The Walking Dead: Season Two
The Walking Dead: Season Two is a five-part (Episodes 2-5 can be purchased via in-app) game series that continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad. Many months have passed since the events seen in Season One of The Walking Dead, and Clementine is searching for safety. But what can an ordinary child do to stay alive when the living can be just as bad – and sometimes worse – than the dead? As Clementine, you will be tested by situations and dilemmas that will test your morals and your instinct for survival. Your decisions and actions will change the story around you, in this sequel to 2012’s Game of the Year.
• Decisions you made in Season One and in 400 Days will affect your story in Season Two
• Play as Clementine, an orphaned girl forced to grow up fast by the world around her
• Meet new survivors, explore new locations and make gruesome choices
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum specs:
GPU: Adreno 300 series, Mali-T600 series, PowerVR SGX544, or Tegra 4
CPU: Dual core 1.2GHz
Memory: 1GB
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The game will run on the following devices but users may experience performance issues:
– Galaxy S2 – Adreno
– Droid RAZR
– Galaxy S3 Mini
Unsupported Device(s):
– Galaxy Tab3
Steam User 67
Surviving in a zombie apocalypse is never easy. The story continues from season 1 and is recommended to anyone who likes season 1’s story. There are many times I wonder whether I made the right choice, but I resist the urge of loading and always move forward. Bad thing happens and it might be no one’s fault.
The experience on steam deck is almost perfect although not deck verified. In some areas, the display of shades has some issue but that has little impact on the overall experience.
Achievements are all story related and not possible to miss. One run takes about 10 hours. There is replay value for the game but probably I’ll do the second run in the 4 in 1 version.
Steam User 34
Still. Not. Bitten.
Steam User 26
It broke my heart every time they mentioned Lee.
Anyways, Kenny new protector.
Steam User 25
If you didn't have tears in your eyes by the end of this game, you don't have a heart.
Steam User 17
"Seems like we always wanna talk about the end, don't we?"
The Walking Dead: Season Two is an episodic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games.
Story
Playing first Season is pretty much a requirement to play Season Two.
Season Two of The Walking Dead takes place shortly after events from first game.
You step into the shoes of Clementine, who after final occurrences in last episode in Season One, ventures together with Omid and Christa to shelter known as Wellington all the way up north, protecting from walkers due cold and layers of snow. Unfortunately Clem soon finds herself alone, having to utilize everything she was taught to survive, facing threat from undead and humans on her journey to reach safe haven.
Gameplay
Just like previous season, S2 is a point-and-click adventure game where you control your character through a series of episodes, gameplay playing second fiddles to narrative and story.
Most of the time is spend on selecting different dialogue options and in few moments, making important choices that affect the narrative, with consequences coming back later to bite you.
When not chatting Walking Dead offers you an option to explore small sized areas. You can find and interact with items, pick them up and keep for later use, make a quick observation about them or chat with characters.
Game has more than a few Quick Time Events to create intense action focused bits so be prepared for button mashing or quick selection of what to press with somewhat new "Hold a mouse button and drag your mouse into specific direction" to spice things up!
At the end of each episode you get a screen showing off your most important choices and how overall community picked to see if you are in majority or minority. Though I'm pretty sure with Telltale Games problems, servers are down so you have look at data from...some time period.
Playtime and replayability
It took me 8 hours to make my way through all episodes.
You can give game another go to check how different choices impact the narrative.
Pros and cons
Without any doubt my favourite and simply best part of S2 is Clementine and her development as season goes on. Following her journey as she finds herself once again between a rock and a hard place, with new group facing same issues she saw before, needing to adapt as constant threat from undead and other humans give them no rest is a real treat and strongest aspect of the game. Struggle, survival, sacrifice, tough decisions and betrayals, looming hope and despair on the horizon, constant tension, game has it all. One does have to roll eyes a bit when game is putting so much emphasis on a single child in groups with multiple adult characters, as Clementine will be send to do...literally everything, but that's just protagonist curse.
Solid characters surrounding our heroine are as important to creating good narrative experience. Majority of them is well written, with variety of personalities clashing in to offer intense moments as Clem will have to find herself on some side of the barricade sooner or later.
Unfortunately they still suffer from horror syndrome where not all actions make logical sense or just plain stupid deaths to push story forward exist, and there are characters who have rather weird, questionable motives which do bring down the quality of a game down a bit. Writing also has weaker moments in the middle of the season.
And classic "choices and consequences" is a bit...iffy. I understand what they went with in 1st Season but in S2 choices feel even less impactful than before.
There is not much to be said about gameplay. It works with no problems, additional new "mouse dragging" mechanic to spice things up somewhat is a good move though, again, Walking Dead is not a game one plays for its exciting gameplay. Unfortunately game doesn't offer same amount of hub areas like first title, and that is by far biggest negative when it comes to this chunk of Season Two.
Conclusion
While slightly dropping in quality in comparison to first season, fantastic atmosphere, great cast of characters with our protagonist on top and constant tension make Season Two worth playing.
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Steam User 18
L Jane W Kenny
Steam User 16
only 16% left with kenny, very sad, kenny is hero