Telltale's The Walking Dead

How is it that there isn't a thread about this here?
[SPOILER=Season One info (READ IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED IT)]

Telltale's The Walking Dead came out on April 24, 2012 for PC and Mac, promising a five-episode "season" of death, zombies and emotions. Since then, three more episodes have come out. The season finale is going to be released tomorrow for PSN, and Wednesday for 360, PC, Mac and iOS. A second season has already been announced, and a full retail version containing all five episodes will be released on December 4.

By purchasing the game right now, you can most likely get the season pass containing all five episodes of the first season.

The first season focuses on Lee Everett, a criminal who's being taken to prison when he comes face-to-face with the zombie apocalypse. The game is a point-and-click adventure, focusing on puzzle solving and investigation more than actual combat (although there is some).

What makes this game so special is that it tracks your progress throughout the season (or possibly throughout multiple seasons?). That seems almost standard fare with games such as BioShock and Gears of War, but your choices in this game have very visible consequences. Some of them don't seem so, but others pile up until you're smacked in the face in Episode 4 with decisions you made in Episode 1. The storytelling is very masterful from the four episodes I've played of it, and the gaming media in general has been very ravey with this game. Emotions abound.

Here's a link to the Steam page for this game.

 Steam blurb

• Based on Robert Kirkman’s Eisner-Award winning comic book series, The Walking Dead allows gamers to experience the true horror of the zombie apocalypse
  
• A tailored game experience – Live with the profound and lasting consequences of the decisions that you make in each episode. Your actions and choices will affect how your story plays out across the entire series.
  
• Experience events, meet people and visit locations that foreshadow the story of Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes
  
• Meet Glenn before he heads to Atlanta, explore Hershel’s farm before Rick and his group of survivors arrive and before the barn becomes a notorious location in Walking Dead lore
  
• You’ll be forced to make decisions that are not only difficult, but that will require you to make an almost immediate choice. There’s no time to ponder when the undead are pounding the door down!
  
• Features meaningful decision-making, exploration, problem solving and a constant fight for survival in a world overrun by the undead
  
• Artwork inspired by the original comic books
  

I have been recommending this game to absolutely everyone I know. Even those who don't play videogames. It's the best game I have played this year, hands down. Please, give it a try! I ensure that it is very, very deserving of your time and money.

For anyone who's already played, please put all discussion within spoilers. You already know the delicacy of this storyline; don't ruin it for anyone else!

Here's the debut trailer for the game:

[video=youtube;N40uY51s5Z0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N40uY51s5Z0[/video]

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400 Days! The trailer for this episode is here:

[video=youtube;shR53nX9v8c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shR53nX9v8c[/video]

This episode bridges the gap between Season 1 and Season 2 by showing five stories set in the first 400 days of the zombie outbreak. It will be coming out starting this week, so get pumped! Choices from season one will carry over into 400 Days, and choices from 400 Days will carry over into season two.

Note that you need to own at least Episode One of Season One to play 400 Days.

RELEASE DATES: 400 DAYS
- Tuesday, July 2nd – PlayStation Network on PS3 (SCEA, North America)
- Wednesday, July 3rd – PC/Mac (Steam,Telltale Games Store, Worldwide)
- Friday, July 5th – Xbox Live (Worldwide)
- Wednesday, July 10th – PlayStation Network on PS3 (SCEE, Europe)
- Thursday, July 11th – iOS App Store (Worldwide)



Yes, season two of one of the best games in 2012 is almost here! You can now get Season 2 of Telltale's The Walking Dead on Steam.

Season Two finds players in control of Clementine, an orphaned young girl living in the zombie apocalypse and trying to survive. Set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman's comic book series, this season tests Clementine's character and morals as a child facing both the living and the dead by herself. The choices you make will change the story around you -- as will choices from Season One and 400 Days -- as Clementine searches for safety.

The season will launch 'later this year' for Windows, Mac, Xbox 360, PS3 and iOS, with additional platforms to come.

Season Two reveal trailer:
[video=youtube;ilEB4KTTOIo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilEB4KTTOIo[/video]

SEASON TWO EPISODE TWO IS OUT!

Season One
Episode One: A New Day
Episode Two: Starved for Help
Episode Three: Long Road Ahead
Episode Four: Around Every Corner
Episode Five: No Time Left

Season Two
Episode One: All That Remains
Episode Two: A House Divided
Episode Three: In Harm's Way
Episode Four: Amid the Ruins
Episode Five: No Going Back

I love these kinds of games where you choose how the story goes.

Do you have any good gameplay?

I hesitate to post any gameplay because I'd hate to spoil it, but.. well.

 Spoilers ahead for ep. 2.

[video=youtube;pbjd9GDns6I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbjd9GDns6I[/video]

That's pretty much what the gameplay is like, with some sample plot and a decision.

I hesitate to post any gameplay because I'd hate to spoil it, but.. well.

 Spoilers ahead for ep. 2.

[video=youtube;pbjd9GDns6I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbjd9GDns6I[/video]

Episode 5 is out! Get those tissues!

EDIT: I just finished it. There are no words for how great an experience that was, how much I just want to bawl, and how much I want to play through the entire season again. I want Season 2.

I'm crying...Worse than Wreck-It-Ralph, worse than Clanadd, worse than hearing Star Wars Battlefront 3 was supposed to exist....They did give a fair warning, tho.

CRYING. CRYING HARD. WAHHHHHH

First post being updated for 400 Days. Release dates are out! SO EXCITE to have more of this amazing game.

Can't wait to buy it Wednesday, hue hue hue.

I wonder what choices from season one will carry over? Probably means some of the characters will end up going to some of the locations from the main game (maybe the corn field was Hershel's farm after he left with Rick's group? or the cannibal farm.)

Can't wait, had no idea it was coming out so early. Move over Xenon, this is what i'll be doing wednesday.

Classic Telltale, not releasing the game at midnight.

Edit: Beat it, damn I missed some allusions when I played through it.

 Spoiler

Like sheesh I didn't realize it was Carly's body in that ditch =(.

Bought the DLC, downloaded it.

Can't run the game, keeps coming up with a "Walkingdead101.exe" error that crashes as soon as the game starts. fantastic.

Episode 5 is out! Get those tissues!

EDIT: I just finished it. There are no words for how great an experience that was, how much I just want to bawl, and how much I want to play through the entire season again. I want Season 2.

You finished episode 5 in 2 hours? ... That's kind of disappointing.

Classic Telltale, not releasing the game at midnight.

Edit: Beat it, damn I missed some allusions when I played through it.

 Spoiler

Like sheesh I didn't realize it was Carly's body in that ditch =(.

 Spoiler

I KNOW RIGHT? I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I GOT THE ACHIEVEMENT AND ALMOST SHAT MY PANTS

 Spoiler

Got only Bonnie to come the first round, but she always comes no matter round.

On my second savefile, I researched a bit and then got everyone to come.

Odd you find it that way Razmos, the general consensus is flopped ha ha.

NEEEEEEEECROOOOOOOOOOOOO POST

SEASON TWO HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED, I AM EXCITED, THERE WILL BE A HAT

 Teaser photos

Omg excite!

SEASON TWO EPISODE ONE IS OUT

EVERYTHING IN THIS POST IS A SPOILER

 Cold open

pineapple THAT peach IN THE COLD OPEN. SRSLY, pineapple HER.

[SPOILER=Clementine's bag]I kept the picture of Lee and the doodle of Kenny's family when I had an option of what to burn. I'm glad I did so when

 Spoiler

at the very end of the episode you find Clementine's bag again.

 Skin and blood

Stitching Clementine's dog bite was really, really hard to watch; in fact I could barely look at the screen while I did it. It's a good thing there's only one repeated movement required for that sequence, since it made it easier to go through.

 Stranger danger

I really hate the pregnant woman in the cabin. I have no empathy for her whatsoever right now, and I'm not sure I want that to change.

 Final choice

I opted to go to Nick (the nephew), because you saw right away that Pete was bit. I figured that Nick might die as well and Pete already was a lost cause. I don't think he would have made it back to the cabin in time to amputate his foot.

 Season preview

"I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD" BYEEEEEEEEEEEE