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Post by jklinders on Mar 11, 2014 1:02:24 GMT 1
*shudders*
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Post by Mister Buch on Mar 11, 2014 10:45:14 GMT 1
That hadn't occured to me. I..... think nice guy.
He'd better be a nice guy. I feel like I sacrificed a lot by sitting next to him. If that was for nothing I will slap him silly.
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Post by Cali on Mar 11, 2014 10:59:41 GMT 1
Clem has a way of dealing with any foe, be it zombies or Woody Allens. She's a pint sized, button nosed little annihilator, trained by the infamous sensei of death/redeath, Master Lee Everett.
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Post by Mister Buch on Mar 11, 2014 11:56:09 GMT 1
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Mar 11, 2014 12:46:09 GMT 1
I'm stuck in the middle with you....
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on May 13, 2014 20:07:01 GMT 1
Who played this and who else is stoked?
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jun 4, 2014 22:46:32 GMT 1
What the fuck?
WHAT THE FUCK?
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jun 5, 2014 1:30:17 GMT 1
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Post by Mr. Glow on Jul 25, 2014 0:05:19 GMT 1
I was disappointed by the lack of MGS V referencing when you found a catatonic Sarah and gave her her glasses back before rescuing her.
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Post by Mister Buch on Jul 25, 2014 1:52:23 GMT 1
SPOILERS-----
* Episode 4 of both series ends with the death of the well-meaning but dangerous burden and the secret, voluntary departure of the extremely useful but cold female character in her 20's with a backstory involving her trying to protect a sister, after teaching the protagonist new tricks. This is a bit weird!
* Just realised both games use Civil War imagery to mirror the zombie thing. A bit overdone in this episode, but this is why I love these games.
* I really cannot wait to kill Kenny. *Clementine refuses to help him get Alvin shot - "I'll remember this!" *Clementine refuses to join his suicidal one-man escape plan - "You ruined it!" *Clementine asks him not to cave-in his enemy's skull with a crowbar out of sheer spite, thus wasting valuable time and regressing the species a few generations - does so. *Clementine puts herself in lethal danger in an attempt to save his girlfriend's life: "How dare you!" Clementine asks him to maybe consider not forcing a woman on a hike, hours after a traumatic birth - "This is all your fault and also you stole from these people!"
Not to mention the numerous times I wanted Lee to strangle him, or his habit of flying into uncontrolled rage, or his constantly trying to dramatically sacrifice himself and become a martyr like he's Terminator fucking 2, or his frequent complete shut-downs when he refuses to speak to anyone, or his constant antagonism towards anyone who looks at him funny, or his constant whingeing about how he has lost loved ones, as though the small girl he's talking to never had parents. Or that time he murdered a man with a salt lick, thus indirectly causing another character's death.
Yeah, Kenny's my oldest friend, we've been through a lot together.
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Post by Mister Buch on Jul 25, 2014 2:25:56 GMT 1
MORE SPOILERS
Serious review:
Much as I loved it as always and a lot of moments came as big shocks, I can't help feel that there are two big flaws here, which surprise me since the general quality of writing is so high:
1) A lot of decisions turned out to be meaningless. I refused to steal from Arvo, and yet he and his mates come at me and accuse me of stealing. Okay I guess Jane took his gun...? I hacked off Sarita's arm, which meant that she died slightly quicker than she would have otherwise, and in either case Kenny is temporarily mad and then never mentions it again. I insisted on staying in the shack for another day for the sake of Rebecca's health - and she died just the same as she would have anyway. So what did I actually choose this episode?
2) This is the thing - what is the plot of season 2? As we're entering the final chapter now I keep thinking back to this same point in season 1 - Lee had just been bit, Clem's parents and the antagonist had been found, Clem had been kidnapped and everything was going to culminate into one flawless ending. This time...... I mean... what has happened this season? Omid and Crista died, Clem met a new group, (who are now down to just Luke), she was briefly locked up by Carver then quickly escaped with every loose end tied up and then, like, they ran for a while and then some Russians came out of literally nowhere and any remaining extraneous characters were shot all at once. Aside from the baby motif (Christa and Rebecca) I'm really failing to see what if anything this story is about.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jul 25, 2014 19:42:15 GMT 1
You also forgot to mention Sarah died regardless of your actions. That death tho....that messed up. I know she was Duck 2.0 and I wanted her to die but like that? Jesus....
I think it's more of a story arc for Clem really, not really about plot. As in how the apocalypse and all it's horrors are beating down on her hard and your choices ( Both from Season 1 and 2) indicate how well she will keep together. Hunger, stress, interactions with other people and so forth. It's the journey, not the destination thing. I think. The only thing we really got for storyline wise is that we're headed north and hopefuly some echo of civilization is still around there. Personally i'm a little bit dissapointed the 400 days cast had little to bring into the narrative save for Bonny. I mean those guys aren't even going after us? Will stoner guy even try to look for his friend?
IGN had their review where they said episode 4 was the weakest of the season, much like Wolf among us, but it all leads up for the season finale. I just hope Clem makes it out....and Kenny. I love that hillbilly sonofabitch.
In a unrelated note Katja was actually Belgian so kudos for Telltale for realzing my country exists. Save for Valiant hearts where you play as a bad ass belgian nurse lady there are few Belgian characters in games.
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Post by Mister Buch on Jul 26, 2014 0:15:21 GMT 1
I'm not sure Clem has an arc either. This season has no plot and no character development. She's become capable (sometimes so much that it stretches credibility a touch) but I don't think anything else. This is odd. Season 1 was this wonderfully unique story about a man putting his past aside and learning to raise a child in a community, but this one is just - events, starring you, a person. I hope the last episode somehow proves me wrong, but so far it seems to be a series consisting of the writers going, "What next? Uhhhhh, Sarah dies? Then zombies. Then Kenny has another breakdown for a while, followed by zombies. And then, like, Russians? A Russian gang? Okay". Spinning their wheels for 4 whole episodes.
They're beautiful wheels. This game being lazy is like most games trying harder than they've ever tried before. But I am disappointed.
(Positive note - I loved Jane in this.)
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jul 26, 2014 0:27:51 GMT 1
Jane was mad hype, yo.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Aug 9, 2014 19:31:34 GMT 1
Two of the dudes who helped make this episode give their thoughts on how their anrrative for season 2 is a lot different than season 1.
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