A refreshing take on the point & click gameplay from 20 years ago.

After a car accident, you are put in the shoes of history professor Lee Everett, and must proceed to click on dialog options and inspect items and environments to further the plot and attempt to survive the apocalypse with your group of friends (and not so friends). There's nothing complex here like combining items or solving puzzles, just walking around and hitting *use*, *collect* or *talk* buttons. Gameplay does not get in the way of the story moving forward.

The story is, however the absolute focus of the game. It is divided in 5 episodes (plus an extra special in 400 days that has nothing to do with the others), and you are presented with decisions at every step of the way that affect the way the rest of the characters percive you and the environment where you are at the time. Most of them add nothing other than a reply during the conversation but others can be pretty serious (as in a life/death situation for someone else). It doesn't sound too appealing but it is presented in a very organic and fluid way and the result is very engaging. I recommend not playing it more than once to keep the "magic" of the choices there.

There's not much in therms of music in there, mostly ambient sound. But the voice acting is superb. Every character is instantly recogniseable and no voice feels out of character. The main guys, Lee and Clementine, really come to life thanks to the voices.

The game has a comic-like art style with very flat textures that look drawn, with dark outlines and all, a nice throwback to the source material.

Overall, a solid package that will last you a few hours and make you feel invested in (most of) the characters. Touching, and well made.

A refreshing take on the point & click gameplay from 20 years ago. After a car accident, you are put in the shoes of history professor Lee Everett, and must proceed to click on dialog options and inspect items and environments to further the plot and attempt to survive the apocalypse with your group of friends (and not so friends). There's nothing complex here like combining items or solving puzzles, just walking around and hitting *use*, *collect* or *talk* buttons. Gameplay does not get in the way of the story moving forward. The story is, however the absolute focus of the game. It is divided in 5 episodes (plus an extra special in 400 days that has nothing to do with the others), and you are presented with decisions at every step of the way that affect the way the rest of the characters percive you and the environment where you are at the time. Most of them add nothing other than a reply during the conversation but others can be pretty serious (as in a life/death situation for someone else). It doesn't sound too appealing but it is presented in a very organic and fluid way and the result is very engaging. I recommend not playing it more than once to keep the "magic" of the choices there. There's not much in therms of music in there, mostly ambient sound. But the voice acting is superb. Every character is instantly recogniseable and no voice feels out of character. The main guys, Lee and Clementine, really come to life thanks to the voices. The game has a comic-like art style with very flat textures that look drawn, with dark outlines and all, a nice throwback to the source material. Overall, a solid package that will last you a few hours and make you feel invested in (most of) the characters. Touching, and well made.