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[werty892]

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I bet in the second season you will find some mention of clem/her dead body, as a Easter egg or something

[MetalSlimeHunt]

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If I had to speculate? I'd say that the protagonist of Season 2 is going to be Molly. She doesn't die and doesn't appear in Episode 5. She always leaves the group. I also find it rather suspect that you can shoot her and she won't die, just become separated from you and never heard from again. Like Lee, she is badass and driven, and while more hardened than Lee is a lot more akin to him once you find out about her past. She has all the protagonist traits. Omid, Christa, and Clementine do not.

Also, contrary to earlier posts in this thread, I like Radioman as a villain. In the end, after all that build up, he's just.....some guy.

[Werdna]

I absolutely loved this game.  I'd say it might even be the best I played this year.  A lot of game devs need to be locked into a room and study this thing to death for how to do branching dialogue in a believable manner.  The game had fantastic voice-acting and writing, and some of the characters just crawl under your skin.  I think TTG deserves a lot of kudos as well, because I don't think the game would have been half as impactful without the excellent model animation, particularly the faces.  Well, ok, I kept looking at Omid and wishing the pop-eyed SOB would blink once in awhile, but that's just nitpicking.   

To those who say your choices didn't matter, because it didn't change the game...

First of all, on first playthrough, I had no idea what decisions of mine "really" changed the story.  I knew just from a project scope level that they couldn't possibly produce a whole lot in the way of branching storylines, but it wasn't until I started a second playthrough that I began to see all the way behind the curtain to see the "rails".  As far as I am concerned, they maintained an illusion of choice extremely well all the way throughout.

Second, this game wasn't about decisions affecting the story.  Its about how those decisions, made under pressure with no real right or wrong answer, affected you.  I've never played a more intense game in that regards.

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Gamer4Life, I suspect she will be though... to me the final cut scene of her in the field was more "cliffhanger" than "closure".

[Gamerboy4life]

I absolutely loved this game.  I'd say it might even be the best I played this year.  A lot of game devs need to be locked into a room and study this thing to death for how to do branching dialogue in a believable manner.  The game had fantastic voice-acting and writing, and some of the characters just crawl under your skin.  I think TTG deserves a lot of kudos as well, because I don't think the game would have been half as impactful without the excellent model animation, particularly the faces.  Well, ok, I kept looking at Omid and wishing the pop-eyed SOB would blink once in awhile, but that's just nitpicking.   

To those who say your choices didn't matter, because it didn't change the game...

First of all, on first playthrough, I had no idea what decisions of mine "really" changed the story.  I knew just from a project scope level that they couldn't possibly produce a whole lot in the way of branching storylines, but it wasn't until I started a second playthrough that I began to see all the way behind the curtain to see the "rails".  As far as I am concerned, they maintained an illusion of choice extremely well all the way throughout.

Second, this game wasn't about decisions affecting the story.  Its about how those decisions, made under pressure with no real right or wrong answer, affected you.  I've never played a more intense game in that regards.

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Gamer4Life, I suspect she will be though... to me the final cut scene of her in the field was more "cliffhanger" than "closure".

The only thing that really annoyed me in the game is the voice acting actually.

Like when Mark was shot with the arrow, and Lilly rushes over, and says, "Are you okay?" In a completely idiotic way. The rest of it was generally fine, though. Kenny and Clementine had AMAZING voice acting, but Omid annoyed me slightly.

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I'm not AGAINST a sequel, but if they make it, they better not pull a Mass Effect 3 and just do it to cash in. Either they do it right, or don't do it at all.

They WILL have the bar set VERY high by me with the sequel. The first game was near perfect, the second SHOULD be perfect. Well, that's if there ever is one.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Telltale confirmed Season 2 when Episode 5 was released.

[Gamerboy4life]

Telltale confirmed Season 2 when Episode 5 was released.

Hmm... they did?


No they didn't. It's just a bunch of predictions from IGN. Even though what they say does make sense, why would they have the "Clementine will remember what you said" messages pop up in the first when you pass the torch, so to speak, and give your final advice?

Maybe. I don't know.

[Mullet Master]

Usually I bash games in the Other Games forum. Not this time.

This game is fantastic, and this has been a good year for games.

Easily one of the best adventure games I've played in a while. For anyone considering playing it- you need to buy all episodes at once because once you start, it's very hard to put it down.

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 I am kind of hoping Molly makes a cameo in the next game. She's tough as nails and pragmatic. Or maybe she can be the one to rescue Clem? Maybe Molly and Omid in an uneasy alliance?

[Gamerboy4life]

Usually I bash games in the Other Games forum. Not this time.

This game is fantastic, and this has been a good year for games.

Easily one of the best adventure games I've played in a while. For anyone considering playing it- you need to buy all episodes at once because once you start, it's very hard to put it down.

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 I am kind of hoping Molly makes a cameo in the next game. She's tough as nails and pragmatic. Or maybe she can be the one to rescue Clem? Maybe Molly and Omid in an uneasy alliance?

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What about Christina? Omid's girlfriend? Why is it Molly and Omid?

But anyway Molly would actually make a pretty badass protagonist for the second game, (if there is one.)
If she is, I demand a scene in where she finds a zombified/dead Lee. *Shrug*

But maybe she finds Omid and Christina taking care of Clementine, and agrees to help take care of them, only if for Clementine. I don't know.

[Mullet Master]

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 I am kind of hoping Molly makes a cameo in the next game. She's tough as nails and pragmatic. Or maybe she can be the one to rescue Clem? Maybe Molly and Omid in an uneasy alliance?

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What about Christina? Omid's girlfriend? Why is it Molly and Omid?

But anyway Molly would actually make a pretty badass protagonist for the second game, (if there is one.)
If she is, I demand a scene in where she finds a zombified/dead Lee. *Shrug*

But maybe she finds Omid and Christina taking care of Clementine, and agrees to help take care of them, only if for Clementine. I don't know.

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 There's logic behind my madness. You see two characters at the end. There's only three possible characters from the end of the game other than Clementine. Omid, Molly, and Christa. Presumably the cancer survivors have went on the boat and are not possible characters. Christa would never get along with Molly, and Omid is kind of like Lee version 2.0, with his love of history and all. I think Omid and Christa are who everyone expects, so I think it's going to not be that.
 

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Telltale confirmed Season 2 when Episode 5 was released.

Hmm... they did?


No they didn't. It's just a bunch of predictions from IGN.

Yes they did, no it isn't.

[Neonivek]

Wow, I almost asked the same question twice.

I am surprised how on the fense Telltale has me. On the one hand they can tell a good story, on the other I don't really like the bite sized adventure games.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I'd say a 10 hour game with an emotionally rending and memorable story is categorically better than a 30 hour game with a boring story.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

I didn't really like Molly all that much. The whole "ninja ice-pick" thing was rather over done, jarringly unrealistic and out of place. The whole "twist" of her background story was predictable and shallow. The fact that she refused to join you even though she expressed concerns for Clem and stated that the town had been completely picked dry of resources seemed like a small plot hole.

For the protagonist of season two I would like to see a whole new character with a whole new group of survivors. I don't think I'd want to see even cameos of the old characters, especially Lee or Clem. As good as the story was in the first season it's over and the focus should shift onto completely different situations. It could for example be focused more on a much bigger group of survivors with the protagonist having to make tough discussions that affect the group and the relationship between leader and follower.

[Neonivek]

I'd say a 10 hour game with an emotionally rending and memorable story is categorically better than a 30 hour game with a boring story.

It isn't the length honestly it is the episodic nature of it. Where by the time I finally get into the game, It is time for the next one.

Making it the equivilant of that long boring game simply by virtue of never having a stable climax. Often with each episode not doing much to top the last.

It is why I had to ask how this game was in terms of that. Is it still "Next episode, you better calm down?"

So I guess it would just be the whole incomplete nature of it all and the fact that because these are split up into "Episodes" each episode has to stand on its own making the experience as a whole weakened and disjointed when it isn't working as it should.

[Werdna]

Then wait to buy it as a whole and play it as a whole, at $25 hell $15 or less if you wait that long, it was more than a meal here in total.