The Walking Dead All Stars is the newest recreation based mostly on the franchise to reach on cell. It’s a set RPG, which means you will be gathering a crew of characters from the present and utilizing them to carry again the zombie hordes. If that appears like your sort of factor the sport is now accessible for iOS and Android.
We lately spoke to FUNLOW’s CEO, KyungHyun Son about The Walking Dead All Stars. Together, we talk about what units the sport other than related entries within the style, how gamers will progress and what the long run holds for this RPG.
Could you please introduce your self and your function on The Walking Dead: All Stars for our readers?
My identify is KyungHyun Son, and I’m the CEO of FUNFLOW. This is our seventh yr partnering with Com2uS Holdings, and we’ve labored on three initiatives collectively, together with Kritika: The White Knights, Heir of Light, and now The Walking Dead: All-Stars.
There are already a number of video games based mostly on The Walking Dead. What do you consider units All-Stars other than the remaining?
We’ve all the time wished to jot down a narrative about communities of individuals coping with life in a post-apocalyptic world, which is why we finally selected to create a set RPG centered across the very characters who inhabit that world. We went above and past so as to add loads of wealthy tales that join these numerous characters and drive the overarching plot ahead. I feel that is what units us other than different recreation corporations who’ve borrowed related inventive materials. The authentic IP holder, Skybound Entertainment, advised us they’ve by no means met a crew that was this captivated with storytelling.
Aside from its tales, the sport’s attraction comes from the in depth analysis we’ve executed on the universe of The Walking Dead that even the unique creator, Robert Kirkman, can be pleased with, in addition to its vivid graphics that add shade and a three-dimensional layer to the attraction of the unique comics.
Every character in The Walking Dead: All-Stars has an “alignment” related to them. You might say that the efficacy relationship between alignments isn’t something new. However, we’ve embedded the character alignments into the sport’s design and story. The commonest elemental relationship system of “fire,” “water,” and “forest” doesn’t precisely match the world of The Walking Dead, which is why we gave every character an alignment from “Ally,” “Predator,” “Neutral,” and “Bystander,” which is consultant of the approach to life they stay within the recreation’s apocalyptic world. Alignments should not solely there to supply kind matchups however naturally harmonize with the characters’ tales and lift the general sense of immersion in-game. I additionally consider the interactions between the unique characters of the comedian collection and The Walking Dead: All-Stars are one other enjoyable facet of the sport that gamers can sit up for.
What sort of development can gamers anticipate? Can characters be upgraded or levelled up? Is there new gear yow will discover and equip?
The recreation’s core content material revolves round finishing chapter levels within the recreation’s world. Players will discover the areas surrounding their city settlement in Buffalo, New York and proceed to unravel extra of the story. They’ll come throughout new areas on the map, battle varied enemies, and acquire objects wanted for survival. This portion of the sport was designed in order that gamers can take pleasure in exploring the world of The Walking Dead. We additionally paid shut consideration to the background artwork so gamers can really feel like they’re altering areas every time they transfer on to a brand new chapter. Characters have varied potential strategies to degree up, together with character level-up, gear tools, gear improve, and so forth.
How do Joint Battles work? Do they play out in real-time, or will your pal’s characters merely be a part of you in battle?
Joint Battle is a sub-content of the Guild, through which members of the identical guild assault one enemy, every scores harm, and earn rewards collectively. It’s not a real-time battle, however the battle data between guild members are instantly shared, and all members obtain further rewards in response to the perfect document that has prompted probably the most harm.
Can you speak to us in regards to the free-to-play mannequin The Walking Dead: All-Stars will use?
In addition to its idle gameplay options, The Walking Dead: All-Stars is designed so gamers can clear content material naturally so long as they make investments sufficient time within the recreation. As such, the sport’s enterprise mannequin focuses on development effectivity, or, in different phrases, “buying time.”
Resources wanted to advance characters are robotically collected over time. If gamers are glad with the sources they’re getting, they’ll be capable of play the sport with out making any purchases. However, in the event that they’d wish to progress quicker than their friends, they’ll have the choice of spending cash to accumulate further sources.
One facet of the sport that may’t be solved with time alone is “recruiting” characters. Players can earn the sources they should recruit characters in-game, however those that’d wish to get their fingers on their favourite characters shortly can choose to buy sources utilizing money as a substitute.
As lengthy as they respect post-apocalyptic worlds, gamers will be capable of benefit from the distinctive ambiance and attraction of The Walking Dead: All-Stars with none prior information of the unique collection.
By including varied parts, similar to accumulating characters and battling, in addition to increasing the world by means of the addition of latest characters and explorable areas, I feel followers of the comics will discover one thing new to take pleasure in. The Walking Dead: All-Stars takes place within the metropolis of Buffalo, New York, a metropolis that has by no means appeared within the authentic collection. Survivors close to Buffalo collect collectively to ascertain a small group and encounter a colourful solid of characters. Of course, gamers can even be capable of recruit characters like Rick, Glenn, and Michonne, so followers of the comics may have one thing massive to sit up for. We additionally created the ” Asyl ” group in Buffalo to have them work together with communities of characters from the unique comics.
Furthermore, the attraction of The Walking Dead lies in its deep story, so we made positive to retain what makes it particular by placing further care and element into the sport’s paintings. Overall, I consider we managed to supply one thing that does the unique collection justice. The Walking Dead is cherished by followers all around the world, which is one purpose why we went by means of such nice lengths to work on the sport, however we additionally wished to create one thing enjoyable as followers of the collection ourselves. We hope that followers of The Walking Dead, in addition to those that want to set foot into The Walking Dead universe, play and benefit from the recreation.
What plans do you’ve got for the sport after the worldwide launch?
Since The Walking Dead: All-Stars is a set RPG, we’ll proceed to introduce much more attention-grabbing characters over time. In addition to new content material, we’re planning on holding varied in-game occasions. We’re additionally seeking to frequently add options that assist gamers strengthen their characters in the long term, in addition to Community (Guild) content material that permits gamers to work collectively and compete with one another.
