I'm playing through Season 1 of this series again. I'm really impressed by how much they cram into a single episode. Episode 1, for instance, has a ton of interesting dramatic moments and choices. By contrast, more recent Telltale games take a much more leisurely approach to the plot, with only a few major turning points or dramatic moments per episode. But in the first episode of The Walking Dead, I must've been faced with at least a dozen dramatic, difficult moments and choices.
At first, I tended to make the same choices as I did the first time around (I'm still me, after all), but I decided to intentionally make different choices this time around. It does make a difference -- not to the overall direction of the plot, but to how the scenes play out, how the characters react to you, what dialog you hear, etc. After the episode is complete, you'll see an almost 50/50 split on the feedback screens, which is testament to the good job they did in balancing the choices.
They did a great job with Clementine. She is immediately likeable and sympathetic. The dynamic with Lee is very good -- her a small, innocent child trying to come to grips with this brutal world, and him with his demons, trying to take care of her, be honest with her but not overwhelm her (although how she's not overwhelmed, I have no idea).
I was surprised how well it held up, several years later. Not visually, of course, but in terms of the story, the characterization, the tensions/conflicts, the dramatic moments, and the choices. I still think it's their best work.
At first, I tended to make the same choices as I did the first time around (I'm still me, after all), but I decided to intentionally make different choices this time around. It does make a difference -- not to the overall direction of the plot, but to how the scenes play out, how the characters react to you, what dialog you hear, etc. After the episode is complete, you'll see an almost 50/50 split on the feedback screens, which is testament to the good job they did in balancing the choices.
They did a great job with Clementine. She is immediately likeable and sympathetic. The dynamic with Lee is very good -- her a small, innocent child trying to come to grips with this brutal world, and him with his demons, trying to take care of her, be honest with her but not overwhelm her (although how she's not overwhelmed, I have no idea).
I was surprised how well it held up, several years later. Not visually, of course, but in terms of the story, the characterization, the tensions/conflicts, the dramatic moments, and the choices. I still think it's their best work.
