E3 Preview: The Walking Dead: Episode 2

[Lucas_23]

WARNING!!!
SPOILER AHEAD!!!

Telltale already demonstrated this in the first episode of The Walking Dead, allowing the player to decide on everything to the mundane (should I pick up this energy bar?) to deadly serious (which one of these people do I allow to die?). By the end of the first episode, several major decisions had already been reached that will affect the subsequent episodes. And there are no correct decisions.

Today we got a look at the first twenty minutes of episode two, which Telltale is hoping will be released at the end of June. Of course, this segment of the story won't be the same for everyone. The characters in your group depend on who lived and who died in your first episode; those individuals and their specific set of skills will affect the choices you have in episode two.

The demo began three months after the events of the first episode. The gang is still holed up at the motel, but things have gotten even more dire. They're almost entirely out of food, forcing Lee into the woods to hunt for something, anything not infected. Like in the first episode, even the smallest dialogue choices can resonate later on, and if you have the option turned on, you'll be notified after you say something that will have consequences later on.

Instead of food, Lee stumbles upon a teacher and two of his high school students. The teacher's leg is stuck in a bear trap, and he's begging for help. It's an increasingly tense situation, with walkers closing in, the teacher screaming for mercy, and the teenagers panicking. During moments like this, it's easy to make mistakes, and a mistimed button push or wrong dialogue choice can mean the difference between life and death.

After weighing his options and seeing no other way out, Lee cuts off the teacher's leg in order to save him. It's ugly. It's bloody. It's not an easy choice, and there's no way of knowing whether or not it was a good one. In the chaos, the zombies grab one of the students. What would have happened if Lee just walked away? Walking Dead does a great job of creating lingering doubt.

Lee returns to the hotel with the one-legged teacher and surviving student, and the other members of the group are less than thrilled about having more mouths to feed. Furious, Lilly forces Lee to distribute the day's food rations: a few packets of cheese and crackers and half an apple. There's food for four, and nine people, meaning once again Lee-and therefore, the player-is forced to choose. Does he make sure the children are fed? Give food to the people who have the most useful survival skills? Should he have left those people out in the woods? They're already running low on food, so logically it doesn't make sense to add to their numbers. But if he had left the teacher stuck in that trap, would he have lost his humanity? These types of questions are very reminiscent of many of Rick's struggles in the comic, which isn't surprising given that writer and creator Robert Kirkman worked with Telltale on the episode arcs and overall story arc for the game.

Throughout the demo, we saw several instances of character choices having gameplay consequences. Sometimes they were immediate; sometimes a seemingly minor line of dialogue came back to haunt Lee later. For all of the emphasis that Telltale put on the player having choices, though, it seems like many of them are only skin deep. Yes, your party members will be different depending on who you save, but you're still getting essentially the same story and a very similar experience. Interestingly, Telltale used the data they collected about player choices from the first episode to help shape the rest of the series, and it will be great to see how that plays out.

The Walking Dead had a strong start with the first episode, and it looks like that momentum will continue into episode two. Though the choices sometimes seem shallow, that doesn't mean they're easy to make. Times are only going to get tougher for Lee, and that means the hardest decisions are yet to come.

Source:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/arti...Dead-Episode-2

[CapnJay]

ahh yes "Escapist Magazine" the Gaming magazine thats home to comedy writers and Yahtzee.

We have dismissed those claims

[Milosuperspesh]

USE SPOILER TAGS ffs....mods hurry up before someone complains they have been spoilled (i just read it on the site anyway..)

COULDN'T YOU OF ALSO POSTED THIS IS IN THE OTHER E3 THREAD ??!

lol

mod could you merge them ?

[Milosuperspesh]

The demo began three months after the events of the first episode. The gang is still holed up at the motel, but things have gotten even more dire. They're almost entirely out of food, forcing Lee into the woods to hunt for something, anything not infected. Like in the first episode, even the smallest dialogue choices can resonate later on, and if you have the option turned on, you'll be notified after you say something that will have consequences later on.

Instead of food, Lee stumbles upon a teacher and two of his high school students. The teacher's leg is stuck in a bear trap, and he's begging for help. It's an increasingly tense situation, with walkers closing in, the teacher screaming for mercy, and the teenagers panicking. During moments like this, it's easy to make mistakes, and a mistimed button push or wrong dialogue choice can mean the difference between life and death.

After weighing his options and seeing no other way out, Lee cuts off the teacher's leg in order to save him. It's ugly. It's bloody. It's not an easy choice, and there's no way of knowing whether or not it was a good one. In the chaos, the zombies grab one of the students. What would have happened if Lee just walked away? Walking Dead does a great job of creating lingering doubt.

Lee returns to the hotel with the one-legged teacher and surviving student, and the other members of the group are less than thrilled about having more mouths to feed. Furious, Lilly forces Lee to distribute the day's food rations: a few packets of cheese and crackers and half an apple. There's food for four, and nine people, meaning once again Lee-and therefore, the player-is forced to choose. Does he make sure the children are fed? Give food to the people who have the most useful survival skills? Should he have left those people out in the woods? They're already running low on food, so logically it doesn't make sense to add to their numbers. But if he had left the teacher stuck in that trap, would he have lost his humanity? These types of questions are very reminiscent of many of Rick's struggles in the comic, which isn't surprising given that writer and creator Robert Kirkman worked with Telltale on the episode arcs and overall story arc for the game.




there ya go now quickly cope and paste this post in from the quotes tab

[walkingdeadhead]

Before anyone gets pissy I goes into a little more detail. SPOILERS!!!

http://m.ign.com/articles/2012/06/06...ay-more-brutal

[Lucas_23]

Originally Posted by walkingdeadhead

Before anyone gets pissy I goes into a little more detail. SPOILERS!!!

http://m.ign.com/articles/2012/06/06...ay-more-brutal

Hey..
Nice post..
U could check my thread too..
"E3 Preview: The Walking Dead: Episode 2"
http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/...ad.php?t=30263

Beware of spoilers though..

[CapnJay]

You just linked to this thread... in this thread.... OK SOMEBODY WHIP OUT THE XZIBIT MEME!

[Lucas_23]

Originally Posted by CapnJay

You just linked to this thread... in this thread.... OK SOMEBODY WHIP OUT THE XZIBIT MEME!

Walkingdeadhead's thread was moved here..

[walkingdeadhead]

Lol. Yo dawg I heard you like threads.......

Was gonna stretch it into "your thread within a thread: threadception" but alas it was only funny in my mind

[Hero1]

episode 2 does sound pretty awesome.. only a few weeks left to wait!

[walkingdeadhead]

Yeah. I was kinda hummed it that it hadn't been released yet but I'm over it. It'll come when its done and its that simple. Ill deal with waiting

[Lucas_23]

Originally Posted by walkingdeadhead

Yeah. I was kinda hummed it that it hadn't been released yet but I'm over it. It'll come when its done and its that simple. Ill deal with waiting

Yeah..
I would prefer to wait for a long time to get one great episode rather than get an uncomplete product..

[eblocksonian]

I'm pretty sure who I'm going to rationing food to first. In no particular order, Clementine, Kenny, Katjaa, and Duck. I would love to give Carly some food, but thems the breaks. Not giving any to food to Larry, and if that's the case, no point giving any to Lilly either.

[Goldrock]

e3 kinda explains the delay now they had to save it for e3 bleh lol.

[Lucas_23]

Food for four..
I'll give it to Clem 1 and Lee eats the rest..
LoL

[jangjangchang]

http://www.youtube.com/e3

Can't wait!

Discuss what you expect to see.

[Milosuperspesh]

lots of spoilers ?

gore ?

a hint at choices from ep1

and some twisted shit ?

just watched the second ep2 preview

hints at larry's demise ?

hints at lee being in no win scenario ?

lee having to choose alot of things?

and spoiler here

gouging out a zombies eyes while larry is waiting with an axe??

[Ismokeherb]

I was kind of hoping for a release date, everything else was secondary. Spoiled a few scenes for me but meh, hopefully it'll be out by the end of June. *fingers crossed*

Would be pretty cool if it released with issue #100 in July. Would be even cooler if they put an ad for the game in the back of the next issue #99 with a 'cover' dedicated to Lee and Clem drawn by Adlard.

[Lucas_23]

And these are the other good pages for u to read while waiting for Episode 2..
But again..
Spoiler ahead ..
Haha

http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/...han-the-first/

http://www.toptiertactics.com/2012/0...2-impressions/

[Lucas_23]

Originally Posted by Ismokeherb

I was kind of hoping for a release date, everything else was secondary. Spoiled a few scenes for me but meh, hopefully it'll be out by the end of June. *fingers crossed*

Would be pretty cool if it released with issue #100 in July. Would be even cooler if they put an ad for the game in the back of the next issue #99 with a 'cover' dedicated to Lee and Clem drawn by Adlard.

Haha..
The Walking Dead game by Telltale Games is slated for release by late June. The next chapter for the game based on the hit comic and tv series. We get a sneak peek at what we can expect in episode 2 during E3 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDekD8UN7z0