The Walking Dead: Season Two
I will be the first to admit that when I beat The Walking Dead: Season 1, I not only cried, but I cried like a baby. The story, setting, and, most importantly, the characters all pulled me into this world where no one is truly safe, and your decisions matter and go beyond the “choice 1 = good-but-risky, choice 2 = evil-but-conserative” trope. So when Season 2 was announced, I was eager to get my hands on it. Now, ten months have passed and the season is over, ending with “Episode 5: No Going Back”. Was it amazing, and how did it stack against Season 1?
– Real player with 26.6 hrs in game
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A stirring and well-acted journey, Season Two of The Walking Dead may not deliver the breakthrough experience of the first season, yet it retains the emotional punch that makes this undertaking just as heartfelt and gut-wrenching as we all so fondly remember. Each episode builds upon the last, and we open with the slightly older and more experienced Clementine being once again ripped from the last vestige of Season One’s survivors. These initial scenes, when Clementine is truly at her most vulnerable, allow new characters and personalities to fill the void, and they are definitely a step up from those that we have love and lost before.
– Real player with 26.2 hrs in game
The Walking Dead
TellTale’s gem. Too bad the company was shut down mid production of Season 4. Anyway, I 100% recommend this series to all. Pro tip, buy the definitive edition to access all seasons in 1 big game. It’s the biggest bang for your buck :)
– Real player with 1745.2 hrs in game
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Bloody solid game best way to start a off a great game.
– Real player with 45.6 hrs in game
Cepheus Protocol Anthology Season 1
Cepheus Protocol: Anthology is a linear prose, visual novel.
Experience the outbreak of the Pangu Virus from multiple perspectives as the brave heroes of the Center for Epidemic Research and Control battle tirelessly to stop the spread of a cataclysmic alien virus that has mutated innocent people into monstrous creatures of unimaginable power with a single-minded goal spread.
Told from various perspectives of the outbreak, before and during, discover how the Pangu Virus was discovered, what led to the creation of the C.E.R.C., how the virus came to American shores, and who is Patient Zero. As the outbreak spreads, millions of innocent lives hang in the balance. Every day, the virus becomes more virulent as it progresses to its true nature.
Faced with a threat it was never meant to fight will the heroes of the C.E.R.C. be strong enough to save not just a city but prevent the extinction of the human race? See for yourself in this eye-catching visual novel that allows you to explore Cepheus Protocol"s frightening events like never before.
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The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
I’m writing this review mostly to provide an alternative perspective to other negative reviews. Not that they are wrong, but I think that when approaching a narrative game like this it is important to recognise that other views are possible.
My overall impression at this stage (up to episode 4) is that this game is still very much in the same league as its two predecessors. This is because I feel that the plot, characters and decisions are all engaging and interesting. If you approach the story and the new characters with an open mind, and don’t expect it to be another instalment of “The Adventures of Clementine”, then I think it’s fairly easy to become invested in the decisions which you need to make. I certainly didn’t find it any easier to make most of the major decisions in this game than either of the others. All of them made me think about the impact that they would have on what would happen and how others would perceive me.
– Real player with 21.6 hrs in game
Lee, Clementine, Kenny, Luke, Jane, Duck, Omid, AJ, Christa…
The ghosts of the past meet again
Where do I even start ?
I absolutely love the game and preordered it a long time ago, as I did with every season of The Walking Dead since I discovered what a beautiful masterpiece the first part was.
The story is as gripping and thrilling as ever - the characters are believeable and alive, you genuinly attach to them and feel towards them ; whether it’s love, sympathy, pity or hate. The choices are moving and unbelievably important irrelevant. The music is top notch, the world, the ever present feeling is danger, the constant threat and worrying about psychological state, food, ammo, dangers both from the outisde and from the inside. All those things make you contemplate on the whole point of living in a world like this, and answer one, crucial question ;
– Real player with 13.5 hrs in game
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries
TellTale keep surfing on the wave of interactive stories with QTE sequences. While the previous The Walking Dead games were using characters that weren’t from the comic (apart for Hersel and Glenn in the first episode), this mini-serie is focused on one of the most beloved and strong women from the comic (and TV series), Michonne.
Michonne is the machete/katana master and also one of the most trustful for Rick Grimes. She lost her family but kept going on. However, while she suffered from some tortures and rape, we never saw her being on the edge because of her children. It’s after the two years gap, after the war with the Saviors, that we discover a more fragile Michonne, that left Ezechiel, Rick and Alexandria behind to regroup herself. We know that Michonne has a strong friendship with people of her groups (Rick, Andrea, Eugene and the rest), which means that we don’t have to worry about her being at their side in the upcoming fight against the Whisperers.
– Real player with 5.6 hrs in game
The recipe is getting old, and as Telltale doesn’t improve themselves in any way, it’s becoming hard to justify playing these games as opposed to watching a let’s play of it.
Choices don’t make much of a difference, and since Michonne is a well-established character, with her own distinct personality, some choices can just feel character-breaking. The fans know who Michonne is and what to expect from her!
As for the story itself? Nothing you haven’t seen before in the previous episodes. Even the characters feel like clones of characters you have seen before, but with a different skin-job. I know that this is the zombie apocalypse, but if you cannot do something fresh with this narrative, why don’t you just stop milking this cow?
– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Resident Evil Revelations 2 Review
You are in for one hell of a night!
Some key points that this game offers:
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Episodic play style
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Claire and Barry are Back
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New game mechanics
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Character Swap
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New enemy types
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Assistive Co-op
Gameplay & Controls:
Big Brother, Resident Evil! You awake to find yourself trapped, there are camera’s everywhere and a strange host… The staff are all a new breed of Zombies and there are some new BOW supervisors… The goal; survive this new hell, when all is set against you!
– Real player with 521.7 hrs in game
Episodic game: DLC content and price
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is a game that consists of 4 episodes. Each episode contains 2 campaign missions and a number of raid mode missions.
The Steam Store page you’re looking at, and more importantly the low price you see there, is for episode 1 of the game only. You need to buy the other 3 episodes as DLC. On top of that, there’s another 19 DLC:
- 2 extra ‘episodes’ that aren’t worthy of the name as they are very short and add little story and almost no other content, so definitely not worth the price of €4.99 each in my opinion
– Real player with 407.6 hrs in game
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
I wouldn’t give up on this game yet, TLT are not completely done. They have just received donation and they could get back on their feet. Not to mention the return of the Final season to stores. You just gotta have a little faith and not panic like everyone else ;)
So far, the first episode was pretty cool, it’s great to play as Clementine again in role as a protector of the young boy AJ. Feels like deja vu, but it’s completly different. You will get to meet new characters and new place. Final season comes with new stuff like:Secret achievements, collective items, but quiete interesting change is that you got camera from the right shoulder with free movenent, Just like in LIS.
– Real player with 142.0 hrs in game
Rest in Peace, Telltale Games
(UPDATE) Episode 3: Broken Toys will release on January 15th 2019.
(UPDATE 2) On January 15th they released Episode 3 and on the 26th of March, Episode 4 released, the season overall is one of the best out of all the games, especially Episode 3 which was easily the best episode since Season 2, Episode 4 has a very cliche ending that you cant change though which brings the story impact down by quite a bit, the whole objective is to raise the kid that Clementine has devoted her life to protecting by making choices that will determine the way he is. Kill someone as to protect AJ from becoming a psychopath, or spare them but run the risk of them coming back and killing or damaging your friends. But this entire part of the game doesn’t matter by the 1 hour long epilogue, in the end they completely disregard all of your choices and in the end no matter what everybody’s AJ will be exactly the same with minor altercations depending on dialogue choices you made. But the attack or spare choices (the big ones) don’t have an effect on the ending, Season 4 has 1 ending while Season 1 had 2 and Season 2 had 4, but your choices still do matter when it comes to lives and protecting people, there’s a scene in the game which I will avoid entirely spoiling but depending on which character is with you at a certain moment the other one will be seriously injured more so than any other TWD game. They had guts and didn’t pull any punches in Episode 3 but then chickened out of multiple endings and made the ending completely fan service. Overall though I thoroughly recommend this season and it’s definitely worth a buy, the only downside is that it’s no longer on Steam and has been moved to the Epic store, if you own a console then buy it on there, (Switch, PS4, XB1) but if not you can try to find a key for steam if you don’t want to use Epic, I also believe it may be on GoG but I haven’t checked.
– Real player with 46.8 hrs in game
Half-Life 2: Episode One
The release of this Episode signified a hope of something bigger coming in the near future. We got that with The Orange Box and Episode Two wouldn’t have been possible without the evolution the Half-Life architecture went through in Episode One.
It’s evident that this installment is mainly about Alyx, her emotions, reactions and her relationship with Gordon. In the beginning, she is delighted to find you amidst the rubble. She is given a lot of space to express her anxiety about going back inside the Citadel to delay the reactor’s core’s meltdown and whispers your name at the very end of the Episode.
– Real player with 32.6 hrs in game
Half-Life 2: Episode One begine right where Half-Life 2 ended, and continues the story of Dr.Gordon Freeman in City 17, however, this time, the priority remains to escape the city following the events of Half-Life 2.
With updated lighting and AI for deuteragonist Alyx Vance, and expanded usage for the Gravity Gun, Half-Life 2: Episode One continues Half-Life 2’s usage of advanced graphics, physics, music and writing to create a game that is both rich in gameplay, plot, and emotion. Like its predecessor, it uses training techniques to allow for a more fluid experience, and utilizes the game’s physics engine to a full. With excellent performances by its cast, it’s able to greatly explain the story of Gordon and Alyx escaping City 17.
– Real player with 31.7 hrs in game
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Half Life 2. What is there to say about such an influential game, again? The physics engine alone still holds up to this day while the story still has people captivated to this day.
The story of Gordon Freeman is continued in a very fun and great way, being woke up by G-Man at the start really puts you back into action. The decision to continue the story 20 years later after the Balck Mesa incident and completing ignoring the fact that most people decided to be bloodthirsty megalomaniacs who murdered both friendly and hostile entities was amazing, the fact that they pick obscure characters to be the main characters of this game is also amazing - I bet nobody remembered Eli or Lamarr even after being told who they were back in Half Life by themselves until they decided to replay Half Life again or by playing through the fanmade remake Black Mesa.
– Real player with 28.4 hrs in game
The Half Life series still holds up as one of the best of all time.
– Real player with 21.0 hrs in game