The Walking Dead: Destinies (v1.3.0.2)

A familiar television apocalypse becomes a compact third-person action campaign where Rick Grimes’ decisions can rewrite who reaches the next safe haven. The Walking Dead: Destinies revisits the early AMC storyline, beginning in the hospital and moving through Atlanta, Hershel’s farm, the prison, and Woodbury, but turns major plot points into branching survival dilemmas. Its mood is grim yet pulpy rather than deeply cinematic, with recognizable faces, undead crowds, and altered outcomes providing most of the appeal.

Players guide Rick and a rotating roster of survivors through largely linear combat areas, searching for supplies while clearing walkers with melee weapons, firearms, and crossbows. Close-quarters fights reward timing and positioning, while scarce ammunition encourages saving guns for dangerous groups or tougher threats; stealth can occasionally prevent a messy encounter. Story choices determine who joins the group, who dies, and which characters remain available later, so decisions also affect the practical makeup of your team. A “broken” state gives a last-chance recovery window when enemies overwhelm you, adding a small layer of pressure to otherwise straightforward action sequences.

The chance to save people the original series loses—or sacrifice an established hero to protect someone unexpected—is the central reason to play, and it gives fans an entertaining what-if version of familiar events. Thirteen playable characters, including Daryl, Michonne, Carol, Shane, and Rick, offer different abilities and make repeat runs worthwhile if you want to test alternate paths. Production values, enemy behavior, and combat depth are noticeably modest beside polished zombie games such as Dying Light or The Last of Us, so expectations matter. Fans of AMC’s cast and Telltale-style narrative consequences who can accept a rougher action game will get the most from it; players seeking refined combat or a faithful prestige-drama adaptation may find its limitations hard to ignore.