Neuromancer
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The Walking Dead - Season 1 - A Telltale Games Series (Steam/PSN/XBLA/iOS/Mac)
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ElRenoRaven
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The average time on any episode in Telltale's games is 2 hours. That holds true for this one. My first play through was exactly 2 hours. Subsequent play throughs of course go faster because you know what to do in those. You'll find though thanks to the decisions you make in this game you'll play through it multiple times just to see how the different choices change things.
Comic and game spoilers:Well, you'll never have to save Lilly, anyway.
Yup. But in the comic
she never had daddy there. Hence there is a very good chance I can still let that sob die.
ElRenoRaven
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*Oops double posted*
Meant to edit it into previous.
Meant to edit it into previous.
MarshMellow96
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Anyone know if there'll be a season pass for the XBLA version?
Yup. I'm counting on
being able to let Larry die. In fact he might just die regardless.
Neuromancer
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If there was I think it would have been announced by now. I could be wrong though.
ElRenoRaven
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Nope. Due to Microsoft refusing to allow them for XBLA titles you have to buy each episode separately when they are released. They'll all still function the same and your choices from one will carry over to the others still. It's just that you can't buy them all at once.
MarshMellow96
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Gah, thanks guys. I'll get it on PSN instead, then. Works out £1 cheaper!
ElRenoRaven
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No problem. I think it's stupid. Course I guess 360 users should be happy they're getting it at all. Telltale had a falling out with Microsoft for a long while there and several things never released on 360. BTTF being one of the largest examples.
Played through it last night and really liked it. I think it even pulls the whole "interactive story" thing better off than Heavy Rain.
I was also surprised at how likeable the child character is. Usually those are rather annoying in videogames, but here you really had the feeling that you had to care for her.
What I hope is that in this type of game your decisions will actually carry a little more weight (they have the advantage that the episodes are rather short) than in games like Mass Effect. Would suck if the character you saved would just die at the beginning of the next episode.
It was a really nice touch that the preview to the next episode already included consequences to my decisions. Felt like a trailer that was specifically made for me.
I was also surprised at how likeable the child character is. Usually those are rather annoying in videogames, but here you really had the feeling that you had to care for her.
What I hope is that in this type of game your decisions will actually carry a little more weight (they have the advantage that the episodes are rather short) than in games like Mass Effect. Would suck if the character you saved would just die at the beginning of the next episode.
It was a really nice touch that the preview to the next episode already included consequences to my decisions. Felt like a trailer that was specifically made for me.
If that part of the game sold you, you're really going to enjoy the game. That section they showed is definitely the least interesting of the first episode. The 3-4 minutes immediately preceding the point at which they started, and the rest of the game following the point they stopped are all great.
I thought some of the choices implied he actually did it. Particularly when Clementine asks you if you killed anyone after you're confronted by Carley.
ElRenoRaven
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Good point. Course flashes do show that there was probably a fight. So if a fight happened what happened could have been entirely an accident. Course he would blame himself for it. So the guilt could just be his guilt for the fight which led to the accident. We Don't know. Blaming yourself can do funny things.
Either way I think eventually we'll find out.
Comic and game spoilers:Well, you'll never have to save Lilly, anyway.
Oh wait wait
Lilly is in the comic as well? Where? Can't remember it...
Regarding the discussion about Lee:
While at Hershell's, Lee wakes up from a nightmare. During the dream you hear a woman's voice (probably his ex-wife) telling him that she loves him and afterwards a scream. I think that's because when she found Lee with the the body
ElRenoRaven
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She's the one who killed Lori and the baby, too. Which is why I'm nice to her. Anyone who kills Lori is ok in my book.
I think you might be blurring the lines between Lilly and that medic who went with Rick to the prison.
I think you might be blurring the lines between Lilly and that medic who went with Rick to the prison.
ElRenoRaven
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EdibleExplosives
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You might want to spoiler tag that.
ElRenoRaven
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Yea forgot to. Just edited it. That was faster. Not bad though. First time so far I've forgot my spoiler tags so far. lol
ElRenoRaven
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Intentional double post this time but for good reason.
The game is now available on Telltale's very own website! So if you have been waiting for that version go hit the site up and grab it now.
The game is now available on Telltale's very own website! So if you have been waiting for that version go hit the site up and grab it now.
Phonomezer
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Wait... wtf. Has this been BANNED in Australia ?!
ElRenoRaven
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Nope. Telltale didn't even bother because it probably would have been.
ElRenoRaven
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Oh damn that sucks. Did you switch versions or something? Like from Steam to Telltale's?
On Steam, I was about to wrap it up. I have 3 New Game slots but the save is not there. I am looking for the files on the drive right now... that can't be right.
edit: hmm there are 9 save files in the telltale forder under documents.
ElRenoRaven
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Hmm. Don't think I've seen anyone complain about that problem. Might check Telltale's support forum them. If nothing there then might make a post there to let them know because if it happened to you then surely it will or has happened to others.
Phonomezer
Banned
ElRenoRaven
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Well I can't blame them. Why bother when it's been proven that the ratings board there tend to have sticks up their asses. I really feel for you guys there because you guys get caught in the middle of this. You don't get a lot of games and then those you do tend to be overpriced as all hell from everything I read.
So I played around with the Telltale installer. It recognizes the Steam install and says you already have the game installed if you have the steam version on your PC. It then says it can uninstall that version for you and keep your saves etc. So that tells me that your steam save it compatible with the one from the site.
Damn, and I thought Germany had it bad.
Acquiescence
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Got the season pass today and just finished episode 1 - a terrific experience all in all. Really reminded me of Heavy Rain with the whole 'interactive movie' aesthetic and moral choices. Very tense at times too. Easily the best Telltale game I've played since Tales Of Monkey Island.
There was another weird thing like that in the Pharmacy.
If you talk to a specific person before exploring the office, you find out that Lee's parents own the store through a dialogue choice, rather than discovering it for yourself by finding the picture, or entering the office. Finding out about that, and that he actually was guilty through a dialogue choice was a weird choice.
Did you find two or just one?
Oh, just one. I assumed it was a package
ElRenoRaven
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Nope. There are two you have to find. Location spoiler below.
One is on a shelf and the other in the floor.
This happened to me too. What I did was:
Copy the .save files to another folder. Start a new game and play until it saves (I played the intro, until the
crash
Go to the Telltale folder. Copy the name of the last modified file and delete it.
Find the biggest file of your old saves (this should be your last save) and copy it to the Telltale folder, giving it the name of that last modified save.
Run the game and your old save should be there.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
I'm guessing they are saving a retail release for October (Halloween/Season 2 of Walking Dead series)..... damn my slow ass Satellite Internet connection. I need to haul my PS3 to a friend's house to pick this and Journey up, it's just such a hassle lol.
Ok, thx. I'll look for it during my second playthrough
I think what was supposed to happen is that the game assumed you talked to Lilly first. Lee's reactions to what Lilly says make it clear what happened and why he cares.
ElRenoRaven
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TheNamelessOne
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Holy smokes! My interest in this game went from zero to "piqued" today so I bought it based on what I read in this thread. My expectations was exceeded by far. Interesting gameplay mechanics that actually works well and one hell of an atmosphere. The moment where you
is one of the most tense moments I ever experienced in gaming.
It's a shame the sound is completely broken on PC though. They need to sort that shit out. When is the next episode out?
first get to the pharmacy
It's a shame the sound is completely broken on PC though. They need to sort that shit out. When is the next episode out?
ElRenoRaven
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No release date set for Episode 2 yet. However Telltale usually releases monthly with the occasional skip of a month sometimes. So basically we don't know for sure yet.
Finished it. Damn, that was pretty great. Good characters and actually felt tense in some bits. Do you choices carry through the entire game? I hope they actually do have a bug impact and not just half arsed.
Haha, sorry!
Haha, sorry!