The Walking Dead: Destinies is a third-person narrative-driven adventure game, and it's coming to PlayStation platforms on 17th November. It has an intriguing pitch: players can explore story paths that AMC's adaptation didn't, allowing players to influence the action.
It's looking a bit shaky, and frankly, that's part of the reason for our interest, as it's published by the unfortunately-named GameMill Entertainment, the folks responsible for "Gollum-like" Skull Island: Rise of Kong (a strong contender for the Worst Game of 2023 title). The Walking Dead: Destinies is going for a choice-based narrative structure, something famously difficult to pull off, so we can't help but be fascinated to see how this one fares.
The game's synopsis reads: "Begin your journey as Rick Grimes, waking alone in a hospital surrounded by the dead. Assemble allies and fight your way through the walker apocalypse across iconic locations from The Walking Dead, including Atlanta, the Greene family farm, the prison, and Woodbury. In crucial choice-driven moments, you’ll forever shape the destiny of your team of characters from the series. Heroes and villains, living and dead."
What do you think of The Walking Dead: Destinies? Are you willing to take the path less travelled? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source youtube.com]
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I like choice based story games, but… uh, no.
I’m slightly interested in this. I even enjoyed The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, so there is a chance I could like this… however slim.
So disappointing but it looks like this will join Gollum and King Kong. It looks truly awful.
I’d have LOVED this if it was good too.
The Walking Dead was milked to death about 7 seasons ago. Now it's got more than half a dozen spin-offs.
No. Just no.
Great idea. Poor execution!
I think it best to leave the team behind Kong out of the picture.
It's not "Carl", it's "CORRALLLL!!!!".
Lemme ask ya something gollum, wait lemme tell ya something first! I'm better for the gamers than you, that's because I'm a better game than you *rubs head
@Khayl Is this one getting a Pushsquare review? I mean, it’s Gamemill, so the quality is already suspect, but hey I’d like to read a reputable review instead of perusing YouTube for reactions (which equates to getting Gamemill tier reviews) and I’m still a bit sad @ShogunRok didn’t review the Grinch. Lol.
@somnambulance I know, I feel bad about not being able to get around to it. Was genuinely tempted to do a review but it launched at pretty much the busiest possible time.
It's been a similar story with this Walking Dead game, too. But never say never!
@ShogunRok I believe in you all… to be able to review some low quality material someday. You guys certainly got lucky in 2023. There were so many good games that there wasn’t really time to waste on iffy games (though jeez do bad reviews create some gems to read). I don’t know if I’ve played anything I’d put below a 7/10 all year and I wasn’t even trying. I was actually tempted to buy this Walking Dead one… for perspective on how great games have been! What a year!
If you guys do ever get around to one of the jank titles, I literally go to this site every day, so I’ll be there for the clicks! Lol.
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