There are moments of shock, sadness, terror and anxiety, and it feels like you’ve never been away. You’re always scared to move forward, you always feel uneasy. The writing is superb for both episodes, and the pacing is perfect. What was I thinking? Did I really think it’d be any different? If you forgot how brutal the previous two seasons were, this is a stark reminder of how cruel Telltale can be. There’s an incident at the end of episode one that left my mouth wide open I couldn’t believe what I saw, but I should’ve expected it. If you thought the Saviours were assholes, these shits certainly give them a run for their money. This other group of survivors are The New Frontier, formerly a peaceful and decent group of people turned malicious and bitter by the events of the apocalypse. The two characters bond pretty quickly and throughout the entirety of the two episodes, you begin to see Clem regain some form of humanity. It isn’t long before Javi bumps into Clementine, and if you have any bit of your heart left after playing the first two seasons, you’ll no doubt smile at her introduction.
After bumping into another group of survivors, things go south pretty fast and they’re separated. Things really open up when Javi, Kate and her the kids come across a seemingly abandoned scrap yard. They’ve got a tumultuous relationship to say the least, and there’s plenty of mileage there. There’s also a nice set up of things to come between Javi and his brother, David. It’s early days though, and as we learn more about his relationships with sister-in-law Kate, and his brother David, things will start to feel more personable.Īt the start of Ties that Bind, there’s a brief back story which shows how Javi ended up on the road with his sister-in-law Kate and her two step-kids Gabe and Mariana, and it also gives you an idea how the beginning of the end of the world was for him. He’s a likeable guy–the type of character you’ve got no problem following throughout–but he lacks the emotional depth of say, Lee or Kenny. Telltale has decided to give her a back seat for now, at least in the first two episodes anyway, as Javier Garcia (or Javi) takes centre stage. We learn quite a bit about what happened to her since we last saw her which makes things a bit clearer, but Clem is a shell of who she was–all of her innocence is gone, and the people she loved are a distant memory. There’s clearly something different about her now, and there’s something unnerving about it. It was great to see her after all this time, but she’s not the same girl we left at the end of Season Two. The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is the newest chapter in Clem’s story, and Ties That Bind: Part One and Two introduce us to an older, harder Clementine. Waving goodbye to Kenny was the final straw, and as he walked away, I was sure I’d never be able to return to Telltale Games’ take on Robert Kirkman’s apocalyptic masterpiece. But here we are.
It had tore through every barrier I’d tried to put up after one of the characters I’d grown attached to died, and broken my soul watching other characters suffer with their own pain and loss. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to return to Clementine after the events of The Walking Dead Season Two, mainly because it had left such a hole in my heart.
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