Poll: The Walking Dead Games; Do you like them?

[OniaPL]

Spoiler: Disclaimer

If this thread has been done, deal with it and move on.

I've been recently playing Telltale's Walking Dead, and I find myself intrigued by it. It'd not that much of a game; yet the story is so well written and my choices truly seem to matter. I play through every single episode with my mouth open, eagerly awaiting what happens next.

But then I had my friend try the game; he hated it. According to him "the lack of proper gameplay, or any gameplay at all, makes it insufferable to sit through.", and I suppose that's fair criticism even though I kicked his ass for that statement.

I'm interested in how well have you, the other players, received it? What are your thoughts on the series? Do you like it/hate it? Does the lack of action/gameplay bother you or do you like it?

 

[Smooth Operator]

As a story telling cutscene it's one of the very best things out there, as a game however... absolute anus, the interactivity is split between QTE horseshit and point&click bollocks with interaction points never being where they bloody should.

I think the only thing worse gameplay wise is Indigo Prophecy where the entire thing is playing Simon Says while a cutscene is running in the background.

 

[mohit9206]

liking it ? am.absolutely loving the series so far. the storytelling is awesome, the atmosphere, the dialogue choices , the characters all are awesome ..
sure the puzzles are a bit too easy but everything else is perfect ..
i have played first 3 episodes soon to start 4th one..
the fact that it lacks a proper gameplay is ok with me.. as long as a game keeps me interested am.perfectly fine in whatever direction it goes.. the point and click.interface is very easy and intuitive ..
overall an awesome series.. hats off to telltale for creating such an amazing game series that lives upto the comics and tv show

 

[aguspal]

Yes and No. Mostly No.


I fucking hate the whole episodic BS. For that alone the game gets a lot of negative points from me.

Played Episode 1 and then I just realized I actually had TO WAIT UNTIL THEY MAKE EPISODE 2. What the fuck?

If you are going to make a game, make sure it is, you know, COMPLETED. NO "EPISODES". THE DAMN FULL GAME.

I hope, REALLY hope this dosnt starts a trend of episodic games. But unafortunally, I have the odd feeling it just will...

Worse than DLC by far.


But to try to be fair, the game itself was... Um. Ok I guess? It wasnt that good, but it wasnt that bad either. It was decent.


Unafortunally, "Decent" its not enough to counter the negative points it gets for begin an episodic uncompleted excuse of a game.

 

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I think the episodic element is fine, and it's also nothing new. It's not like they make it all in one go then make us wait, they create them as they go. I don't see what's so terrible about that.

On topic, this game is great so far. The fact the writing and voice acting is so well done and the pacing is smooth makes it immersive and enjoyable. I just wish the puzzles were, well actually puzzling. The hardest one so far was when I just couldn't see the prompt at the top of a very, very tall door. It's interactive pretty much the whole through, so it keeps you immersed. Other than that, it was worth the money.

When Episode 5 comes out, the whole season will just be 25 dollars for an (I'm estimating) 18 hour experience. Anyone remotely interested in good stories should pick this up.

 

[aguspal]

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I think the episodic element is fine, and it's also nothing new. It's not like they make it all in one go then make us wait, they create them as they go. I don't see what's so terrible about that.

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It is really nothing new?

This is literally the very first game I have ever seen thats in "episodic" format. But oh well. maybe there has been others in the past and I dont know them...


Dosnt changes the facts thougt.

 

[votemarvel]

I am loving the story here but the problems are beginning to wear away the enjoyment.

The brightness setting gets ignored and I have to reset it each time. I've had the game lose all my progress when I was part way through episode 4 and using the Rewind feature causes my choices in the saves to become the opposite of what I actually did.

 

[THEMILKMAN]

I tried the demo and it seems pretty good. I'm going to wait until the retail release of Episodes 1-5 comes out though. I was initially going to get it right away but I decided to wait until the 5 episode series was complete just in case it was never finished, that way I wouldn't be left hanging. Plus the retail release won't take up much needed space on my hard drive.

For those who don't know, there are plans for the retail hard-copy version of episodes 1-5 coming out on December 4th.

 

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It is really nothing new?

This is literally the very first game I have ever seen thats in "episodic" format. But oh well. maybe there has been others in the past and I dont know them...


Dosnt changes the facts thougt.

Half Life 2 is an example, not a very good one though (and I agree they aren't used much). While I do admit they aren't very prominent nor are they the most effective way to make a game, I feel it adds to this particular series and helps build hype and popularity as well.

 

[CannibalCorpses]

4/5 It's a quality story with barely a game behind it. Quite engaging as far as stories go but the subject matter is perfect for this style of 'game'. I said it like that because there isn't really a game there at all...apart from doing what it expects you to do there isn't a great deal of anything else. But that doesn't really matter when the story is as compelling as it is.

I do hope that the episodic nature of it's release isn't replicated too many times though...it's as irritating as waiting for the next part of a television series.

 

[Easton Dark]

Episode 3 killed my enthusiasm to keep playing even though I went through 4.

Your choices do not matter so much as you think, I've found.

Kill this guy? He'd die anyway. Save that guy? Dead soon afterwards. Don't steal? No one cares.

Clementine's the only thing keeping me interested.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Games? As in more than one? Well, the only two I know of are the Telltale one and the shooter one coming out, so I'll assume you mean the Telltale one.

Yeah, it is pretty good. Story is great so far (part way into Episode 4), but I don't care much for Clementine, unlike most people it seems. I was pretty mad at a part in Episode 3, but eh. It does seem to give the false illusion of freewill, too, which I guess annoys people.

 

[Rad Party God]

Liking it?, I love it. Granted, I've never played it myself, but I enjoy watching Let's Plays of TWD (I'm especially fond of Cry's LP) and I've definitely enjoyed it a thousand times more than the series (fuck them stupid women and children).

Telltale have definitely done something right for making me feel truly sad for a fictional character's demise, even to the point of actually making me cry.

 

[ToastiestZombie]

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I think the episodic element is fine, and it's also nothing new. It's not like they make it all in one go then make us wait, they create them as they go. I don't see what's so terrible about that.

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It is really nothing new?

This is literally the very first game I have ever seen thats in "episodic" format. But oh well. maybe there has been others in the past and I dont know them...


Dosnt changes the facts thougt.

All Telltale games have been released in episodes. All the way back to Sam and Max season 1, which I think came out in 2004 or 3.

OT: I'm loving them. Unlike the guy I just quoted, I'm fine with this sort of style for a game. Especially when it's based off a monthly comic. It gives me something to look forward to each month, and I'm finding that I'm actually more willing to finish it instead of other, full games. Maybe it's because I don't get burned out or go "I have to go do this/go there/grind"!".

 

[White_Lama]

I like them but I like the comic books better.

 

[Inconspicuous Trenchcoat]

*Minor spoiler for Mass Effect 2 (What? Read on, Constant Thread Reader)*

I bought the game on a whim for $20 on PSN. Really liked the first two episodes available at the time. So I watched the first TV season on Netflix and really enjoyed that. Played episode 3, broke my heart, but in a good way. Marathoned the second season the first two days it came out on Netflix. Now I've played episode 4. Now, I'm considering buying the graphic novel compendiums from Amazon (the second one comes out tomorrow). Playing the game feels just like watching the show. It's something I can't get enough of. Not sure if I'll buy the comics. I don't know if I want something that graphic, on ink and paper, in my house. TV and games are transient, they flicker past and are gone. I don't know if I want that stuff as a unchanging, grotesque entity in my home, especially since I hear the comic is even more graphic than the TV show and game.

The illusion of choice has never bothered me in any game, much less TWD. I mean, I was hugely impressed in Mass Effect 2 when an Aranchi Queen agent pulled you aside for an update on Illium (or whatever planet it was). It only takes the smallest of concessions to the player's "choices" to impress me. Your choices not really mattering much doesn't bother me in TWD; in fact I still feel like what I said mattered. If not a material effect, it at least has a psychological effect, and even then perhaps only on me. What helped as well was that it makes more sense for player choice not to matter much in TWD world. So, you chose that Carly should live? So what? The world and the walkers don't care.

So yeah, I voted 5/5. Tied with Dishonored for my GOTY, the most sought-after award in the biz.

 

[Comic Sans]

I enjoy the game mostly, but I really didn't like Episode 3. The plot railroaded quite hard, nullifying all the decisions I thought so hard over in the previous episodes. I am also quite upset that the game doesn't properly save my game files. When Chapter 3 released I managed to find a workaround and get myself back on track with minimal fuss, but with Chapter 4 out my files needed are totally gone with no easy workaround. I looked online and it seems to not be an uncommon problem. This has pretty much poisoned me towards the game for the time being, as it didn't save any of my Episode 3 progress and I REALLY don't want to replay it as while TWD is a great narrative, it's not fun per se. I'll wait until they are all out and marathon it so that the save file erasing doesn't affect me again.

 

[Zhukov]

Bloody love it.

Easily one of the best games of the year and hands down the best adventure game I've ever played. It's like Heavy Rain, except good.

Recently got done with Episode 3 and it was fantastic.

Oh, and Clementine is adorable.

 

[Cranky]

GOTY material hands down. It was a really emotional experience, I've felt more for it than any other game I've played.
If Clem wasn't in the game, I'd give it a strong 3. She's seriously the best kid character in games.

 

[Vorlayn]

Loved 1 and 2, disliked 3 and 4 *possible spoilers ahead*

In 1 and 2, your choices mattered mostly. In 3, that gets undone (why support anyone over Kenny if Kenny is the only one that remains? Why make us choose between two characters if they both die anyway? Why then put in a new char thats even halfway interesting (hint, he has a guitar) and kill him off before he can get to his limited potential? And let's not get into ep 4's ending...railroading the player much?)

I hope the fifth one ties it together in a more... natural way.