The Walking Dead: the -other- game

[Eraser]

Activision is trying, and failing

[MKJ]

noticed that. pretty weak.

also a case of oversaturation, Walking Dead wise.
ofcourse Activision is an expert in oversaturating so I can see why they thought it was a good business move.

[Eraser]

Yeah I have no idea how they came up with this game. If you see the positive reactions to Telltale's Walking Dead game and you're coming up with this, then you can just bet all your money on a negative reception.

[4days]

is this pre-alpha/working it out footage?

[seremtan]

wow

will they be charging actual money for this?

[Transient]

LOL, I thought for sure this game was from 2000ish until the end of the trailer.

[SoM]

holy molly that looks horrible, what's activision smoking

[[xeno]Julios]

what's wrong with the game? I haven't played any single player games since like unreal 1, and I only play quakelive so i'm unfamiliar with the latest and greatest - is it the graphics you guys are whining about, or the gameplay?

can you show me what the state of the art is in fps graphics?

[SoM]

sup bro, all the best

that looks worse then postal 3

[seremtan]

can you show me what the state of the art is in fps graphics?

watch the Crysis 3 trailer on pootube for state-of-the-eyewateringly-shiny-art

i don't think it's entirely the graphics that are the issue. they're average, but not exactly terrible. it's just that if you're going to base a game on melee combat, it would help if the melee combat actually had some style to it. the combat in this is almost as basic as Minecraft ffs. ideally, you want to see ragdoll heads flying off and rolling along the street, you want chainsawed limbs to go flying, you want blood splatter that would make Tarantino smile, etc etc - i.e. you want something reminiscent of the TV show/graphic novel

also, the lack of view-bobbing during the melee parts is really fucking weird, like you're playing as R2D2 or a dalek or something

[Eraser]

The problem, for me, isn't the graphics, nor the combat or the gameplay in itself, nor is it the apparent lack of gore.

It's the fact that Telltale Games has released the final chapter of what is probably the biggest contender for a GOTY 2012 award last month, which is a game based on The Walking Dead as well.
Telltale's game is an emotionally gripping, harrowing tale that not only is delivered in a most stylish way but also has substance. That game also fits a genre that hasn't been done to death yet, despite the fact that it's about a zombie-infested world. In fact, it's one of the few games where QTE's don't feel like some uninspired, forced gameplay gimmick.

So a month after that fact, here comes Activision (which are, as we all know, the devils of the gaming industry) to deliver a completely generic, uninspired, mediocre Walking Dead game which feels completely misplaced next to Telltale's gem. It feels more like Activision is trying to ride Telltale's wave and cash in on their success.

[[xeno]Julios]

cool, thanks for the insight - off to watch crysis 3 on youtube

[bitWISE]

Terminal Reality is developing it and they currently license an old engine for PS3/Wii/PSP. Looks like the game is using that engine and doesn't have much post processing going on.

http://www.infernalengine.com/index.php

[MKJ]

can you show me what the state of the art is in fps graphics?

watch the Crysis 3 trailer on pootube for state-of-the-eyewateringly-shiny-art

i don't think it's entirely the graphics that are the issue. they're average, but not exactly terrible. it's just that if you're going to base a game on melee combat, it would help if the melee combat actually had some style to it. the combat in this is almost as basic as Minecraft ffs. ideally, you want to see ragdoll heads flying off and rolling along the street, you want chainsawed limbs to go flying, you want blood splatter that would make Tarantino smile, etc etc - i.e. you want something reminiscent of the TV show/graphic novel

also, the lack of view-bobbing during the melee parts is really fucking weird, like you're playing as R2D2 or a dalek or something

yes. take Dead Island as your paradigm of melee combat.

[scared?]

i fuck men...

[seremtan]

yes. take Dead Island as your paradigm of melee combat.

i nearly said L4D2 then i remembered it's the melee weapons themselves that are cool in that, rather than the actual melee combat

[DooMer]

Fake. http://penny-arcade.com/report/editoria ... nd-an-expl

[MKJ]

well,no.
the trailer isnt official, but the footage is.

the editing wasn't really the problem of the trailer, was it.

[Captain]

[seremtan]

uploader has closed their account

you can close a google account?

[Eraser]

So here's an official trailer:


Suddenly we aren't seeing any gameplay anymore.

[bitWISE]

It is clearly in-game footage though and some of it looking like gameplay.