400 Days is the latest addition to Telltale Games' The Walking Dead series, where you play the role of 5 different survivors. You select the character order to act out, and the choices you make in the individual stories impact portions of how the other stories act out (at least to a degree). Ultimately the characters all come together, and are offered a proposition by an outsider.

As with the previous 5 episodes the experience is a mixture of rich story telling and engaging decision making. There were definitely a few gritty moments where I was shocked (in a good way) and would cringe at what had just occurred (but again, in a good way). Seemingly missing from this specific episode are the simple puzzles that I enjoyed in episodes 1-5, leading to a much more linear, and simplified experience.

I am a huge fan of the 5 episodes that proceeded this installment. In fact, it's the best iPhone game I have ever played, however I am a bit disappointed in this particular release. While the stories are interesting, overall the experience was very short lived. After completing the episode I was left with more questions than answers, which may prove to be a good thing once the second season of this game is released. Also, I felt somewhat cheated to spend 5 dollars on an episode that now gets packaged for free with the bundle that I had previously purchased, a purchase made before this episode was developed.

But more problematic than the length and the price was the disconnect I felt from all of these characters. The reason being that the stories, of which there are 5, are spread too thin. By the time I start to connect with a character or understand a fraction of their background, their story comes to an abrupt end, and we move on to another brand new character. Again, my hope is that Telltale Games continues to expand on these characters, but as it is right now, just getting a taste of the intro to a story, with an inevitable wait until the next release, leaves a bitter taste.

This DLC is a great build up to season 2. There are 5 Stories with 5 different protagonists, showing a big event that happened to them during the apocalypse, each story is fun to do and gets you to know these characters better, and the ending is great any way you played the previous events. The Characters are great, Wyatt can be a bit annoying, but he's good too. The Voice acting is as great as the first game, apart from Lee and Clementine, it will be a miracle to find performances that good. The Graphics are the same as the main game, and they have the same benefits of its quality as well except for less beautiful moments since Lee and Clem aren't in it. The Gameplay is the same as last time, but shorter and with only 1 big choice per chapter except for Shel's which has 2. The Choices are all great, helped by the little room for errors as well, they don't change the characters positions before the ending, but they can affect the ending where, previous and current choices come together to decide which characters will join you or not, except for Bonnie she will join no matter what, hint at she will be important to the next game. The Music and sounds are the same as last time, just with less moments to show off how good they are. 400 Days is a well done DLC worthy of following the first game's path.