The Walking Dead: A TellTale Game series is just simply put an amazing and you'll shed a tear for this one by the end.
A TellTale Game Series
Publisher: TellTale Games
Developer: TellTale Games
Platform: Xbox 360
Rated: Mature
Released: December 11, 2012
Visuals:
The visuals in The Walking Dead: A TellTale Game Series are pretty straight forward when it comes to the art style of this game and it is a tad unique to look at but it is not something using the comic book sort of noir style but for this kind of game it works well looks pretty good and it is very easy on the eyes. For the most part through out all the episodes the visuals all looks great stands up well with very little noticeable bugs, frame rate issues and texture popping was not that big of a deal in all the 5 episodes except for two of them and for me those episodes that had the issues were and if my memory serves me correctly episodes 3 and 4 were for me the most problematic with noticeable bugs, frame rate issues and texture popping was really horrible but for the rest of the episodes from 1,2 and 5 were all great with very little issues.
So for the overall look on the visuals for this game was pretty great to look at and the art style was just perfect and the detail to all the character's in this game were all greatly detailed and was also great. With all that said the visuals are all pretty great even with some of the noticeable issues in a couple of episodes but other then that the visuals are just plain great.
Audio:
The audio for The Walking Dead: A TellTale Game Series was superbly perfect from the voice acting, the games musical score and the sound effects was all just perfect their was no problems with this games audio at all it all went together like white on rice. The voice acting for the main character Lee Everett was perfect and the voice work for Clementine was perfect but came off as a bit annoying at times, but the voice work for her was still perfect and the voice over work was just superb all around with all the character's.
The musical score for this game was just perfect and really help set the mood for a lot of key moments in the game like in the moments like when their might be a argument or disagreement or just those plain moments when their is action or suspense to lead up to the musical score was just great and hit the moments just right when needed. The sound Effects were pretty good with some of the gun play you get to have the sounds of the guns were pretty good but did kind of sounded a bit dated but this is essentially a arcade download title but this also came out as a retail hard copy so your not going to get realistic sound but the sound effects for the is game is in general pretty great for what it is.
So the overall view of the audio for this game is simply perfect from the perfect voice work, to the great musical score and the pretty good sound effects in this game and basically in short it just plain superb.
Gameplay:
The gameplay for The Walking Dead: A TellTale Game Series and this game is basically a point and click adventure game that focuses on story and choice through all 5 episodes and how it really the world and infrastructure of you play and if you are familiar with The Walking Dead series whether it being the Comic Book series ot the T.V show ( Spoiler Alert ) if you have not played this series at all sorry that is why I just gave you reader's a heads up in the first episode you will run into 2 well known character's from the comic and the show.
This game spans about 5 episodes and each one will run you about 4+ hour or so depending on how long it takes you to go through each chapter in every episode, So you star episode 1 playing as man by the name of Lee Everett who is on his way to jail for a murder and basically this is set in the moments leading up to what we all know from the the comic and the show, so you go through this game and like I said Lee who is on is way to jail end his life goes to crap all of a sudden being all hell breaking loose from a car crash that will put you through some QTE scenario as you try to figure out what just happen, then you come across your sidekick or your little short-round as I saw it and farther into the game you'll see it, so this sidekick of yours that you meet is a 8 year old little girl and this game put the 2 off you through episodic adventure to help find her parents and you will meet some characters that you will love to hate or hate to love them.
So since this game set up around story and choice and after you playthrough this game once your going to want to go play it second time or even a third and basically I'm saying it has replay-ability. So in short the gameplay for this game is simply great and even though it is a point and click adventure title you do get some QTE's but in this just other game that do have these QTE's in them it works for some and for other not so much and for the QTE's in this game they work right they do come often but not that often and this game does have some gun play but it very simple and a bit easy. So in short the gameplay is just simply amazing and by the end of this game series you might find it sad and might even shed a tear and this game a sad adventure at times but it is still a great adventure not the less.
Overall:
The overall point for The Walking Dead: A TellTale Game Series is that this game series is a great game series and for my recommendation anyone who as not played this yet you do owe it to yourself to play this series and right now I think the first episode can be found for free on the arcade market place and the rest of the episodes are about 400 MSP's or you can just go to a retail store and pick up all 5 episode's for about $29.99 which is a great value and it is totally worth it, so go pick this game series up.
9.5 out 10