I have not played the game, so I don't have that base for comparison... possibly it's bigger fun to watch the series that way. As a standalone series this is weak... The story is well known... we have seen it like 1000s of times: apocalyptic world, one survivor has the cure who could save all, but there are lots of obstacles.

Actually this recipe could work fine if the atmosphere would be good. But it's not there. The infected look funny and when they appear on screen. All the "bad people " trying to stop our heroes are mediocre, not violent at all, basically just waiting to be killed by the good guys. There are no surprises, dark secrets... the story is linear. The show is overall too colorful, doesn't bring the vibe expected from an apocalyptic series... and even there's the full episode which is about 2 teenagers going around in a mall, having fun at night... Wasting of time.

This is 5 stars at best. I really don't get the hype. If you want to see good apocalyptic series you should look elsewhere.