The universe “Walking Dead”Had its ups and downs. Once upon a time the television series, which adapted the comic strip of the same name, even bypassed in popularity “Game of thrones”. However, over time, the creators began to “pull the rubber” and mark time, as a result of which interest in their brainchild fell to critical indicators. Now the show is coming to an end, but it is not the end for the MCU, which awaits the spin-offs and a full-fledged film.
The situation is similar with games. In 2012 the studio Telltale Games shot with the first season of an episodic comic-book adventure game Robert Kirkman, but in the future she quickly drove herself into the framework and was unable to offer anything fundamentally new. As for other interactive works on the universe, everything was bad with them until 2023. For instance, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct looked and played terrible. The situation could be corrected Overkill’s The Walking Dead from the creators of the hit series PayDaybut she ended up in production hell, came out completely mediocre and nearly buried the studio.
Surprisingly, in 2023, a survival-focused action-packed action game emerged on the margins of virtual reality – a segment still dominated by rhythm games – and it turned out to be one of the best VR releases ever. The plot with moral choices, a very contact and intense struggle with zombies and much more – these qualities shone The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners… Unfortunately, the next VR project in the franchise did not repeat the success of its brother.
If Saints & Sinners is based on comics, then The Walking Dead: Onslaught is already adapting the television series. The main focus is on characters and zombies, which are made in a realistic style, while the surrounding world flaunts blurry textures and low-detail objects. Here are the famous characters of the show: the leader and central protagonist Rick Grimes, his assistant and second key character Daryl Dixon, the only owner of Michonne Hawthorne’s katana and the most dangerous woman in the Alexandria group Carol Peletier. All of them are allowed to play, and they are voiced by the actors of the series, except perhaps Rick – he was given a voice by another actor who is trying to be like him. Everyone did not do the job very well, with the exception of Norman Reedus, who tried to give the dialogues a bit of emotion.
The game features a campaign on behalf of Daryl Dixon. If you haven’t watched Season 8 of the TV series, the text below may spoil key events a bit.
The Walking Dead: Onslaught takes place after the war with the Saviors. Not wanting to stay in one place with the once-former enemies, Daryl began to rush everywhere and retire from Alexandria. One day, unsuccessfully dodging the horde and breaking the bike from falling, he finds a random survivor with a police car. The story is told by Daryl himself, whom Rick discovers at the very end of the journey. The script lacks stars from the skies and ends up strangely in the finale.
