The Real problem with season 2 (and i don't dislike season 2)
ok, so, you wanna know what the biggest problem was? they let go of the two guys (sean vanaman and Jake Rodkin) who basically made season 1 what it was. yeah, they helped with the general outline of season 2, but, it's the little things in season 1 that made us love it so much. them not being involved in the entire story really hurt season 2. I want to sit here and point out the things that bug me (no hubs to get to know our cabin group which is unlike season 1, the "shock value" of killing off the characters that we actually learned something about, etc etc etc) but I don't have the time. I imagine this scenario with the writers of season 1 being let go.
sean & Jake: "hey, we are going to leave and start our own company, but we've already helped set up season 2, so you should be good right?" TT: "yeah, we'll be good without you. we have plenty of writers who know what they are doing"
sean: "yeah, oooooookkkkkk, so, you're sure you don't want to make us an offer to stay?"
TT: "No thanks, we have been doing storytelling games for a long time now, and we will be fine without you"
sean: "ok then, good luck to you sir"
now, obviously, I don't know what exactly happened there, but, why not just make them an offer they couldn't refuse to get them to stay??? They were the genius writers behind season 1, and without them, the whole thing got screwed up. I read that they hired Nick Breckon, but, it's not THEM. it's just like the TV Show... the TV Show COULD'VE been sooooooooo good, but by switching showrunners THREE F'N TIMES will really put a damper on what kind of show you are making. it's finally starting to find it's ground and stay as one type of show, but that didn't happen until season 4. if TellTale would've done whatever the F they needed to do to get Sean Vanaman & Jake Rodkin to stay, season 2 would've been much better.
with that said, I've enjoyed season 2, but it has nothing on season 1. I'm still holding out my final assessment of season 2 until after episode 5, but, at this point, I'm not sure that anything they do in this episode will help it compare to season 1. although, to be absolutely fair, you can't compare any new season of TWD Game to season 1, because they will never be able to compete with what those 5 episodes created for us. am I right? clementine has always been the main focus of the series, and she will be from here on I out I think, unless they decide to end clem's story in episode 5 here, and then season 3 could start a new character's journey through this world. I wouldn't have minded if they made new protagonists for each season, but, it's a little late for that now. you can tell so many stories in TWD world, they don't need to keep the same protagonist for each season to be successful at telling a zombie apocalypse story...
case in point, without sean vanaman & Jake Rodkin, they will never have anything close to what season 1 was...
also, I haven't heard of anything that has come out of their company that they started, have you? I'm just baffled as to why they would want to leave TellTale after season 1 was so successful...
anyone agree with me? or am I just seeing things?
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Yeah I've been saying this awhile- it really does look like the writers were just given a vague outline and then each one of them ran with it and made their own episode without bothering to communicate with each other. but who knows....