Neuromancer
Member
Systems: WiiU, PS3, 360, PC
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Terminal Reality
Release dates:
NA March 19, 2013
EU March 22, 2013
AUS March 22, 2013
Screenshots:
Launch trailer: http://youtu.be/dGynAW27XXA
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The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct |OT|
- Thread starter Neuromancer
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Systems: WiiU, PS3, 360, PC
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Terminal Reality
Release dates:
NA March 19, 2013
EU March 22, 2013
AUS March 22, 2013
Screenshots:
Launch trailer: http://youtu.be/dGynAW27XXA
Keyser Soze
Member
Loved the first one.
This should be even better
This should be even better
Neuromancer
Member
#forclementine
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Looks like a graphical down-grade though.
Dorito Pope
Banned
This truly looks to be the Citizen Kane of videogames with its groundbreaking story and stunning visuals.
JumpJeff84
Member
Any word on whether this is any good? I'm not expecting anything like the telltale games, but if it's a semi-interesting first person game in the vein of ZombiU that'd be alright...
Neuromancer
Member
I think it might be interesting. It's mostly melee based, you'll have to make decisions about what survivors to take with you and leave behind, and also there will be times where you will choose what path to take through/around the level.
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
This is based right off the show?
Not connected to what Telltale has done, correct?
Not connected to what Telltale has done, correct?
JumpJeff84
Member
I actually LOVED Dead Island more than most people did, so I'll keep an eye on this.
Neuromancer
Member
Correct on both counts.
darkressurection
Banned
Yep.
I'm kinda interested to see if there is anything of merit in this game, might pick it up when it inevitably drops to $20 in a few weeks.
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
Hmmmm a demo would be nice, but it might be too much to ask for.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Well as mentioned in the older thread I'll be posting thoughts when my WII U copy comes in. Don't expect much but it's cheap and I'm feeling adventurous.
Hmmm...that reminded me...
Game looks sorta bad I'm not going to lie. There's 45 minutes of gameplay here http://youtu.be/4PdgwFLa55A but I couldn't watch much of it. I'm willing to wait for some feedback from early purchasers/reviews though. If it's positive then it'll be the Wii U version for me!
ElRenoRaven
Member
Why not? Is there some sort of rule that only good games can get an OT?
Neuromancer
Member
What can I say, I have a soft spot in my heart for budget/B-tier games.
taizuke
Member
I get the feeling a demo for this game would kill all sales.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Just wanna be sure you both know this isn't a sequel to the Telltale game right? I honestly can't tell if either of you are serious.
SlasherJPC
Banned
I'll post this here from the other thread:
Well you can do side quests to help people and they will join you, but depending on how many people you have, and the size of your vehicle, you can only take so many. The people are used for gathering item resources. Can pick what to send them off to get. More people you send and the weapon you give them give a better survival rate. You also collect fuel. It appears that everytime you beat a mission, it lets you pick if you want to do three options. The fastest uses the least gas with no chance for stopping. Middle is about average, and back roads take the most gas but more chanes of stopping. Not sure what happens if you run out of gas. The game has random (I think they are random... not sure) points that will say "Hey you can explore this area for supplies" or sometimes stuff like "Hey a car is blocking the road, go the long way or move the car". I don't know how all this effects the story and it seems a bit simplistic but it does add a bit instead of just being a shooter. Which reminds me. This game appears to be more reliant on melee and style. Shoot a gun and you can swarmed... sad thing is, when you get surrouned by a group, you get stuck in this grabbing animation, and sadly keep getting stuck in it unless you kill all the zombies. Unless there is a way to known them back. I don't think the game will be liked by many but it looks to provide something more then just shooting in a genre that usually has just that. Also zombies can bust doors down.
Well you can do side quests to help people and they will join you, but depending on how many people you have, and the size of your vehicle, you can only take so many. The people are used for gathering item resources. Can pick what to send them off to get. More people you send and the weapon you give them give a better survival rate. You also collect fuel. It appears that everytime you beat a mission, it lets you pick if you want to do three options. The fastest uses the least gas with no chance for stopping. Middle is about average, and back roads take the most gas but more chanes of stopping. Not sure what happens if you run out of gas. The game has random (I think they are random... not sure) points that will say "Hey you can explore this area for supplies" or sometimes stuff like "Hey a car is blocking the road, go the long way or move the car". I don't know how all this effects the story and it seems a bit simplistic but it does add a bit instead of just being a shooter. Which reminds me. This game appears to be more reliant on melee and style. Shoot a gun and you can swarmed... sad thing is, when you get surrouned by a group, you get stuck in this grabbing animation, and sadly keep getting stuck in it unless you kill all the zombies. Unless there is a way to known them back. I don't think the game will be liked by many but it looks to provide something more then just shooting in a genre that usually has just that. Also zombies can bust doors down.
Jawmuncher
Member
Looks decent enough.
Not 50 dollar decent but 20 or less decent. Especially for zombie or WD fans.
I to do have a soft spot for b tier titles so well see how this goes.
Not 50 dollar decent but 20 or less decent. Especially for zombie or WD fans.
I to do have a soft spot for b tier titles so well see how this goes.
Escape Goat
Member
My instincts tell me not to buy this game.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Sounds like a unique take on the franchise that was likely ruined by being rushed to the market. Damn shame too, because the concept was/is rimming with potential.
Neuromancer
Member
Yeah it sounds like it has not been in development for very long. They probably wanted it to come out before the current season was over.
I'm just surprised people are genuinely interested in it. It looked a like a trashy cash-in game.
Neuromancer
Member
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
I often find enjoyment in budget titles that I don't find in 'AAA' games.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Well it's not so much interest in the normal way. You'll find most of us are expecting utter dogshit since there hasn't been a bit of marketing and not so much as a peep PR wise. So most of us are interested in it the same way you're interested in a car wreck when driving by.
Throw in a few of us having some money to waste and well you get a thread that will be fun to read when impressions are given and even then who knows it might surprise us all and be fun.
ElRenoRaven
Member
I actually wonder if the Wii U has off screen play. I can't wait to find out in that regard. It's not like the game is too intense to handle it.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
I'm watching a walkthrough on YouTube at the gameplay actually looks decent.
Will wait for reviews...
Will wait for reviews...
Canis lupus
Member
Does it have a multiplayer?
Neuromancer
Member
Not that I'm aware of.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Holy shit that's my man Merle! Now I know I gotta buy this one. Hope he's got changeable arm and stuff. Gatling gun Merle would be oh so cool.
Neuromancer
Member
Takes place before the events of the show, so no minigun or chainsaw arm Merle.
lol
Game looks pretty bad but I guess you can't judge a game by the first 15 minutes...
Yes you can...
Escape Goat
Member
As in it needs medical treatment or is that slang?
ElRenoRaven
Member
Yea that 40 plus minutes of gameplay looked interesting. It's obviously going to be nothing to write home about but it might end up not being total shit. I'm cautiously optimistic.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct |OT| Clementine, where are you?!
Dead to Rights
Member
Excellent OT. Norman Reedus would be proud.
soul creator
Member
quick summary of how the game is played since there really aren't any in-depth previews or anything for the game (to add on to what slasher_thrasher21 posted earlier)
At the beginning of a level, if you have any survivors in your group, you can equip them with any weapons you have, heal them (using the same food items you find for yourself during gameplay, since there's no recharging health) and send them out on missions to find extra resources. You can also do some inventory management and move things back and forth between what Daryl carries, and what your vehicle carries. For example, you may want to carry more melee weapons and healing items into a level, so you leave all your ranged weapons in the vehicle (or give them to the aforementioned survivors to use). And of course, you (and your vehicle) only have so many slots to carry items.
Then you enter the level and play as Daryl doing the usual fighting walkers, sneaking around, finding resources, talking to NPCs, etc. It is usually beneficial to play stealthily with melee attacks, since guns attract more walkers, and ammo is relatively rare, but that's up to the player. And sometimes it doesn't hurt to just run.
When you complete the level, you get a summary of any new "recruits"/vehicles you found in the level you just played, and whether the survivors you sent out at the beginning found anything...or died, heh. And if you have too many survivors than can fit in your vehicle, you'll have to kick someone out. New vehicles are found in certain levels if you happen to find certain car keys to pick up. Different vehicles have different amounts of passenger and inventory slots.
Then you can go to your map to pick your next destination. After certain levels, your path can "split", where you basically choose to travel to 1 of 2 main levels (always progressing forward, you can't "travel back" to a different level on the same playthrough), with random smaller levels meant for scavenging popping up along the way during the level load. Of course, walkers will always be hanging around, so you can decide if you want to take the risk of searching for stuff in these levels, or just continue to your main destination. Gas is the main resource in the game, as that's what allows you to travel. The 3 travel options described earlier basically determine how frequent the "road events" pop up. So if you are the type to want to gather as much as possible, you'll pick back roads. If you just want to get to the end of the game quickly, you'll pick highways (but this increases your chance of your car breaking down, which forces you into a level to retrieve a part to repair it). If you run out of gas, you are forced into one of the road events mentioned earlier, and you have to find enough gas cans and then return to your vehicle to continue traveling.
The game is intentionally setup so that you can't play all the levels on one playthrough (there are 16 main levels total, while you can only play about 11-12 of them on any single playthrough). You eventually arrive at your next spot, and then you go through this whole process again, and that's your basic game loop, with story stuff mixed in of course.
Also, hold LB and left/right on the analog stick to lean. RB allows you to shove enemies, which can also break you out of a potential grapple if you do it right when a walker is about to grab you. Don't remember if those things were mentioned in a tutorial screen, heh.
At the beginning of a level, if you have any survivors in your group, you can equip them with any weapons you have, heal them (using the same food items you find for yourself during gameplay, since there's no recharging health) and send them out on missions to find extra resources. You can also do some inventory management and move things back and forth between what Daryl carries, and what your vehicle carries. For example, you may want to carry more melee weapons and healing items into a level, so you leave all your ranged weapons in the vehicle (or give them to the aforementioned survivors to use). And of course, you (and your vehicle) only have so many slots to carry items.
Then you enter the level and play as Daryl doing the usual fighting walkers, sneaking around, finding resources, talking to NPCs, etc. It is usually beneficial to play stealthily with melee attacks, since guns attract more walkers, and ammo is relatively rare, but that's up to the player. And sometimes it doesn't hurt to just run.
When you complete the level, you get a summary of any new "recruits"/vehicles you found in the level you just played, and whether the survivors you sent out at the beginning found anything...or died, heh. And if you have too many survivors than can fit in your vehicle, you'll have to kick someone out. New vehicles are found in certain levels if you happen to find certain car keys to pick up. Different vehicles have different amounts of passenger and inventory slots.
Then you can go to your map to pick your next destination. After certain levels, your path can "split", where you basically choose to travel to 1 of 2 main levels (always progressing forward, you can't "travel back" to a different level on the same playthrough), with random smaller levels meant for scavenging popping up along the way during the level load. Of course, walkers will always be hanging around, so you can decide if you want to take the risk of searching for stuff in these levels, or just continue to your main destination. Gas is the main resource in the game, as that's what allows you to travel. The 3 travel options described earlier basically determine how frequent the "road events" pop up. So if you are the type to want to gather as much as possible, you'll pick back roads. If you just want to get to the end of the game quickly, you'll pick highways (but this increases your chance of your car breaking down, which forces you into a level to retrieve a part to repair it). If you run out of gas, you are forced into one of the road events mentioned earlier, and you have to find enough gas cans and then return to your vehicle to continue traveling.
The game is intentionally setup so that you can't play all the levels on one playthrough (there are 16 main levels total, while you can only play about 11-12 of them on any single playthrough). You eventually arrive at your next spot, and then you go through this whole process again, and that's your basic game loop, with story stuff mixed in of course.
Also, hold LB and left/right on the analog stick to lean. RB allows you to shove enemies, which can also break you out of a potential grapple if you do it right when a walker is about to grab you. Don't remember if those things were mentioned in a tutorial screen, heh.