Divided by chapters, Telltale Games has created an interactive game series that adapts towards the important choices you make through the tales. The Walking Dead, based off the comics, is a surprise hit from the developers that even got awarded GOTY here and there.
You play as Lee, a convicted felon, but on the way towards what seems to be a prison, your ride ends unexpected. From there on out, you will have to control Lee in order to survive the deadly walkers, recruit with others and make tough decisions as events come and go.
Chapter 1 was just a warm up, as things really got thicker with Chapter 2, as its presentation, decisions and emotions deepened. Graphically, it looked like a mix between cell shaded and a comical touch.
Gameplay wise, you can walk around, make decisions up to 4 choices and there are quick time events, either by the key buttons or the mouse. So the mechanics are simple, however the story more than makes up for that as The Walking Dead is just told with interest.
Diverged also from the adapted TV series, I don’t know how much of it is connected to the comics, but I figure since you are able to make choices by your own, things ought to be different there as well.
The cast is both likable and despicable at times, as gray zones are common to see where everyone’s morale stands. There are also charts shown at the end of each chapter, depicting what other players’s choices were during the important scenes.
Chapter 3 was fine until a bug occurred at the train location, as I met the bum, twice, and the second time, Duck was missing but Katjaa was still holding up thin air with her hands. But I was able to continue after that, as everything returned normal.
More of these spoofs most of the time happened when I re-triggered scenes when some people should not had responded in Chapter 3 and 4, resulting into a series that was NOT tested well for quality assurance.
A floating monkey wrench at the train station, Vernon talking to me after he left with Christa and I re-examined the video recorder…that’s just not well designed man.
The rest of the adventure was playable, but the highlight remained Chapter 2 for me. The Walking Dead from Telltale Games is a horror point and click adventure with an engaging story, difficult choices, dramatic scenarios and a change for morale.
Rating: 7.6
Telltale Games continues to bring out modern point and click adventure games with plenty of quality. The last thing I heard about them, they announced new games for the respective series of Game of Thrones and Borderlands!
But for now, let's look at Season Two. Unfortunately, I somehow deleted my save file from Season 1, so the most important choices were randomized at the start of this playthrough. You control Clementine as the main character this time, a little girl who has gone through a lot already, but will more or less go through the same dangers again, sometimes worse than before.
Difficult multiple choices are once again available alongside quick time events, and the progression of the story is interesting, as well as the high tension drama. This time, the highlights were Chapter 4 and 5 for me, but for most folks that turns out to be Chapter 2 again.
Rating: 7.5
I'm looking forward to the inevitable Season 3 coming up. Maybe I should try out the other recent Telltale games as well such as Back to the Future and The Wolf Among Us, not to mention the upcoming Game of Thrones adaptation especially sounds interesting and challenging for Telltale Games to handle.
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