and if you pre-order it from GAME or GameStop in Ireland on PS3 or Xbox 360, you’ll receive the Walking Herd Survival Pack add-on, which brings with it a new game mode – with endless herds of zombies, naturally – and extra weapons for use in the story mode.
Starman
Really want to like this but that video looks like early development footage, not out in less than 2 months footage. Especially disappointing knowing the fps dev talent Activision have.
cc_star
Should have got Treyarch to flesh out & re-skin CoD’s zombie mode into a full game with different locations rather than just surviving hordes in a building.
skibadee
looks bad voice acting sounded weird.
Forrest_01
Not saying you are wrong, butweird in what way?
I thought Darryl & Merle sounded very much like Darryl & Merle tbh.
skibadee
comes across stilted to me.
leeroye
How can they call that a gameplay trailer, less than 5 seconds was actually gameplay.
bunimomike
Very average. The gameplay looked atrocious but I’d need to see more of that to be sure. The voice work was solid and the dynamic/friction between the brothers could lend itself well to a good story but I just don’t see that happening with such piss-poor everything-else!
Forrest_01
Could be good, could be awful – Fact is, you can’t really tell from that video.
I’ll wait & see some proper gameplay footage & some reviews before i make a decision on it i reckon.