Tried it out via PS Plus, actually on PS5 given some of the talk about how well it runs. I played for about an hour or two, but just couldn't bring myself to keep going. The zombie genre as a concept for film/games was already done by 2019, even moreso by 2021. And while the writing quality was above Ride to Hell, the bar is fairly low for biker dramas, it seems like no one can write one without it being cringe or unbelievable. Gameplay just reminded me of Ubi-boredom, a giant open world with many unengaging details. I found the much touted enemy AI fine, a bit overrated for the pitch.

That being said, from what I could tell it's not a bad game at all, it's just mostly stale. If you're new to open world games, or never seen The Walking Dead (in either medium), or never played Dying Light or the like, then I'm sure that you would enjoy this game quite a bit. It contains a superset of the elements that made those projects so enticing in their time.

Reviewed on Feb 20, 2022


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