The failing of Telltale's adventure games is that once you look behind the magicians curtain the illusion is broken, but god they are a fun ride while the curtain is still there.
The Walking Dead was Telltale's breakout game. Based on a zombie comic book series (which was then turned into a fairly high budget TV series.) I have no experience with either, doubt I ever will. This has, however not stopped my enjoyment of the Telltale game series in which anyone can play with no previous knowledge as it's a separate adventure all on it's own.
The Walking Dead is a story based adventure game about a group of survivors during a zombie apocalypse. You play Lee, a man on his way to jail in a police car when the outbreak hits. Escaping a car crash, Lee teams up with a resourceful young girl named Clementine hiding in a treehouse from her zombie baby sitter. From there the two characters try to find out what's happening. It's a surprisingly emotional ride.
The game plays out in five episodes. It's a story adventure game though the gameplay is pretty basic, looking at items, making dialogue decisions to progress the story. To be honest the gameplay for lack of a better term is either clunky or quick time events and choices. Some of these choices are not easy, occasionally resulting in surprising results, several times circumstances shocked me.
This is largely because the cast of characters are so well performed both by talented voice actors as well as the animators bringing them to life. The graphics use a cell shaded look almost like a comic book but allow for a surprising amount of facial depth. There are occasional issues though with slight lag between scenes and occasional glitches but nothing that hampers the overall experience.
More often than not I have no interest in games like this but TellTale managed to craft interesting characters and stories. It however, massively looses it's impact on multiple playthroughs when you realize the choices weren't choices at all.
+ Surprisingly emotional.
+ Some tough and often gritty decisions to make.
+ Superb characters.
+ Great voice acting and art design.
+ Clementine.
- Gameplay is limited and clunky.
- Decisions don't really effect the outcome in the end.
The Walking Dead was Telltale's breakout game. Based on a zombie comic book series (which was then turned into a fairly high budget TV series.) I have no experience with either, doubt I ever will. This has, however not stopped my enjoyment of the Telltale game series in which anyone can play with no previous knowledge as it's a separate adventure all on it's own.
The Walking Dead is a story based adventure game about a group of survivors during a zombie apocalypse. You play Lee, a man on his way to jail in a police car when the outbreak hits. Escaping a car crash, Lee teams up with a resourceful young girl named Clementine hiding in a treehouse from her zombie baby sitter. From there the two characters try to find out what's happening. It's a surprisingly emotional ride.
The game plays out in five episodes. It's a story adventure game though the gameplay is pretty basic, looking at items, making dialogue decisions to progress the story. To be honest the gameplay for lack of a better term is either clunky or quick time events and choices. Some of these choices are not easy, occasionally resulting in surprising results, several times circumstances shocked me.
This is largely because the cast of characters are so well performed both by talented voice actors as well as the animators bringing them to life. The graphics use a cell shaded look almost like a comic book but allow for a surprising amount of facial depth. There are occasional issues though with slight lag between scenes and occasional glitches but nothing that hampers the overall experience.
More often than not I have no interest in games like this but TellTale managed to craft interesting characters and stories. It however, massively looses it's impact on multiple playthroughs when you realize the choices weren't choices at all.
+ Surprisingly emotional.
+ Some tough and often gritty decisions to make.
+ Superb characters.
+ Great voice acting and art design.
+ Clementine.
- Gameplay is limited and clunky.
- Decisions don't really effect the outcome in the end.
3 Comments
... I should really right a Review about Tales of the Borderlands... I will do that right now :D
I agree with you actually. I loved that one. this was the first Telltale game I played though so it had a pretty big impact on me.
TheGamingN00b
2 years ago