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It’s been two months today since the release of Episode 1, and Episode 2 still doesn’t have a release date.  I remember really enjoying the first episode, but at this point I can’t even remember what it was about or who the characters were. I guess I’ll play Episode 2 if and when it gets released, and hopefully it’ll manage to re-kindle my interest in the game, but for the moment any excitement I might have felt is long forgotten.

Does anyone still care?

Kurufinwe - 25 June 2012 08:24 PM

It’s been two months today since the release of Episode 1, and Episode 2 still doesn’t have a release date.  I remember really enjoying the first episode, but at this point I can’t even remember what it was about or who the characters were. I guess I’ll play Episode 2 if and when it gets released, and hopefully it’ll manage to re-kindle my interest in the game, but for the moment any excitement I might have felt is long forgotten.

Does anyone still care?

Episode2 in some certification process, but yes my hype and interest definitely waned
alot due to pathetic leadtime , at this rate we will finish the whole game by the
end of this year. But really love the overall direction , so will get it day one anyway.
In meantime i had asked my freinds to hold up their purchase till all episodes come
together so that they can enjoy the experience in one sitting without pathetic unknown breakups of tempo and mood.

Episode 2 is releasing tomorrow on XBLA and Friday on PC/PS3. Unfortunately, if you bought it on PS3 in Europe, you will be waiting a little longer.

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Launch trailer looks like worth the wait, beware of spoilers

I played through episode two on my Xbox 360, and I can say that it was worth the wait.  The story deals with the themes of how far people would go when pushed to the extremes extremely well.  There are more adventure style puzzles using your inventory this time around.  The action sequences are also trickier.  I didn’t see any death sequences in the first episode, but I saw quite a few this time around.  The auto-replay after death feature came in handy with me in episode 2. There are also more life and death choices here, so your story branches even more. 

So far this series really is living up to all of the hype surrounding it.  The Walking Dead episodes 1 and 2 are my favorite Telltale games since the Tales of Monkey Island episodes. 

I just bought episode 1 on ps3, its downloading right now, really looking forward to this.

I read somewhere online that it has some elements comparible to heavy rain. I LOVED heavy rain!

Squirlygirl - 01 July 2012 01:23 AM

I just bought episode 1 on ps3, its downloading right now, really looking forward to this.

I read somewhere online that it has some elements comparible to heavy rain. I LOVED heavy rain!

The biggest issue is TTG has botched the implementation of the marquee feature in this game… the ability for your choices to impact the games direction and to carry over from chapter to chapter.

Oh, and don’t even think about playing/maintaining more than one game.  Despite the multiple game slots it’s all jacked up.  If you care about the progress of your game just complete Episode 1 and wait for some patches. 

At least this is giving me the chance to play ‘Jolly Rover’ as I wait.  I bought the game a long time back and never played it, but I am finding it to be enjoyable.

Zoop - 01 July 2012 05:12 AM

The biggest issue is TTG has botched the implementation of the marquee feature in this game… the ability for your choices to impact the games direction and to carry over from chapter to chapter.

How so?

(Haven’t played ep2 yet - I originally played ep1 at their office to preview it so I want to replay on my PS3 first so my game will carry over to ep2. So I’m wondering what exactly is broken about it…?)

Zoop - 01 July 2012 05:12 AM

The biggest issue is TTG has botched the implementation of the marquee feature in this game… the ability for your choices to impact the games direction and to carry over from chapter to chapter.

it sounds like you didnt load your save file right. (or maybe one of the versions is bugged)

Just played through Episode 2.

Episode 1 was very good but this one really ramped up the tension, some pretty ‘powerful’ scenes too

Let’s just say that there certainly haven’t been too many games over the years where I’ve had a genuine guilt trip over my decisions.

I just completed part 2 also. Brilliant story with loads of really tense moments. Unlike the first episode, you sort of know all the characters now, so it makes for a much more difficult time when there are choices to make, and i loved how the impressions i made of the characters in the first part are shown to perhaps be harsh and that friendships and rivalries i’d developed in the first part were pushed to the limit.

only one gripe I had that was there’s a character called Mark in it, who i don’t think was in the first part so it seemed sort of weird for him to just be in your group at the start without much explanation.

It actually felt better written than some episodes of the TV show which have suffered from being a bit drawn out at times and overly melodramatic.

Lucien21 - 01 July 2012 12:59 PM

fov - 01 July 2012 12:06 PM

Zoop - 01 July 2012 05:12 AM

The biggest issue is TTG has botched the implementation of the marquee feature in this game… the ability for your choices to impact the games direction and to carry over from chapter to chapter.

How so?

(Haven’t played ep2 yet - I originally played ep1 at their office to preview it so I want to replay on my PS3 first so my game will carry over to ep2. So I’m wondering what exactly is broken about it…?)

I personally didn’t have this issue, but on the TT forums some people were saying that the person that they saved towards the end of EP 1 was dead when they started Ep 2 and other decisions they made were reversed in the new episode.

[spoiler][/spoiler]I played Episode 1 all the way through twice and yes it does change based on who you pick to save, at least I saw the person I saved at the end and didn’t see the person who died.[spoiler][/spoiler]

I’m going to buy episode 2 now, and I heard that its even better than episode 1.