The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series - A New Frontier

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  1. FpsSparta
    Dec 28, 2016
    10
    This a damn good start to the series, having a fallout feel to it, the glitches kinda ruin the experience, but not enough to complete ruin the game, there are a lotta trolls on these version of the game, so to out troll them, I'm going to actually review the game
  2. CrueFan
    Mar 30, 2017
    10
    Telltale once again has made another masterpiece. With it's great action, adventure, and story, there's no reason to hate this game. It may be a completely main character, but you still feel like you're playing The Walking Dead.
  3. GamerFox
    Aug 16, 2022
    10
    liked the game. It's a pity that Clementine was a minor character. This part is slightly worse than 2, but still worth it.
  4. Johndebaptist
    May 10, 2017
    10
    I created an account just to give this a good review.

    Don't listen to the other reviews, everything that made S1 and S2 great is still here. Love the story!
  5. Playstation4Guy
    Apr 10, 2022
    10
    I remember the first time I played Season 1, I really like it and it became one of my favorite games. I like how telltale lets you make choices and choose dialogues. That makes the game personal. While I really like Clem, unfortunately it wasn't fun playing as her in season 2 cuz she was just a kid and there's not much she could do.
    This season however you play as Javier who actually is    I remember the first time I played Season 1, I really like it and it became one of my favorite games. I like how telltale lets you make choices and choose dialogues. That makes the game personal. While I really like Clem, unfortunately it wasn't fun playing as her in season 2 cuz she was just a kid and there's not much she could do.
    This season however you play as Javier who actually is strong enough and can do a lot. He can fight big enemies & has a huge impact in story. I really liked his character and the choices I made and how story turned out at the end was very satisfying for me. I don't have have any complaints about the game other than how I couldn't save some characters that I liked. Their death seemed unnecessary. Finally the music was great as always. I love Jarred-Emerson Johnson's work.    … Expand
  6. PanzerRo
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    the reason im giving this game a 10 is just for Clementine, wich was the only reason i played this game, i accept that Javier appeared out of nowhere and he didin t deserve the place of a protagonist wich was suposed to be Clementine s , a lot of **** characters like Gabe, Joan, David, Friedlander etc, but at least we had Clementine
  7. kezzyhko
    Aug 16, 2020
    10
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  8. KinimodYunmi
    Jun 21, 2023
    10
    Der Comic-Stil ist noch viel kräftiger geworden, das Spiel ist 100% flüssig, lebendiger, kräftiger und einfach zeitgemäß, eine wirklich beeindruckende Leistung!
    Ich bin wirklich traurig, dass Telltale schließen müsste, ich kann das einfach nicht verstehen, wäre ich Millionär, hätte ich denen 2-3 Mio. gegeben, gibt es denn keine Storytelling spielenden Millionäre? Wie dem auch sei, das    Der Comic-Stil ist noch viel kräftiger geworden, das Spiel ist 100% flüssig, lebendiger, kräftiger und einfach zeitgemäß, eine wirklich beeindruckende Leistung!
    Ich bin wirklich traurig, dass Telltale schließen müsste, ich kann das einfach nicht verstehen, wäre ich Millionär, hätte ich denen 2-3 Mio. gegeben, gibt es denn keine Storytelling spielenden Millionäre? Wie dem auch sei, das Spiel ist sehr viel härter geworden, nichts für schwache Nerven, es geht nach ca 20 eingewöhnungs Minuten schon richtig ab und es erscheinen wirklich finstere Szenen.

    Man kennt meine Reviews, dann wollen wir mal ;-)

    Episode 1: Familienkomplikationen
    Episode 2: Ich war mal in einer Gang
    Episode 3: Gerechtigkeit
    Episode 4: Psychospielchen
    Episode 5:    … Expand
  9. Mandulum
    Jul 7, 2017
    9
    Five Word Review: Everyone's favorite character returns, mostly.
    Favorite Thing: I enjoyed the story, in spite of its faults and lose ends.
    Least Favorite Thing: That bloody camera shake. It doesn't make movies look better and there's absolutely no reason to add it into a game! Date Completed: 2017-07-04 Playtime: ~ 7h Enjoyment: 9/10 Recommendation: If you're a TellTale or Walking    Five Word Review: Everyone's favorite character returns, mostly.
    Favorite Thing: I enjoyed the story, in spite of its faults and lose ends.
    Least Favorite Thing: That bloody camera shake. It doesn't make movies look better and there's absolutely no reason to add it into a game!

    Date Completed: 2017-07-04
    Playtime: ~ 7h
    Enjoyment: 9/10
    Recommendation: If you're a TellTale or Walking Dead fan you'll probably enjoy it.    … Expand
  10. Bloodnes
    Jan 29, 2020
    9
    Одна из лучших частей, сюжет на высоте, динамика дух захватывает. 9/10 заслужено, обязательна для прохождения
  11. jordanlearmonth
    Jul 25, 2020
    9
    Five Word Review: Everyone's favorite character returns, mostly.
    Favorite Thing: I enjoyed the story, in spite of its faults and lose ends.
    Least Favorite Thing: That bloody camera shake. It doesn't make movies look better and there's absolutely no reason to add it into a game! Date Completed: 2017-07-04 Playtime: ~ 7h Enjoyment: 9/10 Recommendation: If you're a TellTale or Walking    Five Word Review: Everyone's favorite character returns, mostly.
    Favorite Thing: I enjoyed the story, in spite of its faults and lose ends.
    Least Favorite Thing: That bloody camera shake. It doesn't make movies look better and there's absolutely no reason to add it into a game!

    Date Completed: 2017-07-04
    Playtime: ~ 7h
    Enjoyment: 9/10
    Recommendation: If you're a TellTale or Walking Dead fan you'll probably enjoy it.    … Expand
  12. ChoicestGames
    Feb 15, 2019
    8
    I enjoyed The Walking Dead: A New Frontier and not only because Telltale seems to have fixed the laggy animation issues or the fact that Garrus Brandon Keener is one of the voice actors; the game is packed with plot twists, family drama, a multitude of epilogues and it's a joy seeing Clementine mature into an independent and capable survivor. The only thing I could criticise about the gameI enjoyed The Walking Dead: A New Frontier and not only because Telltale seems to have fixed the laggy animation issues or the fact that Garrus Brandon Keener is one of the voice actors; the game is packed with plot twists, family drama, a multitude of epilogues and it's a joy seeing Clementine mature into an independent and capable survivor. The only thing I could criticise about the game is that the episodes seem to be slightly shorter than previous The Walking Dead games and despite fixing some animation issues, others remain.… Expand
  13. Hack
    Jul 1, 2017
    8
    Short but sweet, this is Telltale on form. I was starting to worry Telltale had lost their magic but A New Frontier has given me great hope for the future of the series, it's right up there as one of my favourites. There just wasn't quite enough of it, the episodes are much shorter now, compared to both season one and season two, a full playthrough only took 8 hours, had this been seasonShort but sweet, this is Telltale on form. I was starting to worry Telltale had lost their magic but A New Frontier has given me great hope for the future of the series, it's right up there as one of my favourites. There just wasn't quite enough of it, the episodes are much shorter now, compared to both season one and season two, a full playthrough only took 8 hours, had this been season one it would have been 10+ hours.

    It's a Telltale game so I have to take about performance, for the most part it was actually solid apart from episode one which had severe stuttering about 50% of the time, but every episode after ran perfectly at a buttery smooth 60fps with no sign of stutter. I should also note I crashed to desktop twice during my playthrough. Overall it ran considerably better than Batman.    … Expand
  14. Letiste-Gaming
    Jan 4, 2017
    8
    Estamos muy posiblemente ante el mejor The walking dead de los 4 títulos presentados.

    Su impactante escena inicial, el carisma de todos y cada uno de los nuevos personajes, las tramas más maduras, los momentos impactantes o los grandiosos cliffhangers, se unen a la gran banda sonora y al doblaje de anteriores entregas. Como para no considerarlo el mejor. Teníamos mucho miedo de    Estamos muy posiblemente ante el mejor The walking dead de los 4 títulos presentados.

    Su impactante escena inicial, el carisma de todos y cada uno de los nuevos personajes, las tramas más maduras, los momentos impactantes o los grandiosos cliffhangers, se unen a la gran banda sonora y al doblaje de anteriores entregas. Como para no considerarlo el mejor.

    Teníamos mucho miedo de Telltale, pero no ha decepcionado, lo ha conseguido una vez más.

    Le pedíamos un juego con alma y lo ha superado con creces. Este es el camino a seguir.    … Expand
  15. savvym
    Sep 28, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game consists of 5 episodes, we can import the decisions we did in the previous title. I am not sure how effective that is compared to generic Clementine. We play as Javi and we get to know our older brother David who is harsh on Javi all the time. The story shows the world at the very start of zombie apocalypse, everyone accommodating to the new ways of life. That means even if you are not into Clementine from the first two games, you still get to play it from the start.

    The game has a beautiful story with some surprising moments and twists. Even the ending made me cry. It was complicated story with some hard decisions and many times I found myself saying one thing to those who will remember but did have to decide otherwise not completely turning against them but making things right.

    Things actually can work out but half of the people here died and there is also a little backstory for Clementine who still has one of the best dialogues. But I also really liked the drama with the brother, taking care of the family and dealing with situations were there is not a single good answer. Silence is often a viable answer.

    Thus said, it is heavy on dialogues and feels like watching a movie, still the game keeps us interacting with it whether it is choosing the answer and how the story goes or fighting the zombies which is in my opinion just not so fun. When exploring the areas with WASD, our moves are pretty clunky in a somewhat panoramic view. It was an issue in previous title as well, but it just shows this game is more an action adventure with a strong story. Comparing this to the first game in the series, it sits nicely next to it for me when it comes to the quality of the story.

    The characters here are really interesting, there are not many of them, but they made sure they are not shallow and predictable. Some of them were mysterious, some of them had their own plans, we just happen to be caught in the middle.

    I am not really hype on these graphics but the developers did really good job in showing emotions and made good animations, sometimes the game can actually look beautiful. And the music just feels right with everything going on.    … Expand
  16. nintendo-sekta
    Jan 13, 2019
    8
    Игра хороша. Но в ней я встретил пару багов. Улучшили графику главных героев на том же железе что и первый сезон и второй. История осталась интересной.
  17. MgrDonut
    Aug 28, 2020
    8
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    +Clem, Kenny, AJ
    +Game-play
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    -Javier
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  18. Manheim_Radd
    Mar 17, 2020
    8
    una tercera parte complicada en la que sobrellevaron de manera valiente una historia que sabian que a todos no les iba a agradar, A New Frontier llega a ser una tercera parte que con mucho esfuerzo logra que sientas empatia por algun personaje que no sea javi y clementine (obviamente). Historia Buena (rayando en lo regular) y desarrollo de personajes igual, es una pena que no volvieran auna tercera parte complicada en la que sobrellevaron de manera valiente una historia que sabian que a todos no les iba a agradar, A New Frontier llega a ser una tercera parte que con mucho esfuerzo logra que sientas empatia por algun personaje que no sea javi y clementine (obviamente). Historia Buena (rayando en lo regular) y desarrollo de personajes igual, es una pena que no volvieran a mostrar o mencionar a javi en la temporada 4.… Expand
  19. nioju
    Oct 22, 2021
    8
    A história é passada para um personagem totalmente novo, no inicio eu critiquei por ser algo que não era esperado, pensei que eu iria continuar jogando com a Clementine. No decorrer da história, percebemos que, de acordo com as suas escolhas, o Javier pode ser uma boa pessoa. Mas também, pode ser uma péssima pessoa. Gostei bastante da história em geral, o verdadeiro TWD.

    História – 8    A história é passada para um personagem totalmente novo, no inicio eu critiquei por ser algo que não era esperado, pensei que eu iria continuar jogando com a Clementine. No decorrer da história, percebemos que, de acordo com as suas escolhas, o Javier pode ser uma boa pessoa. Mas também, pode ser uma péssima pessoa. Gostei bastante da história em geral, o verdadeiro TWD.

    História – 8
    Jogabilidade, Mecânicas e Itens – 7
    Plot Final – 9
    Personagens – 7
    Áudio – 10
    CGI – 5

    Nota final – 7,6 (8)    … Expand
  20. Ciocolici
    Aug 15, 2023
    8
    There's a remastered version available now, together with all the other games in the series, The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series, which is superior to the original game in terms of visuals and overall presentation. The remaster does a great job of bringing the game up to today's standards, although the original game still holds up well in terms of graphics. I highly suggestThere's a remastered version available now, together with all the other games in the series, The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series, which is superior to the original game in terms of visuals and overall presentation. The remaster does a great job of bringing the game up to today's standards, although the original game still holds up well in terms of graphics. I highly suggest you consider playing the remaster because it is superior.

    This marks the third game/season within the Telltale The Walking Dead games series. My feelings about this game are a mix of positivity and reservation, and unlike most of my reviews, I'll begin with its positive aspects.

    What this game excels at is adhering to the familiar Telltale formula: delivering an exceptional cinematic experience, compelling storytelling, engaging dialogue choices, and more. The graphics have also seen improvements, although the new artwork is subject to debate and personal preference. While I appreciate it, I find myself not as enamored with it as I am with the older style. The narrative's unfolding, although not as impactful as its predecessors, is still commendable, and the storytelling approach remains robust. In essence, it offers a satisfying Telltale The Walking Dead experience, with its fair share of highs and lows.

    However, where it falters is in its integration of notably less exploration and character control gameplay compared to previous titles. The episodes are shorter, and Clementine's screen time is somewhat restricted. The primary allure of these series lies in Clementine, and relegating her to a lesser role is a considerable misstep. Designating her as a supporting character is acceptable, but not positioning her as the second or even arguably the third central character is an unfortunate choice. Throughout this season, I grappled with establishing strong connections with a plethora of characters, except for Clem and Javi. To clarify, I don't deem the character ensemble in this game as subpar, but their development falls short in comparison to their predecessors. This is most evident in my eager anticipation of the next Clementine memory scenes, which illustrate events between seasons, rather than the unfolding story itself.

    All things considered, this third installment in the series (excluding Michonne) emerges as the weakest link. However, it retains its standing as a commendable The Walking Dead Telltale Game, albeit with some rough edges. The potential for improved decisions is evident, which could have significantly enhanced the overall quality of the experience.    … Expand
  21. DoomDoc_
    Aug 11, 2023
    8
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    I am giving this game 8/10.
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  22. SuperkenGaming
    May 31, 2017
    7
    The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
    New characters, same problems.
    A new frontier is an interactive choose your own adventure type game featuring 5 episodes... Here you play as both a new character former baseball player Javier Garcia as well as continue the story of Season 1 and 2s Clementine at first I was a little sad that we weren’t playing primarily as clementine this time around...    The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
    New characters, same problems.
    A new frontier is an interactive choose your own adventure type game featuring 5 episodes...
    Here you play as both a new character former baseball player Javier Garcia as well as continue the story of Season 1 and 2s Clementine
    at first I was a little sad that we weren’t playing primarily as clementine this time around... But I grew to love playing as Javier and trying to take care of his family…
    As you start out with just your niece, nephew, and brother’s wife…
    And as you’d expect things happen to make this 7 hour journey to the games end, not the smoothest walk through the park…
    The game does carry over choices from the past walking dead games, or allows you to choose before the game starts as it does continue the clementine story...
    I was just a little disappointed with how they handled my season 2 ending... and how they wrote Kenny out of my story…
    it felt extremely unimpactful for being the only person I’ve had by my side as clementine from the beginning…
    the departure felt rush and left me feeling no emotion…
    In fact the game for the most part is dealing with moody teenagers and a complicated relationship…
    Things do get emotional, and tears did shed…
    I just wish some of the emotional moments were drug out a little longer or that certain moments that should’ve been emotional felt more than just a quick bump to get over and then onto the next thing…
    As far as performance and gameplay goes..
    These games are best when you’re making decisions…
    Changing the path your characters go down and how everyone in the story reacts to you...
    I felt I deserved everything that came my way, and there were definitely hard choices to make here…
    But there are the typical telltale performance issues…
    As the game crashed on me within the first 20 minutes of playing causing me to restart from the beginning…
    But thankfully the other 4 episodes ran perfectly…
    There are the occasional boring adventure type section where you have to interact with the world...
    These moments are never fun and really feel like they’re there just to be there... completely unnecessary//
    But the most annoying thing gameplay wise are the occasional point and aim quick time events…
    You never have any indication of what you should actually be aiming at, or what you should be trying to do in that situation.. And the curser is always off in an awkward position so it never feels natural...
    Which can lead to many trial and error moments… made worse by the fact that there’s sometimes a brief cut scene before these moments that you have to watch through just to try again …
    And design and setting wise... you do a lot of spending your time in settlements.. Which definitely gets boring…
    the variety like the first season had is missing... episodes no longer feel like unique chunks within the story…
    A New Frontier is a good experience…
    But it’s just good…
    A bit boring at times, but will still punch you in the guts with some feels…
    I Give The Walking Dead: A New Frontier a 7/10    … Expand
  23. muzmuz
    Jun 30, 2018
    7
    The Walking Dead: A New Frontier was a good narrative experience that may be trailing behind its past seasons, yet works wonderfully nonetheless even if a lot of scenes went bland and boring. Although you don't get to play as Clementine, A New Frontier was a nice change of pace with a new set of main characters.
  24. dandalis
    Jul 3, 2017
    7
    Season 1 was a really tough act to follow which season 2 already proved. New Frontier continues the trend, but nevertheless its still a solid Telltale experience. Javi cant match up as character to Lee or Clem, but there's few nice side characters who make up for it and its more interesting seeing how your relationships develop with them thruout the episodes depending on your choices,Season 1 was a really tough act to follow which season 2 already proved. New Frontier continues the trend, but nevertheless its still a solid Telltale experience. Javi cant match up as character to Lee or Clem, but there's few nice side characters who make up for it and its more interesting seeing how your relationships develop with them thruout the episodes depending on your choices, something that was missing in previous seasons. 2 or 3 episodes felt very short and again i feel there's not enough game sequences where you can explore, it feels more like cutscene after cutscene more than ever in Telltale game. Game felt the most satisfying when Clem was on screen and Javi's family backstory segments felt like weaker part of the game. Overall still a quite decent story.

    Shamefully game doesnt run that well even on medium settings i was struggling at times to execute some of the QTEs due to horrid frame rate, there were couple of times game froze on a certain scene to load the next one which looked bizzare, still the game is a lot more playable than abysmally optimized Batman series.    … Expand
  25. Cz3rw0ny
    Feb 9, 2021
    7
    The story definitely slowed down and got a bit more boring. But that doesn't mean it was a bad part of the franchise. It was just not as good as Season 1 & 2.
  26. Crimert
    Apr 11, 2020
    7
    In my opinion, this game was good but it wasn't as good as Season 1 and Season 2. Although I liked it. 10hrs on record.
  27. Davidnotavailab
    Jul 1, 2023
    7
    I dont get the hate, this season was pretty solid, maybe a bit too goofy at some points but still had good characters some good story pacing, and some shocking moments that justify themselves. Whenever clementine appeared i had fun. Its a fun game however it could ve been a spin off that i agree. 8 as a game 7 for the main series of the walking dead cuz it doesnt really justify itselfI dont get the hate, this season was pretty solid, maybe a bit too goofy at some points but still had good characters some good story pacing, and some shocking moments that justify themselves. Whenever clementine appeared i had fun. Its a fun game however it could ve been a spin off that i agree. 8 as a game 7 for the main series of the walking dead cuz it doesnt really justify itself being a main series entry… Expand
  28. bluecheese666
    Nov 4, 2022
    7
    not bad
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  29. Ljungman
    Mar 6, 2018
    6
    Hugely disappointed! Shallow story, boring main character, lazy graphics/animations. They've probably reused the same walker for like 20 scenes. In a game just about the choices you make and the story, they sure did a bad job in literally every department. For a game that has really basic gameplay mechanics, this is really disappointing. Barely anything that makes me want to keep onHugely disappointed! Shallow story, boring main character, lazy graphics/animations. They've probably reused the same walker for like 20 scenes. In a game just about the choices you make and the story, they sure did a bad job in literally every department. For a game that has really basic gameplay mechanics, this is really disappointing. Barely anything that makes me want to keep on playing.

    Telltale has lost it, or they just don't care about their player base. They have forgotten why we liked them, which mostly comes down to the incredible writing and the choices that take a critical part in the experience.    … Expand
  30. Kotofon
    Jun 6, 2020
    6
    The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1-5 – продолжает традиции одной из лучших интерпретаций истории про зомби апокалипсис. В данном случае речь идет о франшизе Ходячие Мертвецы, которую новая игра от TellTale Games выводи на совершенно иной уровень качества. И это качество касается атмосферы и самого сюжета, чего не скажешь о графике и самом игровом процессе. Последние двеThe Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1-5 – продолжает традиции одной из лучших интерпретаций истории про зомби апокалипсис. В данном случае речь идет о франшизе Ходячие Мертвецы, которую новая игра от TellTale Games выводи на совершенно иной уровень качества. И это качество касается атмосферы и самого сюжета, чего не скажешь о графике и самом игровом процессе. Последние две составляющие остались, если можно так выразиться, классическими, как для творений вышеупомянутой студии-разработчика.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Riot Pixels
    Aug 25, 2017
    43
    A boring, dumb, predictable game. You can’t find worse qualities in a game that’s all about choices and consequences.
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  2. Games Master UK
    Aug 10, 2017
    80
    It's frustrating to see Telltale simultaneously at its best, and also just repeating itself. [Sept 2017, p.81]
  3. Gamer.no
    Jun 21, 2017
    70
    An exciting adventure with interesting characters, but the recipe has been used to death at this point.
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