If you missed out on Telltale's episodic The Walking Dead, you've officially run out of excuses to continue the downward spiral which your life has been reduced to, because besides the fact that it's available on everything from iOS to Xbox, the Game of the Year Edition is now available at retailers all across these zombie infested regions of North America on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
Like many other GOTY editions, this version of The Walking Dead offers all five episodes, the transitory 400 Days DLC that helps introduce the new season, as well as behind the scenes video, and the series' original score for you music buffs. Not a bad deal for the low price of $29.99.
The game's first season won awards from multiple outlets like Spike TV, Metacritic, and even USA Today as game of the year. The paper called it an "emotionally gripping journey," writing, "Next time anyone questions the video game industry's ability to tell stories akin to movies and television, point them to Telltale Games' brilliant interactive adventure," wrote the newspapers's editors, who claimed the five-episode series as "an emotionally gripping journey, and the best video game offered in 2012."
For those of you who are still yet to play, the series is a point and click styled game that follows former professor turned convict Lee Everett, with eight year old Clementine, as the two struggle and survive their way through zombie infested Georgia, eventually coming into contact with several characters of the comic. Using inventory items in conjunction with the environment, players guide Everett to survive against the hungry hordes. According to the comic's creator Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead game is more focused on developing characters and story and less on action that is featured in other zombie-based games, which certainly helps give it so many accolades.
You can check out our review wrap up of the first five episodes here.
With Season 2 of The Walking Dead set to begin later this year, it's the best way to help fans get caught up. Unless you're too busy with the show and / or the comic.
Like the first season, season 2 will consist of five episodes that will be available for digital download throughout the following months before concluding some time in 2014.
