The Walking Dead (video game) - Telltales

[MinionZombie]

If only they'd created a world the size of Skyrim (obviously modern day America rather than a mountainous fantasy world) and based the game in there with the same kind of character interaction that the game presents you with. Walkers roaming the countryside and herds of them trying to get into the strongholds. A man can dream... As some of us has talked about from time-to-time, kind of like Fallout 3 but with zombies, and where zombies aren't necessarily the primary threat. I could go on about the ideas we discussed elsewhere again, but well... As for TWD The Game Episode 1 - I really enjoyed it. I connected with the main characters and actually cared. It's nicely put together, despite the odd glitch or rough edge. I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy it initially (had zero interest in Jurassic Park, and not much in BTTF - the latter I was hoping for something akin to the Ghostbuters Videogame from 2009), but I really dug it. Kind of like a cross between an interactive comic book/point & click adventure. Gonna re-do the episode being a dick (it's usually a case of good/indifferent/bad dialogue choices) - however naturally they need events to proceed to the same locations, otherwise you'd be requiring a lot more work to make entirely disparate options (which would suit an open world game, see above, but not this kind of game), so it's understandable ... however, I'm hoping that such choices will make more and more of a difference in future episodes (which they seem to suggest, when every now and then you get an info blip saying something like "Clementine will remember you looked after her" or "Carley will remember you trusted her" etc). Nice to see the odd little tie-in with the wider TWD universe - e.g. our favourite pizza delivery boy. I did get lost at one point simply because I didn't notice a pillow on the ground right in front of me, but that was more my problem than the game's really. Also, totally dug the music in the back room of the store - a nice emotional anchor. So yeah - I dug it. Looking forward to the coming episodes.

[Danny]

for everyone doing 'be a dick plauthroughs', i didnt see a choice of save slots at all so you may only have one playthrough that auto loads your choices in episode 2. be careful with that. I just beat the first episode myself, took 2 and a half hours and got it for £20 on steam for mac so ill get the others auto downloaded and im glad it wasnt wasted. it was tense, a little bit emotional at times which i find rare in a game and the plot was fast paced enough to keep me wanting more and not the same typical zombie hack and slash affair. like the comics the big thing about the walking dead is the people, the zombies are just the natural disaster that causes danger and forces them together. I dug Lee, seemed a bit plain but no more than rick is, a few characters i liked, the old dude at the end i fucking HATED but thats what they wanted so great success on that part. plus clementine was that rare none whiny irritation of an escort character. on the whole it was easy but not too easy. you could still fail- though i only did in the first QTE, but you dont get stuck trying mental item combos and groaning as you sit through another repeat animation so it wasnt too bad for a lite adventure game. the graphics i dug, i love cel shading and dont think its ever used nearly enough and it seemed to bridge the comics to 3d whilst having something reminiscent of turn of the century pc games i couldn't put my finger on, but in a good way. the zombies i should mention stood out, there was only two instances of repeated models, a LOT of unique zombies even if they were in a single shot. i dug that attention to detail a lot. It leaves you wanting more whilst not feeling ripped off. its somewhere between a traditional adventure game, an interactive comic book and one of those rare super detailed flash games on newgrounds. that doesnt mean its cheap bare in mind, just how it plays and feels. On the whole if you dug the comics you will certainly dig this and be left wanting more. Id you want gore and shooting go back to your call of duty zombie mode this aint for you. this is the thinking mans zombie game. its slow paced in terms of second by second pacing. you are supposed to be thoughtful and always sure of your direction at all times. theres nothing loud, frenetic or in your face about this game. again a lot like the comic and its another reason why i dig it- but i know it wont be for everyone. NOW, SPOILERS FOR ENDING STATS!   i was one of 43% that told the truth on hershels farm. i saved kennys son, i told carly the truth and gave the girl at the inn the gun. i forget most of the other choices but i was amused that i was one of the 16% that saved doug over carly. no doubt a woman in a mini skirt appeals more than a neckbeard. but i weighed the options and i doubt she was a better shot than the woman with military training and probably not the only 'crack shot' i will meet. but allready dougs technical knowhow came in handy enough to save the day and he saved her to begin with proving hes more of a hero whereas she wanted to fuck off and leave the girl at the hotel to die at the start of that section. so clearly he should be more useful. at least that was my thinking at the time. i assume a lot of dudes thought carly would be a romance interest but i think i just lost one of two people who know i should be in jail and was two dumb to put batteries in a radio

[krisvds]

for everyone doing 'be a dick plauthroughs', i didnt see a choice of save slots at all so you may only have one playthrough that auto loads your choices in episode 2. be careful with that. The game gives you three save slots on PS3.   ... and you have a point about the batteries thing .... I was 'one of the dudes' though in my first playthrough, mainly because she seems t(h)rustworthy not giving your background away. I was surprised that , at the time a slight minority chose to give motel girl the gun.

[MinionZombie]

Yeah I've seen three save slots on the PC edition too - clearly so people can play it three times, each doing 'all ones', 'all twos' and 'all threes', if you will. Seems the choices here might not have a huge impact - yet - but I'd imagine they'll come into play much more in later chapters.

[Neil]

Just need to hope the other episodes are good I guess!?

[syclonix]

..it's on sale on amazon for $22.49 in case anyone missed the steam introductory price.

[SymphonicX]

I know I said I wouldn't bother but I got it for free the other day - so of course I gave it a spin... it's not bad eh? Great story telling (best in a game since The Witcher 2?) - but as expected the actual things you can do as a player is severely limited. The "danger" is also very limited and there aren't really that many opportunities to mess it up. I think I died about 2 times during the whole thing. Puzzle wise it's also not very challenging - find the item, use the item in it's most logical place, thats about it really. Everything's easy to find, and all the objectives are too easy to reach. In terms of it's atmosphere though, it's top-notch. 10/10 for that - but everything else is so limited, and so limiting as a result, that it's not so much a game as a point and click adventure or one of those RP books "if you take the left fork in the road, turn to page 57" etc etc. The "choices" were fun, but again limited. I didn't feel the need to play through again and do it the alternate way - I guess there are four variations possible of this particular episode - I'm sticking with my choices as they were made in the heat of the moment and that's the strength of the game. As I say though, storytelling and acting is particularly strong, but the rest is just fodder to progress that in itself. The game feels tacked on, as though you're watching a fully fledged animation that's interrupted by user interface. Still a good idea and I'll probably buy the other eps just to see how it pans out for the characters in my story...

[Neil]

^^ Got to worry what the next 'chapters' will be like quality wise!? Due another one soon aren't we?

[rongravy]

Yeah, I haven't played the first episode, but my kid has. I watched it on youtube though, and it's way cool except I have to hear theradbrad's commentary over it. I'd like to see someone cut it all together into an enjoyable pre-TWD cartoon because what I saw was pretty dang sweeet. Also nice and bloody... I do admit replayability doesn't look very good, but then again I still play Mike Tyson's Punch Out and there's not much to that either. When is the new episode out? I heard the guy, radbrad or whatever, say it was at the end of this month. And that's pretty darn soon, and near over. I did like what I saw. Too bad you have to wait a month between episodes.

[SymphonicX]

rumour mill has it around june for the next ep...

[Neil]

rumour mill has it around june for the next ep... Thought the deal was one a month!?

[Rancid Carcass]

Thought the deal was one a month!? Yeah, but they didn't say which ones!

[SymphonicX]

Yeah, but they didn't say which ones! yep and we've already skipped May so June has to see ep2.... Unless of course they're being total fucktards and haven't finished the next eps in time thusly are subject to all sorts of delays....wouldn't surprise me! Still looking forward to ep2 though, I have bought into the story element, it takes my hands off my controller and gives me food for thought whcih is nice. Picked up Skyrim again the other day, after a three month hiatus due to work - that's fulfilling my action requirements right now

[kidgloves]

Episode 2 is out tomorrow for the 360. Whoopee edit Looks like Friday not tomorrow for the PS3 and PC

[Danny]

Awesome, i've actually been surprised how many of my freinds and not just me have been moaning about the delay on this one.