Quick Look: The Walking Dead: Michonne

man I need a festival of puppy petting game now

Surprise QL out of nowhere!

It's pronounced mish-own Alex!

Wasn't Hershel in the first game? Re: Alex talking about the game using characters from the comic or series.

Edit: And Glenn too. You suck Alex! Worst Quick Look 2016

BTW the TV Show got SO much better after season 3, in part due to the new show-runner, Scott Gimple. In fact the reason the quality dipped in the first place is kind of AMC's fault. They had a dispute with original show-runner Frank Darabont leading to his firing, a bunch of the actors who were there because of him wanted to leave, some of the writers left, the budget was slashed and the number of episodes increased hugely leading to repetitive story arcs and lack of locations (Season 2's farm and season 3's prison).

@visariloyalist: Hopefully this will tide you over in lieu of that.

as dumb as it sounds it really bummed me out they only included bronze trophies in this game and all its chapters. Really cheap.

@sammo21: Trophies existing at all in a story focused game like this is a little odd, especially as they are only rewarded for progressing.

Try as I might I just haven't been able to get into any of the TWD games after Season 1.

Gotta correct Alex on two things. A) It's more like Mih-SHOWN not Mih-SHAWN.

B) This takes place after she meets up with the main Walking Dead group, but for a period where she had separated from main group.
"The Walking Dead: Michonne – A Telltale Miniseries stars the iconic, blade-wielding character made famous by Robert Kirkman’s best-selling comic books. The story explores the period in the comic book timeline where Michonne leaves Rick, their group, and her katana behind, in order to deal with emotional demons from her past. Players will discover what took Michonne away from her trusted allies, and what brought her back to them."

"Certainly none of the main characters ever appeared in those games" - Except Hershel and Glenn, oh Alex ;)

@jeverage: @zolroyce:

Yep, my bad on this one. Totally forgot about both Hershel and Glenn. My memory's not so great, I guess.

As for the time period, also my bad. I was just going off the fact that it's a totally separate group and her not having her usual weapon (plus her not mentioning anywhere that she was previously with another group), but I guess I borked that up.

just a heads up you can look at the smoke stack and they will comment on it

There's a slight audio delay in this one, @vinny.

MAYBE WE'RE JUST TRYING TOO HARD

WHEN REALLY IT'S CLOSER THAN IT IS TOO FAR

Ah, a flashback to the early days of GBEAST (as in, like, last year), when it was just Vinny and Alex playing Steam games and trying to remember what that Korn album was.

Machete wielding chick chopping bushes? Memories of Jurassic Park.

That dude looks exactly like Lee.

OH NO SOMEONE KICKED MY PUPPY AND MADE A SLIGHT MISTAKE REGARDING COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS

I hate that they take away the option to turn off the "Will remember that" text in these games.

It's actually the reverse. The audio is ahead of video.

@cairnsythebeard: Not really; its an easy way to look at your friends list and see who has actually played what games and what progress they've made.

@lcheek said:

Oh so that's it. I was wonder what was off about the video.

Wait a second, are they going to try to loop this around and say Michonne is Clem's mom?

Just a wild guess but I can see them trying to tie this into the orginal games cannon and judging by the quality of the writing so far in this first episode. It wouldn't really surprise me

Zombie. Zombie. What's in your head?

@fatalbanana: Couldn't be. They showed Clem's parents as zombies in the first season.

I feel like these games need to take another step forward in the gameplay department before I'm willing to jump back in.

@redwing42: I know but what if they weren't actually her parents?

And here I am waiting for The Wolf Among Us season two. *sigh*

hell yeah jared emmerson johnson is a great composer. the wolf among us theme made me aware of the fact that there are extended seamless loop versions of songs on youtube.

@fatalbanana: You saw a photo of Clem's parents in S1

Man, their engine is starting to show his age.

This quick look highlights a small issue you guys have. It has become pretty frequent that quick looks are lacking key information like release date, or how much it costs. I know all those things are a google search away. That makes it all the more annoying, like you don't put forth the effort to make that simple search. Just feels kind of sloppy to me. This one in particular... a lot of misinformation. Okay that you aren't fans of the comic, but the cavalier, "I don't know, I don't care," explanation makes me feel like I am wasting the money I play for my premium membership. Not to mention it hardly does the games you look at justice.

This is coming from a huge GB fan, and a big Alex fan in particular. Just giving some constructive criticism. (definitely something the community here is not down with. Any time I say something that could be remotely taken as a critique of the dudes, I get slapped.)

@croppyjamal: Fair enough.

Right there with you. Telltale's best game IMO.

The Batman series is probably going to be the closest we'll get to another TWAU. I'm optimistic about it.

telltale drinking it's own koolaid, lol. I love how they ignore character building outright in favor of...nothing? They pulled it out and didn't replace it with anything.

The one thing that bothers me and pulls me out of the experience in the last season and now this is that the WD team only has three facial expressions, The Walking Dead snear, Open mouth shocked and a weird smile. Game of Thrones also suffered from this. :(

I like the Walking Dead games their fine, the show is hit or miss for sure, and the comic is at a least slightly above average for its genera.

But, I really think I'm a bit bored with these Walking Dead games, it all well and good to play as characters who are in the thick of it....but I'm actually TIRED of only survivor stories. I want something form the shadowy Government/Military perspective. Or from the perspective of someone working at last laboratory on a cure. Or from the perspective of some other group somewhere else on earth.

I live on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Please help.

I'm bending over backwards to relate!

Yeah, unfortunately Kirkman seems dead set on there being no larger picture or hope at the end of the tunnel. I checked out after it became clear there would just be a cycle of meeting new people, conflict, dust settling, big bad, major deaths, exodus, repeat. I can't really fault that MO since that could be viewed as a take that on major comic companies and their practices, but at least there the resting state is generally upbeat.

Someone else said it and I can't recall where, but a West Wing type show but in a miniseries format detailing the President's response to the rapidly deteriorating situation would be cool. A series of miniseries detailing what you are talking about would be fascinating really. One set in the Pasteur Institute with scientists that stayed at their posts looking for a cure, I wouldn't mind following a black ops team for another. Heck a Nebraska team, with wide open spaces, lots of armed folks, but with a sometimes harsh winter to have to prepare for might be an interesting change of pace.

When the hell are telltale going to invest in some motion capture gear, it's getting embarrassing now.

The only Walking Dead stuff I care about is Clementine's story. I really did try to get into the comics and the TV show, but there's just something about Clementine's story arc that elevates it beyond your standard zombie apocalypse fare. I don't think I'll be playing this - I just don't care at all about the TV show and comic book characters.

I'll echo what others have said - bring back The Wolf Among Us. What an amazing setting. I'd much rather have that than 'Lady What Kills Zombies With Swords - A Telltale Games Adventure'.

@samlane94: To say what has been said already but in a nicer way. This has been dealt with above and he admitted it and apologized. No need to call him out so terribly. A simple correction or not mentioning it at all since it has been dealt with above already would be fine.

Is the audio out of sync in game or just the QL video?

Either way I am a little burnt out on these games so I will wait for a sale.

Wow, the West Wing thing could be very cool. The Nebraska things would be cool too.