The Walking Dead: Survivors is a game set in the grim, zombie-filled future of the comic books. You’re leading a group of humans, fixing up a ruined town and trying to protect yourself from the undead and humans alike.
The game plays out pretty much exactly as you’d expect, not that that’s a bad thing. You’ll spend most of your time gathering resources, building and upgrading your base and training up survivors to make them better at zombie mashing. And then there are the fights.
Players start out with just a few survivors. However, you can’t survive alone. By building the radio tower, players can recruit new survivors to their compound. These survivors can forage for lumber and food within the camps walls. You can also assign them jobs or to formations. Ergo the more survivors you have, the more you can accomplish. Fans of The Walking Dead series will come across some familiar faces as they expand their ranks. Rick, Lori, Carl and Shane are just some of the characters players can recruit. Adding beloved characters to your ranks adds a certain thrill to the game.
For fans who know the franchise inside and out, and for those who might have been frustrated by the actions their onscreen heroes might have taken, TWDS allows them to slip into the skins of their favorite characters in the most memorable settings, and find out what would happen if they were in charge.
Fans of the comic book will relish the chance to manage the fate of their favorite heroes and villains, while gamers who enjoy defeating the undead (and who doesn’t?) and playing tower defense games will appreciate the balanced mechanics and solid gameplay.
