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Walker (The Walking Dead, Telltale)

GamesUndead2010 to today

The walkers of Telltale's 2012 episodic adventure, set in the world of the Walking Dead comics. They follow the series' rule that all the dead rise, which gives the game its ending: the protagonist is bitten and a child must decide how he dies. Critics praised its emotional tone and the bond between Lee and Clementine, and it sold tens of millions of episodes.12

Battle it
First appeared
2012
The Walking Dead (2012)
Source work
The Walking Dead (2012)
Telltale Games
Age rating
ESRB M
Made in
USA
What causes it
Never explained
No cause is given; everyone is already infected and rises as a walker after death, bitten or not.
How you become one
Anyone who dies turns; a bite is fatal.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • covering oneself in walker guts to pass unnoticed

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2012

The Walking Dead (2012)

field notes

What the sources say

1

The game's hero, Lee, is bitten and dies of it12

2

The player decides whether the child Clementine shoots him or leaves him to turn12

3

Hordes are drawn to the group's hideouts12

4

Game of the Year for numerous outlets and winner of a BAFTA for story12

5

Credited with reviving the adventure game genre12

Sources

  1. The Walking Dead (video game) - Wikipedia
  2. The Walking Dead: Season 1 - RAWG

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