Walking Dead Game Discussion With Series Creator

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">&NewLine;<p><em>Walking Dead<&sol;em> creator&comma; Robert Kirkman&comma; sits down with IGN to talk about the upcoming <em>Walking Dead<&sol;em> video game&period; The video game takes place within the <em>Walking Dead<&sol;em> universe&comma; but does not include Rick in the story telling&period; When asked why the game does not include Rick&comma; Kirkman stated that the comic book basically shows every moment of Rick’s story&semi; the TV series is a different Rick story&period; Had the game’s protagonist been Rick&comma; players would &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;basically be doing the same stuff&comma; or you would be playing some kind of B&period;S&period; game that doesn’t really have anything to do with the comic series&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kirkman continues&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;By focusing on a character that isn’t key to the comic book series&comma; you’re able to see stories that actually do matter to the continuity&period; You’re seeing&comma; you’re going to be seeing&comma; like Glen for instance&comma; that’s the comic book Glen&period; The story that you’re going to see in this game actually happened in the universe of the <em>Walking Dead<&sol;em> comic book series and so you may get a little bit of insight into what his life was like before he lived in the comic book&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kirkman hopes that by giving fans a deeper look into the Walking Dead universe through the game will hopefully be fulfilling for fans&period; The other hope is that the game will become as important to the <em>Walking Dead<&sol;em> universe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game is being designed by Telltall Games&comma; who are known for their adventure games&period; The Walking Dead game will not be an open-world shooter though&period; When asked why that’s the case&comma; Kirkman said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You can play <em>Left for Dead<&sol;em>&comma; you can play <em>Dead Rising&comma; <&sol;em>you can play <em>Resident Evil&semi; <&sol;em>those are all great games&comma; and I do that and I think other people should do that&period; To do a <em>Walking Dead <&sol;em>game that’s just that&comma; would be pointless&period; I think you’d always be compared to that&period; You’d be better or you’d be worse&comma; it would be the same kind of game and that’s no fun&period; The thing that’s important about <em>The Walking Dead<&sol;em> is that it has heart&comma; it has drama and it’s about people surviving in this world&period; It’s about how they deal with the end of the world and how they interact with other people and what that does to a person&period; It’s all about evolution&comma; and how a character changes over time&period; That’s something that Telltale is able to incorporate in the game&semi; which they wouldn’t do if it was a run and gun&comma; cut people up kind of game&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since the game is about character evolution and choices&comma; players will be able to play the game and then start a new game and make different choices and see how those choices and actions affect the game&period; That&comma; to Kirkman&comma; is really unique and exciting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans of the comic books will notice that the art style is very similar to Charlie Adlard’s art&period; At first Kirkman was apprehensive&comma; stating that he doesn’t like the art style of Capcom’s <em>Marvel vs&period; Capcom<&sol;em> because of the way the Marvel characters looked&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The ultimate goal of the game is a heightening of <em>The Walking Dead <&sol;em>experience&period; The game is ultimately for fans that have read the comic books and watched the television series&period; The game will let people better judge how they would react in these situations&period; The game will let people better feel the terror and loss from the decisions players make in order to survive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Below is a link to the entire interview&period; If you want to see game play footage&comma; skip ahead to 7&colon;02 and then again to 11&colon;50&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;videos&sol;2012&sol;03&sol;22&sol;playing-dead-episode-3-walking-dead-the-game&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;twposts&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitter">IGN<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;