OVERKILL's The Walking Dead

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5.2

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  1. jseph1234
    Jun 5, 2022
    9
    I have reassess my review of Overkill's The Walking Dead and I have to say that it is a good representation of The Walking Dead experience that did not get a fair shake or time to improve. Very Angry at the reviewers that were so harsh on it and condemned it so hard and got it remove from Steam..
  2. Daryl_Price
    Dec 12, 2020
    8
    Понять не могу, почему эту игру так засрали. Да, некоторые механики в ней конечно оставляют желать лучшего, но как для игры на прохождение, с твоими 4-мя друзьями, игра подходит отлично. Есть сложность, есть интересные миссии, вариативность, всё в ней есть, но её засрали. Аж обидно, потому что настолько плохого отношения она не заслуживает. К тому же, с момента релиза багов в ней почти неПонять не могу, почему эту игру так засрали. Да, некоторые механики в ней конечно оставляют желать лучшего, но как для игры на прохождение, с твоими 4-мя друзьями, игра подходит отлично. Есть сложность, есть интересные миссии, вариативность, всё в ней есть, но её засрали. Аж обидно, потому что настолько плохого отношения она не заслуживает. К тому же, с момента релиза багов в ней почти не осталось. За 20 часов мы с друзьями нашли ну 5 от силы, и то, на геймплей они не влияют. Кароч игрой очень доволен, и жаль что такие оценки. Видимо, люди слишком подняли себе уровень ожидания из-за кинематографических трейлеров, и игра не смогла оправдать их ожидания. Ну, печально вышло. Игра достойная. Если у вас есть 3 друга, и вы любите подобное, то попробовать обязательно.… Expand
  3. doggiethepug
    Aug 1, 2020
    6
    Honestly, it's a game worth playing, but it's not that fun if you are underleveled and don't understand the mechanics of the game, mostly in stealth and regarding the horde system. Once your characters are maxed out the game becomes just a little more forgiving and you can have more fun, of course having a full team, ideally friends is also an upside as there is no team AI in the game.Honestly, it's a game worth playing, but it's not that fun if you are underleveled and don't understand the mechanics of the game, mostly in stealth and regarding the horde system. Once your characters are maxed out the game becomes just a little more forgiving and you can have more fun, of course having a full team, ideally friends is also an upside as there is no team AI in the game. It's a shame that Season 2 never got to be released because of the disagreement with the IP holder, I still have hope that Starbreeze will make an announcement out of the blue and OTWD will be updated one last time as they've come to a conclusion. One day.… Expand
  4. Donnie_Plays
    May 31, 2019
    10
    I had no idea what to expect. The game surprised me. The game is difficult but in a good way. The difficulty made me really think about how I approached situations in game. Some trial and error happened for sure. However... if you dig deep into the game you find a level of complexity that might surprise you. There are a ton of things to do. Not just the 13 available missions, but as youI had no idea what to expect. The game surprised me. The game is difficult but in a good way. The difficulty made me really think about how I approached situations in game. Some trial and error happened for sure. However... if you dig deep into the game you find a level of complexity that might surprise you. There are a ton of things to do. Not just the 13 available missions, but as you play the game you can meet and help people and recruit them to join your camp. There is a camp management system where you can send people on runs. The survivors you recruit can be leveled up. Some become more valuable members of your group than others.

    The co-op aspects to this game are great if you can play with a team of four people who understand their roles. The tank must play like a tank. Same for Scout, etc. I was lucky enough to play through the game with a really good group of guys who were good at what they were doing. We coordinated every single move we made. It created a level of intensity to playing that's not easy to achieve against AI threats.

    The story is average to me. This game is more about leveling up your characters, your AI surivors, and your camp. You can also farm for rare weapons and attachments by doing missions and finding loot crates.

    The zombies in this game are the best zombies I've ever encountered in any game, period. I'm a DayZ early access guy and I've played basically every major zombie game out there. Some of my personal favorite recent zombie games are World War Z, State of Decay, 7 Days To Die, Left For Dead 2, Breaking Point Mod (Arma 3) and the old H1z1. This game has more impressive zombie behavior than anything I've ever seen. The zombies react to sound and movement. Just like in the TV show... the players can trick and distract the zombies by making sound or moving them in a direction. This is a really overlooked, fun element to this game. The more noise you make... the more zombies that come. I've seen gigantic hoards in this game. Extreme moments. Explosions that took down a massive hoard.

    Overall... I completely enjoyed this game. I had moments of frustration during the learning curve, but this is one of the best, most rewarding co-op games that I've ever played with friends. Just excellent!    … Expand
  5. CmdrLaserstrahl
    Mar 17, 2019
    9
    Hey Community,
    I actually don't know why the critics are that bad. The game had bugs post-launch, as nearly every Triple-A Title out there. Right now, most bugs are fixed. I enjoyed the game for 300h with friends in 4 player coop (actually solo it is no fun, but it is a coop game like l4d2 or vermindtide). I really enjoy the mechanics (you have to stay silent, otherwise the hord-o-meter    Hey Community,
    I actually don't know why the critics are that bad. The game had bugs post-launch, as nearly every Triple-A Title out there. Right now, most bugs are fixed. I enjoyed the game for 300h with friends in 4 player coop (actually solo it is no fun, but it is a coop game like l4d2 or vermindtide). I really enjoy the mechanics (you have to stay silent, otherwise the hord-o-meter grows up, and if it reaches overkill, the difficulty just increases. I also enjoy the higher difficulties. If you don't plan your approach carefully you can just wipe within seconds. It gives really the feeling of the zombie apocalypse. So you will use melee attacks in the beginning of the mission, before you decide to "go loud" and lure all the zombies to your position.
    I think most ppl who are playing this, are expecting a "call of duty"-like gameplay... full attack, all out. And I guess that why I read so often, that the mechanics are not working, that you can’t use your weapons at all, because then the zombies will overrun you…
    I think the game has a core community which really enjoys the game. The missions are repetitive, you have to do them multiple times to get the loot you want (Lv 200 Weapon of your choice). But that is nothing else then e.g. Vermintide 2 (which I also really like!).
    For me the title deserves a 10/10 when they get rid of the last bugs like: very long loading time (well when you install it to an SSD loading time goes form 2 minutes down to 5 seconds), and also the need to “load” when you go to your camp to get the daily missions. This is annoying.
    Hope that review helps you. The game is great.    … Expand
  6. FrankHeinzer
    Mar 11, 2019
    0
    Terrible game with the lowest quality of production possible. Also the fact that the publisher/developer used fake user reviews to promote this game is sickening - and yet the game still tanked! Laughable.
  7. Nake
    Feb 28, 2019
    0
    This game is just an scam made it by overkill, a dead game, bug simulator. The best to this game is that no longer has the rights of TWD and it was canceled, thank God!!!!
  8. spyrot2000
    Feb 27, 2019
    2
    I swear to god I can't understand why doesn't people realise this is just a Payday 2 clone.

    The baseball hit animation is the same as in Payday 2, what the heck.

    Overkill re-uses the Payday mechanics in every game they make. Like that WW2 game. Its like they don't know how to make a different games. All they've done in this years are **** Payday 2 DLCs. No wonder they ended up like this.
  9. Tabyreka_1337
    Feb 3, 2019
    0
    There were hopes, but this is a complete failure, boring, uninteresting, how can you play this at all?
  10. backohead74
    Jan 9, 2019
    4
    The game is mediocre, repetitive and has its share of bugs. UI is cheap looking and bland. What really pissed me off was it's claims to have Single Player. It doesn't really. Yes you can play the missions Solo with no AI bots and the game is completely impossible to pass the missions on your own. This is a total ZERO for solo players and a 5 for Multi, hence a 4. Easy Pass.
  11. Akabane_Kurodo
    Dec 26, 2018
    0
    Think about a bad game, this game is not worth anything.
    The team that made this game must commit "Seppuku" after this bomb.
  12. trooper1993
    Dec 18, 2018
    5
    Perfect Steam Sale purchase in 2-3 years when it's on 80% discount

    Game is definitely not worth more than 15-20$ and I feel that this is the biggest issue

    Many other issues are present like not-intuitive menu navigation, incoherent level progression and somewhat repetitive game play but overall if you find a mate or two to play it, it's actually not that bad
  13. Tamnier10
    Dec 18, 2018
    2
    I made an account here on metacritic due to all these obviously fake reviews written by either staff of overkill or by people paid to write reviews for them. The fact that someone can give a game like this a "10" and call it their best game ever is the biggest lie I ever seen since payday is obviously better no matter whoever looks at it.

    First of all, The gameplay is boring. You are    I made an account here on metacritic due to all these obviously fake reviews written by either staff of overkill or by people paid to write reviews for them. The fact that someone can give a game like this a "10" and call it their best game ever is the biggest lie I ever seen since payday is obviously better no matter whoever looks at it.

    First of all, The gameplay is boring. You are forced to play stealthy even though you can't avoid it due to gun noise made by you AND enemies attracts walkers. Bought silencers break after a short amount of time so you are forced to use melee weapons 80% of the time which is sluggish and boring. You are pigeon holed into finding random crappy items to assemble into doors and other items to progress the stage as obvious attempts to prolong the gameplay. When you finish a map you get one item and some exp after wasting 30 minutes to an hour of your life clicking the melee button over and over again. Amazing. Maybe you can build some walls if you want.

    The AI is godawful terrible. Glitches, wall clipping, vast bugs. Enemy AI is downright atrocious and is laughable at best. They do not pose a challenge at all and the only reason they can kill you is because they have 100/100 aim (human enemies) or neverending (zombies) both are tedious and boring. Compared to payday the special enemies are boring and slow and pose little to no threat.

    Here's an idea, stop throwing waves of human enemies at us in a world where humans are supposed to be scarce. Killing a human should actually MEAN SOMETHING.

    Story is nonexistant and grindy. Progression of this nonexistant story mode is stonewalled due to the fact that you have re grind a level you just played SEVERAL times just to upgrade all your stuff just to move on the story mode. By this time all of the streamers have quit so I never got to see the whole story (Even if I wanted to)

    You have a base which you upgrade things, but what is really even the point of having a base where there is so little interaction in it?

    Honestly this game is just much WORSE reskin of their hit franchise payday which they milked to death and thought they could getaway making more of the same.

    Avoid this overpriced( 60$), tedious, trainwreck of a game.    … Expand
  14. vacantknight5
    Dec 8, 2018
    3
    i gave this game multiple chances didnt follow the hate train. but man i regret buying this game. the level design is awful. can not play solo because there is way to many enemes. ai for humans is abslutely terrible, ai for sombies is bad. No one is palying this game. the story is terrible. they try to rip the story from TWD show they have a group that is exactly like the saviors drom thei gave this game multiple chances didnt follow the hate train. but man i regret buying this game. the level design is awful. can not play solo because there is way to many enemes. ai for humans is abslutely terrible, ai for sombies is bad. No one is palying this game. the story is terrible. they try to rip the story from TWD show they have a group that is exactly like the saviors drom the show. the graphics are fine. the missions are long with terrible checkpoints and each missions are dull and boring because your doing the same thing but with diffrent scenery. 3 mission are excatly the same, each map have diffrent variations but the same. they also kill of one of the cahrcter that you can play as so you cant play them anymore. none of the characters are enteresting. the charcters are very dull and boring so you dont care what happenes to them. there is multiple groups that fight you but look and feel exactly the same. overall very boring experience i dont reccomend i would just skip for now. its sad because i was looking forward to this game and i know people are getting bored of zombies games but i always like zombie games and play them but this is just lazy. the only reason this game sold anything at all was because of the name walking dead on it. score 4/10… Expand
  15. TheButcher555
    Dec 7, 2018
    10
    Nettes Coop Spiel.
    Peformence ist sehr gut. Bei mir auf Hoch hat das Game ca. 120 FPS
  16. canexsciolto
    Nov 30, 2018
    10
    Ok technically still has some holes, but I do not understand why these little boys pseudo critics have to ruin a title that deserves. The thing that I like most about OTWD is the fact that it feels to be in those actions that characterize so much the TV series. It is not perfect as a game, but I trust in the developers because it has the basis to be an excellent game.
  17. Antibet
    Nov 30, 2018
    10
    Not the best game in the world, but it has som potantial and it realy FUN! Fun and difficult
  18. XitArS
    Nov 26, 2018
    8
    I have over 150hrs in this game and I'll tell you one thing; If you like coop-games like the zombie mode in CoD you'll just die for this game. It's a very hard game that requires some thinking and strategy as well as team-work. Ammo and Resources are scarce so you can't just run in with guns blazing. The more noise you make the more zombies you'll attract. Playing with friends, this is aI have over 150hrs in this game and I'll tell you one thing; If you like coop-games like the zombie mode in CoD you'll just die for this game. It's a very hard game that requires some thinking and strategy as well as team-work. Ammo and Resources are scarce so you can't just run in with guns blazing. The more noise you make the more zombies you'll attract. Playing with friends, this is a very fun and rewarding game (I Always play on the hardest difficulty I might add).

    Now, there are some issues, I'll admit that.
    The biggest issue atm is that updating the game takes a loooong time, and when you start a new mission, you'll have to wait, sometimes Three-five minutes Before the match starts. Aside from those technical things, me or my friends have never had a crash or bad in-game performance, game runs very smooth.

    One thing that I really hate about this game are the defend missions where you're supposed to defend your base from stupid NPCs with 1000x in Health, so they take like Three or four headshots! to kill. That's just bad game design. Unfortunately, there are Three missions of this type that you'll be forced to play in order to progress/unlock other missions, but just play them once and try to forget about them :). There is also one defense mission (the very first one) where you defend against incoming zombies, and that one is actually quite fun (on high difficulty, otherwise it's too easy).

    The game is currently lacking an InGame voice chat, but that will be included in the update due this Thursday (29:th nov) so that will be a big help when playing with strangers (typing instructions and strategy in the heat of battle is just crazy).

    There are tons of weapon and weapon modifications that you can unlock and there's quite a rich skill-tree. When doing missions, you'll loot the Environment for Resources and at the end of a mission you'll be rewarded Resources that can be used for camp upgrades and weapon modifications.

    There's no real tutorial so casual players might be a bit Clueless in the beginning.

    One mission usually takes under an hour to finish so it's great to just jump in, play a mission with some friends and then do something else.

    This is not a perfect game, but it's fun and rewarding and it'll only get better in the coming months with additional missions, bug-fixes, features and content added by the developers.    … Expand
  19. Consabre
    Nov 22, 2018
    10
    I'm giving them a 10 since I know them personally and know what cool stuff they have in mind for later..
  20. BulgarianCritic
    Nov 21, 2018
    1
    An incredibly boring and tedious game that should not have even existed using the walking dead's name.If you wanna play a co-op zombie game that's actually exciting and fun to play i suggest looking elsewhere maybe play l4d2
  21. AnEarthling
    Nov 19, 2018
    3
    This game is really bad. Overkill it still running off the Payday 2 train and this game is an exact copy but with a zombie skin on. The AI is amazingly bad, like super bad, probably even worse than payday 2's AI. The game play is so boring, just go to part A kill the zombies then go to part B but wait there's other survivors called "the family" and i kid you not, there are more "survivors"This game is really bad. Overkill it still running off the Payday 2 train and this game is an exact copy but with a zombie skin on. The AI is amazingly bad, like super bad, probably even worse than payday 2's AI. The game play is so boring, just go to part A kill the zombies then go to part B but wait there's other survivors called "the family" and i kid you not, there are more "survivors" than there are zombies. Like why is there a zombie game where you have to kill so many other survivors and forget you also have zombies to kill as well. This isn't even worth $20 and they're selling it for $60 lmao no.… Expand
  22. Funn
    Nov 19, 2018
    7
    I was really impressed how great this game is. But after that, Imagine reaching the final minutes of an hour-long mission only for your connection to drop and, in turn, your progress to be lost.
  23. keredd1010
    Nov 17, 2018
    5
    When will idiots grow up and stop rating things either a 10 or a 0? It's like their moronic reactionary minds cannot comprehend multi-elements. It's all 70 I.Q. mouth breathers in their simplistic minds going, "GRRRR! GAME ME NO LIKE! GRRRRRR!" or "TEE HEE! ME LIKEY!!!! (clap, clap, clap)" . Morons.

    Anyways, now that the rant is over I will tell you why I have no interest in playing    When will idiots grow up and stop rating things either a 10 or a 0? It's like their moronic reactionary minds cannot comprehend multi-elements. It's all 70 I.Q. mouth breathers in their simplistic minds going, "GRRRR! GAME ME NO LIKE! GRRRRRR!" or "TEE HEE! ME LIKEY!!!! (clap, clap, clap)" . Morons.

    Anyways, now that the rant is over I will tell you why I have no interest in playing this game after playing it for a few hours. Its main problem is that there is no variation in the action. It would have done this game some good to include some very needed cathartic zombie slaughter fest ala Left 4 Dead style. Graphically it looks decent but they should have also not made it mandatory co-op which let's face it, the only way to have a decent amount of fun is playing it with other people. A single player variation is badly needed. It doesn't look like there is much of a story to it either. Overall the game is just OK and maybe there is hope for it yet.    … Expand
  24. Riverraid
    Nov 15, 2018
    1
    Seriously wtf is this? The game is just terrible. Poor UI and repetitive, and buggy game mechanics. Would be just fine if this was a BETA but no. Just play Left 4 dead.
  25. Moddi
    Nov 15, 2018
    10
    Love the game, exciting, Love how they made it hard even though its normal, requires a good team and best played with friends! Enjoyed it in beta and after. Many thanks to starbreeze who does extremly fast work on fixing bugs! Worth buying, more worth if you have 3 other friends playing with!
  26. Pinnennet
    Nov 14, 2018
    10
    Im giving it a 10. Is it a 10 for everyone? Absolutely not. This is hardcore coop for those who enjoy being four friends playing together against a horde of zombies. If that fits in too you, then this is pure magic.
    If you want fast paced, polished games with the best graphics and want a lot of maps on day one. Then this is not for you. Personally i cant wait for the rest of the maps    Im giving it a 10. Is it a 10 for everyone? Absolutely not. This is hardcore coop for those who enjoy being four friends playing together against a horde of zombies. If that fits in too you, then this is pure magic.
    If you want fast paced, polished games with the best graphics and want a lot of maps on day one. Then this is not for you. Personally i cant wait for the rest of the maps coming during the next year, but until then i will level up some more...    … Expand
  27. sparrowscry
    Nov 13, 2018
    10
    Been playing daily since it's release, it's been enjoyable. Price, bugs, and lack of content (although season 2 coming soon included for initial purchase price), the game keeps you on your toes and can be a real adrenaline rush. As for being a bit of a grind, I play games that have that mechanic anyways, so not gonna complain. Giving it a 10, not for being a perfect game, but forBeen playing daily since it's release, it's been enjoyable. Price, bugs, and lack of content (although season 2 coming soon included for initial purchase price), the game keeps you on your toes and can be a real adrenaline rush. As for being a bit of a grind, I play games that have that mechanic anyways, so not gonna complain. Giving it a 10, not for being a perfect game, but for making me not be able to put it down. Can't wait for the season 2 content coming in the end of November.… Expand
  28. yolka12
    Nov 13, 2018
    10
    Its great game. i it is intense all games in 2018 either too ez or too impossible, this game is situational. if u get cornered its ur problem. but if u being tactic and know how maneuver between hordes of zombies and manage ur stamina correctly and so forth. you are invincible motha ****a, this game its all it needs to be as Walking dead overkill's style i admire the passion behind it butIts great game. i it is intense all games in 2018 either too ez or too impossible, this game is situational. if u get cornered its ur problem. but if u being tactic and know how maneuver between hordes of zombies and manage ur stamina correctly and so forth. you are invincible motha ****a, this game its all it needs to be as Walking dead overkill's style i admire the passion behind it but stupid people ruining it by saying too long of loading screens and too many this and that, if u are not true gamer u have no rights to say such things, so what u got 32gb of ram and rtx 20xx and i9, so what?
    sometimes engines need to render and it takes some time, so what 2-3 minute of wait. and 30-1hour one level to do, and its super fun. and u keep whining? ohhh well need to filter this community,

    "Yo God dont put more salt please, too many mistakes"    … Expand
  29. LonelyPancake
    Nov 13, 2018
    7
    It hurts for me to give this game a somewhat lower score. I've been a fan of The Walking Dead for probably six or seven years now and I have been waiting for a true video game adaptation. After the 2013 mess that was Survival Instinct, I thought hope was lost. Then this bad boy was announced back in 2014. I saw the trailer and was instantly excited. After many delays I was so happy to hearIt hurts for me to give this game a somewhat lower score. I've been a fan of The Walking Dead for probably six or seven years now and I have been waiting for a true video game adaptation. After the 2013 mess that was Survival Instinct, I thought hope was lost. Then this bad boy was announced back in 2014. I saw the trailer and was instantly excited. After many delays I was so happy to hear the game was coming out in 2018. Fast forward to this moment. I have played the game for a few hours now and it is definitely fun. Overkill matched the universe perfectly with its level design and overall tone. The gun play is alright, actually reminds me of payday obviously. The melee is not terrible but very repetitive. The graphics, again, are not bad but not earth shattering either. The real problem is the game always feels repetitive. Its either you are defending your camp or going out to find something specific... that's all. They did not even try to do something original. I am trying to keep this short so I will end it here. In the end Overkill's The Walking Dead is a very fun game to be honest, but it falls short on what it could/should be. Hopefully they improve the the game with more and original content via updates. They have already announced the upcoming 'Season 2' (starting later this month) which I hope will breathe some extra life into this game.

    Note- Telltale's four season adaptation is a masterpiece and every Walking Dead fan needs to play it.    … Expand
  30. alacazain
    Nov 13, 2018
    10
    I love the game! Forget about the haters who have played 20 minutes and giving bad reviews. The game is gr8 and with big depth and much to do.

    Play loud or silent or a combination of both.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 34
  3. Negative: 9 out of 34
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 6, 2019
    40
    The Walking Dead license was wasted on an ugly game that plays crudely, offers little content and trails behind a decade-old Left 4 Dead. [01/2019, p.56]
  2. GameStar
    Dec 16, 2018
    58
    Overkill's The Walking Dead can be fun in a group but most of the time monotony and balancing weaknesses are frustrating.
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  3. GameGrin
    Dec 3, 2018
    35
    I really wanted to like this game, and after the beta I was hoping there would be more to it than what they were testing. Unfortunately, there’s not, and there’s absolutely no way I could recommend buying this game. If you could pick it up for £10, sure, but four times that? No way.
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