The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 5 - No Going Back

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 362 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 277 out of 362
  2. Mixed: 41 out of 362
  3. Negative: 44 out of 362

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  1. GowenGeter
    Sep 2, 2014
    1
    This game doesn't really give you choices of what to do in the story. It only gives an illusion of choice. What you do doesn't have a major impact on the game or the ending. I am extremely disappointed.
  2. TheRemorse667
    Aug 27, 2014
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No Going Back started out good for me, but after further analyzing the endings, I saw it was heavily tailored towards favoring Kenny or sympathizing with him.… Expand
  3. LeeEverett
    Dec 25, 2014
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly...I'm a big fan of the game but episode 5 season 2 was not good at all in my opinion. Only good parts were the campfire, the dream with Lee, and Wellington with Kenny. The rest of the episode was a complete screw up. First off it felt like I wasn't really playing a game, I felt like all Clem was doing was walking and talking...it was hardly "in action" - there was a tiny amount of walkers and just little we could do. I felt like I was acting out a story (and not just any old story but a really bad one, too) rather than playing a game. Awful.

    I was looking forward to episode 5, I thought that the whole game since episode 1 season 2 was building characters and the story line up to reach a fine ending, and that it'd have a good finale but this is not what I expected at all. Episode 5 has demonstrated that your choices do not matter at all; other episodes in this season (and maybe a couple episodes in season 1) have too but No Going Back was just...SOMETHING ELSE. Arvo shoots you no matter what, he comes after the group whether you choose to seal or not, Mike and Bonnie ditch you for Arvo no matter what, Luke gets shot in the leg no matter what you say, Jane lies about Alvie no matter what, Luke dies no matter what (and for a stupid reason too in a stupid way)...etc. The only real difference you is what ending you choose, and you have to wait until the end of the episode to finally make a choice that matters (or does it/will it?).

    Episode 5 was bad story writing. I felt a similar way about episode 4 but I'll leave it at that. Episode 5 has definitely been the worst episode so far. Just...there was a lot of wasted characters throughout the whole season and some of them died and no one batted an eye apart from 1 or 2 of the group members (ahem Carlos, Nick, Sarah) and even if they did notice it was only for 2 seconds. I have a lot to say about each episode but so far my ratings have been 8/10 for episode 1, 7/10 for episode 2, 7/10 for episode 3, 5/10 for episode 4 and around 3 or 4/10 for episode 5.

    What happened? I was expecting a lot with season 2 after playing season 1 (which was honestly amazing to say the least). Now I know not to get too excited for an episode/season to come out, which is why I'm not really excited about season 3 coming out...will it be good like season 1, will it be better, or will it be bad like season 2? Best way is not to get my hopes too high.    … Expand

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. Riot Pixels
    Sep 26, 2014
    60
    When describing the 3rd episode of the season, In Harm’s Way, I compared Telltale to a maniac who lives to torture his victims. No Going Back only reinforces this impression.
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  2. Gamer.nl
    Sep 17, 2014
    80
    No Going Back is a worthy ending to a strong season. In the final episode you’ll leave a few memorable characters behind. Since you’ve made a lot of choices along the way, that’ll be a lot of personal goodbye’s. The narrative is of high quality, the interactive part not so much. Luckily, The Walking Dead continues to impress, even without having to press any buttons.
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  3. SpazioGames
    Sep 16, 2014
    80
    The last chapter of the second season of The Walking Dead closes at a great journey that lasted about five months and highlights how Telltale has become able to provide a great experience with this franchise.
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