The Walking Dead is one of the most popular television shows in the world. It’s made zombies – sorry ‘walkers’ cool again and people just can’t get enough of the undead. The show is currently on hiatus, returning in October, and we think we might have just found the perfect thing to tide UK fans over, Walking Dead Apocalypse.
Walking Dead Apocalypse is an event running for the next few weekends in various parts of the country and offers fans of the comics and show a unique chance to become part of the walker apocalypse. Hosted by American company Apocalypse Global Entertainment, the new attraction pits you and some of your best zombie killing friends against hoards of the reanimated. Armed with an authentic replica M4 (which has the same weight and around 30% of the recoil of an actual M4) you and your team must make your way through labyrinth-like cityscape in your hunt for Negan.
THN were lucky enough to attend the opening night of the event at the Redhill site in Surrey and we highly recommend that if you’re a fan of the show, comic, or undead, that you try and get down. Your mission starts with a quick spot of weapons training, including a brief bit of target practice, before you are plunged into a rather realistic post-apocalyptic town. Be warned that the guns they are heavier than they look, and remember to conserve your ammo.
You’ll need a mixture of guts, tactics and teamwork to make it through as around every corner there lurks a potential threat. Seriously, once you enter the maze there are zombies everywhere and you can’t outrun them. In order to complete your mission you have to clear every room, up and downstairs. Each enemy is fitted with a sensor on their head, this is your target (well they are zombies), and to simulate a real situation further, some need more than one shot.
Scattered around the site are various survivors, some who can be trusted, others not so much. Interacting with these folks adds an extra level of immersion to what could just simply be a run, shoot, survive scenario. Without wanting to give too much away some of the people you encounter will offer some tough choices that you and your team much make in order to survive. Fans of the comic and TV series will find plenty to enjoy as some familiar faces pop up along your journey.
The walkers themselves are all very much in character, so don’t think about appealing to their better nature – they don’t have one. The make-up work is intricate and in some cases stomach-churning. Of course some folks might miss out on some of the details, too busy running for their lives, but we highly recommend you getting a good look at them (if you dare).
Your mission can last as long as you want (within reason) though be warned if you go too quickly you might catch up with another group of surviours and they’ll steal the zombie kills meant for your outfit. You also might miss out on something important.
There are two tiers to the experience and I highly recommend paying the extra to unlock the ‘Black Ops’ portion. Here you have a set amount of time to annihilate all the walkers whilst at the same time hunting for a very important Walking Dead character.
A great way to spend a summer’s eve with your closest friends Walking Dead Apocalypse enables you to live out all your zombie apocalypse fantasies, just without the lack of food or ability to wash. It’ll be an eye-opening experience for some as you might just see those close to you in a very different light. Post event you might even think of dropping some from you ‘friends to have during a zombie outbreak’ list. Frenetic and fun with just the right amount of danger, Walking Dead Apocalypse is an experience you will remember fondly for the rest of your life.
Watch this video for a further taste of what Walking Dead Apocalypse has to offer.
The Redhill site is open this weekend and next before moving onto a terrifying tunnel setting in Kidderminster (full dates and locations can be found here). The event will also run in Derby before returning Stateside. Get your tickets now.
Lisa
Jul 17, 2016 at 11:25 am
Because instead of the “rather realistic post-apocalyptic town” are a series of rooms with bare plasterboard. It looks more like a building site than a town.
Lisa
Jul 17, 2016 at 11:28 am
Did the reviewer actually go to this event? Because it sounds nothing like the event I had the misfortune of going to. Instead of a “rather realistic post-apocalyptic town”, it was a series of rooms with bare plasterboard and was more like a building site than a town. There were far too few zombies and lots of empty rooms. Plus the whole thing was very brightly lit, not at all like the dark, scary promotional video they used on their website. It was all very amateurish, which would be fine if they charged prices to reflect that. But with booking fees I paid £120 for two tickets. An absolute rip off.
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