The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series - A New Frontier Episode 1: Ties That Bind Part One

 PC
Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. Mashable
    Dec 21, 2016
    The opening episodes of The Walking Dead: Season 3 force you to think very carefully about the links between Javi and the people around him. All of those choices you make lead up to an explosive revelation that shatters Javi's perspective and sets the stage for the assuredly grim happenings to come.
  2. Polygon
    Dec 20, 2016
    Walking Dead fans looking to jump back into Clementine's story with this new game should temper their expectations. [Provisional Score = 7.5]
  3. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Dec 22, 2016
    It’s pure agony at this point that they’re re-running the exact same bloody plots yet again for a third five-part series, as if they weren’t miserably worn out before even Telltale scooped them up off the floor and blew off the crust and fluff. That they’re not even trying to take the slightest new angle belies a barren and bereft production not worth dragging your own mutilated corpse through.

Awards & Rankings

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#60 Best PC Game of 2016
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#22 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

User Reviews

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User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 242 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 139 out of 242
  2. Mixed: 65 out of 242
  3. Negative: 38 out of 242
  1. Vesanis
    Dec 21, 2016
    0
    60 minutes of automatic content that allows you to walk 5 steps from time to time and occasionally gives you the illusion of choice.

    Every    60 minutes of automatic content that allows you to walk 5 steps from time to time and occasionally gives you the illusion of choice.

    Every game they make they include less and less interactive content and it gets 33% shorter. They should enter the cartoon business instead of the gaming business.

    It's an mediocre walking dead animated movie probably better than the god awful tv show and it has some shocking moments but don't call this thing a game.    … Full Review »
  2. anterolol
    Dec 25, 2016
    0
    Clementine isn't playable and only gets 10% of the entire screen time. Javier is bland and has a boring story. Episodes are 60 minutes long,Clementine isn't playable and only gets 10% of the entire screen time. Javier is bland and has a boring story. Episodes are 60 minutes long, down from 90 minutes in season 2 and 120-150 minutes in season 1. The writing is atrocious.

    If you have any respect for Clementine or Lee, don't buy this game. It destroys everything from the past 2 seasons.

    This is an insult and a betrayal to all fans.    … Full Review »
  3. HansV
    Dec 24, 2016
    4
    Season 1 and 2 were awesome, but this season 3 is not. Previously the story was focused on clem, now there is a second character you play asSeason 1 and 2 were awesome, but this season 3 is not. Previously the story was focused on clem, now there is a second character you play as well, flashbacks to the past, the action sequences are extremely easy, choices seem irrelevant, and the game, for me, hardly triggers emotions. Time to move on.… Full Review »
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