I was watching made in abyss and knew a death was sad, but then when nanachi was slumped on the ground wailing, it broke me. I believe a lot of fiction deaths can really hit you like a train
Every single time.. it's the best choice by far and still hits emotionally. Clementine and Lee's close surrogate relationship just about demands it. In my opinion, anyway. Once selected, they both get to tell each other that they'll miss one another and they both get to HEAR it said to one another. Idk, it's just the perfect choice.
@@cyniex3728 I know, but there is simply no way someone could make an attachment to Sarah that quickly that they would cry when she died, compared to you playing through the entire game with Lee and Clem
Everyone loves to praise Last of us. But for me personally The walking dead made bigger impact on me. The story was amazing. Lee and Clementines relationship then kenny and everyone. Then end of season 1 or 2 i think we have to put Lee down that was really tough for me. And even they made game better in final didn't do a rush job. Truly a masterpiece.
I agree. I just prefer Clem's overall story arc over Elly's. It's less pessimistic, and I love how her story comes full circle. I also liked that some cultural tensions were still leftover from before the zombie takeover. It's brought up very rarely and doesn't have a huge impact, but it's a nice touch.
Why would you force Clem to kill Lee??? Dont come with that dumbass arbitrary idea that a loved one needs to do it, that concept has zero meaning for Clem and Lee.
@@azoniarnl3362 What do you mean? That might be one reason, but that's not all of it. At that point it was a mercy kill. Having Lee turn would be the absolute worst and Clem was already mature enough to realize that she had to do it. Both had already spent so much time together and got to know each other, like they were family. Personally, I would not want to watch my family turn into walkers, I'd rather end it right then and there. Leaving Lee alive would just be cruel, even though it is equally as cruel that a child would have to pull the trigger, I get that. Maybe I just didn't quite understand your post, if you'd like you could elaborate. This isn't an angry comment btw, just to be clear.
Doug definitely became a meme due to no one ever picking to save him. Can't remember how entirely true this is, but iirc, there was a commotion within the fandom at some point where ppl purposely went back and chose Doug a bunch after it became well-known how popular of a choice Carly was.
Replayed it kind of recently and saved Doug. It was a nice change of pace, and cool with the little things like him rigging proxy traps that tell you where the raiders are coming from at the hotel! Doug was a homie. RIP
@@Spaciousfoot S1 is the best not gonna lie. But S2 and S4 aren't terrible. Screw S3. No one likes S3. Especially S4 deserves a lot of love given what it went through.
@@KanaTokishoS2 is good, but it gets hard carried by Kenny, and S3 isn’t horrible, it’s got a decent story, just it’s the worst of all four, and S4 is great, but because skybound finished it instead of telltale the last two episodes are kind of eh
this game really shaped me as a child. when watching pewdiepie's playthrough back in 2012/13 (i would have been 11 or 12), it was the first story game i'd ever seen, and the first time a game had ever made me cry. since then, i've always been finding joy in watching people's visceral reactions to things. it really made me fall in love with other story games, like life is strange and detroit: become human. i'll never forget what it did for me and how it helped me, an autistic person, develop my emotions and social skills. nowadays, i LOVE watching people play through the game - it's one of my comfort things. i love having it on in the background while im playing cosy games, stuff like that.
The Telltale series is actually set in the Comic continuity. Glenn and Hershel's backstories were actually a bit vague in the comics, with this game simply showing why Hershel's son Shawn is Undead when Rick and Co show up at the farm, and where Glenn came from before making his way to Atlanta, where he eventually meets Rick. And in Season 3/A New Frontier, a Main character of the comics from later in the series, Paul "Jesus" Monroe shows up and accompanies the group of characters in that season, Clementine included, and Final Season has a character named James who's a former member of The Whisperers, a villain group in the comics, and he says he left because they were going to attack a community of survivors, which is either Hilltop or Alexandria, both settlements managed by Rick and the gang. Lilly was actually Retconned to Not be the character from the Comics though. In fact, Lilly Caul, the comic character, is also the protag of a Novel series that's also canon to the comic continuity, while Telltale Lilly would return in Telltale's Final Season and... Changed a lot, to not spoil stuff for anyone out of the loop. Pretty neat honestly. And there's nothing in the Telltale series that's said about the wider world that would contradict the comics in any way.
i just love how lily came back. one of those moments where you remember that unless you see their corpse or die in front of you, you should never just assume a character is dead
@@quinnmarchese6313 Exactly. In contrast to Fear The Walking Dead, the first spinoff from the TV show. See, before there was the dumb stuff like nukes and Philosophy Degree dialogue from every character and all that crap from season 4 onwards, the first 3 seasons were actually pretty good. Just another story in the Walking Dead universe, but set on the west coast. Fear's 4th season onwards have pretty ridiculous things like unseen, unmentioned relatives of characters showing up after they died, but apparently, the current season, season 8, brought back Troy Otto, one of the main villains from season 3, the last good season, after his last appearance showed him getting conked on the head hard enough to bleed by series protagonist Madison, and then seen afterwards washing up on the shore that Madison also washes up on following a flood resulting from a Dam being blown up later in the episode. Apparently Troy showed up in season 8, having miraculously survived being conked with a hammer and likely drowning in the flood from the dam. Ridiculous.
@@justanactualrealbear before season 4 came out, i always called Lilly's stroyline a plot hole, since it was just left there. not that it was a bad plothole, but TWD has always been that kind of property.
@@quinnmarchese6313 I wouldn't call it a plot hole, just... Shit happens. Lee and co leaving her ass behind is understandable... Unless you keep her with you and she steals the rv lol But funny enough, the devs confirmed that originally, Lilly was supposed to return with the RV in the last episode to be the main antagonist, having followed the group to Savannah. But the devs switched to The Stranger because they figured that Lilly being the main villain of the season would be dumb and not make sense, just like how Last of Us' originally had its story focus on Tess hunting Joel and Ellie across the country, before Naughty Dog changed that in the final game to where Joel is escorting Ellie across the country because she's immune... Before they had Ellie and Abby hunt each other for vengeance bullshit in Last of Us 2 like 4 times over the crouse of the game.
As a stickler for the details, how we see Shawn die and how Hershel said he died in the comic are pretty distinct, although it's possible he himself wasn't telling the truth to Rick, which makes his claims about honesty in the games quite impactful.
The walking dead was the game I played that made me realize games could be so much more than just casual games like call of duty and sonic. It also made me cry like a little girl at the end, but even kings cry
I've replayed this game several times, once at launch, once in 2016, and once a year ago. Every time I replay the game I appreciate the voice acting more and more. The voicemail left by Clementine's parents still gives me the chills.
I played this 5 years before I ever watched the show. Amazing games. And I met Lily's VA at Walker Stalker in 2019. She is so cool. Nothing like Lily luckily. She signed my Walking Dead TT picture too
You mentioned that Clem's last name was Crawford, at one point. I wonder if, at some point during development, her parents were planned to be the leaders of the Crawford settlement later in the game🤔 Ah, man, think of the twists that story could've brought...with Crawford not allowing children. Lee and Clem finding her folks in Crawford and them rejecting her, like the kid that Kenny found starved to death in the attic. Maybe way too dark and best not to go that way...still, would've hit hard, though
I’m actually upset they didn’t go with that. Clem never really said much about her actual family, only Lee. It would’ve been really cool to have her see them again or develop that part of her past.
@@knowtheplan472Right!? Lee and Clem find out her parents are leaders of Crawford. One parent wants to keep the rule - No Kids - the other parent, stricken with guilt over their daughter, snaps and decides to take the place down. Kills some important members, opens the gate, and allows it to be overrun wit walkers, killing both parents during the chaos....ooh damn
Whenever episode 2 started I didn't know it had a title. I just knew it was episode 2. So when we saw the hicks that suspiciously were safe from everybody I immediately knew they were cannibals. No one is that friendly during an apocalypse for no reason unless you are the Messiah or cannibals.
I love how you review this game as if it’s the only in the series and not just the start of a series, the game is completely different when you view it as a stand alone title and not just a entry in a series of games
Ooooh just hearing Clem's voice again for the first time in years brought tears to my eyes. This game is so good, made me fall in love with TellTales' games and I still need to finish the last season. I am just scared to let Clem go and finish off the series LOL
I remember replaying episode 1 since it was for free on the App Store and couldn’t afford the whole game as a kid. Anytime I hear the music from Lee’s parents office in the pharmacy it just takes me back to being a happy 10 year old. Good times
That voice acting actually made us empathize with a cannibal. Despite the fact he was going to kill and eat the group, you still feel for a guy who just realizes his family is dead, his home is destroyed, he's lost everything and he just wants to die.
telltales twd is genuinely one of the greatest things i have ever experienced. especially back in the day it was insane how good the story was. i wish i could replay the story for the first time again
What made TellTale's TWD so impactful for me is how it shows how cruel the world is without making a spectacle of it like the AMC show did. Even when they ended Lee's story, it felt grounded and like a genuine moment where a surrogate father and daughter had to say goodbye for the final time.
It should've been noted at the beginning that TellTale's seasons take place in the Comic universe of TWD. Though it's never talked about what Glenn did before he got to Atlanta in the show, so it's possible that the walkie talkie both versions of Glenn used to save Ricks life and start the world (as we know it) of The Walking Dead were given to him by a Clementine. It's possible she, and thus Lee and everyone else, _could_ exist in the show universe even if its never shown
I've never watched a single walking dead episode. But you can bet I've watched so many telltales walking dead content I've lost count. But a retrospective from Fuzzy slippers?!?!? S Tier content
having viewed and played this game multiple times over the years from my early teens into adulthood, it really has become a comfort in some way and gets better every time i've played it with new worldly perspective. it will always be a classic to me, even if some people think it's just a movie where you push buttons sometimes. the only really weak portion for me is s3, and i can at least respect the attempt to branch out with a newer cast of characters.
Fun fact about vernon if you played the 400 days dlc we find out that vernon after taking the boat left his group behind and abandoned them proving he was a scumbag all along and only cared for himself and that lead to his group falling apart as we see his group isn't doing so well in the dlc so my question is if he did take Clem would he abandon her like he did his group
This series fundamentally changed me as a person and how I viewed people and the world as I grew up, and to this day it’s probably the most emotional game I’ve ever played. Lee’s journey as a person and his relationship with Clem makes him my favorite video game protagonist. What stands out to me is that you can tailor how Lee reacts to certain situations and his relationships with others, but there are core things about his character that doesn’t change. Some people might chalk this up to your “choices not mattering”, and while I understand that for some story beats, I don’t agree with it for Lee. You can make Lee an angel straight from heaven or the biggest asshole on Earth, but it doesn’t change the fact that Lee at his core always does what he believes is right. It’s that kind of nuance that makes him feel like a real person rather than a character.
31:35 fun fact, it was the canibals at the farm who set up the trap, and the reason it was altered is because the bandits that attack the motel kept stealing the food from the traps, it's never mentioned in game but if you watch some cut game scenes on youtube theres a scene with Lee and one of the brothers talking about it
I remember playing the walking dead and was blown away by how the choices you make to certain characters will either put a positive or negative on other characters or could bite you later on, the last episode hit me hard because I didn't want Lee to die :(
Weirdly enough I'm running through the games right now and haven't watched much of shows... this was an amazing breakdown for the game and I loved that it was given so much love in this video :)
Nice to see someone finally give empathy to Ben and actually Acknowledge he's still a child. The only character to fully Recognize that was clementine ironically asking him to come color really showed that.
Man, I played the game 4 days ago and this video came out? I am playing the whole package with the definitive edition, replaying this, having memories from 2017, dear god this game made me drop manly tears off my face.
This is the only game I’ve ever played where from start to finish I was completely obsessed w the story, even after finishing all 4 seasons all I wanted to do was immediately replay it all over again, best narrative of our generation
im here because i was just thinking about replaying this full series again and watching this made me really want to. i really loved the Original Series of the show and that made me learn about and like maybe even more so the comic, then i found out about telltales game and then i fell in love with this story as well. when the og show was ending i even "created" an idea that they were going to do the best idea for a spinoff by taking Daryl (maybe even Morgan), Judith, and Rj and incorporating telltales story into live action using Daryl or Morgan as a Lee type character (if he would have came back like i had hoped) and obviously Judith and Rj as Clem and Aj. i could see that story play out perfectly. it makes soo much sense to me to have Daryl, Judith and Rj go searching for Rick and Michonne and have a very similar story arc to the game and it would all still work for the show. they probably could have "milked" several seasons out of that spinoff and it be way better than all these other ones. i did like Fear but they needed to completely end the OG story without spinoffs. kill off everyone off but Daryl, Judith, and Rj in order to have this story arc. i just dont know why they didnt do it, it was set up so perfectly. lol
Walking Dead Season 1 and Wolf Among Us represented Telltale at their best. Everything after just didn't hit the same emotional highs for me. I still get chills in that final combat encounter and the ending still gets my eyes misty.
Honestly wolf among us never grabbed me. The first tales from the borderlans was the shit though. It was so entertaining my friend and I played it together over PS4s god awful shareplay system, and it was still amazing.
Man im glad you covered this topic, ive been going through my trophies and Tell Tales TwD was the first game I got platinum and got almost all the DLC. 300 days after was awesome
I’m going to point out that Larry was never going to make it. Cpr alone cannot and will not restart a heart. Since there’s no hospitals or ambulances coming anymore unless they actively had a defibrillator there’s no hope and they don’t.
After the first playthrough, i never again chop the arm since Lee can than dual wield knives and fight the horde while going to save Clem, which is the most badass moment in this game, and one of many in whole series.
One tip when creating videos: if you can skip the intro to a video and still understand what it's about, then the intro doesn't need to be there. Intros are for complicated subjects that need a preface to understand it, it's good to put things in laymans terms when needed but the subject matter is something people who'd watch this video would understand.
This ending was the first game to make me weep like a baby. Watching my brother play it at first was what caused me to to start reading the comics and watching the TV show. Love this game,
I will still never understand Lily's thinking, because of the fact that if you decide to let the woman suffer in the road so that you can get medicine in the pharmacy she gets mad and is upset because she thinks people are losing humanity. But apparently she was fine if you let a teacher and two students die because they didn't have enough supplies... Make it make sense lily
The four twd games from telltale are my favorite games of all time. All of them make me laugh, cry (and with that i mean serious crying), makes me angry, frustrated, sad and shocked. The emotional connection i have with all the characters (except the assholes) is just insane for characters who never existed in real life.
I will never forget that one episode in season 2 with Clem after the dog. That was just…horrifying. Not very many things in games can inflict that much pain in me but holy… she’s such a well written character
@@galesonic good point! Been a while since I watched. Either way it’s never technically confirmed as I think I remember hearing an interview with Robert Kirkman where he said he disliked the CDC episode as it was giving too much info on the virus itself which was something he never wanted to touch on.
Great video man, so many fond memories I have with this game when I first played it, it’s crazy to think it’s 11 years old now, btw are you gonna play 400 days before season 2?
Hey FuzzySlippers, I really enjoy your videos! Your content is always so entertaining and inspiring. It's great to see creators like you on RUclips. Keep up the great work! 😊
probably the only game whose ending makes me cry like a baby no matter how many times i see it. my kitten was the only survivor of her litter and i bottle fed her from a week old. named her after this series final girl clementine ❤
Never played this game but maaan. That ending brought me to tears. Poor Clem! 💔 I can't wait to see you cover seasons 2 and 3 and Sleeping Dogs next month!
One of my favorite things about replaying this game was finding out which QTEs you can fail yet still keep the story going. My personal favorites are in the final chapter. In Lee's final trek to save Clem by going through the horde, you're able to fail a few QTEs that honestly feels more dramatic. Lee gets bitten even more but since he's already turning, he just shrugs off the damage and keeps on going. And in the struggle against the stranger, if you fail the QTE to strangle him, he'll turn around and strangle Lee to near death, but before Lee passes out, Clem will shoot the stranger in the head to save Lee. Definitely more dramatic to me. I loved the missable things, though few they are.
Dave Fennoy and Melissa Hutchison did such an amazing job voicing the characters of Lee Everret and Clementine. In my humble opinion i think it is the best voice acting in any video game ever. The death of Lee was the only occasion I've ever had to call in sick to work to deal with emotions evoked by a video game. I rarely call out sick for any reason, but I did for Lee.
1:31:20 I tried so hard to feel upset at Ben's death but still hearing the audio of Ben pleading for help even AFTER the gun shot sound played just made me laugh out loud 😂
I remember playing this for the first time in my iPad back in 2013, still one of the greatest gaming experiences I’ve ever had, feel like this is one of those games I’ll always come back to
I LOVE watching your uploads! I may speak for everyone else too and this isn’t uncommon for you, but I love the fact I get to enjoy full games I played as a child with only 1-2 hours of hearing someone else’s perspective without having to sink dozens of hours in myself. TYSM for what you do for ya gamers at heart!
Another thing you missed in episode 2: While searching for a way to get the door open while Andy is distracted, you're able to find a wheelbarrow filled with hay and also random items of clothing. I only found this on my second playthrough!
Ben really deserved better. It just wasn't satisfying to watch him suffer and make mistakes and then just die anyway. It would've been far better if he actually got to make up for his mistakes and become more useful.
I wish he had fessed up to Lee right after the first wave of accusations, confiding in him that he made the deal in the interest of the group and being embarrassed about getting caught alone. It would have really shown the other adults the kid just isnt mature enough for the stuff their putting on him and just maybe the group coulda worked with him on improving.
"I'll miss you" was always the last dialogue option I chose for Lee to say to Clem. It just felt right, to have Clem know that Lee loved her.
I was watching made in abyss and knew a death was sad, but then when nanachi was slumped on the ground wailing, it broke me. I believe a lot of fiction deaths can really hit you like a train
The only way to end the game
Never had the heart to say anything else. Imagine picking "..." 😱
I tell her “don’t be afraid” I think it plays into how bad ass she gets in season 3 and 4
Every single time.. it's the best choice by far and still hits emotionally. Clementine and Lee's close surrogate relationship just about demands it. In my opinion, anyway. Once selected, they both get to tell each other that they'll miss one another and they both get to HEAR it said to one another. Idk, it's just the perfect choice.
That ending absolutely wrecked me. One of the only games to ever bring an actual tear to my eye.
What about The Last of Us prologue?
@@cyniex3728 Not even close, compare the time you spend in TLOU prologue and the time you spend in The Walking Dead
@@MichaeLP_PL I'm asking if they cried then aswell I wasn't comparing the two
@@cyniex3728 I know, but there is simply no way someone could make an attachment to Sarah that quickly that they would cry when she died, compared to you playing through the entire game with Lee and Clem
@@MichaeLP_PL a lot of people cried on their playthroughs
Everyone loves to praise Last of us. But for me personally The walking dead made bigger impact on me. The story was amazing. Lee and Clementines relationship then kenny and everyone. Then end of season 1 or 2 i think we have to put Lee down that was really tough for me. And even they made game better in final didn't do a rush job. Truly a masterpiece.
I agree. I just prefer Clem's overall story arc over Elly's. It's less pessimistic, and I love how her story comes full circle. I also liked that some cultural tensions were still leftover from before the zombie takeover. It's brought up very rarely and doesn't have a huge impact, but it's a nice touch.
The gameplay is better in tlou. But the story in twd is so much more impactful imo
The last of us gets kinda repetitive after about 5 minutes of gameplay
Why would you force Clem to kill Lee??? Dont come with that dumbass arbitrary idea that a loved one needs to do it, that concept has zero meaning for Clem and Lee.
@@azoniarnl3362 What do you mean? That might be one reason, but that's not all of it. At that point it was a mercy kill. Having Lee turn would be the absolute worst and Clem was already mature enough to realize that she had to do it. Both had already spent so much time together and got to know each other, like they were family. Personally, I would not want to watch my family turn into walkers, I'd rather end it right then and there. Leaving Lee alive would just be cruel, even though it is equally as cruel that a child would have to pull the trigger, I get that. Maybe I just didn't quite understand your post, if you'd like you could elaborate. This isn't an angry comment btw, just to be clear.
I have been gifted with an upload in a time of entertainment need.
Same
Thank you lord fuzzyslippers
Don’t be dramatic lol it’s just RUclips
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Doug definitely became a meme due to no one ever picking to save him. Can't remember how entirely true this is, but iirc, there was a commotion within the fandom at some point where ppl purposely went back and chose Doug a bunch after it became well-known how popular of a choice Carly was.
Replayed it kind of recently and saved Doug. It was a nice change of pace, and cool with the little things like him rigging proxy traps that tell you where the raiders are coming from at the hotel!
Doug was a homie. RIP
Lee and Carley had the romance, Lee and Doug had the bromance
@@waaa7732 couldn't have said it better myself.
I replayed recently with very little memory of the game. Saved Doug, no question. Carly doesn't even know how batteries work.
Imagine being the Telltale employe who's character model is based off and seeing the memes about Doug not being chosen.
I’d love to see your reactions to the sequel seasons and how Clem grows throughout, it’s something that’s special I think
@@Spaciousfoot while I agree that it got kinda funky after the fact, there was still a lot of passion in the work
@@SpaciousfootSeason 4 is the best one but okay.
@@Spaciousfoot I think season 2 and 4 are really good too.
@@Spaciousfoot S1 is the best not gonna lie.
But S2 and S4 aren't terrible.
Screw S3. No one likes S3.
Especially S4 deserves a lot of love given what it went through.
@@KanaTokishoS2 is good, but it gets hard carried by Kenny, and S3 isn’t horrible, it’s got a decent story, just it’s the worst of all four, and S4 is great, but because skybound finished it instead of telltale the last two episodes are kind of eh
Just beat the game for the 7th time, still cried even though I’ve played it around 7 times. Best game ever made, best peace of fiction ever made.
facts
Me too.
I cry evertim
best game ever made is pushing it bud...pretty good tho
@@daevidpp445PUSHING IT? Nah bro it’s fucking peak
this game really shaped me as a child. when watching pewdiepie's playthrough back in 2012/13 (i would have been 11 or 12), it was the first story game i'd ever seen, and the first time a game had ever made me cry. since then, i've always been finding joy in watching people's visceral reactions to things. it really made me fall in love with other story games, like life is strange and detroit: become human. i'll never forget what it did for me and how it helped me, an autistic person, develop my emotions and social skills. nowadays, i LOVE watching people play through the game - it's one of my comfort things. i love having it on in the background while im playing cosy games, stuff like that.
I feel the same way, I'm autistic as well
The Telltale series is actually set in the Comic continuity. Glenn and Hershel's backstories were actually a bit vague in the comics, with this game simply showing why Hershel's son Shawn is Undead when Rick and Co show up at the farm, and where Glenn came from before making his way to Atlanta, where he eventually meets Rick. And in Season 3/A New Frontier, a Main character of the comics from later in the series, Paul "Jesus" Monroe shows up and accompanies the group of characters in that season, Clementine included, and Final Season has a character named James who's a former member of The Whisperers, a villain group in the comics, and he says he left because they were going to attack a community of survivors, which is either Hilltop or Alexandria, both settlements managed by Rick and the gang. Lilly was actually Retconned to Not be the character from the Comics though. In fact, Lilly Caul, the comic character, is also the protag of a Novel series that's also canon to the comic continuity, while Telltale Lilly would return in Telltale's Final Season and... Changed a lot, to not spoil stuff for anyone out of the loop. Pretty neat honestly. And there's nothing in the Telltale series that's said about the wider world that would contradict the comics in any way.
i just love how lily came back. one of those moments where you remember that unless you see their corpse or die in front of you, you should never just assume a character is dead
@@quinnmarchese6313 Exactly. In contrast to Fear The Walking Dead, the first spinoff from the TV show. See, before there was the dumb stuff like nukes and Philosophy Degree dialogue from every character and all that crap from season 4 onwards, the first 3 seasons were actually pretty good. Just another story in the Walking Dead universe, but set on the west coast. Fear's 4th season onwards have pretty ridiculous things like unseen, unmentioned relatives of characters showing up after they died, but apparently, the current season, season 8, brought back Troy Otto, one of the main villains from season 3, the last good season, after his last appearance showed him getting conked on the head hard enough to bleed by series protagonist Madison, and then seen afterwards washing up on the shore that Madison also washes up on following a flood resulting from a Dam being blown up later in the episode. Apparently Troy showed up in season 8, having miraculously survived being conked with a hammer and likely drowning in the flood from the dam. Ridiculous.
@@justanactualrealbear before season 4 came out, i always called Lilly's stroyline a plot hole, since it was just left there. not that it was a bad plothole, but TWD has always been that kind of property.
@@quinnmarchese6313 I wouldn't call it a plot hole, just... Shit happens. Lee and co leaving her ass behind is understandable... Unless you keep her with you and she steals the rv lol
But funny enough, the devs confirmed that originally, Lilly was supposed to return with the RV in the last episode to be the main antagonist, having followed the group to Savannah. But the devs switched to The Stranger because they figured that Lilly being the main villain of the season would be dumb and not make sense, just like how Last of Us' originally had its story focus on Tess hunting Joel and Ellie across the country, before Naughty Dog changed that in the final game to where Joel is escorting Ellie across the country because she's immune... Before they had Ellie and Abby hunt each other for vengeance bullshit in Last of Us 2 like 4 times over the crouse of the game.
As a stickler for the details, how we see Shawn die and how Hershel said he died in the comic are pretty distinct, although it's possible he himself wasn't telling the truth to Rick, which makes his claims about honesty in the games quite impactful.
Although it was unfortunate to see Carley killed off, it ultimately made sense for the story to shift focus to Clementine and Lee's relationship.
It would be really sweet and cool to see Lee, Carley, and Clementine as a surrogate family.💙
You can see carley’s dead body in 400 days dlc
@@Sho3laishereomg really? Which episode?
@@dia8148 bonnie’s episode you will see it on the road
@@dia8148the one with Russel
*R.I.P., Lee* That was one of the hardest decisions I've ever made in a game.
The walking dead was the game I played that made me realize games could be so much more than just casual games like call of duty and sonic.
It also made me cry like a little girl at the end, but even kings cry
absolutely one of the most emotional games i’ve ever played i think most of us cried a little
Cried a little too
mgs did that in 1998 dude 😂
@@HenriqueRJchiki to be fair I wasn’t even alive in 98. This was the first game I ever played that could not be described as a casual game
casual games like call of duty lol
I've replayed this game several times, once at launch, once in 2016, and once a year ago. Every time I replay the game I appreciate the voice acting more and more. The voicemail left by Clementine's parents still gives me the chills.
actually insane how a decade later this game is still talked about, shows its true meaning
I played this 5 years before I ever watched the show. Amazing games.
And I met Lily's VA at Walker Stalker in 2019. She is so cool. Nothing like Lily luckily. She signed my Walking Dead TT picture too
You mentioned that Clem's last name was Crawford, at one point. I wonder if, at some point during development, her parents were planned to be the leaders of the Crawford settlement later in the game🤔
Ah, man, think of the twists that story could've brought...with Crawford not allowing children.
Lee and Clem finding her folks in Crawford and them rejecting her, like the kid that Kenny found starved to death in the attic.
Maybe way too dark and best not to go that way...still, would've hit hard, though
@RoseGoldYTbe93I think that was the name of the hotel her parents were staying at
That would’ve been a pretty cool concept
funny because a similar thing happened with David in season 3
I’m actually upset they didn’t go with that. Clem never really said much about her actual family, only Lee. It would’ve been really cool to have her see them again or develop that part of her past.
@@knowtheplan472Right!?
Lee and Clem find out her parents are leaders of Crawford. One parent wants to keep the rule - No Kids - the other parent, stricken with guilt over their daughter, snaps and decides to take the place down. Kills some important members, opens the gate, and allows it to be overrun wit walkers, killing both parents during the chaos....ooh damn
Whenever episode 2 started I didn't know it had a title. I just knew it was episode 2. So when we saw the hicks that suspiciously were safe from everybody I immediately knew they were cannibals. No one is that friendly during an apocalypse for no reason unless you are the Messiah or cannibals.
Dave Fennoy as Lee Everett is what he was destined for
I love how you review this game as if it’s the only in the series and not just the start of a series, the game is completely different when you view it as a stand alone title and not just a entry in a series of games
Ooooh just hearing Clem's voice again for the first time in years brought tears to my eyes. This game is so good, made me fall in love with TellTales' games and I still need to finish the last season. I am just scared to let Clem go and finish off the series LOL
I know what you mean about not wanting to finish it too I miss clem so much…
I remember replaying episode 1 since it was for free on the App Store and couldn’t afford the whole game as a kid. Anytime I hear the music from Lee’s parents office in the pharmacy it just takes me back to being a happy 10 year old. Good times
Andrew’s cries for Lee to finish him have stuck with me since i was 10 years old playing for the first time. His voice actor did such an amazing job
That voice acting actually made us empathize with a cannibal. Despite the fact he was going to kill and eat the group, you still feel for a guy who just realizes his family is dead, his home is destroyed, he's lost everything and he just wants to die.
And he went on to voice Bigby Wolf in the Wolf Among Us 👍. Very talented indeed.
telltales twd is genuinely one of the greatest things i have ever experienced. especially back in the day it was insane how good the story was. i wish i could replay the story for the first time again
What made TellTale's TWD so impactful for me is how it shows how cruel the world is without making a spectacle of it like the AMC show did. Even when they ended Lee's story, it felt grounded and like a genuine moment where a surrogate father and daughter had to say goodbye for the final time.
Even after all these years, the ending still hits hard and makes me cry... This story is a masterpiece❤
Honestly would love to see you continue this retrospective and even talk about how characters develop as the seasons go on.
It should've been noted at the beginning that TellTale's seasons take place in the Comic universe of TWD. Though it's never talked about what Glenn did before he got to Atlanta in the show, so it's possible that the walkie talkie both versions of Glenn used to save Ricks life and start the world (as we know it) of The Walking Dead were given to him by a Clementine. It's possible she, and thus Lee and everyone else, _could_ exist in the show universe even if its never shown
I've never watched a single walking dead episode. But you can bet I've watched so many telltales walking dead content I've lost count. But a retrospective from Fuzzy slippers?!?!? S Tier content
having viewed and played this game multiple times over the years from my early teens into adulthood, it really has become a comfort in some way and gets better every time i've played it with new worldly perspective. it will always be a classic to me, even if some people think it's just a movie where you push buttons sometimes. the only really weak portion for me is s3, and i can at least respect the attempt to branch out with a newer cast of characters.
Man that last scene with lee still gets me crying so many years later, what a wonderful game.
Fun fact about vernon if you played the 400 days dlc we find out that vernon after taking the boat left his group behind and abandoned them proving he was a scumbag all along and only cared for himself and that lead to his group falling apart as we see his group isn't doing so well in the dlc so my question is if he did take Clem would he abandon her like he did his group
This series fundamentally changed me as a person and how I viewed people and the world as I grew up, and to this day it’s probably the most emotional game I’ve ever played. Lee’s journey as a person and his relationship with Clem makes him my favorite video game protagonist. What stands out to me is that you can tailor how Lee reacts to certain situations and his relationships with others, but there are core things about his character that doesn’t change. Some people might chalk this up to your “choices not mattering”, and while I understand that for some story beats, I don’t agree with it for Lee. You can make Lee an angel straight from heaven or the biggest asshole on Earth, but it doesn’t change the fact that Lee at his core always does what he believes is right. It’s that kind of nuance that makes him feel like a real person rather than a character.
I played this game when I was very young, I feel like it shaped me as a person.
This truly is one of the best stories of all time.
Realizing Lee’s voice actor is also the voice of Jed from honest hearts
“Le-e!” -clem, moments before we all cried
31:35 fun fact, it was the canibals at the farm who set up the trap, and the reason it was altered is because the bandits that attack the motel kept stealing the food from the traps, it's never mentioned in game but if you watch some cut game scenes on youtube theres a scene with Lee and one of the brothers talking about it
I remember playing the walking dead and was blown away by how the choices you make to certain characters will either put a positive or negative on other characters or could bite you later on, the last episode hit me hard because I didn't want Lee to die :(
Little known fact. Lee's last exhale breath is actually the voice actor crying in the recording booth 😢
Weirdly enough I'm running through the games right now and haven't watched much of shows... this was an amazing breakdown for the game and I loved that it was given so much love in this video :)
Nice to see someone finally give empathy to Ben and actually Acknowledge he's still a child. The only character to fully Recognize that was clementine ironically asking him to come color really showed that.
I’ve been marathoning the entire Telltale series recently, great timing with this upload chief
the series holds a place in my heart and always will. i hope to see u look at the rest in the future
Man, I played the game 4 days ago and this video came out? I am playing the whole package with the definitive edition, replaying this, having memories from 2017, dear god this game made me drop manly tears off my face.
This game got me to tears for its ending all the way back then
Definitely my most anticipated video from you man, keep up the good work!
This is the only game I’ve ever played where from start to finish I was completely obsessed w the story, even after finishing all 4 seasons all I wanted to do was immediately replay it all over again, best narrative of our generation
We need season 2 now loved your vid from start to end keep it up
So happy to see you making this video!!❤ I love The Walking Dead game series. Please consider covering the next seasons
im here because i was just thinking about replaying this full series again and watching this made me really want to. i really loved the Original Series of the show and that made me learn about and like maybe even more so the comic, then i found out about telltales game and then i fell in love with this story as well. when the og show was ending i even "created" an idea that they were going to do the best idea for a spinoff by taking Daryl (maybe even Morgan), Judith, and Rj and incorporating telltales story into live action using Daryl or Morgan as a Lee type character (if he would have came back like i had hoped) and obviously Judith and Rj as Clem and Aj. i could see that story play out perfectly. it makes soo much sense to me to have Daryl, Judith and Rj go searching for Rick and Michonne and have a very similar story arc to the game and it would all still work for the show. they probably could have "milked" several seasons out of that spinoff and it be way better than all these other ones. i did like Fear but they needed to completely end the OG story without spinoffs. kill off everyone off but Daryl, Judith, and Rj in order to have this story arc. i just dont know why they didnt do it, it was set up so perfectly. lol
THE MUSIC IN THE BEGINNING
Flooded me with memories about this game🥲
This is one of my favorite games of all time this is easily one of the best channels I’ve found
This was a fantastic video, I'd love to watch more if you were to cover the next few seasons!
This story still makes me cry. Not just the end but so many parts pull at your heart its crazy
Walking Dead Season 1 and Wolf Among Us represented Telltale at their best. Everything after just didn't hit the same emotional highs for me. I still get chills in that final combat encounter and the ending still gets my eyes misty.
Honestly wolf among us never grabbed me. The first tales from the borderlans was the shit though. It was so entertaining my friend and I played it together over PS4s god awful shareplay system, and it was still amazing.
I'm still awaiting the Wolf sequel...
@@crimsonking440 Borderlands was dope. Did you play Game of Thrones and Batman? They're good too.
@@crimsonking440 Forgot about that one. I loved Borderlands. Shame the sequel had like no effort out into it
batman is also great
especially the enemy within
Man im glad you covered this topic, ive been going through my trophies and Tell Tales TwD was the first game I got platinum and got almost all the DLC. 300 days after was awesome
I’m going to point out that Larry was never going to make it. Cpr alone cannot and will not restart a heart. Since there’s no hospitals or ambulances coming anymore unless they actively had a defibrillator there’s no hope and they don’t.
Also if it was any of them having a cardiac episode ( outside of Lily ) he would’ve been the first one to grab a salt block
After the first playthrough, i never again chop the arm since Lee can than dual wield knives and fight the horde while going to save Clem, which is the most badass moment in this game, and one of many in whole series.
One tip when creating videos: if you can skip the intro to a video and still understand what it's about, then the intro doesn't need to be there.
Intros are for complicated subjects that need a preface to understand it, it's good to put things in laymans terms when needed but the subject matter is something people who'd watch this video would understand.
This ending was the first game to make me weep like a baby. Watching my brother play it at first was what caused me to to start reading the comics and watching the TV show. Love this game,
i still think about this game and characters, glad to know i’m not the only one obsessed and forever touched.
Starved For Help is the greatest episode ever told in Telltale’s History imo
I will still never understand Lily's thinking, because of the fact that if you decide to let the woman suffer in the road so that you can get medicine in the pharmacy she gets mad and is upset because she thinks people are losing humanity. But apparently she was fine if you let a teacher and two students die because they didn't have enough supplies... Make it make sense lily
Thankyou. Needed this man I was sad.
The four twd games from telltale are my favorite games of all time. All of them make me laugh, cry (and with that i mean serious crying), makes me angry, frustrated, sad and shocked. The emotional connection i have with all the characters (except the assholes) is just insane for characters who never existed in real life.
I will never forget that one episode in season 2 with Clem after the dog. That was just…horrifying. Not very many things in games can inflict that much pain in me but holy… she’s such a well written character
i just finished replaying first season for the forth time today, and now watching video I still cried at the scene of lee's end. i touches me so much
The show did say it was airborne and that’s how everyone was infected I believe, I’m sure it’s mentioned in the CDC in season 1
I believe the guy said he believed it was airborne but he had no idea if it was a virus, biochemical, or parasitic
@@galesonic good point! Been a while since I watched. Either way it’s never technically confirmed as I think I remember hearing an interview with Robert Kirkman where he said he disliked the CDC episode as it was giving too much info on the virus itself which was something he never wanted to touch on.
also, spin-offs didn't explain the origin of the virus, just that the french were behind some of the variants wether by accident or not
In the show it's revealed the virus started in France
The remastered comic shading looks SOOOOO good and helps it age so well
Great video man, so many fond memories I have with this game when I first played it, it’s crazy to think it’s 11 years old now, btw are you gonna play 400 days before season 2?
Hey FuzzySlippers, I really enjoy your videos! Your content is always so entertaining and inspiring. It's great to see creators like you on RUclips. Keep up the great work! 😊
Season 1 is PEAK zombie lore… I remember waiting every year for a new season to drop… time flies…
'clementine's suite' is one of those songs that when i hear it i tear up because i think of the emotional strife of season 1
1:59 Is that the stranger who kidnaps Clementine in that other car?
I love watching your videos while I try to sleep, they are so relaxing
probably the only game whose ending makes me cry like a baby no matter how many times i see it. my kitten was the only survivor of her litter and i bottle fed her from a week old. named her after this series final girl clementine ❤
It's crazy I just started playing this game again on my PS Vita just to reminisce a bit and here is the retrospective about it!
Awesome video!
400 days: am I a joke to you?
Never played this game but maaan. That ending brought me to tears. Poor Clem! 💔
I can't wait to see you cover seasons 2 and 3 and Sleeping Dogs next month!
first timers had to shed some kinda tear i tell you ☠️
One of my favorite things about replaying this game was finding out which QTEs you can fail yet still keep the story going.
My personal favorites are in the final chapter.
In Lee's final trek to save Clem by going through the horde, you're able to fail a few QTEs that honestly feels more dramatic. Lee gets bitten even more but since he's already turning, he just shrugs off the damage and keeps on going.
And in the struggle against the stranger, if you fail the QTE to strangle him, he'll turn around and strangle Lee to near death, but before Lee passes out, Clem will shoot the stranger in the head to save Lee. Definitely more dramatic to me.
I loved the missable things, though few they are.
Dave Fennoy and Melissa Hutchison did such an amazing job voicing the characters of Lee Everret and Clementine. In my humble opinion i think it is the best voice acting in any video game ever. The death of Lee was the only occasion I've ever had to call in sick to work to deal with emotions evoked by a video game. I rarely call out sick for any reason, but I did for Lee.
ending shii still makes a nigga tear up, no matter how many times ive watched it all play out and i obviously know what happens
Carley always refuses to Eat when I offer her food. Wonder what was different for you
1:31:20 I tried so hard to feel upset at Ben's death but still hearing the audio of Ben pleading for help even AFTER the gun shot sound played just made me laugh out loud 😂
I genuinely enjoyed this. You MUST do the whole series!
Bro. I hope that when i am 37 i will be at least 10% of the man Lee was. What a champ! 🎉
Such a good video that I will be rewacthing many times. I do highly suggest playing the second season because I'll love to hear your thoughts about it
Great video as usual. Do another for season 2!
you have no idea how long i have waited for this.
Can't wait for season 2 keep it up love the videos
I remember playing this for the first time in my iPad back in 2013, still one of the greatest gaming experiences I’ve ever had, feel like this is one of those games I’ll always come back to
The Yakuza substory theme at the end is a nice touch. Great video!
this is the upload i needed this Sunday
I LOVE watching your uploads! I may speak for everyone else too and this isn’t uncommon for you, but I love the fact I get to enjoy full games I played as a child with only 1-2 hours of hearing someone else’s perspective without having to sink dozens of hours in myself. TYSM for what you do for ya gamers at heart!
great video man this entire series will always have a place in my heart
Great video, I can tell lots of effort was put into this, this video is a great type of “retrospective”, keep going man
Awesome vid man! Cant wait for that yakuza to drop
Another thing you missed in episode 2: While searching for a way to get the door open while Andy is distracted, you're able to find a wheelbarrow filled with hay and also random items of clothing. I only found this on my second playthrough!
i think the old policeman got out of the wreck and started to get swarm by the undead
I needed this rn
Ben really deserved better. It just wasn't satisfying to watch him suffer and make mistakes and then just die anyway. It would've been far better if he actually got to make up for his mistakes and become more useful.
I wish he had fessed up to Lee right after the first wave of accusations, confiding in him that he made the deal in the interest of the group and being embarrassed about getting caught alone. It would have really shown the other adults the kid just isnt mature enough for the stuff their putting on him and just maybe the group coulda worked with him on improving.