The Walking Dead: The Long Road Ahead

A new chapter to the walking dead game is out and it’s by far the darkest and the most shocking episode yet, and this comes following the episode involving cannibals, how worse can it get? 

A lot worse.

The story picks up right after the survivors’ latest ordeal, tension grows and a betrayal from within the group forces the gang on the move again.

The story line keeps using the elements making the Walking Dead franchise a gripping tale; No one is safe, anything can happen, at anytime. This time however a horrifying line is crossed and as the title of this episode indicates, the hero is finally getting a sense of what lies ahead and the sacrifices to come.

Unexpected encounters bring additional weight to the group and one in particular will bring some much-needed sense into our hero and his responsibility toward the little girl he took charge off.

The simplistic gameplay still works and serves the game’s unique pace well, in this case, less is more.

Mainly, the general theme of the Walking Dead is bringing me back to Primo Levi and the horrifying stories of the holocaust’s survivors, of course we are talking about fiction in that case, however the theme of what makes us human and the costs of survival over what makes us a human beings are in this case, very similar.

Another sense to the title of the franchise can be found taking this into account, The Walking Dead aren’t the zombies or walkers as they are called. The real “walking dead” are the survivors, in both literal and metaphorical sense, the survivor are dispossessed of all their physical belongings and comfort, are forced to renounce to their values, then more moral lines are crossed leading ultimately to losing what makes them humans.

A solid experience to say the least, The Walking Dead keeps on impressing and will bring some shocking revelations about yourself as well.