I had no idea this was sourced from a video game prior to watching, nor what the plot was actually about. All I knew was the mind-blowingly unbelievable reviews and decided to watch for myself.

The first 30 minutes of Episode 1 opened great. It was riveting and suspenseful, a well done end of the world apocalypse with lots of drama and chills of 'what would I do' thoughts pacing through my own head...and then it reared itself as another beat-to-death zombie story that caps off in the quarantine zone, ultimately setting the plot for the whole season: a run across the country.

Episode 2 starts with explaining the scientifically impossible fungus anomaly that is the basis of the whole show's zombie outbreak, but ends up devoting the bulk of it's hour runtime to our protagonists just trying to navigate through a museum.

While we'll have to wait and see what the rest of the season brings us, I would say these reviews are likely being inflated by hardcore fans of the video game.