Over time (and missions) you unlock the use of cables and steel girders to add some variety, as well as challenge, into the mix. And when that goes wrong, you flip back to the builder and tweak it so it doesn’t collapse like it’s made of wet paper. Then, like me, you press play and hope for the best. You build your basic pathway, reinforce the platforms with planks and build a supporting frame. Specifically, walkways and bridges to get you from point to point safely, lest you either fall or become walker chow.Ĭonstructs start off simple enough, with the game providing you the basic information on rudimentary bridge-craft. Story and formalities done with between missions, the core gameplay is as you’d expect: construction. These “bonus” characters bring certain skills with them akin to their characters, but we’ll get into that later. Eugene aides the gang with his verbose vocabulary and engineering prowess, devising elaborate means of avoiding and dispatching walkers.Īlong the way you meet more recognisable faces from the show, like Daryl Dixon and Michonne. I wouldn’t know, I gave up on season two with all that farm nonsense. Early on, they’re met by Eugene… he’s from the show, apparently. This adventure focuses on Miles and Kyra a gruff handyman and informal leader, respectively.
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Thankfully, the human element of the story doesn’t drone on like its TV counterpart does, keeping it nice and succinct to the plot. The world’s gone to pot and the dead have decided to not stay dead. There’s a little comic book-style recap to get you rolling, but it’s largely assumed that you know the gist. The Walking Dead slant adds the Z aspect, except they’re walkers in this universe.īy the start of the game, the world has already gone to pot. You have to get from A to B by building bridges using the X & Y. If you’re not familiar with the Bridge Constructor series, it’s pretty simple. Can lightning strike twice, or will the novelty wear off soon enough? Grab your rations and hard hat, let’s get constructing. Building rickety bridges, rigging up elaborate un-death traps and distractions during the apocalypse is quite a blast.Ĭontinuing its streak of “what if’s?” after the Portal collaboration, Bridge Constructor has put that spark to use with The Walking Dead franchise. The mix of survival against hordes of walkers and crafting your escape route is actually quite inventive.
Certainly surprised me, given how much we laughed at the concept during the Gamescom presentation.Īnd yet, when you think about it logically, it’s not a bad idea. There are times when random combinations do work, much to the surprise of everyone. As far as concepts go, I don’t think any of us saw this coming.
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One a game about solving puzzles with construction, the other a long-running series about the undead. On paper, Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead seems like the unlikeliest pairing.
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