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The Walking Dead – a turnaround for Telltale

Andreas Varotsis, VGTODAY writes: "Sometime around 1995, adventure games went extinct – mostly. They’re not completely gone but by and large, they’ve been reduced to virtual frozen mammoths, extracted from the wastes whenever we want a nostalgic trip to the rose-tinted past or to resurrect a special edition re-release. The few excellent adventure games that are released today – Wadjet Eye’s excellent catalogue and Ben There, Dan That are my personal favourites – are still working on a template that, to the general public, became awfully stale a long time ago.

Telltale Games have been trying to reverse that trend, but until the Walking Dead, they’d been doing a pretty damn poor job. Their re-hashes of memorable licenses as episodic adventures have ranged from the decent to plain sad, but they’ve rarely been memorable or innovative. To me, the Walking Dead has changed all that. The three episodes I’ve played so far have each been more terrific than the next – they’ve made me strugg...

kharma454272d ago

I really can't believe how much I love The Walking Dead game, if Telltale keep up the excellent work it is, for me at least, a GOTY contender.

danieldeath4272d ago

The writing of the game is excellent.

KickSpinFilter1835d ago

1. Lack of highly exclusive games this generation on XB1, has been the super depressing video game story this gen.
2. Anthem is another,
3. WiiU,
4. XB1 will not work without Kinect lie,
5. XB1SAD Edition,
6. Crackdown 3,
7. Street Fighter V,
8. Sea of Thieves,
9. No Man Sky, (although apparently good now)

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AK911835d ago

MGS4 should replace 3 a lot of characters both hero and villain die permanently in that game, also including a lot of people from MGS3.

TWD season 2 should also be replaced with season 1 nothing telltale has done has broken me since the final section with Lee and Clementine (“keep that hair short” ☹️)

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Which of this week’s Xbox Live Deals With Gold bargains should you pick up? – 17th January 2017

Carlos writes "With another week come more Xbox Live Deals With Gold bargains. Whilst the recent Deals With Gold sales have offered us a mixed bunch of both classics and clangers, this week sees some top deals that are sure to get any avid gamer hot under the collar, unless of course you have them already, at which point you can smile in appreciation of Xbox’s kindness this week.

But which are the best, the worst and the most tempting of Xbox Live Deals With Gold bargains that are in place between the 17th-23rd Jan 2017? Let us tell you!"

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neil3632675d ago

Song of the deep is a great price. Bargain of the week for me

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