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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Is The Walking Dead your GOTY? This is why it's not mine.

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What do you think?

You're crazy, man. TWD i... 6 12.50%
 
You have some points. TWD... 7 14.58%
 
I agree, the game is good... 29 60.42%
 
The Walking Dead is terri... 6 12.50%
 
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kain_kusanagi on 02 January 2013

I played some of the first episode and I plan to play them all.

I'm not sure I'd call it an adventure game. It's more like an interactive movie.

There's not enough game in the "game" for me to consider it for Game of the Year.



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enrageorange on 02 January 2013
Boutros said:
enrageorange said:

The ending only affects the replayability of the game imo. Though I do agree that it sucks that all your choices were meaningless in the grand scheme of things, it wasn't until the last episode that that was apparant for me. Maybe I chose different decisions which made it less obvious but by the time I was positive that my decisions don't really matter, I was too invested in the story to be bothered by it.

Either way the realization didn't detract from the first playthrough at all. It just made me unwilling to replay the game which originally I was very excited to do to see all the different outcomes I thought would be possible. 

This was clearly meant to just be an interactive story. And unlike most other ones, it actually had a very good story. The main gameplay was making those tough decisions. Obviously if you convinced yourself immedietly that none of those decisions will matter, you won't be enjoying the game as much as someone who is more cautious about his approach.

Season 2 might end up being disappointing though, since we will immediately not be too worried about those "hard decisions." So hopefully they switch it up and actually give us alternate endings.

Then again alternative endings are only possible if they don't intend on continuing the series furthermore.

Well honestly with some effort they could still continue the series even with alternate ending. It would just be even more branching lines. Kind of like each episode seemed like it could branch apart. There can be a default intro for if the game detects that you haven't played the previous season. Or a bunch of different ones depending on how you ended the prior season. The only negative to this is some pathlines might have a much more interesting story than others if they don't keep the writing top noch for all these possibilities, and it might get a little too extreme with the number of branching paths if they keep adding new seasons.

But it totally seems reasonable to have a total of 12 different endings between 3 seasons. First season with 3 endings. Second season with 2 endings for each of those 3. Third Season with 2 endings for each of those 6. Being able to control who lives and moves on to the next season could have been a huge selling point for future seasons imo.



the_dengle on 02 January 2013
enrageorange said:

But it totally seems reasonable to have a total of 12 different endings between 3 seasons. First season with 3 endings. Second season with 2 endings for each of those 3. Third Season with 2 endings for each of those 6. Being able to control who lives and moves on to the next season could have been a huge selling point for future seasons imo.

Did the first season have 3 different endings? I count one ending.



itsJabby on 02 January 2013

not mine, but i haven't played it. so i dont count.



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enrageorange on 02 January 2013
the_dengle said:
enrageorange said:

But it totally seems reasonable to have a total of 12 different endings between 3 seasons. First season with 3 endings. Second season with 2 endings for each of those 3. Third Season with 2 endings for each of those 6. Being able to control who lives and moves on to the next season could have been a huge selling point for future seasons imo.

Did the first season have 3 different endings? I count one ending.

No I'm just trying to explain how its possible to have alternate endings and still have multiple seasons because Boutros said they can't extend the series with alternate endings.



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the_dengle on 02 January 2013
enrageorange said:

No I'm just trying to explain how its possible to have alternate endings and still have multiple seasons because Boutros said they can't extend the series with alternate endings.

It would take a lot of work. They could, kind of, but they won't. The closest thing we'll get is much like the differences noted between episodes. Molly, Christa, Omin, Vernon, etc may appear again and comment on the circumstances of their departure. Maybe even Lilly. But it won't dramatically alter the plot.



Pjams on 02 January 2013

I do appreciate what they accomplished with the its branching narrative, which makes it a better than average 'choose your own adventure' book, but as a game, I found it to be quite boring.



 

sales2099 on 02 January 2013

Well that sucks that the ending is the same regardless of your choices. Only got episode 1 on my ipad. Wont be getting the rest now thats forsure.



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ethomaz on 02 January 2013

It is not my first choice (Journey) but it's definitely a GOTY content.

Deserved.



gergroy on 02 January 2013

You make a lot of points and some i agree with and others i dont. I think it is game of the year for 2012... Mostly because of lack of options.

One point i would like to adress is the ending comparison with mass effect 3. Yes, all the choices in both games ultimately boil down to essentially the same ending. However, i think the ending of walking dead doesnt get as much flack because it is a great ending. It is emotional, heartbraking, and very final. The ending in mass effect tried to be to open ended and the sacrifice involved in the ending was lost to the colorful explosions. Ultimately, players were mad more because the ending felt cheap rather than that hey had little choice in the end.