Thursday, June 6, 2013

The Walking Dead (Telltale game)- Finished/Review

Here's my review of The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series...
I normally have not much time to spare with my 360, even though my little kid is very happy when I play with him or assist him with some of his favourite 1st/3rd person shooters.
TWD just manifested itself in one of those Redbox at our closest Walmart and my attention just got grabbed due to the TV Series which I practically swallowed.
The game neatly evolves, in a creepy zombieland, around Clementine and her patron Lee that I was impersonating all along the game plot. All other supporting characters are sufficiently outlined and gives you plenty of freedom to decide their destiny.
Scenography is thorough and richly sketched. Atmospheres are very accurately rendered. These constant amplified acoustic wildlife and wind background brings you directly into the TV series.
The story is so engaging and human at the same time; you indeed feel like her father and sense her scare and apprehension while the story deploys.
One of the most amazing characteristics of the game is the multi-path of the plot, based on your choices and your decisions.
Nonetheless, the main lead of is kind of already extablished, there is this You-Never-Die "parachute" and the end is almost clear since about you cross the first half of the game.
The interaction with other characters of the story is important and helps you develop your relationships with them and with the main events.
Tools help your missions, just be advised to not overlook anything and carefully inspect your surrounding when in a new environment. Achievements often require more than one interaction with your friends and enemies
Everything will be shaped as per your dialogues with people and choices of who to kill and who to save in many occasions.
There is plenty of gore; tension often is indeed captivating.
The summary of your critical decisions at the end of the game, and comparison with how other players took their decision is a tasty finale.
It took about 10 segmented hours to play all 5 episodes.
Overall rate is 8.8 (If we exclude the too many rumors of technical glitches experienced by way many players in playing apisodes 2 to 5 and the corruption of savegames)

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