System: PS3
Bought: March 4th
Started: March 5th
Beat: March 17th 2013
Trophies: 37 of 37
My Second Platinum!
Idea: You're Lee Everett, You've been saved from going to Prison for murder by a Zombie Apocalypse. Well, Okay. I guess there are some things worse then prison. The human race is raising from the dead to nosh on people... and you get to bash their brains in!
Soon after you escape your Zombie Police Man escort you come across a little girl named Clementine, Her parents had been away on vacation {Savannah} when the chaos began and now she is all alone. Can't let a little girl hide in a Tree House forever so... You bring her with ya.
The start of a wonderful Journey....
Thoughts: This is loosely based on the TV Show, Same idea with different characters. I somehow got through all the first season, portions of the second and a couple episodes of the third season before becoming bored with the whole watching people kill Zombies thing.
The game was a different story, This thing is fun. You kill Zombies, The Occasional Nutcase human and your choices really matter. I actually started caring about what happened to some of the characters, From wanting to do what's best for Clem to really wishing Ben would just go die all ready. It kept my attention through all 5 Episodes and left me wanting more, Much more....
The End: Hmph, It was Emotional. Sadly, No matter what choices you make through the 5 Episodes you are left with one "Ending". I must have played the end of Episode 4 five or six times to try to not get bit by that damn Zombie. No Luck though, You are destined to die and or become a Zombie.
Destined to leave Clem Alone, Even though there were two other survivors I still consider it alone. I am not with her anymore so.... I left my Clementine alone. :(
Characters
Lee Everett - This is you, The main character. From Macon, He was once a Professor at a School in Georgia who walked in on his wife doing another guy. Well, Okay... I am not sure if she was doing him at the time but it pissed Lee off enough to just murder the guy. Anyways, You're on your way to Prison when the Zombie Apocalypse begins and the Patrol car you're in gets into an accident {Hits a Walker.}.
When you wake up after the accident the Police Officer escorting you to Prison has died, then turned into a Zombie. Kind of sad really, The cop was a rather nice guy in the car and I really didn't get much delight in killing him.
After your initial escape you come across a house...where you find a girl... Clementine.
Clementine - An 8 year old girl that you find just after your "escape" from the Zombie Police. Her parents were away on Vacation when hell broke loose and she has been surviving in her tree house alone. A quiet and resourceful girl she really ends up being more help throughout the game than some of the older characters.
For most of the game she's sort of like your little sidekick that drives you forward, I chose to take a fatherly roll with the girl where as I guess I could have been a little more uncaring. It sort of gave me a rage moment whenever she was in danger or in Episode 2.... almost ate something she REALLY did not want to eat.
She's also really focused on finding out what happened to her parents in Savannah, In her little head it was like they could still be alive but... in the end... meh.
These are the only two I'll write about... Why? Because they are the most "constant" to me, I choose things Lee does or says and Clem is the reason I do and say some things. I'll do minor touches on other characters below...
Episodes Decisions
Episode 1: A New Day - I'm just some guy, I saved Duck, I Saved Doug, I sided with Kenny and I let Kenny know about the fact my Family owned the Drugstore. I also trusted Carley but then, I let her die so I guess that didn't make a difference. I really can't stand Lilly and her dad is a huge pain in the ass...
Episode 2: These bastards are eating people, After a while of not seeing Mark I had a bad feeling... and this bad feeling panned out. Humans eating People, Zombies eating people. I suppose in a way their line of thought was logical but really....At least I saved Clem from eating Marks legs.
The bright side of this episode was... Yey!! We killed Larry! I sided with Kenny. When escaping the Walkers that just so happened to show up at the Farm.... We stole stuff from a car. We didn't know whose car it was or anything but... We took the stuff. Shame on Us.
Episode 3: Lilly is more annoying then ever. Stuff has been vanishing, We're not sure who has been taking it and finding out was a bit of a bugger. The Bandits have been bothering us and we've been giving them stuff to keep them at bay... of course this doesn't last long. We have Bandits and Walkers attacking at one point and we finally leave the Motel in the RV.
Not that we had much choice.
On the Road, Lilly is dead set on figuring out who was taking stuff.... She thinks it was Ben. I figured it could be Ben because Doug just didn't seem chickenshit enough to do it. We hit a walker so to the side of the road we go, That was a mistake.
Outside the RV, Lilly and Ben are arguing and much drama ensues. This leads to Lilly trying to shoot Ben but hitting Dough instead.. One more dead. There's a choice to leave Lilly on the side of the road or take her with you, I should have left her but I didn't. She stole my RV when we get to the train.. *sad face*
Oh yea, Duck was bitten back at the Motel and he ends up sort of turning but not quite... I had Lee shoot him in the head that way Kenny wouldn't have to. Certainly since Kennys wife kills herself before Duck is killed or turns.
Now we have a Train at least.
There's also some weirdo talking to Clem on her radio that I thought was busted but somehow got fixed {Doug gave her batteries) and a community of humans killing off the old, young and sick.
I guess the biggest deal on this episode is that Clem is kidnapped by the freak on the Radio and Lee got bit, There's no way around getting bit either. Grrrr I told everyone I was bit too, Decided it'd be bad to hide it and they found out another way. They were very supportive.
Episode 5: Here we are, The last Episode. Lee was bit in the last episode and Clem was taken by the mysterious radio freak. Oh yea, It also turns out the old cancer survivor people stole the boat we found too. haha... Oh well.
I had no idea who the guy on the radio could be, At least not really...maybe it was the guy I left alive at the farm? Nope. The choice to cut off Lee's arm was made to maybe prevent him from going Walker, Also got to see some amazing one armed acrobatics. (I'd probably try to keep the arm next time around).
Well, There's not much to say really...other then the end result. Kenny is apparently dead though you don't see him die so never know, Christa and Omid are alive and out there somewhere and that's who I had Lee send Clem to.
Who was the radio freak? It was the owner of the car back in episode two that we robbed!! It was a serious WTF Moment, I had wondered if I would ever see who the owner was or if it was just left at an abandoned car. After the third episode of nothing I just forgot about the situation... bad idea.
Apparently, You stole this guys stuff from the car while he, his wife and child were out in the woods doing something. When they returned to the empty car the wife went insane and blamed the husband for loosing all their stuff and she took their child and left. Bad Idea.
His wife and child end up dead and this is your fault, He is here to make your life just as terrible as his and he wants Clem to be his substitute daughter. Of course Lee isn't exactly the greatest father figure in the world but, I thought I had him do a pretty good job.
The stranger freak ends up dead... he also has his wifeys zombie head in a bag which he likes to chat with but yea... Uhg.
To the utter end, I let Clem decide what to do with Lee herself. It seems the game actually takes what you've taught her and decide whether to shoot you{Lee} in the head or just leave him there handcuffed to turn into a Zombie.
My Clem shot me in the head, Thank you Darlin'.
After the End Credits you see Clem outside of the city, She sees two people in the distance and I am hoping those two people were Omid and Christa. There's supposed to be a "Second Season", I hope it tells me more about what happened to the characters that I either didn't see die or ran off. Also REALLY hope that I find out what happened to Clem.
