Author Topic: The Walking Dead game (Telltale) 400 days out this week. (Read 14843 times)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #60 on:** September 01, 2012, 01:16:48 AM »

Playing this tomorrow.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #61 on:** September 01, 2012, 01:00:19 PM »

what an episode

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I "accidentally" shot the girl in the street and felt pretty bad.

Watching Lilly come unraveled was pretty tough and i was trying to keep her together but when she shot Carly? I feelings towards her instantly went cold. What HSMP said, I think it would affect me as much but it did. I'm actually hoping she turns up again.

They did a real good job of giving Duck a quick dose of character and I guess I should have seen it coming. I figured they just wanted to give him some screen time...

That scene where Katjaa and Kenny talking about Duck as he's dying. Man that was brutal.

I'm a slight bit disappointed they never followed up on the Jolene story line but I assume we'll hear more about that in the coming 2 episodes. No way they have the bandit story in the past with what happened.

Question: Did anyone manage to kill that bandit before he jumped the fence? Does it affect things much? I had to go through a somewhat lengthy shoot out.

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Thing whole thing has been so constantly good. I really hope it doesnt fall a part in the end.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #62 on:** September 01, 2012, 02:35:19 PM »

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I missed the first bandit before he jumped so I got the shootout as well. I'm not sure how much of that changes if you get him. I'd be curious to see. I'm playing it on the PC with a 360 controller and that whole sequence was pretty frustrating with a pad so I just swapped it out for the keyboard and mouse. Much easier that way.

I'm tempted to start over though. Like all over from the very beginning of episode 1 to see just how much this game can change. I'm kind of interested in seeing how this game feels with Doug instead of Carly. Doug just seemed so......ordinary. It wasn't a hard decision to save Carly over him.

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You know, I bought the Walking Dead season pass when episode 1 came out and I made it the pharmacy and just sort of stopped. It seemed alright but it didn't really grab me or anything. I decided I'd wait and go back to it after all 5 episodes came out before I'd touch it again. Well, lo and behold I had an unexpected surgery on my knee and had nothing better to do yesterday so I started this up again and now this game has me by the balls. I don't want to wait 2 month for episode 4..... I want it now! Man, I should've just waited lol

archnemesis · « **Reply #63 on:** September 01, 2012, 05:55:32 PM »

I think it's sort of nice to have a new episode every other month or so. It gives me some time to process and reflect.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #64 on:** September 01, 2012, 06:05:41 PM »

Quote from: archnemesis on September 01, 2012, 05:55:32 PM

I think it's sort of nice to have a new episode every other month or so. It gives me some time to process and reflect.

I feel the same. And it's always a nice unexpected surprise when it does come out. I kinda prefer it this way rather than sort of brute forcing my way through the entire thing at one go.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #65 on:** September 01, 2012, 09:02:21 PM »

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Episode 3 is amazing! A couple parts actually had me screaming out loud - not from it being scary but from some of the twists it throws out at ya. This has got to be one of the few times a game honestly made me feel bad when a character died. Really well done.

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I really liked Lilly but when she shot Carly I was like this bitch has to go.
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Damn right, man. Fucking Lily, Carly was my waifu. :'( I sided with Lily over Kenny most of the time, but after that, hell no. I would have killed Ben too if it had let me, that turd. All I gots left is Clem and anybody messes with her is gonna get straight up murdered.

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Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #66 on:** September 02, 2012, 06:21:50 PM »

these controls suck shit

aiming with your right stick, and pressing x to shoot instead of using the trigger? who made that awkward, stupid decision?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #67 on:** September 02, 2012, 06:26:40 PM »

Yeah, the shooting was pretty lame, but there wasn't very much of it.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #68 on:** September 02, 2012, 06:30:36 PM »

there's enough of it to make me just want to watch the rest of this game on youtube

archnemesis · « **Reply #69 on:** September 03, 2012, 02:59:42 AM »

Shooting in the PC version feels alright. On the other hand, I can't stand the quick-time events. Mash Q and then hit E every single time.

Eric P · « **Reply #70 on:** September 04, 2012, 08:30:06 AM »

Episode 2 annoyed the hell out of me. I hate it when I figure out something way before the characters in the game and I have to go through the motions to find out the big reveal.

Larry needs to get his shit together.

I'll be playing episode 3 tonight I think,

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #71 on:** September 04, 2012, 10:24:20 AM »

Larry needs to get his shit together? And you finished episode 2? Pretty sure Larry got it together by the end of that lol

I think most people figured out where episode 2 was going pretty early on. It's kind of just your standard zombie apocalypse trope that they unfortunately telegraphed to the player almost from the onset. Still, I had fun with it though.

Episode 3 however caught me off guard in a couple places. Definitely some "wow" moments there.

Eric P · « **Reply #72 on:** September 04, 2012, 09:04:53 PM »

fucking glitches.

i had

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just taught clementine to protect her self and then half the boxcar vanished along with all the actors for the scene.

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i thought the game was over or something but nope. had to reload it and the last save was 17 minute previous. bitches.

archnemesis · « **Reply #73 on:** September 05, 2012, 12:01:21 AM »

Maybe they should try bug testing the next episode. For me,

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Duck went invisible outside the boxcar which made the scene a lot less emotional.

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Eric P · « **Reply #74 on:** September 05, 2012, 06:54:31 AM »

got that same bug

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #75 on:** September 26, 2012, 04:47:08 PM »

This ep is pretty glitched yeah

And what a depressing ep it's been :'(

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #76 on:** September 26, 2012, 05:10:00 PM »

Doesn't really show much, but some minor spoilers if you're not caught up on Episode 3:

archnemesis · « **Reply #77 on:** September 27, 2012, 01:40:22 AM »

Is there a release date yet for it?

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #78 on:** September 27, 2012, 02:41:59 AM »

Quote from: archnemesis on September 05, 2012, 12:01:21 AM

Maybe they should try bug testing the next episode. For me,
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Duck went invisible outside the boxcar which made the scene a lot less emotional.
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Haha, yeah. I got that too and it really pulled me out of the moment.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #79 on:** September 27, 2012, 09:18:33 AM »

Quote from: archnemesis on September 27, 2012, 01:40:22 AM

Is there a release date yet for it?

"October"

archnemesis · « **Reply #80 on:** September 27, 2012, 09:29:59 AM »

October would be nice.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #81 on:** October 08, 2012, 12:28:07 PM »

Episode 4 comes out this week

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/walking-dead-episode-four-will-terrify-you-this-week/4403/

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #82 on:** October 08, 2012, 01:04:05 PM »

Recap of all the choices from Episode 3 (SPOILERS, natch):

Huff · « **Reply #83 on:** October 08, 2012, 01:09:18 PM »

that was quick. I'm still waiting for all the eps come out before i dive back in

archnemesis · « **Reply #84 on:** October 08, 2012, 01:13:05 PM »

Sweet! I'll try to find time to play it this weekend.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #85 on:** October 09, 2012, 11:43:49 PM »

Episode 4 out on all platforms this week.

edit: whoops, just blindly posted and didn't see that somebody had already posted the news

Eric P · « **Reply #86 on:** October 10, 2012, 12:38:58 PM »

yesss

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #87 on:** October 10, 2012, 02:45:01 PM »

so this is actually cool, huh?

archnemesis · « **Reply #88 on:** October 10, 2012, 02:47:51 PM »

Very. I'm almost halfway through this episode and it's quite good although maybe not on par with the first three. No difficult decisions yet!

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #89 on:** October 10, 2012, 07:22:59 PM »

Finished it up. As usual I thought it was very good. I thought the decisions were very tough. In fact for the first time I almost felt like trying to quit and restart because I felt I had made a really bad decision in one case but stuck with it as I feel that's more honest. I can honestly say that reaction has probably never happened for me in a videogame.

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I left Clementine at the house and I was sure for some reason right after I made the choice that it would cause her to die or get abducted.

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This was the first episode where my decisions were solidly in the minority for the stats it shows at the end of the game which was interesting and probably says something about me. It setup the threads for the season finale to end in a satisfying manner for me. I like how there was no preview for the final episode like there usually is.

Almost no matter how it ends its certainly been up there as a goty contender for me. In retrospect this game respects its storytelling and characters and is committed to it in a much stronger way than Mass Effect 3 was for example. The little action bits are terrible but its a relatively minor flaw compared to what the series strengths have been.

chronovore · « **Reply #90 on:** October 10, 2012, 09:36:21 PM »

Are these ever going to come out on a disc, or do I just need to download them?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #91 on:** October 10, 2012, 10:13:13 PM »

I haven't heard anything but I bet they will put out a compilation disc once its done. They'd be crazy not to. They did it for that shitty Jurassic Park game I think.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #92 on:** October 11, 2012, 11:47:07 AM »

Episode 4 was ok. Looking at the end stats, I'm in the minority of people who

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dropped Ben's doofy ass. Had enough of his bafoonery.

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #93 on:** October 11, 2012, 11:59:42 AM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on October 11, 2012, 11:47:07 AM

Episode 4 was ok. Looking at the end stats, I'm in the minority of people who

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dropped Ben's doofy ass. Had enough of his bafoonery.
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The stats always change a bit over time but yeah

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(I was sick of his ass and let him go. He had jeopardized the group way too much).

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BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #94 on:** October 11, 2012, 12:05:25 PM »

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Him taking a hatchet clearly being used to wedge a door closed was what made me decide to wash my hands of him. I've got Crista, Omid and Kenny with me right now in the shelter.

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #95 on:** October 11, 2012, 12:10:53 PM »

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Him telling Kenny what he did like a little pansy bitch was the final straw for me after I told him not to do it. Only Kenny stayed with me. And I'm very mixed on him from some of the earlier dumb stuff he did in the game. All I really care about at this point is saving Clementine since most of the characters I actually liked are dead except her. For some reason I also didn't disclose I got bit. Just my natural human instincts kicking in at that point.

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archnemesis · « **Reply #96 on:** October 11, 2012, 02:45:10 PM »

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I saved Ben. If he wants to die, he can kill himself without my help. Showing the bite mark didn't scare away the group. Everyone except Ben (because of hillbilly rage) joined me in the end.

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #97 on:** October 11, 2012, 03:06:31 PM »

What I like about the game is that all the choices I make tend to be more about what I would actually do versus me weighing the consequences of what I'm going to do is going to help me or not.

Which is almost uniquely rare in these sort of moral style choice games.

archnemesis · « **Reply #98 on:** October 11, 2012, 03:25:54 PM »

That's true. In most games with moral systems I just try to maximize that blue bar.

chronovore · « **Reply #99 on:** October 11, 2012, 08:12:02 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on October 10, 2012, 10:48:56 PM

Quote from: chronovore on October 10, 2012, 09:36:21 PM
Are these ever going to come out on a disc, or do I just need to download them?

Yes, December 4th in the US. $29.99

Excellent. I'm dreaming of a black Christmas...

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #100 on:** October 11, 2012, 09:20:06 PM »

My biggest problem with this game is that almost everyone you meet turns out to be a snarky asshole with a huge chip on their shoulder. I mean, I like the game, but I give not the fucks about whoever dies.

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Also,

at everyone being grossed out by the dog - hordes of rotting dead all around, entire earth probably smells like a slaughterhouse, but dead dog = TOO MUCH MAN

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fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #101 on:** October 12, 2012, 09:38:15 PM »

Another great fucking episode.

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My choices:

This is the first time I'm in the minority in most of the choices.

Surprised so many people brought Clem to Crawford. I really spent a lot of time trying to decide on that choice. I'm really glad they give you time to make it. What happens with her when she comes?

It really wrecked me when she started crying when I told her there wouldnt be enough time to find her parents.

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #102 on:** October 12, 2012, 09:57:55 PM »

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Taking her or leaving her was oddly enough the toughest choice I had faced in the entire series as for whatever reason like I mentioned above I thought that may get her killed or kidnapped. But it just seemed like a worst idea to bring her into a situation where we were basically stealing from a bunch of potentially crazy people.

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archnemesis · « **Reply #103 on:** October 13, 2012, 02:38:22 AM »

I ended up with the same choices as fistful. The middle one wasn't difficult to make at all, but of course I wasn't too happy with the consequences.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #104 on:** October 13, 2012, 08:06:03 AM »

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I brought her. She just hangs out with Ben and nothing happens to her. Why? What happens when you leave her with Omid?

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Third · « **Reply #105 on:** October 13, 2012, 08:16:07 AM »

I'm waiting for the whole collection to be released before I jump in.

Can't wait to play this. Looks really interesting.

archnemesis · « **Reply #106 on:** October 13, 2012, 08:19:31 AM »

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Nothing special. She kills a walker that sneaked into the house. I was more concerned about the risk of her being abducted while the rest of the group was raiding Crawford and I also don't like breaking promises.

About the story in general. Why the hell would I want to get on a tiny boat with a limited fuel supply and no destination? It's an awful idea. Vernon is completely right.

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fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #107 on:** October 13, 2012, 10:56:54 AM »

Quote from: archnemesis on October 13, 2012, 08:19:31 AM

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Nothing special. She kills a walker that sneaked into the house. I was more concerned about the risk of her being abducted while the rest of the group was raiding Crawford and I also don't like breaking promises.

About the story in general. Why the hell would I want to get on a tiny boat with a limited fuel supply and no destination? It's an awful idea. Vernon is completely right.
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Given the situation they are in, a boat sounds like the only good idea. They already are in a situation with little supplies and no real destination. At least a boat would get them away from this entire area. I chose the aggressive response when Vernon suggested giving Clem up. Nobody is going to take her away from him.

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Stoney Mason · « **Reply #108 on:** October 13, 2012, 11:09:32 AM »

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A boat as an option and for transport seems fine. It wouldn't be my final option but as a means to get around and for a base it seems fine.

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Third · « **Reply #109 on:** October 21, 2012, 06:51:18 PM »

The Gamestop collection is pretty nice.

But I'm getting the standard edition. Never played the episodes. Really looking forward to it.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #110 on:** October 21, 2012, 09:37:26 PM »

Finally got around to playing Episode 4.

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HOLY SHIIIIIIT! This episode was dark as fuck. Burying the starved child/zombie with his pet dog, forced abortions, Holly sucking the skeezy doctor's dick for meds, Lee getting bit, Clem getting kidnapped. Shit is bad. The only bright spot was the potential to get rid of Ben, who continues to be a total knob, but Clementine took the wind out of my sails by siding with him so I couldn't even bring myself to off him.

In the end, I gave a big fuck you to everybody and went on my own to find Clem. I'm getting her back, come hell or high water, bitches.

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BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #111 on:** October 22, 2012, 08:36:48 AM »

Question for anyone all caught up:

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Did anyone let the chick who shot the other chick (I've already forgotten their names) stay with them? What happens to her?

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archnemesis · « **Reply #112 on:** October 22, 2012, 08:40:06 AM »

Yep, I did:

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She steals the RV while you try to solve the train puzzle.

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BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #113 on:** October 22, 2012, 08:42:20 AM »

Still love this game and its narrative, but most of the BIG decisions seem to end up being pretty inconsequential.

cool breeze · « **Reply #114 on:** October 28, 2012, 07:32:46 PM »

First episode was great.

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All choices are split nearly 50/50...except that~75% of gamers chose the girl over Doug, the chubby computer nerd.

"Why save ourselves when our avatar can score with that virtual babe

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cool breeze · « **Reply #115 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:23:50 PM »

Has anyone else had the problem where the game freezes for 10 seconds every time it autosaves on pc?

I'm thinking it's trying to connect to a server but without Internet it just hangs until it gives up. Kinda ruins the tension when it's saving almost every shot of an action scene.

cool breeze · « **Reply #116 on:** November 03, 2012, 03:49:06 PM »

Big Episode 3 spoiler

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Carley: "I think about you Lee..."

Lee:

*shit happens*

Lee: "Lilly, shut the fuck up. Leave them alone."

[Carly will remember that]

*10 seconds later Carley gets shot in the head*

Telltale: :tbslol

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Game is awesome. It's probably in part because it's closer to Heavy Rain than an adventure game; it bypasses Telltale's usual bland puzzle design.

Though, and maybe this praising Sony more for bankrolling it, I wish Walking Dead had the production values of Heavy Rain. And while the choices aren't as important as something like Alpha Protocol, the illusion of choice is great and I feel regret at times. Actually, I wouldn't mind if an Alpha Protocol sequel was handled like this (assuming it cost way less to make than Alpha Protocol--this contradicts my Heavy Rain comment).

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #117 on:** November 03, 2012, 04:21:34 PM »

All of this is really promising for Telltales next game.

I wonder what IP they will use after this.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #118 on:** November 03, 2012, 04:24:33 PM »

Their next thing is Fables I believe.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #119 on:** November 03, 2012, 04:37:24 PM »

Whats Fables?

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