As I play through season 2 it feels like things could have been fleshed out
It is the same number of episodes but it feels shorter. It seems like more time could have spent with carter and his group, it feels kinda rushed. Still as I am in episode 4 there are some great moments and good characters. It feels like since the whole carver situation is over there is nowhere left to go after the big escape.. It all built up in three episodes. Maybe the story could have been spread over two seasons, episode fove have a final confro tation with carver after escaping then season 4 continuing on north to find a sanctuary. I know they only have so much time to make a game.
At the end of episodd 3 I had clementine cut off sarita's hand in a spur of the moment thing, had to make a quick decision then in episode 4 near the beginning had her kill her with the hatchet to keep her from turning. It was all pretty sad actually and it made the whole situation even worse. Also managed to get sarah moving to help her save herself. So far I do 't really care for this jane character, she tried to convince clementine inot leaving sarah behind
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You will find that was what most players disliked about season 2. What are your thoughts on Kenny, Clem, Luke, Rebecca, and Bonnie so far?
I like kenny it's hard seeing him go through all that stuff, Clem is great and seeing the world from her perspective makes it more interesting. Didn't like rebecca at first but she's grown on me, same with the others. The others are good but rebecca sticks out the most
I liked 400 days more than I liked season 2.
Welcome to the club, Acehunter! I think it's safe to say that your assessment is a general consensus but I look forward to hearing about your thoughts once you've beaten the game!
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I am starting to soften up on Jane going into episode 5, so far the best moment in the game is the scenes set at the substation. It was a great moment with group dialog. Actually the best moments in these walking dead games are the group moments when they let the characters breathe. Felt bad for what happened to Rebecca and lost sarah. I thought the game would go downhill after carver but this is actually still good.
Finished the game and I can honestly say I loved it just as much as season one after playing through it, still seemed a bit shorter in some areas but over all wow! And telltale stop leaving me all teary eyed. I honestly didn't want to shoot either one because I really did like both characters. I paused the game for about 5 minutes and really had to think so I shot Kenny, didn't want to. Then I forgave Jane when I found out what went down. The dream Clem has after she got shot really had me thinking about forgiveness and what the right thing to do was in certain situations. I think season 2 was maybe about forgiveness and there are no good or bad choices. I ended up letting the family in at the end. I think both kenny and jane both could have gone through some form of redemption and watching kenny break down was pretty hard. What are others opinions on thr ending and why did you choose who to shoot and how did you make the choice?
I made the same choices as you the first time through at the end. I shot Kenny because I figured he was in a lot of pain and wanted it to end. That sort of thing, and he does thank you, right? I also let the family in at the end. I later saved Kenny, and think I'll use that save for the 1st S3 game. Enjoyed the end, anyhow.
As far as themes go, I'm not really sure in all honesty. Walking Dead's always been a mix for me, besides the whole 'what happens when the world goes to hell and there's no law'. Plus it's been a while since I played S2. Likely between 1 - 2 at the very least.
On my first playthrough, it actually redid my ending, which had Clementine stand up to Jane after saving her from Kenny and walking off. After a quick YouTube search, I reloaded the last chapter and made sure both were dead so as to leave no loose ends.
Kenny went too far and I wanted to save him from making the same mistake Lee and Lily made, but alas, that wasn't really an option without shooting him. Jane on the otherhand, had a kill streak by that point and needed to be punished, so unfortunately Kenny had to cross that line. It really is a downer ending now that I think about it: having everyone in her group be killed, failed to be saved, or betray her, Clementine takes AJ into the closest thing they have to a future together, ironically giving Carver and Jane exactly what they wanted--a Clementine that's willing to kill for the sake of survival without a group dragging her down.
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I didn't really find the who lives choice that hard to be honest. Jane was pressing Clementine against Kenny the entirety of the last episode so when she turned up without the baby after their spat in the truck I was pretty convinced she was manipulating Kenny into a fight on purpose.
She told me to stay out of it and that's exactly what I did, Kenny and Clementine found AJ and pressed on to find Wellington. Kenny insisted Clem stay with AJ but I stayed with him instead, Clementine's experience with settlements isn't exactly the best and if they can survive 9 days in the cold on their own I was pretty sure they'd make it with the two bags that Wellington gave them.
Glad you enjoyed it, I think I pretty much shared your sentiments after I finished. The dream for me was just really depressing, like looking back when things were better(as bad as they were) and realizing she's probably never going to have that again. I ended up going with the alone ending though, after saving Jane.
Finding out that this all went back to when she was trying to get me to leave the group in the previous episode, and she ended up proving Kenny was going to snap by manipulating the situation to create the scenario where he does, so she could kill him herself or, at worst(best?) get me to do it for her shattered any trust I had left in her. As much as Kenny was emotionally devastated and looking for something to fill the hole left by his losses, Jane was worse. The situation she orchestrated actually put me in a situation where I had to kill someone, or watch someone else die. Combined with their final conversation, I was done with Jane.
Exactly this. If she wanted Kenny gone like she planned all along, then she would have to do it herself because there was no way I was going to do her dirty work. My Clem is not a murderer and Jane was damn wrong if she thought I would shoot someone like Kenny (an old friend) to save her ass. I mean, in no scenario would I ever shoot Kenny, but when she started with her BS "you'll see what he really is" I just knew something was up and I couldn't trust her anyway. At the time, by her reaction I actually thought she killed AJ on purpose to make Kenny snap, since all game long she wouldn't shut up how Kenny was a time bomb, how he was turning into Carver and how my Clem was blind and couldn't see it and bla bla bla, so it was obvious she was planning something drastic to somehow make my Clem "see". Then it turned out she didn't kill AJ but she was still a manipulative lying psycho. If she didn't want to die, she could've told the truth at any time, so in my eyes, she dug her own grave. Still, if I could save her without killing Kenny I would, so I could leave her ass afterwards and leave with AJ and Kenny. It would make the ending more gratifying to see her realize how wrong she was and having to live with it all by her lone selfish self.
I made the same choices in my first play. Kenny's aggressive personality made it difficult to cut him a break and easier to side with Jane. However, I probably would have snuck A.J. out of the house and left with Bonnie, Mike, and Arvo if that was an actual option. Now that I've had time to reflect, Kenny has grown on me and my positive opinion of Jane has diminished. She had a point, but she manipulated the situation in a really low way to prove it. She went out of her way to push Kenny's buttons, and she put Clementine and A.J. In danger. Kenny has his problems, but he isn't sneaky or a liar. I'm saving Kenny in my forthcoming re-play.
So now that you've completed the entire game, care to share your first impressions?
Also, what were your favorite characters, moments, locations, ideas, and episode?
And what about your least favorites?
Overall I loved it, the character driven parts were my favorite, I enjoyed the escape from the compound sequence. My favorite characters
Clem
Kenny
Jane
Rebecca
Luke
Sarah
Sarita
Peter