While switching control away from Clementine was probably a good idea, as her existence as an established character brought down Season 2 a bit by narrowing down what choices would be believable for her, she was still the best thing about the season. Ultimately, this season of Telltale's The Walking Dead was a letdown. This led to a sad ending, which I'm not sure was avoidable if I'd chosen to go with David instead, but it's implied. In my game, Clementine stayed with Kate, and Clementine is the only character I really cared about this season (or, at least, the only one I cared about who wasn't doomed by being the person I saved from death in the previous episode) so the choice was easy. Once that drama has passed, you have to decide whether to stay with Kate and help save the city she ruined, or go with David and Gabe, who have a truck and want to get out of there. That's enough for David to get violent with Javi, who has the option to take the beating or to fight back. That's the greatest dialogue choice of the season for me.ĭavid's supposed desire to change takes a back seat to his desire to be a piece of crap when Kate blurts out that she and Javier have been romantically involved, which isn't even true in my playthrough. The highlight of this scene is that you can calmly and sincerely tell David to jump off the roof and kill himself. This scene is followed by one where David pours his heart out to you and you're meant to feel sympathetic towards him, which feels flat in retrospect, as he continues to behave more or less the same way for the rest of the game. In a scene with a hysterical woman whose husband has been bitten by a zombie and is about to die, Javi can calm her down and resolve the situation peacefully, but that won't stop David from brutalizing her for no reason. At this point I don't understand how anyone can like Kate, but that's the assumption Telltale makes.ĭespite things occasionally looking up with David, he continues to make bad calls left and right. Now the people of this town are being eaten alive, but Kate, like, feels really bad about it, you guys. This is because Kate, who tragically survived her explosive crash into the town's barrier, has left a giant hole for any old rotting creature to just waltz right through. The town, which everyone thought was so safe, is overrun with zombies. The episode proper opens with a familiar scene for Walking Dead fans. It's weird of them to make it so obvious in this minor instance. No matter what you do, the immediate and ongoing result doesn't change. Many (though not all) of the choices you make in Telltale's games work basically this way. There's no way to win the game, which is fine, since that's how games of chance work sometimes, but the game has you make a decision that is ultimately meaningless anyway.
You have two choices, and the domino David plays is a perfect counter to both of them. Javi is playing dominoes with David and their father, and you have to choose a domino to play. This episode's opening flashback is a perfect comment on Telltale's adventure games, and I'm not sure it's intentional. This review heavily spoils events in earlier episodes, so if you haven't played the game up to this point, take a look at the review for Episode 1, or skip to the final paragraph for some thoughts on the season as a whole. We made it all the way to the finale of Telltale's The Walking Dead: A New Frontier.
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