Season 3 Will Likely NOT Be Centered Around Clementine
For some this may seem pretty clear, but Season 3 will very likely not be centered around Clementine. Now when I mean centered I mean her storyline will not be the focus and she will not be the playable character. I still think she will be involved in the storyline but the only way her story continues is if Telltale does a pretty decent time jump to the future or makes the multiple ending choices collide into one.
If there is one thing that Telltale has always done for logical reasons is to keep the KEY elements of the story the same for every player. Your choices may prolong a characters life or alter characters opinions/attitude to Clem but in essence the choices don't actually matter. That is up until the most recent Season finale. . .
The choice you make at the conclusion of the Episode creates two very different endings. One leaves Clem in or near Wellington, one leaves Clem all the way back at Carvers camp, one leaves her alone. Now obviously, there is no way to continue one consecutive storyline if the game were to pick up since some players are with Kenny, some players are with Jane, and depending on that choice we are all in different locations.
So this leaves us, or should I say Telltale, in a very awkward position.
Telltale can:
1) Kill off or eliminate both Jane / Kenny early in the storyline. Much like Omid and Christa. This will allow for Clementine to be a lone where the player could meet a group/ go to a location that would allow both story to intersect and start from there. If they do stick with Clem as the protagonist and playable character this is the likely way to go.
2) They could skip ahead in the future. This would have to be a solid 2-3 years at the least however. If its only a month or two it wouldn't make sense to just have Jane/ Kelly killed off with no explanation.
3) Continue the story lines. Zero percent chance this happens as I already said everyone will need to have the same general story.
4) Discontinue Clementines storyline as the focus. Keep in mind, I am not saying eliminate or forget about Clem completely but start a little fresh and introduce a few new (or old) characters we can play as and have their story be the focus.
If you can think of any others Id be happy to add.
Looking back on the endings, each way does give us a sense of closure. With Jane, you have the decision to trust humanity after everything by letting the family in (or keeping them out) and with Kenny you have the chance to finally save yourself at the cost of Kenny.
Either way, it will be very interesting to see where Telltale goes from here. Personally, I would like to play as Clementine but it seems VERY UNLIKELY right now. Just the mere point that Telltale said [in their own words] that Clementine won't necessarily be the playable character in Season 3 is a good hint that she likely won't be. At the same time, I think it would be extremely dumb to never see Clementine again. A lot to think about.
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i would be quite happy to move on from clementine's story, maybe we won't even meet up with her until season 4
I trust Telltale to do the right thing here. If they feel that Clem shouldn't be the focus of Season 3, I'm okay with that.
Wacth the playing dead that came out yesterday
and need explain what happen with the others carácter sof 400 days dlc.
I think there's still a fairly high chance we will. I agree that the choice at the end does make it a little difficult, but I think they could pull off multiple introductions, with slight changes in the overall plot based off your ending.
Also, like I've said before, I don't think they'd kill of Kenny/Jane, I think they'd pull a Christa, and give them both unknown statuses, with their fate never being resolved, maybe just little clues they're still out their surviving.
I really don't want Clem's story to end...she has so much potential!
I don't care who the protagonist is. I will have fun and enjoy it ethier way.
no. not being a asshole, but I don't see TT going away from clem, from the like 2-3 endings I saw. that multiple endings thing they pulled just tells me so. but that's what I get from that, like I said before, TT will do what they will do. they have the story planned out, they know what they will do cu its their game. now for me im raising this question............... is Clem marked for dead????? or is the baby? I saw a damn crow when clem was going to walk through the fucking herd with lil AJ. and the first time through out the game I didn't pay attention if there were any other crows arounds when people died.
Same, just as long as the story is good and is well written. Clem doesn't have to be the protagonist for me to enjoy another Walking Dead title. Telltale already proves they can be good with 400 Days anyway, and that has no Clem in it.
its assumed they died
Truth be told, I don't even necessarily have to see Clem again. It would be nice, but none of the endings truly give me closure - and I don't expect to earn that closure either. I feel like the best thing is just knowing she's still alive and surviving (with the baby).
If none provided closure as you say then why would you be content to leave her story?
OR... maybe TTG will go all Mass Effect about TWD and make ep1 of season 3 viable for all storylines but then bringing the story back togeather.
But aways? I think it's too early to think about this. Game of Thrones, Borderlands and new TWAU are comming before TWD, so there will be planty of feels to drain from you by TTG before TWD s3 hits.
Why don't you let Telltale decide?
I don't mind. I would prefer to keep Clementine as the protagonist and just have "five versions" of Episode One which ends the same way. But if they want to focus on new characters, that's fine as well.
Did Telltale confirm a second season of TWAU?
Sorry everyone that thinks Clementine will be the protagonist in the next season but that third possibility pretty much proves that she won't.
Maybe not yet. And with Borderlands and GoT comming maybe they will delay it.
NO.Telltale must not let this happen.We need Clementine
Oh well, if they do release a second season I think it's safe to assume it would release alongside TWD. I hope they do another season and don't make this another BTTF on us.
Season 3 will be about Luke and how he survived in the lake
I'd be pretty pissed if they just ended her story right there in season 2. I mean they can't just have all this hype and development for a character and just end it. That would just feel like two seasons and characters wasted. The Walking Dead game series is basically Clementine's life in a zombie apocalypse. Besides this will give players a chance to have more variety with their version of Clementine so everyone can love her.
Good.
"I got lucky. REAL lucky."
I'd like that too but i highly doubt Telltale will make like 5 seperate storylines for the next season
Yes it will. Ign's episode 5 spoilercast, watch it.
Here's what I'd like, as I'd like to see Clem's story to continue, I'd either like to play as Kenny, or play as a whole new character who runs into Kenny and Clementine, shortly after they leave Wellington together.
Dang... It hasn't been a week since season 2 ended... Let's not get too ahead of ourselves o_O
Umm what? When at any time did I imply I was urging telltale to make a decision? I was just saying it is unlikely for the story to be focused around Clem . . .
Well, I joke about people saying they won't buy it if she isn't a central character next time, saying they will... But that's because we're on the forums so chances are we're pretty hooked on the game. A lot of other people may very well not buy it. Not having Clementine I think very much would hurt sales.
chasing sales is what makes games suck, making a good game should be the priority
This is going to sound very condescending (especially in text), and I'm sorry if it sounds that way, but how old are you? (Basically trying to see whether you're a student/ prepraring or a career/ or a professional yourself)
You need to have a balance between popular appeal, a good product, swift delivery etc. Yes, you can content yourself to niche markets, knowing you're going to have lower budgets, but more creative freedom....
The new Transformers movie made billions on billions of dollars, this Korea movie Pickup Artist I saw at a film festival, was really good, but was released directly to VOD. Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines - the company that made it went bankrupt quickly after it came out. Yet people are constantly modding it 10 years after release.
I'm sort of agreeing with you is that what chasing sales is what sucks, but it's also, to a certain extent necessary. You always have to have a target market, and recognize that investment will come accordingly. Investment is often based on a good proposal, meaning a good understanding of where your product stands in the market and how it can meet the needs of the consumer.
If Clem isn't playable in season 3, I'd rather not see her in it at all. I developed a very strong bond to her in season 2, and it was a very natural progression to play as her after mentoring her in the first. If she appears in season 3 acting independently from us, I'd suddenly feel very detached from her and would feel like I've parted my ways
Don't you think it'll be sad to see her again but in an unplayable form? To me, TWD is HER story and we should stay with her.
I'm 27 if you must know, although it's not relevant.
i am just getting annoyed that people keep saying that not having clementine as protagonist in season 3 would be bad for sales, like that on it's own is a good reason to have her as protagonist.
if season one was chasing sales the protagonist would be a white male with stubble and the box art would be white lee holding a gun and he would be graphically half on fire, in the story he would have kicked bad guy ass and everybody would agree with whatever he says, and in the end he would have saved the day and lived.
perhaps the initial sales would have been greater than the initial sales of the real one if that had been the case, but it wouldn't have been as good, original or engrossing, and it wouldn't have been the massive success that got telltale so much critical acclaim and money.
i think bringing back clementine because she is a fan favorite would be a bad idea because it would just be milking every last bit of success from season one it could without adding anything on it's own, i personally feel like bringing clementine back for season 2 was a bad idea and even bringing back kenny was a bad idea even though i am team kenny, i think riding on the success of season one didn't add anything new or original it just spread the success of season one a bit further, and if they keep doing that it will start to spread a bit thin.
i would much rather have a completely original story for season three than have them ride the success of season one into the ground and just fizzle out.
It's too soon for you to make a sensible thread, people are still in denial. You're gonna get a lotta hate for it, but don't worry because you're right.
It's the same as making a thread accepting Lee's death back when No Time Left came out. People would just jump at your throat, lol.
I have already wrote my Lee Everett Fanfic return
Im saying it again Season 3 will have two Playable characters... Wyatt and Eddie =:P
Wow, we're close to the same age (you're a bit older than me; looks like where some of the older ones on the forum).
It does make some difference; I'm more or less involved in film (more on the less side ㅠ_ㅠ ) and I know while a lot of people have fantasies about the industry and originality, it's amazing how tenuous that all it. Thining The Walking Dead successfully appealed to a nice crowd - being good for sales doesn't always mean taking the most 'popular' route, it means taking a profitable one, and a niche market, if unsaturated can (and did) appeal to that.
As for bringing back Clementine or not, I do think it would, and is, milking the success of season 1 - Season 3 was confirmed before season 2 was even over. I see what you mean with original characters, but the it would have been The Walking Dead 2 Season 1.
I know that chances are we won't be playing as her anymore but I think she should still have a certain role to play in the story as a side character despite all the different endings. I mean, what would be the point of calling it season 3 if it has nothing to do with the previous seasons ? There has to be something that ties all these seasons together in the end for the sake of continuity. There has to be someone from the previous two seasons who appears in season 3 and the best person for that is Clem.
I know that the endings (especially the one where Clem stays at Wellington) feel like they're wrapping her story but since Telltale said that they had ideas about how they are going to pull it off for season 3 I'm just gonna assume that they have a specific idea in mind and that they are going to surprise us.
to me, the walking dead season one was an original story set in the walking dead universe, so more original stories wouldn't make it so different it would have to be named something else, i see season two more as season 1.5 as all it really did was conclude season ones ending, i'm not saying the name should be changed or anything, but i am just saying making season 3 an original story of it's own set in the walking dead universe would be more like what season one was, but without just milking it, so it wouldn't need any special classification like the walking dead 2 season one or any other thing that may be thought of, just season 3 would be fine.
yeah there are a lot of younger people on the forums, i guess that is one of the things that happens if the protagonist in an adult game is a child.
What happened in the 'Playing Dead?' I don't watch as it lags too much for me.