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Growing Up Fast, Harsh Lessons in a Dead World
Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/27/2014
When Telltale Games released the original Walking Dead in 2012, it was a success - both in terms of the attention it received (numerous game-of-the-year awards and such) and in terms of how it resonated with gamers - including myself. While it borrowed elements, mostly from the graphic novel (including a few characters common to TV show and comic), it was very much its own story. Lee Everett, a man facing a troubled future after a crime of passion, is saved from jail only to find himself in a world overrun with the living dead. But he finds a reason to live when he comes across a girl named Clementine, left behind after her parents go on vacation and her babysitter becomes one of the many walking dead. They encounter many people - good people, bad people, people trying to survive - and …