Telltale's Michonne DLC for the most part is a generic fare with its villains having very little nuance to them making them straight up evil and many side characters have very little development even when they're present during all three episodes (depending on your playthrough).
However, I feel as of Telltale's main goal was to introduce and develop Michonne into TWD universe and with that I think the game/add-on succeeds as it shows off Michonne doing what Michonne does best: being an absolute badass accompanied with some pretty great action sequences even if the QTEs can sometimes slow them down.
The add-on is also unafraid to get dark, violent, gruesome and gritty much more than the original game if I remember correctly. For me I see it as an embodiment of the survivors guilt Michonne has and how she is stuck in a perpetual cycle of violence, loss and tragedy whilst never getting killed herself. It shows how unrelenting the new world is particularly to Michonne.
Overall, Telltale's Michonne is a decent fare that for me was much better at getting me interested than 400 Days and it's short runtime for each episode means that the DLC never overstays its welcome. Plus it finally means I've gotten platinum for TWD: The Telltale Definitive Series.
However, I feel as of Telltale's main goal was to introduce and develop Michonne into TWD universe and with that I think the game/add-on succeeds as it shows off Michonne doing what Michonne does best: being an absolute badass accompanied with some pretty great action sequences even if the QTEs can sometimes slow them down.
The add-on is also unafraid to get dark, violent, gruesome and gritty much more than the original game if I remember correctly. For me I see it as an embodiment of the survivors guilt Michonne has and how she is stuck in a perpetual cycle of violence, loss and tragedy whilst never getting killed herself. It shows how unrelenting the new world is particularly to Michonne.
Overall, Telltale's Michonne is a decent fare that for me was much better at getting me interested than 400 Days and it's short runtime for each episode means that the DLC never overstays its welcome. Plus it finally means I've gotten platinum for TWD: The Telltale Definitive Series.
Michonne is one of the most exciting characters in the comic book and television show of The Walking Dead, so seeing what Telltale had in store for her in a shorter mini-series of playable episodes seemed enticing. At first, I was pretty invested in the high-stakes scenario they throw her in. However, it quickly becomes more forgettable as it goes and too reliant on drawn-out flashbacks in the third episode. This really should've been better and it was around this time that Telltale games were starting to feel way too repetitive.
Mais do mesmo. Além das mecânicas não evoluírem comparadas aos jogos antigos, por ser uma DLC, esse game é relativamente curto, com pouca exploração dos novos personagens. O ponto alto da narrativa é os problemas da protagonista Michonne com ela mesma, sendo assombrada por uma "culpa". Apesar de ter uma boa trilha sonora, o jogo não oferece uma história tão completa e bem elaborada quanto os games anteriores da série.
The Walking Dead: Michonne é uma boa DLC. ( Talvez melhor do que 400 days, diga-se de passagem. )
Os gráficos do jogo mudaram um pouco se comparados a Season Two de The Walking Dead, mas continuam bons, na minha opinião.
A gameplay não tem tantas diferenças, só pequenas alterações, se comparado aos títulos anteriores da série.
Mas isso tornou o combate um pouco mais " dinâmico ", eu diria. Isso fez o jogo ter bem mais ação do que os outros títulos da série.
A trilha sonora é boa, principalmente a que toca na abertura. Sério, achei essa música muito boa.
A trilha sonora também combina com cada situação em que toca.
A história é boa, não é algo tão elaborado ou " grandioso " quanto os jogos anteriores.
Os diálogos continuam bons, e as escolhas que você precisa tomar também.
Uma coisa que eu gostei bastante foi o conflito interno da protagonista. Ela é assombrada por uma culpa, e isso é bem executado no jogo.
Os personagens também não são ruins, não tem nada de tão grandioso neles, mas eles são até que bons. Principalmente a protagonista, a Michonne. Para mim ela é um dos melhores personagens dessa DLC.
O final não chega ao nível do final da Season Two, e muito menos do final da Season One. Mas não é ruim, é satisfatório, é decente, e é melhor que o final da DLC 400 Days, eu diria.
Enfim, no geral, The Walking Dead: Michonne é um boa DLC. Ela pode não ser tão boa quanto a Season One ou a Season Two de The Walking Dead, mas não é por isso que ela é ruim.
É uma DLC curta, mas com vários momentos de ação, personagens que são até que bons, trilha sonora boa, etc...
Se você gostou dos jogos anteriores da série, vale a pena experimentar essa DLC, por mais que não agregue à história dos jogos anteriores, ainda é boa e vale a pena para quem curte os jogos de The Walking Dead da TellTale.
Os gráficos do jogo mudaram um pouco se comparados a Season Two de The Walking Dead, mas continuam bons, na minha opinião.
A gameplay não tem tantas diferenças, só pequenas alterações, se comparado aos títulos anteriores da série.
Mas isso tornou o combate um pouco mais " dinâmico ", eu diria. Isso fez o jogo ter bem mais ação do que os outros títulos da série.
A trilha sonora é boa, principalmente a que toca na abertura. Sério, achei essa música muito boa.
A trilha sonora também combina com cada situação em que toca.
A história é boa, não é algo tão elaborado ou " grandioso " quanto os jogos anteriores.
Os diálogos continuam bons, e as escolhas que você precisa tomar também.
Uma coisa que eu gostei bastante foi o conflito interno da protagonista. Ela é assombrada por uma culpa, e isso é bem executado no jogo.
Os personagens também não são ruins, não tem nada de tão grandioso neles, mas eles são até que bons. Principalmente a protagonista, a Michonne. Para mim ela é um dos melhores personagens dessa DLC.
O final não chega ao nível do final da Season Two, e muito menos do final da Season One. Mas não é ruim, é satisfatório, é decente, e é melhor que o final da DLC 400 Days, eu diria.
Enfim, no geral, The Walking Dead: Michonne é um boa DLC. Ela pode não ser tão boa quanto a Season One ou a Season Two de The Walking Dead, mas não é por isso que ela é ruim.
É uma DLC curta, mas com vários momentos de ação, personagens que são até que bons, trilha sonora boa, etc...
Se você gostou dos jogos anteriores da série, vale a pena experimentar essa DLC, por mais que não agregue à história dos jogos anteriores, ainda é boa e vale a pena para quem curte os jogos de The Walking Dead da TellTale.
Gostei da melhoria nos quick time events, simples mas legais. Acho que é aqui que começamos a ver a evolução no visual da franquia. ficando cada vez mais polida e mais HQ style. Esse "spin-off" é bem divertido e tem uma história bem legal e bem desenvolvida. Por um lado é bom a pequena quantidade de conteúdo, mas ao mesmo tempo dá um gostinho de "quero mais". Sendo algo que aparentemente não irá influenciar em nada no futuro da franquia, a nota fica um pouco mais baixa. Ótima qualidade e ótimas melhorias, mas acho que se tivesse só um pouquinho a mais, bem pouquinho a mais de conteúdo, a nota ficaria a par de seus antecessores.
This review contains spoilers
Michonne is an extremely interesting main character (with literally 0 knowledge about the comics), and the hallucinations are my favorite part of the game. At its core, this is a game about a mother trying to let go of her children because of the horrible circumstances they were put in (apocalypse). I still do not understand Michonne's character fully, though, because I haven't read the comics (nor watched the show). I still think this game is pretty neat, and the slow-motion action scenes are pretty awesome (shooting Norma was so satisfying).
This game does its job as being an enjoyable, 3-episode "DLC", even as just a cash grab.
This game does its job as being an enjoyable, 3-episode "DLC", even as just a cash grab.
The Walking Dead: Michonne, a three episode gaming experience, is the most recent The Walking Dead edition from Telltale Games. It follows a similar structure as the previous titles, yet falls short of emulating their success primarily due being limited in time, depth, and character development.
Pros
Story: The story, although rather short, is compelling and interesting.
Music: As with the previous TWD TellTale games, the music creates an engrossing feeling of despair that is so integral to the series. And it seems, with this iteration, Telltale corrected the awkward audio level mixing (music, voices, SFX) that was often not properly leveled before.
Intro: The intro is reminiscent of a high-quality TV show, and generates a truly episodic feel.
Michonne: A deeper, closer look at one of the most interesting characters from both the comic and the show.
Cons
Short: The game, in total, across all three episodes, is incredibly short. To be fair, Telltale Games warns us of this ahead of time, to properly set expectations. Warning or not, the limited experience restricts the story from properly breathing, meaning that characters and storylines don't receive the detail, and thus, emotional connection, they deserve.
Limited Choices: The game is lacking any real sense of impactful choice, unlike the versions before it.
Animation issues: Some animations are rough around the edges and could benefit from some polish time.
No skipping: The inability to skip the teaser for “scenes from next time”, the “previously seen” edit/montage, and the end credits that follow each episode is a big let down. Consider that many players will experience all three episodes back-to-back, as I did, resulting in the edit for “next time” unnecessarily appearing when you are about to play the next episode. Whereas, compound that with that fact that “previously” is redundant, considering you literally just completed the last episode.
Summary
All in all, Michonne doesn't have the same gritty and dark feeling of previous iterations, which is mainly lacking due to the short experience that doesn't allow for true depth. The game really feels like it is about to take off right as it is ending.
Pros
Story: The story, although rather short, is compelling and interesting.
Music: As with the previous TWD TellTale games, the music creates an engrossing feeling of despair that is so integral to the series. And it seems, with this iteration, Telltale corrected the awkward audio level mixing (music, voices, SFX) that was often not properly leveled before.
Intro: The intro is reminiscent of a high-quality TV show, and generates a truly episodic feel.
Michonne: A deeper, closer look at one of the most interesting characters from both the comic and the show.
Cons
Short: The game, in total, across all three episodes, is incredibly short. To be fair, Telltale Games warns us of this ahead of time, to properly set expectations. Warning or not, the limited experience restricts the story from properly breathing, meaning that characters and storylines don't receive the detail, and thus, emotional connection, they deserve.
Limited Choices: The game is lacking any real sense of impactful choice, unlike the versions before it.
Animation issues: Some animations are rough around the edges and could benefit from some polish time.
No skipping: The inability to skip the teaser for “scenes from next time”, the “previously seen” edit/montage, and the end credits that follow each episode is a big let down. Consider that many players will experience all three episodes back-to-back, as I did, resulting in the edit for “next time” unnecessarily appearing when you are about to play the next episode. Whereas, compound that with that fact that “previously” is redundant, considering you literally just completed the last episode.
Summary
All in all, Michonne doesn't have the same gritty and dark feeling of previous iterations, which is mainly lacking due to the short experience that doesn't allow for true depth. The game really feels like it is about to take off right as it is ending.
This review contains spoilers
This is the worst walking dead game I've ever played. The Story is nothing special, you explore Michonne when she finds Randal and Norma's group, well saving 2 people from them, there are also moments when Michonne cuts back to her dead family when they were alive, and they are touching, but they don't really amount to anything but to show us how Michonne feels about losing her family, which the Comics already did, and there's one garbage moment when Michonne could have murdered Randal and Norma of the ship, and would have made it easier not have the rest of the conflict in this story happen, but don't and then the game got worse. The Characters are mostly bad, Michonne's crew are fine, and Randy and Norma are good threats, but Sam, Greg and the family are nearly all hateable. Sam and Greg send out a signal for help, but when you see them, they hold you at gunpoint thinking you're going to do bad things to them, are unreasonable, until she needs help escaping, but mentions that she still doesn't trust YOU, Paige a friend of the family see's you carry Sam in your arms, and she aims a warning shot at you and she and the father are mean to you when your clearly helping them, NOT THAT THEY DESERVE IT, and 1 kid also lashes out at you for helping him, bratty move there, there's also these horrid guards for Randal, 1 who's peaceful, but when he held a gun he nervous shot a character to death, another guard who wants you dead if you kill the first guard, despite the fact that they had every right to do so, and a stupid girl who defied her leader by killing 1 of their hostages against Norma's will and expected to not be suffer consequences for it, overall these characters suck. The Graphics are near enough the same as the other games before it. The gameplay's the same too. but with 3 episodes. Voice acting is as good as the last game to though, sounds too. The Music is not as good as the especially the theme, I don't like it, it's too blunter than previous entries and doesn't fit the tone of this world. Choices in this game are good though, even if some behaviors make it impossible for people to sanely pick certain ones. Walking dead Michonne is pointless and terrible, and I wish it stayed at pointless, but it didn't, so now i wish it stayed non-existent.
I was gonna skip this because I never watched the show or read the comics, and I don't really care to. But ngl it was pretty damn lit, great use of an evening. Just feels a tad inconclusive for those that don't care about the comics like me and the loading times seemed to fuck up during the final episode for some reason. Loved the flashbacks/hallucinations stuff and the action sequences in this because they made it really stand out from Telltale S1 and S2, it's a bit more cathartic I guess.
Dunno why there's so much seethe in the reviews here but I had a great time during the game's short run time and I only paid like a dollar for it anyway
Dunno why there's so much seethe in the reviews here but I had a great time during the game's short run time and I only paid like a dollar for it anyway
At least its better than a new frontier. But I didn't think this needed to be a game... cus u see Michonne come back and you can just imagine the cool pirate adventures she went on. Your imagination is cooler than any half assed dlc telltale could make in their rock bottom era. Having this game is kind of a double edged sword (lol). Cus yeah Michonne is cool but no matter what she has to be back in Alexandria on that boat to continue the story so you can't really do much. She wasn't even allowed to have her katana cus Ezekiel was holding onto it in one panel. But on the bright side I like some of the characters, the action sequences r pretty well done and the theme song and animation they got is so cool, just like the final season one. If they remaster the first two seasons all I'd want is for them to get a theme song like this and tfs.