History VideoGame / TheWalkingDeadSurvivalInstinct

''The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct'' is a 2013 FirstPersonShooter developed by Terminal Reality Games and published by Creator/{{Activision}} for UsefulNotes/PS3, UsefulNotes/Xbox360, [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] and UsefulNotes/WiiU. It is set in the continuity of the [[Series/TheWalkingDead2010 AMC TV series]], and follows [[BashBrothers Merle and Daryl Dixon]] as they fight to survive during the initial outbreak of walkers during the ZombieApocalypse.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The human characters generally have a realistic appearance, since they're supposed to fit with the tv show, albeit with relatively low-polygon budget-level [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 7th gen]] character models. However, the zombies are very stylized and semi-cartoonish, looking like they were taken straight out of the Telltale Games series which was based more on the comics.

* StarterEquipment: Daryl's first weapon is a large knife which he uses in all of his zombie executions. Completing the game and unlocking certain relics will allow Daryl to start his journey with a significantly beefier arsenal.

* StarterEquipment: Daryl's first weapon is a large knife which he uses in all of his zombie executions.

* ZergRush: In the game, Daryl will find himself heavily outnumbered by the infected nine times out of ten. As a result, if Daryl isn’t careful and makes too much noise, he can find himself mobbed by every single Walker in the area, [[DevouredByTheHorde which usually ends in his gruesome death if he lacks an escape route, or the resources and firepower needed to take care of them.]]

* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: It is impossible to kill zombies in this game with torso shots. Even if you use the infinite ammo perk, you can shoot a zombie in the torso all day and it still won't die. You either have to aim for the head, or dismember the limbs.

''The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct'' is a 2013 FirstPersonShooter developed by Terminal Reality Games and published by Creator/{{Activision}} for UsefulNotes/PS3, UsefulNotes/Xbox360, [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] and UsefulNotes/WiiU. It is set in the continuity of the [[Series/TheWalkingDead AMC TV series]], and follows [[BashBrothers Merle and Daryl Dixon]] as they fight to survive during the initial outbreak of walkers during the ZombieApocalypse.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Firearms can kill zombies with a single headshot, but ammo is ''incredibly'' scarce, and firing off a single bullet will draw every zombie in the area to your direction. They do occasionally however prove incredibly useful when circumstances outside your control like the alarm at Clara-Chem arise, which basically allows (and forces) you to go loud and start handing out lead lobotomies to any Walkers who plan on adding you to the menu.

* MonstersEverywhere: There are walkers everywhere, and more spawn when you kill the current ones.

* KnifeNut: Daryl's first weapon is a large knife which he uses in all of his zombie executions.

* ZombieApocalypse: The plot. Daryl first realises what’s happening when his father is ambushed and torn apart by undead during a hunting trip, then besieged along with Jess inside their rural home by a mob of them.

* BoomHeadshot: There isn't much point to shooting walkers anywhere else.

* OneManArmy: Zig-Zagged. While is is nearly impossible for Daryl to take on more than three zombies in head-on combat, he can still kill all the walkers with the most ease out of anyone.

* ZombieApocalypse: The plot.

* InfantImmortality: Averted if you [[spoiler:let Jane die]], with her last words being her screaming about the zombies eating her unborn child.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Daryl restores his health by consuming energy drinks and MREs that he finds scattered throughout the levels. The MREs seem to restore about half of his total health while the energy drink gives him back about a third of it.

'''''The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct''''' is a FirstPersonShooter developed by Terminal Reality Games and published by Creator/{{Activision}}, which is set in the continuity of the [[Series/TheWalkingDead AMC TV series]], and follows [[BashBrothers Merle and Daryl Dixon]] as they fight to survive during the initial outbreak of walkers during the ZombieApocalypse.

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* MultiMookMelee: The Herd Mode DLC is a single-player riff on Horde Mode from ''GearsOfWar'', as well as ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'''s famous ''VideoGame/NaziZombies''.

* TookALevelInKindness: Even with the history of abuse and alcoholism, [[spoiler:Daryl's dad seems to have a good relationship with his son years later that the latter won't even MercyKill him]], suggesting that he managed to turn his life around.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Firearms can kill zombies with a single headshot, but ammo is ''incredibly'' scarce, and firing off a single bullet will draw every zombie in the area to your direction. They do occasionally however prove incredibly useful when circumstances outside your control like the alarm at Para-Chem arise, which basically allows (and forces) you to go loud and start handing out lead lobotomies to any Walkers who plan on adding you to the menu.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Firearms can kill zombies with a single headshot, but ammo is ''incredibly'' scarce, and firing off a single bullet will draw every zombie in the area to your direction. They do occasionally however prove incredibly useful when circumstances outside your control like the alarm at ParaChem arise, which basically allows (and forces) you to go loud and start handing out lead lobotomies to any Walkers who plan on adding you to the menu.