Why is a new frontier hated so much?

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  • edited April 2017

    Clem seems to have daddy issues..or longing to belong to a family.
    And we might forget she is still a young kid.
    We easily expect Clem would react like an adult, but the fact is she is not.
    She is an orphan child on her own in a very dangerous dark world, this must be more scary than just follow a man/family who did not always agree with her (bad) behaviour.

    And my Clem in Season 2 loved hugs lol.
    I guess she really needed a hug at the very emotional moment when she told Javi about how she lost AJ, practically her baby boy.

    Javi can be a complete asshole to clem and she can still say that he's making the right choices in Ep 3.Besides if you agree to Conrads plan or not the interactions won't change between her and you and you can also hug her?!? The hell!?!?

  • snyderman567snyderman567 Banned
    edited April 2017

    Is it really that toxic around here?

    Alex-twdg posted: »

    No it's just people coming up with the most bs reasons to try and justify reasons why the series is bad when in fact there's not that bad of a problem with it

  • edited April 2017

    I was lucky in some ways since I skipped all the pre-release promises and hype. Thus my expectations were lower and was able to more easily enjoy S3. I still have some criticism though:

    • Clementine. I actually like interacting with her more than I like playing her. However I don't like how my decisions in previous seasons seems to have done jackshit in shaping her character. And Telltale actually claims she has 40+ starting points? Hah! No matter my choices she's still this Jane esque loner badass. Also her involvement in the story feels more like fanservice than anything and results in some odd writing (more on that later).

    • Flashbacks. Especially the ones involving Kenny/Jane/Edith. All of them felt rushed, all of them just aimed to get Clementine alone by conveniently killing off all the other characters. Wanted to see what's actually inside those Wellington walls? Nope. Wanted the character who has been with us since S1 Ep.1 (Kenny) to have a worthy emotional farewell? Nope.

    • Characters. I actually like the Garcias (except Kate) and I think they are better developed than the Cabin group who had some really inconsistent behaviour and were callously written off. Nick IMO had the best development but once he became determinant... all that went down the toilet. In S3 I have issues with how they set up the characters though. Kate is immediately trying to woo Javier while the player practically knows nothing about her and thus hasn't developed a bond. The game just seems to say: you're supposed to care cuz we say so. The way they try to force a romance while giving the player consistent option to reject her... only to later pretend you didn't, it all comes off as annoying instead of engaging. Why even give me an option to reject her if your goal is to force this love-triangle drama anyways? We were able to shape and get engaged in Lee way easier since while he had an interesting history, a lot was left to our interpretation and they weren't pushing pre-established relationships.

    • Then there's also weird character behaviour. Everything went to shit for Tripp after he met Javier, yet he's still willing to let him act as the boss. Eleanor immediately flirts with a dude she knows nothing about and who was involved in an incident which resulted in a guy getting shot at their camp. Yet she's ready to ride off to help him. Like, wtf? Clementine and AJ don't make a lot of sense either. If she stayed in Wellington or with Kenny I guess they can teach her about taking care of babies. But especially in the alone-scenario I find my suspension of disbelief breaking. Clem is still a child herself in the end of S2 and has absolutely no knowledge of babies. Christa lost hers so she couldn't learn even then. Yet the game wants me to belive Clem is sone sort of "super mom".

    • Choices. This season seems to have the most biased decision making because of Clementine. We are geared to side with her for obvious reasons but in the context of Javier's story... these decisions can come off as plain odd. In S1 Lee (and the player) took her under his wing before meeting any other survivors and developed the relationship as her guardian. Javier meets Clem when she threatens him with a gun. Yet he can almost immediately say stuff like "We two are a team!" I know these options are there to appease the player but, again, in the context of Javier it's odd. Also it's pretty sad how the bias we have made the majority of players miss out on Conrad who I think is the best determinant character yet. Heck, he's double determinant!

    I still enjoy the season and actually prefer it over S2, but I can see why other people might not.

  • It isn't hated. If it were, people wouldn't be around waiting for the next episodes. So when somebody says they hate it they secretly like it.

  • edited April 2017

    Dude most of us are still waiting around because a) we got suckered into buying the season pass and b) we want to see if Telltale will own up to this lackluster season and try to redeem themselves.

    To say that the angry and disappointed reactions (which are completely justified btw) means that we actually just secretly love the season is complete bullshit.

    Melton23 posted: »

    It isn't hated. If it were, people wouldn't be around waiting for the next episodes. So when somebody says they hate it they secretly like it.

  • edited April 2017

    The game came out 4 months ago and it was only around $25. Money problems aren't an issue anymore so why are you so angry at me? Maybe next time look at the reviews instead of buying it straight away

    Dude most of us are still waiting around because a) we got suckered into buying the season pass and b) we want to see if Telltale will own u

  • I'm not angry at you, I just find it absurd to suggest that the very valid criticisms of this season are false and that all of it's detractors secretly like it.

    Myself and countless others bought the season pass out of loyalty to Telltale and because we expected the same quality as the previous seasons of TWDG. Hence the feelings of betrayal and disappointment when we took Telltale at their word and found out otherwise when we actually played the game.

    Melton23 posted: »

    The game came out 4 months ago and it was only around $25. Money problems aren't an issue anymore so why are you so angry at me? Maybe next time look at the reviews instead of buying it straight away

  • I Personally don't have a problem with the whole Javi thing, the only thing i dislike about the new season is the Episode Length, atleast of the first 2 episodes, Episode 3 felt right for me. However i do understand why some people Dislike the Season.

    The reason is because people thought season 3 was going to be this, but ended up being another thing. They wanted season 3 to be about Clem,

  • Have you ever thought about the fact that we have gotten a fuckton of lies pre-release causing people to pre-order and buy the Season Pass? Steam denied me a refund so I'll have to play through the rest HOPING it will improve.

    Melton23 posted: »

    The game came out 4 months ago and it was only around $25. Money problems aren't an issue anymore so why are you so angry at me? Maybe next time look at the reviews instead of buying it straight away

  • That's why you don't preorder if it's on steam. Wtf is the point in preordering it on steam if it isn't going to run out of stock? Just wait until it comes out and look at the reviews.

    Have you ever thought about the fact that we have gotten a fuckton of lies pre-release causing people to pre-order and buy the Season Pass? Steam denied me a refund so I'll have to play through the rest HOPING it will improve.

  • It would have meaning if we spent another whole season with him, Having come back for 5 minutes is just a compete joke.

    Alex-twdg posted: »

    Ok to be honest kenny died while trying to protect aj and clem which Malden his death meaningful similar to lee which is More than I could s

  • Honestly I feel like Clem was forced, game would of been SOOO much better had they just left her out.

    AronDracula posted: »

    Here are my reasons: * Episode length * No character development * Clementine being part of Javier's story * Season 2 Endings don't

  • Because Telltale never messed up on a Walking Dead game before and I was excited to CONTINUE CLEMENTINE'S story. Yes, Season 2 wasn't the best but damn it was still a good game. ANF is just ... something else. The lies didn't help either. I guess some of it is my fault for preordering the game... and I have learnt it the hard way. I will never preorder a game again, mainly a Telltale game - but you can't deny the fact that we were given tons of lies and false advertisement to make us buy the damn game.

    Melton23 posted: »

    That's why you don't preorder if it's on steam. Wtf is the point in preordering it on steam if it isn't going to run out of stock? Just wait until it comes out and look at the reviews.

  • The walking dead michonne was also kinda bad.

    Because Telltale never messed up on a Walking Dead game before and I was excited to CONTINUE CLEMENTINE'S story. Yes, Season 2 wasn't the be

  • I'm talking about main Walking Dead games, plus Michonne is 100x better than ANF.

    Melton23 posted: »

    The walking dead michonne was also kinda bad.

  • Yes

    ewantu2 posted: »

    Honestly I feel like Clem was forced, game would of been SOOO much better had they just left her out.

  • edited April 2017

    That's just opinion. IGN rated michonne 6.3 and a new frontier 8.8 so I wouldn't call it 100x better

    I'm talking about main Walking Dead games, plus Michonne is 100x better than ANF.

  • Since when is IGN trustworthy? Michonne and ANF are both at 78% right now on Steam, and ANF is close to decreasing even more.

    Melton23 posted: »

    That's just opinion. IGN rated michonne 6.3 and a new frontier 8.8 so I wouldn't call it 100x better

  • edited April 2017

    IGN's been trustworthy since it started. Please stop trying to find your way out of this because you know I'm right. It is next to game spot for the most accurate reviews for any video game so just don't go there. Metacritic also rated michonne as 64% and a new frontier as 81%. So there's 2 reliable game ratings that have a new frontier above michonne.

    Since when is IGN trustworthy? Michonne and ANF are both at 78% right now on Steam, and ANF is close to decreasing even more.

  • Melton23 posted: »

    IGN's been trustworthy since it started. Please stop trying to find your way out of this because you know I'm right. It is next to game spot

  • Ur on PS4 right

    Melton23 posted: »

    IGN's been trustworthy since it started. Please stop trying to find your way out of this because you know I'm right. It is next to game spot

  • Also there is still time Faldo there is still time for anf to increase

    http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/11/18/pokemon-alpha-sapphire-and-omega-ruby-review Those pros and cons... good stuff.

  • I don't know why you're bringing Pokemon into this and I also don't see your point

    http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/11/18/pokemon-alpha-sapphire-and-omega-ruby-review Those pros and cons... good stuff.

  • Yerp

    Alex-twdg posted: »

    Ur on PS4 right

  • Ignore Pokemon, I don't give a shit about Pokemon. I brought it up for you to look at the pros and cons. That's an IGN review. "Too much water" - does that seem like a good negative to you?

    Melton23 posted: »

    I don't know why you're bringing Pokemon into this and I also don't see your point

  • edited April 2017

    Yes because if there's too much water, then there is a plain and boring environment if there is just ocean around. This means it would all look the same and there is barely any foliage, letting us know that the map lacks a lot of life.

    Ignore Pokemon, I don't give a shit about Pokemon. I brought it up for you to look at the pros and cons. That's an IGN review. "Too much water" - does that seem like a good negative to you?

  • Trustworthy? You think so?

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    Melton23 posted: »

    IGN's been trustworthy since it started. Please stop trying to find your way out of this because you know I'm right. It is next to game spot

  • All call of duties are only played for the online so that score isn't bad, and delta force WAS kinda crap Imo. This is the thing I love about this website, everyone tries to gang up on me because they think they are right but they always end up wrong.

    Trustworthy? You think so?

  • Please stop trying to find your way out of this because you know I'm right

    You ignore the point. You just look up at score and make up excuses without making a single thought. You can't call IGN trustworthy if they call out a company for "churning out sequels with no noticeable attempt to improve" and at the same time they praise a game that does exactly the same, by calling it "next generation".

    What I'm trying to tell you with this image is that their reviews are subjective and there are reasons not to trust them and you can't just say that "IGN's been trustworthy since the start". That means that you can't just say that A > B, just because IGN says so.

    Melton23 posted: »

    All call of duties are only played for the online so that score isn't bad, and delta force WAS kinda crap Imo. This is the thing I love abou

  • I have a feeling you're just upset you were too lazy to wait a short while to find out if the game was for you instead of buying it off the bad because you thought it would be better than the last game. I only it was kind of dumb what you did. I checked the reviews and I thought it was for me, so I got it, whereas you just didn't think twice. So listen to my point, and next time if you don't like a game just check the reviews. Every oxygen knows IGN is reliable and if I didn't know any better you're just trying to think of an excuse to make this game look bad just because you "wasted" around $25-$30. Imo money well spent

    Please stop trying to find your way out of this because you know I'm right You ignore the point. You just look up at score and make

  • You ignore what I say. Saying some nonsense. No point talking with you.

    Melton23 posted: »

    I have a feeling you're just upset you were too lazy to wait a short while to find out if the game was for you instead of buying it off the

  • Everyone hates it just because they wanted more Clementine. They accuse TTG of "false advertising" and the like.

  • Heh, take a look in the mirror, refusing to understand what I'M saying and now trying to bail as soon as I make a shit load of valid points. Well idc anymore, fucking hate arguing.

    You ignore what I say. Saying some nonsense. No point talking with you.

  • I have a feeling

    /=/

    a shit load of valid points

    hate arguing

    I see why, because all you do is share your feelings and completely ignore others and instead share your subjective opinion.

    Melton23 posted: »

    Heh, take a look in the mirror, refusing to understand what I'M saying and now trying to bail as soon as I make a shit load of valid points. Well idc anymore, fucking hate arguing.

  • I've seen what you are saying and I'm pointing out why I disagree with you. Thought you were done here, anyway, guess you were wrong about something else.

    I have a feeling /=/ a shit load of valid points hate arguing I see why, because all you do is share your feelings and completely ignore others and instead share your subjective opinion.

  • Oh boy, someone is getting a little defensive...

    Melton23 posted: »

    All call of duties are only played for the online so that score isn't bad, and delta force WAS kinda crap Imo. This is the thing I love abou

  • 'Everyone'... does this include you?

    Oh and yeah, they did false advertise, an easy example is how they said it would be the biggest season yet, but so far it has the shortest episodes to do of any Walking Dead Game.

    Everyone hates it just because they wanted more Clementine. They accuse TTG of "false advertising" and the like.

  • You failed to see the "they" in that sentence.

    Nope, not false advertisement. They didn't say what length the episodes would be in the trailer, they barely gave any content away in the trailer or screen shots. A lot of people just over-analyzed things. Big doesn't mean long, but it could mean that it's culminating into something big. Or it could mean it involved certain things to make it big (given that there's a cameo).

    Sharples65 posted: »

    'Everyone'... does this include you? Oh and yeah, they did false advertise, an easy example is how they said it would be the biggest season yet, but so far it has the shortest episodes to do of any Walking Dead Game.

  • Oh boy, someone is getting involved in something that doesn't involve them. It's not called being defensive it is called being right and at times being a smart ass.

    Sharples65 posted: »

    Oh boy, someone is getting a little defensive...

  • Let's be real, twdg was terrible since s2, I'm shocked people around here still try to defend it. ANF has some of the same exact problems s2 had, episodes are too short, choices don't mean anything, no hubs, boring deaths for shock value.

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