Walking Dead: A New Frontier

Ok, some part of me wanted to give a 3, because this one doesn’t, for me, compare with the first two, which were simply stellar, both in their art and storytelling. This one feels a bit more like a low budget horror/action movie whereas the other two seemed to be offering something really significant. But that said, if I hadn’t played the first two I realize that I would in fact be extraordinarily impressed by this one. The art is very good, very dark, very interesting (but I preferred the first two). The story is addictive and intriguing (but feels sort of contrived- when compared to the first two). I liked the Tim Burton Batman but Christoper Nolan took Batman to a new level. That’s sort of how I feel about these games. This is Tim Burton, 1 and 2 are Nolan. Do I recommend the game? For sure. But, so far it hasn’t really managed to command the gravity or grace that characterized the first two. Buy it. Enjoy it. It’s still good.

So I am in love with these games, but there are a few problems. The background sound effects sound like they were from a default audio app, which isn't exactly the best, but is not the worst. Next, your choices don't exactly matter, example: In episode four you tell Kate to come in the walls or stay behind and wait, if you choose the first option, she does it. But when you choose to have her wait, she can't hear you and comes anyways, most likely resulting in her death. Another thing that annoys me is that the dialogue options always move around, but that isn't a big deal. The thing that annoys me the most is that Clem definitely doesn't get enough screen or playing time, I personally would much rather play as Clem than Javi. If you decide to make a season four, please allow Clementine to be the most played character, or the only played character. It feels like you're trying to ween us off of her which no, that will never happen. We love Clem too much to only have her as a side character that could possibly die :( Those were a few problems I saw but hopefully we can have a strong ending. -Amanda

I enjoy telltale games very much. I play all of the walking dead games and watch all of the others. But I find myself wanting to buy the games less and less because of the waiting times in between each episode and the lack of communication from the company to the customers. I feel like this has been a common problem complained and talked about for ages with Telltale but I see absolutely no improvement over the years with these games. The typical way having a telltale game plays out: an episode is released. An episode takes about two hours to play and then telltale sets a release date about two months away for the next game. A month later they push it back another month (sometimes two). Then the day of release comes. It's released at different, non specified times for consoles. Then mobile devices don't get it until days later (despite being told it would be released across all platforms in one day) Unfortunately, Telltale is unprofessional in their communication with customers and reliability in delivering products on time. It's really frustrating and I think I'll just save myself the money and annoyance and just watch others play on a let's play. Overall the games and the quality of the stories are great but I wish the company was more reliable