You’ve faithfully watched each episode of AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” You’ve shared countless what-if scenarios with your friends. Yes, you’ve even stocked up on canned goods and water just in case, but you’re still left with the inescapable uncertainty: could you actually survive the zombie apocalypse? Now honestly, this game isn’t going to answer that question any more than “Super Mario Bros.” told you how well you’d fare in a real life goomba invasion, but it’s not bad as far as “shoot ‘em up” games go. Keeping with the Nintendo analogy, it’s a lot like “Duck Hunt” … but with zombies.

Since the storyline is light, the graphics are just OK, and the action is limited to simply shooting zombies as they come at you faster and faster, you’re going to probably only want to play this one in short bursts (30 minutes or less). That’s not enough time to find Glenn, like the box invites you to work toward, but it is enough time to get a sense of what the game is like and to grow bored with it. Here’s the good news: you don’t need any particular game system – any TV is all you need to play. Perhaps the reason they did this is that it makes it easy to throw it back in the box, stop off for a six-pack, and take it to any friend’s house who hasn’t yet had the pleasure of killing the undead.

Other good points include listening to the music from “The Walking Dead” while you’re shooting and feeling like a badass as you pump your shotgun between killing “walkers.” It’s too bad that the sight at the end of the gun is just for decoration and not for aiming, however. Realism is important for maximum badass-ness, is it not?

All in all, while the game delivers what it promises, you’re left wishing they’d done a little, or even a lot, more with it to bring it up to the level of quality you’d expect from the creators of such a great TV show. Unless you just love shooting games that are only that, don’t buy it. But if a friend shows up at your door with this game and a six-pack, there are worse ways to spend a half-hour.