Let's Reminisce about Season 1.
It's been a good 4 years since the release of the first episode of Season 1, and so much has happened since then.
Let's go all the way back to when you first played this game. How did you feel about it? Did you enjoy it?
Are there any irl triggers that remind you if the game? One of mine is an open field; it reminds me of Clem finding Omid and Christa.
What are some things about the game that you'll never forget? What are some things about the game that have changed your life?
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The Walking Dead Season 1 was unlike any other video game I typically played at the time when I first experienced it. It was a grounded, well written story, with characters I related to on a deeper level than ever before. Lee and Clementine's relationship evoked protective parental instincts inside me that I never knew I had. I genuinely cared about Clementine so much and always wanted to protect her, and I still do to this day, which is incredible because I'm typically not fond of child characters. The voice acting felt so human and realistic, like these were actual people communicating and not just scripted characters. I grew so attached to the characters, I didn't know how to process it, because it was so new for me to have such a deep emotional bond with characters in a video game. Lee's death scene had such a powerful impact on me, it still gets me to this day. This game has literally changed my life forever, and I will always treasure it.
That feeling of being in the drugstore for the first time and exploring and talking to the other survivors and finding food for Clem.... It really felt like an immersive and living universe.
It felt so amazing, to be able to choose different outcomes and lead a great protagonist through the apocalyptic world. My relationship with Clementine was nothing like ever before, it almost felt like she was a real little girl I had to take care of. Damn, I wish games would make such impression on me these days.
I don't even care if I sound sappy when I say this, but I don't think I'll ever forget this game
Hands down one of the most memorable goddamn games I've played
It's just a shame this place seems to be so negative nowadays
I know you shouldn't let what someone else thinks change how you feel, but it's honestly difficult when you are one of the only people that doesn't seem to agree with everyone else. It almost makes me feel like I made the wrong choice getting attached and invested in this game. Or more specifically, for actually liking S2... and even S3.
I mean, yeah, I have my problems with how S3 has been handled thus far, but I still like it. I still think it's an enjoyable experience. But with what everyone around here is saying, it almost makes me feel like I'm in the wrong for not disliking it like everyone else does. And I'm not very comfortable with that feeling.
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No one should ever demonize you for your opinion, we all have our own preferences and opinions, and people have to understand it. When a person states their opinion, they are not saying it's a fact. They are just stating what they think, which is perfectly fine. I'm pretty disappointed with ANF so far, but I respect those that like the game, that is fine.
Great story hooked instantly, cool interesting characters, Hubs with a lot of interaction with the characters, choices mattered, and it had puzzles
How much would you like for them to release a remastered season 1 with updated graphics and animations?
It's aged a bit. You get scenes where Kenny is yelling, and his voice actor is acting his heart out but the facial animation just can't keep up.
I remember playing S1 when I was 11 or 12 and just being completely captivated by the game. It was amazing and just... the best thing I'd ever played at that point. I think S1 is comparable to Harry Potter and Percy Jackson in the ways that it sucked me in and quickly became a part of my life.
It captivated me like no other game I had played at that time or even since then. I had never really played a game that allowed you to have so much control over the story and its characters, so I was really engrossed in it. I found myself actually relating with and caring about the characters, which isn't typical for me (I usually don't give a crap about fictional characters). It's become my favorite fictional story of all time, and I doubt I'll ever forget it. As far as changing my life goes, it opened my mind to maybe being a dad someday I guess.
I've never played a game that I feel so emotionally invested in. The immersion in the story for me was so real, every decision felt so important, and I legitimately felt for the characters as if I were there with them. I've never cried from any fiction the way I did at the end of episode 5 with Lee's death. It made me self aware of my own morals, and made me question what type of person I am/want to be. I know that sounds silly, but making decisions like dropping Ben or not, really shook me and made me question my morals. I love the franchise, I love the walking dead universe. I am a huge fan of the show, and I wish to one day read all the comics. If someone told me that a zombie game would have a serious impact on me before I played it, I would have laughed. But it seriously does such an amazing job of captivating life in an apocalyptic world. There are many games where you're trying to save someone, or take care of a person, but not in the same way as season 1 with Clementine. They made it so difficult to make moral choices by having Clem there watching your every move. It's a masterpiece of a story, and it would be pretty tough for another game to take it's #1 spot for me. I love the other TWD games as well, but season 1 had something just extra special that would be hard to match.
When I first played this game it was like a horror game for me but it was an amazing experience....it gave me a special feeling when I first played it that no game had given to me before....wish I could feel that special feeling agian man it was horrific
I can understand the feeling of feeling like you're wrong because popular opinion goes against your own opinion, but don't let those thoughts win over. Don't change your opinion based on how others feel.
It's hard to say as my first experience of season 1 was watching a let's play, which is one of the biggest mistakes I've made, I should've played it myself. Though something that does stick out to me is that final confrontation with Andy in episode 2. It was a really epic scene, the atmosphere really sold it for me, the storm just really fit the mood. That scene really shows what the Walking Dead is, it's not about the Walking corpses, It's about the people and how the world changes them.
That scene will always be really memorable to me.