The Walking Dead Game.

[SuaveSalarian]

What are your thoughts about Telltale's Game "The Walking Dead."
Personally, I love it. I like the combat and storytelling, also the choices are pretty cool, very excited for the new episodes to come out.

 

[Zeema]

I watched the LP, i've never seen the Walking dead but my BF LOVES THEM. so i sent the season pass to him and watched a play through on Youtube

i thought it was pretty Awesome, reminded me of Alpha protocol's conversation style and Back to the future point and click

 

[fireaura08]

I saw a pseudo-LP/commentary of it, and liked what I saw. The cell shaded (?) graphics look nice too.

 

[SuaveSalarian]

I bet he's very happy with you, and that season pass.

 

[Ordinaryundone]

It was a little light on the adventure and puzzle elements, especially for a game ostensibly modeling itself as an adventure game. Also, there was a LOT of dialogue. I love dialogue, don't get me wrong, but the game opens with about 10 minutes of two characters just shooting the breeze before anything really happens. Thats quite a while when your total runtime is about 2 hours. (though its definitely in the spirit of the show *zing*)

That said, overall I really enjoyed it. Once the story really got rolling around chapter 3 the pace didn't let up, and the characters were all pretty enjoyable. The dialogue was handeled well, sort of Alpha Protocol style, and I like that it did seem to make a difference which one you picked. The action scenes worked well too (a rarity in adventure games), and were frantic without really being difficult, which is important for maintaining a "cinematic" experience.

Also, for a Telltale game it's really deliciously violent, which was a rather startling change of pace from Monkey Island/Sam and Max. Even Jurassic Park was tame compared to Walking Dead.

 

[devotedsniper]

I liked it but i just wish it was a bit longer, i know it's done in episodes every month but ep1 left me wanting more.

 

[Zhukov]

I enjoyed it.

I have a big problem with the animation though. The characters movements are abrupt and unnatural looking and they don't gesture at all when talking.

This can severely impede the dialogue and storytelling. For example, there's one scene about half an hour in where two guys are having a heated argument and nearly come to blows. It's clearly supposed to be all tense and dramatic. However, it was impossible for me to take it seriously because they were just standing there with static, neutral poses while their mouths flapped. In real life they'd be shaping up and making aggressive gestures.

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

They did a good job on the Back to the Future game. Honestly, I've been to afraid to watch the Walking Dead as it just each season seems to be one continuously dragged out scene from "that one zombie movie".

 

[ToastiestZombie]

I reckon it's the best telltale game I've played. It's not a normal point and click, but it's not a QTE fest like the Jurrasic Park game. I reckon the story's even better than the tv show, because none of the characters are as dumbfuck stupid as they are in the show. Even the little kid has basic common sense, yet still acts like a little kid. I also love the choices you have to make, in the last choice of the game I spent so long weighing up my options that I failed.

 

[hazabaza1]

Planning to get it on PC sometime when it's released episode by episode. Played the xbox trial though, it seemed decent, excluding the dialogue animations.

 

[LaughingAtlas]

The demo was pretty cool, definitely creepy and atmospheric until the first combat segment. "Oh," I thought, "It's just quick-time events, which more or less eliminates the panicky, spastic attack button-fingering and desperate dodge-move attempts that can make fighting scary. I guess it's not a horror game? Oh, well, Simon-says-violence away!"

I like how it noted some of my choices, too.
"I think something else killed her..."
*-name- will remember that.