"More story branching" (SPOILERS for s2)
More story branching was what we were promised long before season 2.
I played two different games from s2e1 to s2e4 and I fail to see where it is. Do I need to explore the game's options more ? Or am I confused about the notion of story branching ? I thought it meant diverging plotlines, more possibilities of alternative situations the more we near the end...
But no matter how you played in previous episodes, we will all begin episode 5 the exact same way, same situation surrounded by the Russians with the very same team (Kenny, Luke, Mike, Bonnie, the baby).
This is not what I call story branching. There is one branch and it's the same for all.
To be honest I felt more diversity in TWD1, with the Doug or Carley alternative, more different scenes depending from choices (leave Lilly on the road or have the RV stolen by her ; doing Crawford with or without Clem) and I'm talking all before ep5.
We were promised more story branching in TWD2 and where is it ?
Sarah dying early or near the end of ep4 ? Nick dying in ep3 or in ep4 ? (his presence doesn't change anything, it's only visual, maybe I missed something but I don't remember interactions with him if he's still with us at Carver's camp)
Okay, there was the go with Pete or go with Nick.
But I'm highly disappointed, when I read more story branching I expected a lot, or at least... more than this.
The alternative ways of playing so far, I mean up to the end of episode 4, have been minor and don't matter, they matter even less than the alternatives from TWD1.
Episode 5 better be a story branching fest with different endings.
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Not to disappoint, but I highly doubt episode 5 will have alternate endings. WAYYYYY too much work, because then Telltale would have to find a way to import ALL those endings into season 3, and program the game differently for each ending. I think you may be disappointed in this department.
Dude, what are you talking about? Juice Box can determinantly be mentioned by Clem in EP. 4
In all seriousness, there hasn't been much branching at all, like you said.
I had more story branching in Choose Your Own Adventure books than in this game...
Well if choices did matter than there would be alot more different endings. It's because if you had brung Lilly with you when she shot Carley/Doug than she would offer you to come with her, and she says yes however she just leaves you. The second time was I believe you can ask if you if Molly can stay with you and she refuses. Now in s2e2 you can stay with Walter and Kenny and eventually you all have to leave because the group got you stuck with them while they tryed to leave Carver and Carver makes you a enemy. Last but not least if choices on the twd had a impact than you would be able to go with Jane.The only 2 reasons why I could see choices not impacting what happens but how you act is because of the need of voice actors and the trophies/achievements.
Exactly the kind of things I expected.
Even if after a while the plotlines eventually converged to the same ending, it would have been great to have had the feeling to have played very distinct paths for a while.
The reason I hope for different endings in ep5 is that it would make up for the lack of this promised story branching in previous episodes.
If not it, I can't see what could make up for it now, except totally different ways to play episode 5.
Yeah, glad i'm not the only one alone on this.
Nick, Alvin and Sarah all had determinant deaths that I think are Telltale trying to make 'branching paths'.
Unfortunately the characters don't do anything if they are saved and 2/3 die in a terrible way, but that's been said plenty of times before.
One example of 'story branching' I liked was the Nick/Pete choice. With that you'd spend time alone and get to know each of the characters, it'd play out differently (we'd find Nick at a different time) and we'd get two different 'locations' (cigarette truck or whisky shed).
Yes, the Nick/Pete choice was the only story diverging branch worth mentioning I can think of.
You ever played that game as a kid, where one draws a head, then folds the paper and hands it over to someone else who draws the upper body, folds the paper and hands it over to someone to draw the lower body?
I think that's how Telltale wrote this season. So no, not much branching. :P
Do we know if each episode had different writers, or did the same team write all episodes ?
Different main writers atleast, same as season 1. But I was just overexaggerating for comedic effect. I very much doubt they go at it blind.
There's usually a team planning the overarching story and than the main writers go and write the single episodes.