I actually recorded me playing this as an experiment but it's incredibly long. Think I may just cut it down to the major decisions and climax. Wish I had a capture card.
Anyway they stuffed more in this episode than I could have ever bargained for. The decisions in this season are a LOT less linear this time too it seems which makes for so many different scenarios, already stacked on top of decisions from Season 1 still leaking through.
- Nick's a fuck-up but I kind of find him endearing for this.
- Carver is fucking UNCOMFORTABLE!
- I loved that Clem could choose to kill the big walker over the sitting one even after Luke told us not to. She's a little bad ass.
- Nick killing the nice man on the bridge... uggggh.
- I'm beginning to sympathize for Rebecca and now feel really bad for telling her off in the last episode. Fuck, stop messing with my emotions Telltale.
- HOLY SHIT KENNY! I kind of called the foreshadowing with all that fishing gear in the first episode.
- Unfortunately Kenny still acts like a bit of a prick. Oh well.
- I hated having to choose between tables, but ultimately went with my group over Kenny, simply because I was concerned that they would stop trusting me if I just sat with my old buddy. Kenny's sad face over this made me feel bad.
- Oh fuck, Bonnie from 400 Days. She was the real fucked up one of the group that almost everyone unanimously hated out of all the five characters, so uh... I'm not holding my breath on this one!
- I felt really awful when Luke revealed Matthew's identity as the bridge guy.
- The whole scene with Walter and the knife made me uncomfortable. Thought he was going to kill himself if not Nick. I kind of let him draw out his own conclusion because I was really mad at Nick for being so trigger happy, but I regret that.
- Nick getting devoured in front of Walter - UGGGGGGH! I instantly knew it was because I didn't defend Nick and felt ridiculously bad about it. I slapped Walter for it anyway.
- Carver coming in with the assault rifles made my heart stop.
- The whole hold-up scene was hard to watch. Deep down inside I knew if I tried to stop it, bad shit would happen. But I hated Bonnie and Carver both so much that I wanted to see them burn, not later, but now. I knew it was impossible, but I did it anyway....
- I told Kenny to shoot Carver while he had Alvin. I thought MAYBE somehow this decision actually worked and rewarded us for being ballsy when Carver went down. When he got back up and killed Alvin, I hated myself.
I made AWFUL decisions in this episode and I really, really regret everything. Apparently Nick and Alvin's fates both are detrimental. Alvin was my favorite of the new cast and Nick was beginning to get up there despite his screw ups. I'm so bummed I lost both of them.
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Doubt I'll do this again but I thought it'd be an interesting experiment. It really wasn't. This would be a lot better if I had a capture card and just straight up LP'd it. Alas, I do not.
Amazing stuff. That was one of the most action packed episodes of the series to date. Not sure if it's the best, but it's up there. Considering this is only EPISODE 2, that's a good sign. This has potential to top Season 1. Which would be incredibly difficult to do because the Season 1 finale made me cry like a bitch.
My only knock with this season is that Clem can't interact with people like Lee did. I liked those little breaks we would have to explore and we'd be able to go up to everyone in the group and get to know them better. People like Chuck and Mark, who didn't really have much purpose, you could suddenly become attached to cause of you getting to know them better during those breaks in the action.
I guess it makes sense since Clem is still just a little kid but eh.
I also just finished Season 2 Chapter 2. Here are my thoughts w/ spoilers:
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- I started out not too into this chapter but once they leave the house I really got into it.
- I really like Carlos, hate his daughter.
- Alvin I don't care for. The pregnant lady I like a bit more, but still don't care for.
- I like Luke and Nick. Trying my best to keep these two comfortable and not fight with everyone.
- HOLY SHIT KENNY!!!! Easily one of my favorites from Season 1 even thought he hated me despite everything I did for him. I chose to sat with him and basically did whatever I could to calm him down and get him to trust my new group. His voice seems different but I looked it up and I guess it's not?
- Bonnie and Carver can fuck off. I can't wait to kill them!
- When I chose to "give up" I didn't think it meant all of us, just the pregnant chick. So I was annoyed that we all gave ourselves in because I definitely did not want Clementine to go down there. I don't know what would've happened if I went to find Kenny but if I could pick again I'd definitely do that.
- I liked Walter a lot.... but Carver just fucking SHOT him in the face and killed him :( That was my only casualty so far though, everyone else is still alive :) I'm doing MUCH better than in Season1 where I lost literally everyone LOL.
- Very excited for Part 3 so I can help take down Carver. Also, I just want more Kenny. And I want to find Christa.
I also agree with KC on the "interacting with objects thing." In this chapter specifically there was barely any of that. I did enjoy talking to people and getting to know them more.
