The Walking Dead: Destinies

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The Walking Dead: Destinies
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Developer(s) Flux Games
Publisher(s) GameMill Entertainment
Series The Walking Dead
Platform(s)
Release
  • Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
  • November 17, 2023
  • Windows
  • December 1, 2023
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

The Walking Dead: Destinies is a 2023 action-adventure video game developed by Flux Games and published by GameMill Entertainment. It is based on the first four sea sons of the TV series The Walking Dead .

Contents

The game was announced on August 17, 2023, [1] and released on December 1, 2023. [2] It received negative reviews from critics.

Gameplay

As players progress through the main story character-specific skill trees can grant bonuses for the player. [3]

Premise

Players take control of heroes and villains during moments from the television series first four seasons, able to alter moments by playing as characters such as Rick Grimes, Michonne Hawthorne, Shane Walsh, Daryl Dixon, Carol Peletier, Glenn Rhee, and others. [4] [5] [6]

Development

According to Paulo Luis Santos, Game Director at developer Flux Games, the game originally covered more events from the show past the first four seasons, but the development team decided to focus on specific events from the show's most popular time period. [7] Santos also revealed that there were over 150 different endings for the game, depending on who lived and died as a result of player decisions over the course of the main story. [7]

Originally slated for a November 14, 2023 release, the game released digitally on November 17 for consoles and on December 1 for PC while releasing physically in December 2023. [8] [9] [10]

Reception

According to review aggregator Metacritic, the PlayStation 5 version of The Walking Dead: Destinies received "generally unfavorable" reviews, with a score of 29/100 based on 4 reviews. [11] The game has a 0% approval rating on OpenCritic. [12] Ollie Reynolds of Nintendo Life said that "there's absolutely nothing here that has been executed well; it's a game that is simply rife with technical blunders, terrible production values, and broken mechanics." [14] Wesley Yin-Poole of IGN considered it a contender for "worst game of 2023", along with Skull Island: Rise of Kong which had also been published by GameMill. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ McCaffrey, Ryan (August 17, 2023). "The Walking Dead: Destinies Announced for PC and Consoles". IGN. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  2. ↑ Dinsdale, Ryan (October 19, 2023). "The Walking Dead: Destinies Arrives This November". IGN. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  3. ↑ Claudino, Ashely (December 18, 2023). "The Walking Dead: Destinies - All Unlockable Skills". Game Rant. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  4. ↑ Coulson, Josh (August 21, 2023). "The Walking Dead Destinies Is A Great Concept Executed Very Poorly". TheGamer. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  5. ↑ Bunn, Glenn (November 22, 2023). "All Playable The Walking Dead: Destinies Characters, Ranked". ScreenRant. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  6. ↑ Bonomolo, Cameron (August 20, 2023). "The Walking Dead: Destinies Character Roster Guide". ComicBook. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  7. 1 2 Duckworth, Joshua (October 21, 2023). "The Walking Dead: Destinies Interview - Dev Talks 'What If' Scenarios, Adapting the Show, and More". Game Rant. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  8. ↑ Rossi, José V. (October 19, 2023). "The Walking Dead Destinies Game Is Launching Later Than Expected". Game Rant. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  9. ↑ Dinsdale, Ryan (October 19, 2023). "The Walking Dead: Destinies Arrives This November". IGN . Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  10. ↑ Wilson, Mike (November 20, 2023). "'The Walking Dead: Destinies' Now Available on Consoles; PC Version Coming December 1 [Trailer]". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  11. 1 2 "The Walking Dead: Destinies". Metacritic. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  12. 1 2 "The Walking Dead: Destinies Reviews". OpenCritic. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  13. ↑ Moosa, Tauriq (November 28, 2023). "The Walking Dead: Destinies Review". IGN. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  14. 1 2 Reynolds, Ollie (November 23, 2023). "Review: The Walking Dead: Destinies (Switch) - One Of The Worst Games Of The Year". Nintendo Life. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  15. ↑ Sterling, James Stephanie (November 24, 2023). "The Walking Dead: Destinies - Don't Open, Dead Inside (Review)". The Jimquisition. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Análisis The Walking Dead: Destinies, peor que una infección zombi". Vandal (in European Spanish). November 25, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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