What are your feelings on The Walking Dead?
Im talking about both the games from TT, and the show.
I think the show has run it's course. And with Andrew Licoln and Lauren Cohen leaving this coming season, I think the show will be ending shortly. But then again, with apparently Norman Reedus taking over as the lead character on the show, it may get a resurgence in popularity, which has been dwindling in recent years, or so I've heard.
The game, as far as a story I think is decent, but I wish the game had more of the playing style of TLOU, as far as combat, and alike.
And I feel that killing off a lot of the game's supporting characters, like Kenny, Luke, Chuck, Omid, and etc, was a major mistake. Clementine may be the main protagonist, after Lee, but the game, just like the show, needs strong supporting characters who gamers have a history with. In my opinion.
How about you?
What is your take?
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THe game should have been about a group and not just a single individual. I hope if they keep on making TWD games after this upcoming one they do just that.
That's what I was hoping Anf would be more like.
Same.
Agreed STRONGLY, the one major problem I had with telltale's TWD is the lack of continuation with other characters besides Clementine. They either are dead or missing by the end of the season, therefore no real development are done for characters onto the next season
I honestly think the game would've worked better with having a new group/protagonist each Season, as opposed to focusing on Clementine's story. Some of my reasoning is very obviously tinted by bias from hindsight, but yeah, I think Telltale should've ended their Clem story on a high note in Season 1. Season 2 onward should've pulled some tricks from the 400 Days episode, where they focus on different aspects of the apocalypse aside from the repeatedly used Carver/Randall/New Frontier "Group Politics" story-line.
I stopped watching the The Walking Dead around the end of season 7. I was going to catch up, but I lost interest when I learned about the recent news of Andrew Lincoln and Lauren Cohan leaving the show. I was also disappointed when I found out they killed off Carl. Due to this news I've decided to give Fear the Walking Dead a chance instead.
I agree that characters such as Kenny, Omid, Luke, etc. should of stuck around so that we had a lot of strong supporting characters in our group. I enjoy following Clem's story, but it becomes hard to care about the characters around her when they keep coming and going through a revolving door.
Well, it kind of was, save for some people dying here and there. Well, all that got thrown out the window when david shows up and the game abruptly switches themes and focus. I liked episode 2 a lot. But 3 is decent too.
Actually, it's been great episodes, however, I would have liked to see what happened to the other characters.
Eh, I like having a protagonist and not jumping all over the place American Horror Story style. I'm done with the game series after this, jumping around from group to group really doesn't help a series grow. They had a solid foundation built despite what the forums might lead people to believe, then they started dropping spinoff after spinoff, one of which they really tried to push as a legitimate sequel, and we're aware how that went.
He meant that there should've been more recurring main/major characters besides Clementine for people to follow the series for.
Ah, yea. Think I just misread this one earlier lol. I wouldn't have been against the group surviving and continuing on at the end of S1 and into S2 and beyond, never been a big fan everyone dies but you. Either way I still need that central protagonist, before the show shits the bed this coming season, it's always had a very clear main character despite appearing to be about a group.
The games are fine. The first game is still the best, but the others have all been enjoyable enough that I don't regret buying any of them (well, maybe 400 days since it ended up having absolutely zero meaningful impact on season 2). The show can fuck off and die. I'm fully caught up but I really don't like it. The writers on the show are generally terrible and rely on making the characters do stupid stuff to generate danger and drama.
The show has reached ANF levels. Honestly, I just want to see you say Yee Haw. I will jump in that fucking Charger with you.
"I think the show has run it's course. And with Andrew Licoln and Lauren Cohen leaving this coming season, I think the show will be ending shortly."
Not necessarily. Sure, there were rumors courtesy of Chandler Rigg's father on FB [after news of his son being wrongly fired. Carl's death had more to do with Chandler turning 18 and being able to negotiate an adult contract for more $$$] that the show would probably end around S10. However, even if that turns out to be true, it's most likely FTWD would carry on as the flagship series. FTWD has a freedom that TWD will never have, and that's not having to rely on the comics or the other show--at all.
As much of a following Better Call Saul and Preacher have managed to amass, if TWD ends, there's no way they'd also simultaneously end FTWD. Not when their competition, Syfy's Z-Nation has a script plot that the show creator's Karl Schaefer & Craig Engler confirmed in a Reddit AMA, will carry them up to 10 seasons. So far, they're only on the 5th season.
As for Rick and Lauren, for those of us Walker Stalkers that have been following everything TWD, they aren't truly exiting.
Lauren is just appearing in less episodes for S9 due to her Whiskey Cavalier series, but she is still on contract to appear in S10, but for how many episodes is what's unknown.
Rick is just getting a looooooooooooooooooooong Glenn fakeout break, according to recent spoilers.
Spoiler Source: https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/13/walking-dead-season-9-rick-grimes-rescued-negan-ahead-exit-twisted-turn-events-7713440/
And I agree with everyone else that the game would've done better as a group focused game. The supporting cast is really what made S1 great to me. S2 had a nice cast, but I already knew how to expect it to end based on how S1's cast was handled. Rushing character development, killing Omid and having Christa disappear into the unknown much like Lily and Molly; never to be heard from or seen again within the first 10 minutes of S2 didn't help alleviate this feeling, at all.
S3 immediately became a crapshow & lost my interest when Mariana was killed. I still played it, but it was a lackluster experience that I knew had the potential to be much better than it was.
The Walking Dead show recently was nominated for an Emmy for their six part short story "Red Machete" which explains the origins of how it came to be used by Rick Grimes. Source: http://comicbook.com/thewalkingdead/2018/07/12/the-walking-dead-red-machete-emmy-nomination
This could've easily been introduced to explain the whereabouts of the characters we've been wondering about, I personally feel it would've made for good storytelling to explain Molly. Perhaps Jane or Arvo's goons could've had Hilda? Someone at Howe's could've been repairing the RV Lily commandeered? Somewhere, Christa's purple jacket could've been found torn up? Either way, you can't tell me that wouldn't have made for some nice callbacks and extra dialogue.
Fear the walking dead is really good now!
It pains me to say that it’s run it’s course but it really has. The games and the tv series have become stale, people are not as excited as they once were and i am the same way. I used to be on the edge of my seat watching the tv series and I couldn’t download the Telltale games quick enough but now i really don’t care anymore
So fucking true. I hate the characters in the show.
Yea, they're much worse than the games characters. They survive more than one outing. /s
Okay, not gonna lie--Arvo whipping out that ski hook or whatever in the finale, with some possible indication that it is indeed Hilde, might've just gotten a reaction.
And I'm indifferent.
That might've been neat.
Would've been more noticeable than just having it in the Sunshine Mobile Park.