OVERKILL's The Walking Dead

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  1. ireviewbadgames
    Nov 7, 2018
    3
    Update: Fanboys with buyer's remorse and shills might be able to spam Metacritic (Really, this game is a 10/10 perfect game for all of you? How interesting.) But it's harder to fake Steam reviews. Go check that out instead.

    I'll start with some positives: the game looks impressive on the surface and has a solid franchise to stand upon. While the Walking Dead television show is a boring    Update: Fanboys with buyer's remorse and shills might be able to spam Metacritic (Really, this game is a 10/10 perfect game for all of you? How interesting.) But it's harder to fake Steam reviews. Go check that out instead.

    I'll start with some positives: the game looks impressive on the surface and has a solid franchise to stand upon. While the Walking Dead television show is a boring trainwreck built on the suburban couple's over investment and stubbornness to break a bad habit, "Overkill's The Walking Dead" is primarily based on the comics, which still hold a glimmer of hope.

    The game is bland, boring and repetitive. The camp system is a bust and not at all interesting. (Think Payday safehouse level of uninteresting) There isn't enough variety, the talent/skill trees all end up the same eventually and they need to balance weapons: all these symptoms add up to one diagnosis- the game is severely over-priced and needs some serious polish. At it's current state, it's a $35~ game, and yes, even with the "season 2" missions planned. But all of that is obvious, I want to touch upon points that other people might not talk about.

    The worst part about "Overkill's The Walking Dead" is seeing incredibly obvious mistakes that the developers shouldn't be making at this stage in their career. These are the folks that made Payday- they already have understand the basic framework, but still make blunders like not having proper voice communication settings. In the beta, it was constant open-mic, no choice on the matter. Now, it's tied to your steam settings. . . If this was their first game and they were some two-man indie company, that wouldn't be an issue, but these guys have been at it for years. It would be like if Blizzard just up and decided not to include a screen resolution setting.

    Another minor mistake is that there can be multiple copies of characters in a game where that obviously doesn't work. You can have three Grants or Maya Twins- had these been faceless schmucks without deep background lore or personality, it would have been fine, but this isn't that kind of game. Again, these devs made Payday. The kicker? Payday already HAS a system, in which no two players can be the same character. I have to assume that Overkill simply didn't have time to implement the system or some similar excuse.

    Experiencing "Overkill's The Walking Dead" is like being a professor and watching your student fail the same course two semesters in a row. (three semesters if you count that God-awful RAID game) You keep hoping that they'll learn from the previous time, but they just don't and there's not much you can do except sigh and shake your head in quiet disappointment. Refund the game if you can and if you can't resist, wait until it's 50% off or better. No one should be shoveling their cash into a furnace, even to keep warm for the winter.

    As a side note: They say the game won't have lootboxes, but we've seen that song and dance (and eventual betrayal, followed by hasty backtracking from community backlash) before with Payday. Let's see if they can actually keep that promise this time. One can hope.    … Expand
  2. nirvana82
    Nov 7, 2018
    9
    This game does not deserve bad reviews just because in E3 they showed a video gameplay where graphically it did not shine as it is really shining today. This game with a good PC looks spectacular, it is very fluid and its gameplay is perfect. It has a difficulty that is already quite extreme in normal mode, we do not want to imagine how it will be in higher difficulties. You have game forThis game does not deserve bad reviews just because in E3 they showed a video gameplay where graphically it did not shine as it is really shining today. This game with a good PC looks spectacular, it is very fluid and its gameplay is perfect. It has a difficulty that is already quite extreme in normal mode, we do not want to imagine how it will be in higher difficulties. You have game for a long time, it takes a lot of farming to get a character with a lot of level and keep the camp in good condition. The IA ​​works very well too. The game is addictive but I recognize that it is not for everyone. You have to have a lot of patience, and it is advisable to play with friends. It deserves an opportunity because as I said before, it can not be that they want to sink a game just for some videos seen long ago.… Expand
  3. ekammob
    Nov 7, 2018
    10
    Thank you Overkill!
    Great game! I really see this type of game will expand over the next few years.
  4. Antibet
    Nov 30, 2018
    10
    Not the best game in the world, but it has som potantial and it realy FUN! Fun and difficult
  5. 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.
  6. TheButcher555
    Dec 7, 2018
    10
    Nettes Coop Spiel.
    Peformence ist sehr gut. Bei mir auf Hoch hat das Game ca. 120 FPS
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. 10toesdown
    Nov 7, 2018
    10
    The game is hard and you need to really use your brain in order to achieve success. Many people doesn't keep this in mind when they decide the game is "bad". It is a hardcore game and becomes more enjoyable the more you play.

    The price could be a bit lower, but if you enjoy this type of game then it's well worth it since there will be a lot more free content coming out in the future.
  13. 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!
  14. coolerminion
    Nov 7, 2018
    9
    Its a great game with great potential. Graphics are good. Zombies in this game are realistic to the TWD franchise. Itś a good 4 player co-op to enjoy!
  15. Jonaswg
    Nov 7, 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, besides the story missions you need to build a camp with survivors. You can level up your survivors and send them on missions, crafting, leveling up and customize character. Very much to do.
  16. Sotte
    Nov 7, 2018
    10
    i do like it and its getting to me! go buy go big go kill walkers, and work together
  17. DocShaidar
    Nov 7, 2018
    10
    Awesome game with great mechanics. Can't stop playing! Really enjoy the random elements and looking forwards to season 2 with even more content!
  18. JorgeDominguez
    Nov 7, 2018
    1
    I wasn't sure to buy the game or not. I came here to find additional information and am quite disappointed - the ratings on Steam were not good, so I thought I get a more objective opinion here. Sadly, the high ratings, especially the "10s" are posted by affiliates and/or developers themselves. It is false information, misleading advertisement. It's actually shameful, as I can't throw myI wasn't sure to buy the game or not. I came here to find additional information and am quite disappointed - the ratings on Steam were not good, so I thought I get a more objective opinion here. Sadly, the high ratings, especially the "10s" are posted by affiliates and/or developers themselves. It is false information, misleading advertisement. It's actually shameful, as I can't throw my money at everything and have to think what I can buy and afford and what not. Trying to push sales by posting fake reviews is sad. The age of Trump I guess.… Expand
  19. DanielSvard
    Nov 9, 2018
    10
    I love the co op feeling in this game. And I like the spirit of the series in the game. This game will be a game for me for a looong time.
  20. Lordlobo
    Nov 7, 2018
    9
    Since someone made a review stating that positive ones are fake news, and then down-rated the game without even playing it, here is mine (and i have played it!). Many reviewers hate that it is not the game they want, and the hate has continued to flow since they did not get what they want. Someone stated that this would be open world, but Overkill never said that. Now they hate it sinceSince someone made a review stating that positive ones are fake news, and then down-rated the game without even playing it, here is mine (and i have played it!). Many reviewers hate that it is not the game they want, and the hate has continued to flow since they did not get what they want. Someone stated that this would be open world, but Overkill never said that. Now they hate it since it is not open world, go figure.

    This is not L4D, unless you call all zombie games with 4 players L4D-clones. OTWD is not a shoot em up where you go in and slaughter everything. Well, you can, but that is not the objective. Stealth will make every map so much easier except when you defend your camp, then you can shoot as much as you like. It is a coop game, and you need to get help and be helpful to go through the maps.

    It has a steep learning curve, and you need to see beyond the first mission. That mission is a tutorial, but Overkill forgot to tell you that when you start playing. That is not what this game is about. Sure, you need to defend your camp now and then, but there are several missions and beautiful maps to go through.

    There are bugs and things that needs to be fixed, the human AI they need to work on. But I am sure they will. History shows that they do try and fix their games over time. But I have not seen anything yet that will break the game when I play it.

    I have played this with both friends, randoms and solo. Still not that good in solo, but when in coop, this is bloody fun! Need a lot more practice with solo I think, and upgrade my weapons.

    Do not buy this game and think that it will be like WWZ, it will not. If you have A LOT of zombies around you that you need to kill, then you should try another approach next time. Something went wrong :). Try this game if you want to improve your camp, weapons and be a sneaky zombie-killer that wants to kill off humans that threaten you and your camp. I believe that Overkill will support this game for several years, so it will not die as someone wrote.

    And someone wrote that this was not story based? Then you have not made it through the tutorial... Try again.    … Expand
  21. Phear
    Nov 6, 2018
    8
    Very hard game from the start which is nice for a change. Seems grindy at times doing easier levels over and over to get higher levels just so you can survive a little longer in harder maps. Not recommended for a single player game, you need "smart" friends to work together. No room for a lone wolf player in this game.

    Graphics are great. Made by Payday 2 guys and it shows. Very polished.
  22. Sanctus87
    Nov 7, 2018
    10
    My personal GOTY! Don't listen to the haters. Many bad reviews by people who played 20 mins, which is understandable because this game is not your average zombie slasher frenzy game that you can go one-man-army on and expect to succed in your first 20 minutes. This game is so much more, and so much better than that. You need to use tactics, strategy and co-operation (duh), which brings aMy personal GOTY! Don't listen to the haters. Many bad reviews by people who played 20 mins, which is understandable because this game is not your average zombie slasher frenzy game that you can go one-man-army on and expect to succed in your first 20 minutes. This game is so much more, and so much better than that. You need to use tactics, strategy and co-operation (duh), which brings a whole new dimension to the zombie genre. It's really fun, exiting and gives you some good scares here and there.

    That, together with all new content the devs said will come over the years (with new seasons just like the tv show), makes it a game that I believe will live long and prosper (yeah, a threw a little star trek in here). I'd play this over the braindead L4D games any day.

    The graphics are really good and the game play and overall mechanics are good. Melee are really good and almost more fun that using a gun. You get kind of thrown in to the story (and action), but the story develops more longer in the game and I really looking forward to see where it goes. Missions are varied in style and execution and most of all i love the over all design and look of the game, enviroments etc.

    10/10 would definitly recommend!    … Expand
  23. lagga1
    Nov 7, 2018
    9
    Having in mind that the game will develop over the months to come, it clearly has potential in its current state. A very enjoyable game, even in this version! The bad reviews are only coming from the extreme L4D fans who can't enjoy playing any other zombie video game.
  24. RzrTrek
    Nov 8, 2018
    0
    https://youtu.be/vX_DeNZoLxM?t=12 The game has very long and frequent loading times between sessions, tons of connection issues, 2006 graphics with it's full share of performance issues, even playing on the best hardware and the griefers seem to have free reign online. Also the matchmaking is a joke and seemingly teams you up with casual players who don't have a clue how to play the gamehttps://youtu.be/vX_DeNZoLxM?t=12 The game has very long and frequent loading times between sessions, tons of connection issues, 2006 graphics with it's full share of performance issues, even playing on the best hardware and the griefers seem to have free reign online. Also the matchmaking is a joke and seemingly teams you up with casual players who don't have a clue how to play the game and just run around wrecking it for everyone instead of it being ranked and skill based and to add insult to injury, there's no VOIP, which means you can't play this game seriously, but then again it's to be expected by the likes of Starbreeze knowing their track record (dlc milking, raid, delays, hype, cgi-trailers, etc.) in other words this is yet another low effort cash grab by a company riding on the train of a successful franchise and how they dare to ask $60 ($80 for deluxe) for this garbage is beyond me, get it together guys, there are better games out there for half the price and games that actually deserves $60 such as Red Dead Redemption 2.… Expand
  25. Marbil
    Nov 7, 2018
    8
    I really enjoying playing it so far. I love how the normal difficult setting is still hard as hell. It really highlights the cooperative part of the game, which make this a great game to play with your mates, as well as encourage you to keep on trying. I also like that the walkers are basically harmless when in small groups but can quickly overwhelm you if you make to much noise.

    The    I really enjoying playing it so far. I love how the normal difficult setting is still hard as hell. It really highlights the cooperative part of the game, which make this a great game to play with your mates, as well as encourage you to keep on trying. I also like that the walkers are basically harmless when in small groups but can quickly overwhelm you if you make to much noise.

    The RPG portion of the game is also very interesting and I hope they will continue working on it and build it over time.    … Expand
  26. 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
  27. Vader42Wed
    Nov 11, 2018
    10
    Would have given it 8/10 but since people who don't even played it reviewed it with 0/10 I'm giving 10/10 to compensate. The game is gr8 and fun, can't wait for season 2. There are some bugs that need fixing but that will probably be gone in some weeks.
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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.
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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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