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[Funkcase]

Is anyone else playing this? It's actuallty pretty brilliant and is decision making heavy, fans of RPG's will probably like this alot. It's on Xbox live, Playstation network and PC. Ofcourse it's probably not very long as it's only the first episode of five.

I'm still in the middle of playing it at the moment, but so far so good. It's also recieved some decent reviews.

http://uk.xbox360.ig.../1223560p1.html

[Allan Schumacher]

KBomb wrote...

How I viewed Kenny's sacrifice if Ben is alive is this: It was a split-second decision made in the heat of the moment. He wanted to buy Lee and the others more time. If you notice, you don't see Kenny get taken down. You hear Ben pleading "Kenny, please!", you hear the gun shot and that's it. I believe Kenny shot Ben and then ran, having the zombies chase him down the alley, getting the bulk away from the direction Lee had to go.

He may not even be dead. He may appear in episode 6-10. If he is dead, he probably got surrounded as he exited the alley.

That's my vision on things, anyway. It made sense to me.

That's the way I saw it too.  Kenny could very well still be alive.  Christa even hints at this by asking if Lee actually saw Kenny die.  I wouldn't be surprised.


As for the game, loved it.  First gave ever that made me tear up at the end.  Voice actors for Clem and Lee totally nailed it, and the work in Clem's facial expressions during the whole moment are great.  I loved Lee showing her the bite, and her just having the epiphany and going "No no no no no! NO!"

Seriously, the writing nailed it out of the park with Clem.  She was adorably sweet and likeable IMO, and during the post credits scene I was just going "please be Omid and Christa!  PLEASE BE OMID AND CHRISTA! pleasebeomidandchristapleasebeomidandchristapleasebeomidandchristapleasebeomidandchrista!"

Fantastic.


As for those that slag on it for not "being a game," that doesn't fly with me.  No, the game's strength is not its gameplay.  The adventure game aspect of it is pretty straight forward and not overly challenging.  But the game is more than a sum of its parts.  The narrative is amazing and even though the narrative isn't as branching as I'd like it to be (I understand why it's not, I just would love for games to provide more divergence), it does such a good job of putting me in the game as Lee.

When I watch a show and see Lee decide to save/drop Ben, I can empathize that that is a difficult choice.  When I'm controlling the character, it's not just Lee that has to make that choice, but myself.  My Lee started off a little ambivalent and secretive, but Herschel knocked that right out of him in the barn.  In the end, no matter what he wasn't going to lose his humanity in the plight and was willing to take on the burdens of everyone else if it helped them.

By the end, he was the honest leader.  Kept it true because they all needed to trust each other.  People seemed to respect that, and the look on Kenny's face when Lee tells him that Ben wanted to be dropped because he's wracked with guilt over all the harm he's caused is when I knew it was going to be a great episode.

Lee did the best he could to save everyone from doing the crap stuff.  Duck, the kid in the attic, all that stuff.  He made those choices so other people didn't have to.

In my game, Lee was a gigantic mother-effing hero and in the end made damn sure he wasn't going to hurt anyone after he passed.

A game like Call of Duty has more intrinisc gameplay, but I'd rather have more Walking Dead's than Call of Dutys.


Looking forward to more Telltale!

[Allan Schumacher]

About the ending scene--I think it was Christa and Omid. I think the worried/shocked look on Clem's face was there because she was scared to call out to them for fear it may attract walkers. Kind of that paniced, "What do I do?!" Especially with Lee telling her to treat everything as something dangerous and to always be careful.

Absolutely. I think it was Omid and Christa too. Clem probably couldn't tell (they were tiny silhouettes) but I'm sure there was a hope, and the bit of apprehension when she realizes she's been spotted was great too.

[Allan Schumacher]

CrazyRah wrote...

Dave of Canada wrote...

 I love this.

Haha oh this makes me crack up so bad. 

Maybe it's just me, I felt awful for poor Ben. 

[Allan Schumacher]

I didn't realize it won GOTY (I don't follow the Video Game Awards). Major kudos to it for doing so!

[Allan Schumacher]

Although campman was just craaaaa-a-a-a-zy.

[Allan Schumacher]

Eh, it's not going to be for everyone. You pay it forward, however, but ensuring your stepbrother gets a kickass story.