Episode 1 of The Walking Dead is now free for iOS device owners so I decided to grab it . It's only for a limited, unspecified amount of time, so be quick if you want to pick it up. This review is applicable to all of the different platforms though I will be mainly focusing on the iPhone version. If you're not a fan of the T.V. series, you probably will be after playing this game...
The game is heavily story driven and it's gameplay is reminiscent of the much maligned quicktime event. The quicktime-esque gameplay actually works in the games favour. Though this kind of thing has always been clunky, unpredictable and a little imprecise this game feeds off of that. It does make it scarier when you aren't 100% sure what you need to do next. This will probably get on your nerves at times, scrolling around the screen seems a little slower than it needs to be and sometimes it's a bit unclear what you are supposed to be doing before it has all gone wrong.
Graphically the game looks great, it has a realistic yet painterly style to to it and there is plenty of detail. The animations really let it down though, as quite often they are jerky and break up your suspension of disbelief. The audio is great and really sets the tone. What is that beep? What the hell was that!? The audio really conveys what is happening on screen and greatly increases the tension. The voice acting is superb too, with only a few lines that sound out of place.
I had a lot of fun with The Walking Dead but it's just a little short. Releasing it free has definitely tempted me to buy the whole series, I guess $16 isn't too bad, though it's $25 for the PC/Mac. The experience is top quality but if each episode is that short it is a bit lacking in content still it gets an
8/10.
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