The Walking Dead: Season 2 (All That Remains)
I bought a few games over the weekend, all because they were cheap or on sale. It’s been a while since I dove into a game, so this was a lot of fun.
The first of these was the first episode of the second season of The Walking Dead video game. The second season continues the tradition of rich storytelling and strong, powerful character driven moments. It differs in that, now instead of playing Lee, you play Clementine herself.
I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed the first episode. It begins, quite innocently, with Clem now that she’s met up with Omid and Christa, who is now big pregnant. Because the Walking Dead is the Walking Dead, it doesn’t take long for one of these characters to no longer be in the picture.
I won’t dive into the story too much, but I can’t let it go without commenting on one particular scene that I did not see coming at all. It was truly one of the most heartbreaking moments I’ve ever seen and it happened on so many levels. Play it, you’ll know exactly what I mean the moment you drop the beans.
God.
Anyway, I strongly encourage it. Clementine steadily evolved into one of my favorite characters in the first season, becoming a unique person caught in between her innocence and trying to survive. Now you get to see that bear fruit. Whereas she was pretty much entirely protected before, in the first episode alone she is put through a stressful amount of danger and pain. What they’ve done really well is building her dialogue choices so that you see her development into a young woman, now acclimated to a world where she must survive.
I also got the first two episodes of A Wolf Among Us and Max Payne 3, all of which will get their own posts. In the meantime, look forward to the next episode of the Walking Dead.
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