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Generally favorable reviews- based on 115 Ratings

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Aug 7, 2012
    90
    For the raw, skittish tension of the decisions you make? The Walking Dead is unmatched. [Issue#221, p.79]
  2. Jul 5, 2012
    85
    The stellar writing and character development continues at a superior level, and the decisions the game asks you to make are gut-wrenching.
  3. Jul 19, 2012
    85
    Although fans of Robert Kirkman's comics might recognize plot points lifted directly from the black-and-white series, this is still a gut shot of an adventure sure to keep you creeped out for the three or four hours that it lasts.
  4. It's also more predictable, with fewer affecting decisions than the first part, but that's not to say that you won't umm and ahh over what to do on multiple occasions. This is still an excellent piece of narrative-driven gaming, where you grow attached to the cast and enjoy/endure the consequences of your actions. It's where Heavy Rain meets the zombie apocalypse, and that should be enough to sell anybody.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 24
  3. Negative: 3 out of 24
  1. As many people have mentioned, after being said the walking dead series were
    To be released monthly, the long wait for episode 2 ruined the s
    ort of flow between the first and second episode that I imagined. However, regardless of the wait my excitement continued to grow until the day of the release. Nonetheless, it boils down to the individual game itself, which was why I was pleased that is the same as episode one, the comical graphics and the voice acting were both Perfect yet there were times the game froze for a split second leaving voice syncing of until after the scene. Nevertheless the choices although feel a bit less this time round, again mattered. There were times when I stressed about what to do yet continued to question myself for an answer as episode 2 perfectly delivers the emotions of the story. If you got episode 1 or love a game with emotions and attachment, start with one so you can get 2! Few technical issues stop it from being a full 10. Expand
  2. After playing The Walking Dead: Episode 1, I had massive expectations for part 2 of Telltale
  3. I found episode 2 alittle boring. But by the middle of it, it started to get more intresting. By the end of the epiosde 2, it made you want to contiune the experience and see what epiosde 3 will be about. Very good ending. If it wasnt for the "technical" issues with this epiosde I would of gave it a 8 out of 10. Overall, its worth playing. Good job telltale games! and please hurry up with episode 3!!! Expand
  4. They completely botched the update for Episode 2. Multiple users are complaining (myself included) that even after following the proper installation procedure, the game inexplicably goes to a blank black screen then exits (no error message or anything) to the main PS3 menu. And this is after attempting to load episode 2 from a saved game which as we all know, is not supposed to happen in a properly coded program. This is an unfortunate turn of events after Telltale extended their deadline for this episode by over a month. I do recall that the initial sales pitch for this game was that it was episodic, with new episodes released on a monthly basis; however they changed this to periodic releases throughout the year (with absolutely no explanation given, no new customer agreements to confirm, and you had to go directly to their website to read their new sales pitch to find out). And so we have waited about 2 months for a new episode and it has not delivered. Actually, I guess technically it has delivered, it just doesn't work and makes the game completely unplayable. Had Episode 2 actually worked and blew my socks off, I was probably going to give this release an average review rating anyway due to Telltale's complete lack of communication to its customers (remarkably the only feedback via their website is a couple of vague non-concrete answers, and that is within a forum topic that is dozens of pages long. Did they actually expect customers to sift through all of that to get some simple answers?!). Furthermore, Episode 1 is rendered unplayable now, because the dialogue options have disappeared and pushing controller buttons does absolutely nothing. The game is essentially broken, and I am wondering what they are going to do about it. Of course, looking for an answer on their forums is going to be a chore, given their horrible track record regarding effective communication. I'm extremely disappointed, since I bought the season-pass from them and expected properly working monthly releases as I was promised. I was expecting something along the lines of professionalism, since I was dealing with a company that I had no prior experiences with, but it looks like many people are going to make up their minds about this company's numerous failings on their own. Expand

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