Episode 5: No Going Back Review ( And Season 2 Review Thread)

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i wonder whats going to happen next......im so interested to see where they go with this....since some of us will be off with kenny some off with jane and some of us on our own.....idk I'm curious as all hell to see what happens. 



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Agreed.  As Clementine continues to mature, she can fulfill the protector role with AJ, like Lee once had done for her.

 

 

Yeah. I have a feeling they'll jump the story ahead another 2 years, making Clementine 13 and AJ 2 years old.

This would be possible now because the comics

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i kinda hope they don't do a time jump....i want to see what happens next.....i don't want the game to skip it ahead two years so everyone ended in different spots but we all start next season in the same place......idk. its kind of confusing and i don't know if I'm explaining what i mean clearly. lol



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For some reason I didn't feel as satisfied with this season.

 

Pretty good, but didn't feel with any of the episodes as I did with S1 ep 2, 3 and 4.


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#130
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Problem is.. they'll either have to shoe horn a "Clem is alone." plot either by a time skip or some forced intro showing each possible ending end in failure so each game can start at square one. OR They'll have to pick an ending and run with it as 'the correct one' ruining the other player's agonizing (Or easy) season 2 end choice.... Either way.. continuing with Clementine is gonna be disappointing story wise I think.
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i was thinking the same thing ......im still interested to see what happens though 



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Im excited but generally worried, I don't see any way they can continue the story when there are several completely different endings. So I think they will have no choice but to just have a huge time skip and Clem is alone again


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which is stupid because then wtf was the point of having 5 different endings ?



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I put Kenny down. It was time.

 

Then in my imagination, I told Jane that she was a sad "Jane the Soldier" loner/rationalist video game trope. 

 

"I am NOT a TROPE!" she screamed as she lunged at me with the other nail file she had hidden in her TROPE jeans.

 

"See, I told you!" I said, as I pulled the nail file from her clavicle.

 

"Yeah", said Kenny, sitting up and removing his bullet proof head mask. "You were right. She was a total trope!"

 

 

I liked the ending, but ended up with Jane in that miserable shithole. How depressing.


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My ending I shot Kenny but told Jane she was "Fucking crazy" ( Man that was satisfying....) and ended up alone.

Though after seeing all the endings... this pissed me off:
The ending where you let the family in with Jane... Why the hell the evil angle and music cause the dad hand a gun??? Seriously... why would Clem be surprised ANYONE left alive would have a gun. Oh no.... My 12 year old, gun toting ass should be worried anyone else would be carrying a gun.

I can't believe neither Jane, nor Clem thought to tell them to give up any weapons they had before letting them in.
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Great episode but also sad. I saved Kenny and left Wellington with him..don`t regret it. I hated that Luke died though..I liked him.  


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Great episode and like most, I'm really interested to see which of the endings will the canon one of the next season because that's going to really shape that game. If this game has taught me anything is if there's a zombie apocalypse, groups aren't worth the trouble. I mean seriously, how many different groups have we seen and watched them all get busted up for some reason or another. People barely work together well now, I just can't see that getting any better if this were to go down. And that's the best part of the game for me. It's not about the action, the zombies, or it's really character driven. 

 

Kenny is absolutely nuts but we can see why that is. He's a survivor but really just had his rope slowly wittled away over time and it finally broke. While Clem's climb to independence was great, Kenny's descent to destruction was just as good. And I love that these two stories were interweaving with each other too. TT's writing for this season and particularly this episode was really good.


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I cant believe no one said this already, so here it goes... Oh my god, they killed Kenny! You bastards!
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i didn't kill kenny. i left wellington with him. i took what lee said in the flash back literally lol



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Great episode and like most, I'm really interested to see which of the endings will the canon one of the next season because that's going to really shape that game. If this game has taught me anything is if there's a zombie apocalypse, groups aren't worth the trouble. I mean seriously, how many different groups have we seen and watched them all get busted up for some reason or another. People barely work together well now, I just can't see that getting any better if this were to go down. And that's the best part of the game for me. It's not about the action, the zombies, or it's really character driven. 
 
Kenny is absolutely nuts but we can see why that is. He's a survivor but really just had his rope slowly wittled away over time and it finally broke. While Clem's climb to independence was great, Kenny's descent to destruction was just as good. And I love that these two stories were interweaving with each other too. TT's writing for this season and particularly this episode was really good.

Except Wellington is working out fine. LOL


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^ ditto couldn't have said it better myself! i agree 1000000000000000%



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I cant believe no one said this already, so here it goes... Oh my god, they killed Kenny! You bastards!

I said it out loud as it happened, lol.  It was right there.  I'm pretty sure I said it the first time I thought he died, too.  


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I ended up alone with the baby.......I didn't want to let Kenny kill Jane, because she hadn't even explained what happened yet.  I was horrified she had deliberately baited him, and wasn't apologetic, so I didn't want anything to do with her anymore.  ,


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Wow this season sucked, but this episode was slightly better - but still bad. 

 

I killed Kenny, then left Jane. 

 

And Telltale kills the ENTIRE group again, it's really getting repetitive... not looking forward to Season 3


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well they aren't ALL necessarily dead.....mike and bonnie could still be alive.....or maybe that was just bonnie who took off on foot. also krista may STILL be out there ( i realize thats season 1 but hey) also jane may not be dead depending on which ending you choose and same with kenny. 

 

all that being said i do agree that the body count seems to be MUCH higher in the game as opposed to the comic or the show......(not including the AOW storyline which obvi has many casualties) it seems like its much more brutal in the game......also we seem to ALWAYS be on the road, struggling, dirty and hungry. like when will poor little Clem ever catch a break.

 

I'm going to play the game from the beginning and do things differently but keep my original game too.....i think it will be cool to play both 



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Bonnie can die in the episode, and we all know what happens to determinant characters. 

 

If she makes an appearance in Season 3, she'll be a walker. And Mike will probably die five minutes into Season 3. Arvo, probably same deal.

 

Season 2 is atrocious, and Season 3 will probably be no better if they stick with the same writers. 


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At last i could grab the box-version and played through it.

 

First thing: What the hell they *could* have made about this. Damnit!

Could have been a really great adventure game. But no.. Telltale just made a story, interesting, tensioning - yes.

But: Too less options. Even in comparison to season 1 here. 

 

I liked it - but it could have been awesome. So sad they downsized options to minimum.

 

About the (3 i guess?) endings i got:

 

As it's confirmed that there would be a season 3 - i first would like to type:

 

Telltale: Make it *more* ADVENTURE again! Leave us options! Options that *do* *mean* something,

not that crippled-adventure-design-way you did last - do *not* (!) only focus on graphics! 

 

(i'll write to them anyway.. would be nice if we could *gain* / *assemble* opinions and drop

them out at the same time.. if you feel to do this, too.)

 

Ending i'd like to continue: All 3 (hah! Telltale! Free Options?!)

 

If i'd have to choose one out of those three: Clementine safe in the new surrounding area. But: Seeing Kenny again.

 

And: Carver was killed toooo soooon.  Way to soon. My opinion.


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I have been avoiding this thread saving myself for the actual game. I don't download the episodes but wait when they are all on a disk because I couldn't bear to get into the story and have to wait. Season 2....oh my God, left me emotionally drained. The choices were a lot harder than I thought they would be. This game left me in tears after every episode and the Lee flashback or day dream urg!! I miss you Lee. I absolutely love this game and sincerely hope plenty more seasons are in the pipeline because this is one loyal fan. The writing is excellent, the voice acting is wonderful, the characters are well thought out and believable. Tell Tale Games..kudos, just take all my money please.


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