The Walking Dead: Season 1

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The Walking Dead is a five-part game series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series. Play as Lee Everett, a convicted criminal, who has been given a second chance at life in a world devastated by the undead. With corpses returning to life and survivors stopping at nothing to maintain their own safety, protecting an orphaned girl named Clementine may offer him redemption in a world gone to hell.
A continuing story of adventure horror spanning across 5 episodes:

Episode 1 – A New Day (Available Now)
Episode 2 – Starved for Help (Available Now)

Episode 3 – Long Road Ahead (Available Now)
Episode 4 – Around Every Corner (Available Now)
Episode 5 – No Time Left (Available Now)
All five episodes are now available immediately upon purchasing Season 1. Based on Robert Kirkman’s Eisner-Award winning comic book series, The Walking Dead allows gamers to experience the true horror of the zombie apocalypse

Gameplay

A tailored game experience – Live with the profound and lasting consequences of the decisions that you make in each episode. Your actions and choices will affect how your story plays out across the entire series.
Experience events, meet people and visit locations that foreshadow the story of Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes
Meet Glenn before he heads to Atlanta, explore Hershel’s farm before Rick and his group of survivors arrive and before the barn becomes a notorious location in Walking Dead lore
You’ll be forced to make decisions that are not only difficult, but that will require you to make an almost immediate choice. There’s no time to ponder when the undead are pounding the door down!

Visuals and other features

Features meaningful decision-making, exploration, problem solving and a constant fight for survival in a world overrun by the undead
Artwork inspired by the original comic books

Release Date

Apr 23, 2012

Metacritic Score

92

Rating

Achievements Count

437

DLCs

6

Play Time

12.5 Hours - 14.5 Hours

Games in Series

4

ESRB

Mature

System Requirements

Minimum:

  • CPU: 2.0 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent
  • RAM: 3 GB
  • GPU: ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM
  • HDD: 2 GB

Recommended:

  • CPU: Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
  • RAM: 3 GB
  • GPU: ATI or NVidia card w/ 1024 MB RAM
  • HDD: 2 GB

Interesting Facts

  • It is the first game in the series, which consists of 4 seasons and a spin-off game based on Michonne.
  • The game consists of five episodes.
  • The game takes place in the same fictional world as the comic, with events occurring shortly after the onset of the zombie apocalypse in Georgia.
  • Unlike many graphic adventure games, The Walking Dead does not emphasize puzzle solving, but instead focuses on story and character development.
  • The Walking Dead is a graphic adventure, played from a third-person perspective with a variety of cinematic camera angles, in which the player, as protagonist Lee Everett, works with a rag-tag group of survivors to stay alive in the midst of a zombie apocalypse.
  • The player can opt to enable a “choice notification” feature.
  • Each episode contains five points where the player must make a significant decision, choosing from one of two available options.
  • Numerous characters appear throughout the game.
  • The Walking Dead was a financial success, aided by the ease of digital distribution.

Mod Support

Yes

Cheats support

Yes

Contains Game/Battle Pass

Yes

LGBTQ Inclusive

Yes

Number of maps

15

Third/First Person

Third person

Platforms

macOS Nintendo Switch PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PS Vita Xbox 360

Genres

AdventurePoint and Click

Game Engine

Telltale Tool

Protagonist sex

Male

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