The Walking Dead Video Game will NOT follow the Comic series

Zombie lovers will already know about Robert Kirkman’s popular comic book series The Walking Dead. It recently has hit the mainstream last year when AMC launched a TV series based on the comic’s story. The two narrative were different although following key parts of the original graphic novel. Telltale Games’ take on The Walking Dead will not include the comics narrative.

The first story details were leaked by Telltale game designer Jake Rodkin  in an interview with Joystiq at San Diego Comic-Con last week.  He confirmed that we will see familiar faces including Rick Grimes, though not as much as we would like. The story unfolds differently and focuses on Lee and Clementine.

Lee is a convict who, when the game opens, is in the process of being transferred.  The vehicle that Lee is in crashes and he discovers that the dead are walking the earth.

Lee will come across an empty house, scouring through the different environments leading up to finding Clementine.

Rodkin also revealed a few other game elements. Lee’s past, what he did to end up in prison, will be a mystery at the start of the game and a story that unfolds over time. Your decisions will also carry over from episode to episode, everything from major events like traveling companions dying to minor ones, such as what other characters think of you based on how you speak to them.