I know I’m a little late to the show here, but I have recently finished Telltale's “The Walking Dead” Season One, and I must say, it is one of the best games I have played in a long time. With the story, the characters, and the choices, it is an amazing spectacle of a game.
The game is split into five episodes, and when it was released, the episodes were released about a month apart from each other. Thankfully, I am able to binge play all the episodes in one sitting.
The game uses choices, just like "Life Is Strange," and other episodic like games. The choices will affect whether characters live, die, and how those around you look at you as a person. And there’s also a time limit on most, if not all, choices, so you really have to be on your toes when these moments come up.
The characters are some of the best, well written characters I have ever come across in a video game. The characters had such depth and backstory that when they died, you cared and you also felt for the characters on some aspects because they are so relatable.
The story is separate from the show entirely, with the game being based on the comics. The story of the first season followed Lee Everett, a professor from UGA who is accused of killing a man who was sleeping with wife.
Lee is on his way to prison, when a walker stumbles into the road, causing the police car to crash off the side of the road. Lee is then thrown into the thick of the apocalypse.
After a struggle with how the world has gone to hell, he meets Clementine. A 10-year-old girl who’s parents have gone to Savannah and Clem is left with a babysitter, who has also turned. Lee becomes the “legal guardian” of Clem and they form a sort of father-daughter relationship.
The game really pulls at the heartstrings towards the end, and without spoiling it, the character has to make some pretty intense choices and it affects how season two plays out, which I can’t wait to get into as I hear season two is even better than season 1. I highly recommend checking this game out!