Benny Torres
Staff Reporter
They have survived thus far, encountering many challenges and obstacles, but the most difficult challenge was the undead. Their next biggest obstacle: starvation. Meet the crew who made it out of the beginning of The Walking Dead: Carly/Doug (depending on who the player chose to save last episode), Duck, Katjaa, Kenny, Lilly, Larry, Lee, and Clementine. A whole new episode with a great amount of gameplay and several plot twists. This game's story is strongly dictated by the choices you make, so choose wisely. You can have several outcomes based on your choices.
The story begins three months after setting up camp at the local Motel, Lee and a new person named Mark go hunting for some food since all of the food and utilities have gone out. After a while of searching, they hear screams coming out from the forest. They find three people: David Parker, a coach that had stepped into a bear trap, and two teenagers named Ben and Travis. Kenny comes running from the forest and figures the only way to save David is to cut his leg free with a fire axe. After cutting his leg off, David passes out, Kenny then picks him up. Travis, being revolted by the sight, sits aside a rock. One thing he did not notice was that a zombie was right behind him, who proceeded to chew him up. The crew ran back to the Motel and attempted to save David, but were unfortunately unable to and he had died, which caused him to come back and attack Katjaa. He was then killed with an axe, again. The crew then discovers that you do not have to be bitten to become a zombie.
After this realization, brothers Andrew and Danny St. John arrive looking for gasoline. They inform the group of their ranch and how they can supply them with food in exchange for gas for their generators. A handful of members then go to check out the farm with the two brothers, witnessing a bandit shootout halfway to the ranch. After verifying that the ranch exists and is safe, Danny and Andrew go to fetch the rest of the crew while Mark and Lee go to clear St. John’s electric fence of any undead. The two get attacked by bandits, resulting in Mark getting shot in the back with an arrow and both fleeing the scene. When they arrive, they immediately get help from Danny and Andrew who lead Mark into the house with their mother, Brenda. Brenda says she will help him while cooking dinner for everyone. Meanwhile, nobody is allowed into the house, which already seems a bit suspicious. While she is preparing dinner, Lee visits Katjaa, Duck, Clementine, and Kenny in the barn. Kenny is seen inspecting the locked barn door. Lee talks to Kenny and they discuss why they think it is locked, eventually agreeing to get it unlocked. Once the dinner bell is rung, they all go inside to eat. Lee asks to wash his hands but actually snoops around the house. Eventually, behind a bookcase, he enters a secret room with a legless Mark saying, “Don’t eat the meat”. After Lee realizes that everybody is going to eat human meat, he runs downstairs and alerts everyone. The St. John's family gets angry and knocks everybody out. They all wake up in a locked storage room and try to find a way to get out. They discover an air vent that can be unscrewed by coins. Larry is the only person in the room with pennies in his pocket, but he is stingy. He ends up having a heart attack, so before giving him a chance to come back, Lee and Kenny lift a salt lick and murder Larry in front of his daughter, Lilly. They use the coins to escape, sending Clementine through the vents. She finds a hidden room covered in blood and weapons, then unlocks the storage closet. Kenny’s wife and son were kept out of the storage closet so Lee and Kenny grab weapons from the bloodied room to get them back. They stealthily kill Danny and lure a zombified Mark to eat Brenda. They rescue Katjaa and Duck, but Kenny gets shot by Andrew. Lee and the last St. John, Andrew fight it out until the ranch is overrun by walkers. The player has the option to kill or leave Andrew. The crew leave the ranch, eventually finding an abandoned car full with supplies, so they take everything, thus ending episode two.
In my opinion, this episode was full of twists and flight-or-flight sequences. This episode was one of my favorites of the season just because it gives a feeling of a sanctuary and a safe place, only to be twisted into a place full of cannibals. I did not go through the full details of the episode, as that is for you to see and experience yourself. I definitely recommend this game to players who love games with plot and twists. The fact that your actions and choices in the previous episode can impact your game experience in the next episode is such a great feature. This was a great episode so I definitely recommend you try it for yourself and see how your game turns out!
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