[ApexPredator]

Spoiler

Picking up three months after the events of the first game, Lee's group has grown by one but his problems have grown exponentially. It's winter, the group is nearly out of food, and people are turning on each other.

All of this weighs on us as players in two specific ways -- brutality and choice. The opening of the game is Lee slamming his axe into a walker's skull, and within minutes, we're treated to the most grotesque moment of the Walking Dead game so far.

After hearing a scream, Lee and a new companion named Max come to a man caught in a bear trap. The metal jaws have been tampered with. There's no release latch and it's anchored to a tree with a chain. So as walkers shamble towards the downed man, we're left with an axe and a series of choices. Hack at the chain, try to pry the jaws open, abandon the man, or separate the foot from the body.

In my demo, a developer from Telltale Games chose the impromptu surgery route, and it was disgusting. As a player, you have to look to the leg, choose the axe option, and watch the blade strike. The man screams, blood splatters, and the foot doesn't separate. You have to make Lee strike again, and the camera drops to a close-up of the wound. The axe still doesn't make it through. The camera gets closer. The axe comes again. The man screaming, the crowd gasping, and us cringing.

Once that's settled, it's back to the Motor Inn -- homebase for our survivors. After an argument, Lilly puts Lee in charge of doling out rationed food for the day, and this is where the decisions come in. You have four pieces of food and nine people to take care of. Whom you give food to will drastically alter your relationships.

I got to see some of the fallout, but then the demo ended with the player gouging out a walker's eyes from a first-person Lee perspective. Lovely and awesome.

The Walking Dead: Episode 2 should be out by the end of this month.

link if anyone is interested
http://www.comicbook...h/news/?a=61069

[That Guy]

By the end of the month? !

[ApexPredator]

So much for "monthly" releases

[DirtyDeeJay]

FFS they unveil the demo at E3 but give us, the customers actually buying the games, and in my case and many others who have already bought the season pass, NO official date and we've had no information from them what so ever.  Utter pisstake.

[Rumiel]

Thanks for the info! I was stressing out at the fact that there was no word of the game... anywhere.

Still, pretty pathetic that they're still hiding the actual release date (probably because they don't even know themselves for sure); not a smart move from Telltale, that's for sure.

[steverogers]

Yeah, tht's poo poo.

[ApexPredator]

More Information on Episode 2

Spoiler

[Episode Two: Starved for Help picks up three months after the conclusion of the first episode, and the situation has gotten even more dire for our group of survivors. The food is gone. The electricity is gone. The tensions in the group are rising, and there’s no end in sight; it’s just another day in the zombie apocalypse.

The episode opens with Lee out in the woods attempting to hunt for some food. Along the way he hears someone screaming and runs to investigate. When he locates the source, he finds a group of people in desperate need of help; one guy caught in a bear trap, two teenagers struggling to get him out and a group of walkers closing in fast. Kenny finds his way to the scene, and everyone frantically tries to decide what to do next. After checking the bear trap itself and finding out that it’s been tampered with to not have a release latch, Lee takes the ax he has with him and tries to make a quick decision.

Does he attempt to cut the chain or the leg? After taking a couple of hacks at the chain, he realizes he won’t be able to make it through it in time and tries to fall back on the more gruesome option; but at that point the walkers are getting too close, and the group decides that they have to bail before the situation spirals even more out of control. As they try to make their escape, however, one of the teens that was with the man in the trap freaks out and tries to go for one of the hunting rifles. And, of course, in the ensuing scuffle he takes a shot to the stomach. Having no other choice, the groups carries the wounded kid back to their camp and are forced to leave the trapped man to his fate. Of course, this could play out differently given players' decisions, but this is how it played out in our demo.

Back at the motor inn, which in the time since we last saw it has gotten a defensive upgrade in the form of a wall built out of scraps the survivors have been able to get their hands on, the rest of the group is more than a little upset to see that Lee and company have brought back even more mouths to feed. Lilly, who seems to have become the de-facto leader of the group, has already been pushed to her limits trying to ration out what little food remains and snaps at Lee for bringing back the two kids. She decides she’s had enough of having everyone at her throat and gives Lee the day’s rations and leaves it up to him to decide who to give them to.

Lee has been given four pieces of food to distribute out to nine people. At this point it’s up to the player to decide if he wants to continue building relationships with characters that are already friendly to him or to mend bridges with hostile characters. After he’s distributed three of the pieces of food, there’s yet another decision to make. Does Lee keep one for himself to stay strong at the risk of appearing selfish to the group, or does he take a personal risk and give it to someone else? The choice is yours.

After deciding where all the food is going to end up, Lee’s attention swings back to the kid with the gunshot wound, who’s being tended to by Kenny’s wife, Katjaa. She tells Lee that she’s done all she can, but unfortunately, the kid passed away. Just as Lee begins to say that it’s a shame but at least there’s one less person to worry about, the kid reanimates and takes a lunge at Lee. After a short struggle Larry comes to the rescue and dispatches the newly zombified teen.

From that point everyone turns to Ben, the other surviving teenager, and asks him why he didn’t let anyone know that his friend had been bitten. Ben insists that he wasn’t and realizes that his new group doesn’t know the truth behind how humans are turned into walkers. It’s at this point that the bombshell of how that process works in the Kirkman universe is dropped on our characters. Everyone is already infected; a bite isn’t required to turn. In other words…THEY ARE THE WALKING DEAD!

After the demo ended, there was a short Q&A session where a couple of interesting tidbits about future episodes were revealed. First of all, during the course of the season we will be finding out more about the fate of Clementine’s family. The second bit of information was very vague but extremely interesting. When asked if we were going to see any more cameos from established characters in The Walking Dead universe, the guys from Telltale answered, “There will be more cameos from The Walking Dead..and maybe other some games as well.” What exactly does that mean? I have no idea! But I’m extremely excited to find out.

As far as release goes, Telltale said they are extremely close to submitting Episode Two for certification and after that it’s out of their hands. So they couldn’t say for sure when it’s going to drop, but they’re hoping before the end of June. It can’t come soon enough.

Link:

http://www.dreadcent...ead-episode-two

Edited by ApexPredator, 07 June 2012 - 07:15 PM.

[farswell7]

This sounds really interesting! I haven't bought the game yet so I'm thinking about investing in it.

The only systems I have are PS2 and Wii, so I'm SOL unless I buy it for the PC.

Does anybody on this board have it for the computer? Can someone tell me if it's worth buying on it?

[Fear 2 Stop]

Wouldn't it be the same game on the pc as on the other systems?

[Radnorak]

I own TWDG on Xbox and would be no help regarding the PC version.  Honestly I would wait until it has a couple more episodes out if i were you.  Tell Tale's customer service up to this point has been pretty bad.  They've pretty much abandoned it in fact.  My understanding from going to their forum, was that this type of behavior is "business as usual".   I would however suggest checking this game out.  I real enjoyed the first installment and have replayed it a couple of times.  The character are done well and the choices thus far have been difficult.  I wish i could give you a better idea for when this next episode would come out but they appear to be on a information lockdown.  The poll on their forum seems to suggest most people think it will come out "When hell freezes over".  Though Tell Tale said, "it should be out by the end of the month".   My main hope is that they are able to get back to some siblance of a schedule.  Mind you Im not trying to discourge you from getting this game, but possibly save you from being frustrated.  Hope this helps.