The Worst Zombie Survival Game Of The Year – Walking Dead: Survival Instinct

I am always excited for any FPS (first-person-shooter) zombie survival games that come out. I am often disappointed. When I heard that Walking Dead series will have its own fps game from Activision, I was excited. Even the name sounded cool, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct. Urban environments, open world, south. Count me in.

Well, that is until I saw early gameplay footage.

Comments to the video above were not nice, but truth hurts.

"Is it just me or do the graphics look like they are not to far past PS1 quality? lol. It doesn’t seem like they put that much effort or money into it. Fuck Activision they should team up with Rockstar and go all out on a Walking Dead game for PS4." – FistsOfFury21

No. I said. That is just early alpha build. It will get better. They will iron out the plastic look of the game.

Until the game was actually released last month.

Disappointed doesn’t even begin to describe the game. It is such piece of shit that I wish I never laid my eyes on it. It is just as bad as the early gameplay.

IGN blasts the game with their review:

"Another great idea that falls apart in practice is Survival Instinct’s take on resource management. There’s no real story here beyond just moving from place to place in hope of the eventual rescue we all know won’t come, but you do get to choose where you’re going and how you get there. That may sound like it could be a cool form of exploration, but let me spoil that for you: every level is pretty much as angular and bland as the last. Knowing this, as I wish I had up front, nips that curiosity in the bud pretty quick. It’s one of those "choices" that simply doesn’t matter."

Penny Arcade wishes they didn’t even rent the game for $5:

"This would be more forgivable in a $15 downloadable title, but as a $50 game you can find in your local GameStop, Best Buy, Walmart and other retailers, it’s indefensible. I rented the game for two nights, which cost me $5, and I still barely feel as though I got my money’s worth. Stay away."

Stay away from this pile of shit and just spend your time playing some of the better zombie survival games I’ve listed here.

Zombie Combat: Self Defense Techniques Against Zombies

What Should You Do If You Get Hand-to-Hand Combat with a Zombie?

When you run out of ammo, lost your blades, and have nothing to fall back on, you need to know what you should do in order to survive.

Last resort you have against the infected is your body.

Your body is a tool. It is a weapon.

But there are certain self-defense techniques will actually get you killed if used against the zombies.

Self-defense or hand-to-hand combat against zombies comes down to grappling, striking and kicking.

Which should you use and which should you avoid?

NO GRAPPLING

Going to the ground is the worst-case scenario for survival against the infected. Ground techniques allow zombies to be within biting distance and the chances of you surviving are almost non-existent. Especially when there are multiple infected.

You must avoid going to the ground at all cost. If you do end up being tossed, shoved or tackled, you must get up as fast as possible or risk being eaten alive.

When on the ground, keep your eyes on the infected at all times. Don’t turn your back as you get up.

To create distance, use leg kicks and up kick to the chest or head. This will buy you some time to get up. When down kicking the shins and knees are also very effective. It will create enough space for you to spring up and get out.

Kick to get distance to get up.

NO HAND STRIKES

Avoid any sort of punching or hand strikes. This means no haymakers, no jabs, no hammer fists, no elbows. The chances of your hands getting cut, breaking your hand, or caught and bitten are very high. Hand strikes get you too close to the infected. You want to keep distance and hand strikes get you dangerously close.

If you need to use your hands for any reason, as a last resort, you can shove or push. Use your hands on their chest to shove the infected away to create space.

You can also use your forearms to shove, if you want to keep avoid skin on infected contact. Forearm shove is very effective and you can generate more power because your whole body will be used.

4 KICKS TO USE

Kicks are your ideal weapon to use against the zombies. However, there are only a handful of useful kicks to use, the rest you must avoid.

1. REAR LEG FRONT KICK

Rear leg front kick is a very powerful kick. You can generate a lot of power and get a lot of distance. This kick must land flush right into the mid-section. The power comes from hip rotation as you deliver the kick and a powerful thrust. You have to kick through your target, not just at it.

Watch this gif for how powerful a front back leg kick can be to drive a zombie back.

Rear leg front kick requires a lot of energy to perform, because it is so powerful.

This is the type of kick that you would also use on a door to kick it open.

2. FRONT PUSH KICK

Front push kick is not a power kick, but a push away and get distance kick. It is often performed to set up another kick or gauge distance.

It doesn’t require a lot of energy to perform.

You raise your lead leg, cock your knee and where you knee points you extend your leg to push the walkers away. Make sure to lean back as you push to get extra reach and more pushing power.

You can perform multiple front push kicks in a row against several walkers. Make sure to put the leg down on the floor for each kick. This resets your balance and your pushing power.

Variation of this kick is a running push kick. It will generate extra power without wasting much energy.

3. SIDEKICK

Side kicks, just as back leg front kicks are very powerful and will generate a lot of power. Sidekicks are best done with lead leg, the closest leg to the infected. Although you can use rear, but it requires a bit more hip flexibility and practice to pull it off effectively.

Make contact with the heel and aim for the gut. Performed correctly will drive the infected back.

You can do a lunge sidekick. This type of kick is very powerful and will often put the zombie down on the ground, which will buy you more time to escape.

4. SIDE KICK TO THE LEGS

Sidekicks to the legs are similar to regular sidekicks above, but instead of aiming for mid-section, they are performed to the legs and knees.

These are very effective at stopping walkers dead in their tracks.

These kicks do not require flexibility and anyone can generate a lot of power with almost no training.

Side leg kicks attack the weakest part of the leg, the knee itself or just right above the knee. With enough power you can buckle the knee cap. If delivered above the knee to quad section, will usually stun and stop the infected, buying you some time.

These are very powerful kicks and were made famous by Bruce Lee, to which he used them to their utmost effectiveness.

WHAT NOT TO DO:

Below are things to avoid when performing kicks:

• No spin kicks, do not turn your back ever
• Flashy jump kicks
• Don’t kick the face. Kick the body, mid section
• No roundhouse kicks
• If you are wearing boots and the zombie is down on the ground you can stomp their head, but it is best to use that time to escape

Remember: Key is to create space and run away. Save your energy and yourself. Keep distance and create space with your kicks.