Beautiful story and characters
Gameplay: Telltales The walking Dead is a 3rd person, episodic, choice based, choose your own adventure game with multiple dialogue options and different endings. Since its release I still see videos, memes and discussion on these games and more specifically this one. Gameplay wise, it was a fun game but by today’s standards would be considered clunky and even back then there was something annoying about the movement, camera angles and interaction controls. All of which vastly improves with every telltale game but for what it is, it’s still an enjoyable game to play, especially if you don’t know the twists and have never played it before. This game works very simply where you explore environments, check things, look for items and talk to other characters just like most telltale games. The only big problems I found with both the remaster and original version of this game are some level glitches. There were parts where dialogue was out of synch, repeated or just disappeared but it isn’t every time I play nor is it a constant problem. One constant glitch I came across was when I was exploring a school in a later chapter and when I would enter one side of the area explore and progress the story it would actually repeat the area like a time loop and it did this to me a few times and on the remaster this same exact area froze on me and wouldn’t let me progress so I had to restart the whole episode which was super annoying. I love telltale games, but it seems like all of their games have one major glitched part or area that is never 100% okay.
Graphics, Music and Voice acting: Graphically this game is pretty decent. It uses the usual cell shading most telltale games use that’s also seen in the borderland’s series. It’s a fun art style that actually works well because this game is based off a comic book, so it feels like we are in the comic. The music in this game is decent but nothing crazy memorable came out of it. I do remember all the themes fit the instances and setting they were apart of pretty well. The voice acting and characters is what really carries this game. The all-round cast of each episode did a fantastic job, especially the main cast, Lee, Clementine and Kenny to name a few. Lee and Clementine give outstanding performances that truly will move you and give a deep feeling of emotion.
Story/ no Spoilers: I’m not going to say a whole lot about the story other than a spoiler free summary because it’s a fantastic coming of age and deep plot set in the walking dead universe and follows the comic book story closer than the show. Though if you watched the live action show you’ll probably appreciate the game but also would be confused to why the few TV characters that are present look the way they do and act the way they do. Don’t get me wrong the story in this game is original and as far as I know the first few episodes are the only episodes in this entire game series that have tv or comic character cameos the rest of it is original, so you don’t have to watch or read anything for this game. Basically, the story follows Lee who was on his way to jail when the outbreak hits and finds himself taking care of a lone girl named Clementine. The 2 meet a bunch of survivors and take a journey across the state of Georgia to find her parents and get a boat and that’s all ill say about it other than the fact that this is one of the few games that has made me cry at the end. Even if the gameplay is outdated it’s an amazing story with amazing performances all around and that alone is enough for me to recommend it. I will say it does start a bit slow but picks up as you play, and my only other complaint is that even though there are a bunch of choices and different endings they are also kinda all the same too and just slightly different. These games aren’t as in depth as something Quantic dreams would pull but its still a great story to play though a couple of times regardless.
8.5/10
Gameplay: Telltales The walking Dead is a 3rd person, episodic, choice based, choose your own adventure game with multiple dialogue options and different endings. Since its release I still see videos, memes and discussion on these games and more specifically this one. Gameplay wise, it was a fun game but by today’s standards would be considered clunky and even back then there was something annoying about the movement, camera angles and interaction controls. All of which vastly improves with every telltale game but for what it is, it’s still an enjoyable game to play, especially if you don’t know the twists and have never played it before. This game works very simply where you explore environments, check things, look for items and talk to other characters just like most telltale games. The only big problems I found with both the remaster and original version of this game are some level glitches. There were parts where dialogue was out of synch, repeated or just disappeared but it isn’t every time I play nor is it a constant problem. One constant glitch I came across was when I was exploring a school in a later chapter and when I would enter one side of the area explore and progress the story it would actually repeat the area like a time loop and it did this to me a few times and on the remaster this same exact area froze on me and wouldn’t let me progress so I had to restart the whole episode which was super annoying. I love telltale games, but it seems like all of their games have one major glitched part or area that is never 100% okay.
Graphics, Music and Voice acting: Graphically this game is pretty decent. It uses the usual cell shading most telltale games use that’s also seen in the borderland’s series. It’s a fun art style that actually works well because this game is based off a comic book, so it feels like we are in the comic. The music in this game is decent but nothing crazy memorable came out of it. I do remember all the themes fit the instances and setting they were apart of pretty well. The voice acting and characters is what really carries this game. The all-round cast of each episode did a fantastic job, especially the main cast, Lee, Clementine and Kenny to name a few. Lee and Clementine give outstanding performances that truly will move you and give a deep feeling of emotion.
Story/ no Spoilers: I’m not going to say a whole lot about the story other than a spoiler free summary because it’s a fantastic coming of age and deep plot set in the walking dead universe and follows the comic book story closer than the show. Though if you watched the live action show you’ll probably appreciate the game but also would be confused to why the few TV characters that are present look the way they do and act the way they do. Don’t get me wrong the story in this game is original and as far as I know the first few episodes are the only episodes in this entire game series that have tv or comic character cameos the rest of it is original, so you don’t have to watch or read anything for this game. Basically, the story follows Lee who was on his way to jail when the outbreak hits and finds himself taking care of a lone girl named Clementine. The 2 meet a bunch of survivors and take a journey across the state of Georgia to find her parents and get a boat and that’s all ill say about it other than the fact that this is one of the few games that has made me cry at the end. Even if the gameplay is outdated it’s an amazing story with amazing performances all around and that alone is enough for me to recommend it. I will say it does start a bit slow but picks up as you play, and my only other complaint is that even though there are a bunch of choices and different endings they are also kinda all the same too and just slightly different. These games aren’t as in depth as something Quantic dreams would pull but its still a great story to play though a couple of times regardless.
8.5/10