The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series - A New Frontier

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  1. vebz_uk
    Jan 16, 2017
    6
    This for Episode 1 and 2 and after playing all previous seasons.

    The story isn't as strong as Clementine in original story. We as audience associated and related a lot with Clementine and expected the story to continue from where we left. It had a good pace and background. Now feels like starting from a complete new angle and more drama than emotions. I do see changes in the    This for Episode 1 and 2 and after playing all previous seasons.

    The story isn't as strong as Clementine in original story. We as audience associated and related a lot with Clementine and expected the story to continue from where we left. It had a good pace and background. Now feels like starting from a complete new angle and more drama than emotions.

    I do see changes in the graphics. It looks like a major upgrade. There are less glitches. I hope the story picks up later on. If it does, I will come back and provide more favourable reviews. Until then. my recommendation would be to wait and watch.    … Expand
  2. 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
  3. DrZomboid
    Sep 20, 2017
    6
    Unimportant sequel and story. All new characters around Clem. No more focus on zombie problem, now we got family drama instead. Kinda boring. Better graphics but still laggy cutscenes.
  4. Mindkiller7522
    Jun 26, 2021
    6
    6/25/21-6/26/21 100% Story

    The third chapter in Telltale's Walking Dead series is not quite a great as the first, but was still interesting enough to keep me going until the end. Instead of Clementine, you play as Javier-an ex-baseball star with a ton of family drama and a weird relationship with his sister-in-law. They are roaming about when the run afoul of a dangerous group of    6/25/21-6/26/21 100% Story

    The third chapter in Telltale's Walking Dead series is not quite a great as the first, but was still interesting enough to keep me going until the end.

    Instead of Clementine, you play as Javier-an ex-baseball star with a ton of family drama and a weird relationship with his sister-in-law. They are roaming about when the run afoul of a dangerous group of survivors. After several misunderstandings the story starts rolling pretty well, with the usual twists and surprising deaths, as well as the token Walking Dead comic book character appearance.

    I do think the story would have been better following Clementine instead of Javier, though. I get what the creators were going for and Clem does play a pretty big role in the story, but Javier's family are all pretty irritating (especially Gabe). It is a bit shorter than previous entries, though, which limits the sections where the story drags that appear in most Telltale games.

    The game did run fairly smoothly, with a minor video glitch in Episode 3 that made it look like Javier had strings attached to him. Controls and loading times were both serviceable, as much as previous Telltale games have been.    … Expand
  5. Direwolf73
    Dec 29, 2017
    7
    After finishing up the season the story telling was solid and the game mechanics were good. But after two seasons of telling Clementines story this foray into new characters created a problem. We have spent so much time caring about Clem and we needed more from her. So I struggled at times but eventually came on board. Overall It was what we expect from Telltale but nothing too earth shattering.
  6. SouthernPoint
    Sep 8, 2020
    7
    Even though I enjoyed this game, it's definitely the worst in the series. If you haven't played the series before I'd recommend playing the other three over this. I wasn't really on board with the introduction of new characters as I've had two games getting to know Clementine. Eventually, I got into it, though it wasn't nearly as strong as Clementine's story. Still a good game.
  7. ThaFlu84
    Sep 4, 2019
    7
    Too many inconsistencies with the characters, choices, and story makes this feel like it was rushed. However, it is still worth a play through.
  8. patopatoso
    Jan 15, 2022
    6
    É pior que as duas anteriores, mas ainda sim te prende. Os personagens são menos carismáticos, poucos locais, história inconsistente, e parece um spin off.
  9. kryst3
    Feb 3, 2022
    6
    The game is fine, but i cant see my choices after every episode. Whats more, Clementine isnt playable as in the season 2
  10. Sadra_The_Gamer
    Jan 2, 2023
    7
    To put it simply, TWD: New Frontier suffers from exactly the same problems as TWD: Michonne. But if you are one of those who care about Clementine's future, don't miss it.
  11. dylansgaming48
    Jul 25, 2023
    6
    this one was really disappointing i was pretty excited for this one but it was just not to be
  12. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    5
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! twd 3

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
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  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jul 25, 2017
    70
    Maybe a bit flat compared to previous seasons but still pretty nerve-jangling. [Aug 2017, p.78]
  2. EGM
    Jun 9, 2017
    75
    It’s a solid third season for The Walking Dead, but we’ve seen so much better. Cheap plot devices and inconsistent tones in the writing hurt the overall quality of the narrative, and the Telltale Tool continues to show its age in the worst ways. And, for diehard fans, Clementine will still find a way to steal the show from the new cast.
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  3. LevelUp
    Jun 7, 2017
    73
    Despite its promising subtitle, there's little new in The Walking Dead: A New Frontier to write home about. A revamped presentation, new characters, and excellent voice acting make it live up to the expectations, but the traditional flaws on the technical side of things and an undeniable stagnation on the narrative one stop it from reaching the greatness of the first season.
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