Telltale's The Walking Dead: Season Two

After watching the latest episode of The Walking Dead, I'm curious if any of you guys had played through the sequel to the much acclaimed Walking Dead game, released by Telltale. The finale episode released not too long ago (August) and I'm still feeling the effects of the ending. While I don't think Clementine worked quite as well as a main character, compared to Lee, the arc of her story in season two is pretty darn good. I'll avoid going into spoilers with the opening post, but between the new characters introduced (Luke was a personal favourite) and the ways they reference the old ones, I'd highly recommend people check it out.

 

I was playing the S2 of the game but had to stop for a reason I can't remember. I'm a giant TWD fanboy (I even collection the figures for both the comic and TV series) and S1 of the game was probably one of my favorite games. Hopefully I'll get to finishing S2 soon but it probably won't be till next year.

 

You're in for a show, I can say that much.
Episode 3 in particular features one of the best villains in the series. They're a real piece of work.

 

Oh, don't get me started.

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I killed Kenny and left without Jane.
The whole season I stood by Kenny, believing there was still good in him. He was a loose cannon, but he did what he did to protect everyone. But when I thought he was going to kill Jane, I panicked and shot him. I was devastated! When I found out Jane had tricked us, I was done with her. Still upset over Kenny, I left to fend for myself. I really like that in that ending, it's ambiguous whether or not Clementine will survive. When I heard you can get a much happier conclusion with Kenny, I was really bummed out. But I like to stick by the original playthrough.

What ending did you choose, Sporadic?

 

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Argh, see, I felt the same way you do about Kenny. He was the closest thing to a father figure that Clem had after Lee, and he was the guy I always stuck by despite some of his questionable decisions. When it came to the confrontation between Jane and Kenny, I didn't want to make a decision because I had spent all this time trying to keep the group together. I felt even worse after shooting him, when he apologized to Clem in his last breaths. I told him that he would be with his wife and son again.
Now I'm angry at Jane all over again.

So do you think we'll play as Clementine in the next season? Personally I hope we get a new main character. I like to think of this as the end of her story.

 

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I suppose I just don't want anymore of young Clementine. She's certainly grown over the two seasons, but if I'm right back in a group of survivors, being the kid, I'll be a little disappointed. I'd be okay with them doing a time skip. Though I don't know if there's certain rules in the comic that prevent that sorta thing.

I didn't know there was another Walking Dead game, though. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I quite enjoyed my time with Payday 2, so it will be interesting to see Overkill take on a more survival focused experience.

 

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Very true. Maybe I just need a break from the series. I'm still hot off the second season, and I'm not sure if I'm mentally ready to join another group of survivors and slowly see them all picked off.
I can't imagine they'll do season 3 until after their other projects (Game of Thrones/Borderlands) so perhaps I'll be more in the mood to play as Clementine in a year or two.

 

my ending

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I ended up shooting Kenny lol, it all happened kinda fast, I was hoping for a flesh would but i shot him good! its stupid, maybe if everyone listened to clem for once ina while, half of the shit that ever happens would not happen. Anyway, I ended up going with Jane and the maybe and not going south, cos south didnt appeal, so we went back to base camp, where we killed carver. I do agree to the fact Kenny was a loose cannon, and I know that lee said stick by people when there in there darkest hours, but he was in that darkness for to damn long! I cant wait for the next season, i hope we still play as clem, perhaps a bit older but i prefer being clem as it adds that additional challenge

 

I'm interested to see how they'll do a Game of Thrones game. If it will be original characters or not. I think I would prefer they used existing characters, potentially even ones that aren't on the show. It just seems that the Game of Thrones world is already so full of characters, that squeezing even more in might run the potential of retconing existing lore.
And I haven't, yet. I love the Walking Dead series both in games and television, so I definitely intend on reading the comics. I just recently reached a point in Fables where I'm comfortable leaving it for the time being, so it won't be long before I get around to reading them. Might watch out for some Halloween sales on the compendiums.

Hey @sayWut, how did you feel the second season of TWD compared to the first? That's generally the question I hear the most when talking about this game. Like Sporadic, I think it was good in it's own way. But I personally liked Lee more as a character.

 

well

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I think for example is a different case, rick did go kinda crazy after the events of the walking dead series, but he did pull himself together in the end. But you've made a valid point, but still i feel that kenny just went past the stage of that darkness, there was far to much rage all the time with him, hell yes rick got mad but he went more kind of crazy than mad, and he well pulled himself back together as ofc he has his son carl. I guess we could compare this to the baby and Kenny, and now you've made me feel bad for shooting Kenny haha, but as I said before it all happened so fast, I wish they implemented a flesh wound in that game instead of either choosing Jane, or Kenny or no one. Anyway back to kenny, he had a lot of rough patch but time over time he just kept loosing it, while if we compare rick on the TV series , has lost it in a different way, Kenny wouldn't listen to any reason and in the end he still wouldn't listen to reason so he got shot. And now im stuck with Jane, although she came back time after time. I personally liked Luke actually wish he stayed.

@TheManWithoutAPlan

Thats a tricky question, I mean we all know the ending of the season 1 was a feel overload that's fact. Playing as lee was good , we see a lot of different perspectives and relationships being built. I find it hard to compare as in season 1 your a guy in season 2 your clem, which ads a lot of different game play elements, I mean shes smaller, she cant melee and destroy a zombies head as the average person, though she can shoot! I personally liked playing as elem after season 1, it for me added an extra layer of feels. The only negative as playing as clem as NO one wver listens to her , never has anyone listened to clementine never.... I liked playing both lee and clem in conclusion.

Also do we still play as clem in season 3?

 

Here's another question for you guys:

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Did you watch Kenny kill Carver?
I did, and it was pretty brutal! My Clementine wasn't the type of person to normally do something like that, but I was so ready for Carver to be dead that I had to see it with my own eyes. If I were playing my version of Lee, he would have walked away, but my Clem was a little more indulgent in her anger.

 

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Yeah, I felt the same way. Though she tried to follow Lee's influence, #My Clementine isn't Lee. She was quicker to get angry or upset, but also more accustomed to the dark realities of the world they're stuck in.

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I ran out to save him. He was my other favourite character in that season, and I wasn't going to let him die when I thought I had a chance of saving him. His death was awful, too. He saved me from a walker under the water, then I watched as he was slowly dragged into the depths. I hear his other death is rough, too, where he's trapped under the ice and you watch him drown. Poor guy.