Date played: September 10th
Platform: PC
Session fun rating: 9/10
I fell in love with The Walking Dead game when it came out last year. It hooked me with it's innovative storytelling, captivating characters and episodic format. Almost a year later, I played the 400 Days DLC and again, I fell in love.
The game features five protagonists, each with their own mini story. It was a really short game, I finished it in about 2 hours I think which was just enough to get me hungry for season two. I started with Wyatt's story, a dude stuck in a car with his friend. They are being chased by a mysterious man in a truck for an unknown reason. They eventually lose him only to hit a zombie with the car. Now, at that point in the story, the characters seem to be unaware of the zombie outbreak so naturally, they stop the car to check if the guy is ok. Wyatt and his friend played a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors to choose who would stay in the car and who would check out the body. I won the game, so Wyatt stayed, while his friend marched to his predictable death. The mysterious man showed up again and attacked Wyatt, who then hit him hard enough to get the car going and abandon his friend. Grim...
I then played Russell's story. A young student who decided to walk the road on his own. He soon meets Nate, who turned out to be the mysterious man in the truck of Wyatt's story. Nate is fucking creepy, sex-obsessed and insane, but he offers Russell a ride. They reach the gas station (this location is featured in all five stories) where they get ambushed by a person hiding in a nearby diner. They sneak around the area to flank the shooter only to discover an old couple trying to survive. Nate ruthlessly decides to kill them to get their supplies while Russell leaves on his own again.
Shel and Becca were the third chapter for me. They are two sisters who live as part of a cancer survivor group that is holed up in the same diner. They find an Asian man who doesn't speak English. The group can't decide if it's better to kill the man or let him go and hope he doesn't come back with friends to steal food and supplies. Shel was the swing vote and I decided to spare him. Days later, as fucking expected, the diner is attacked by the man and his friends. One member of Shel's group is killed as a result, but they survive. Later, a member of the group is found stealing supplies and trying to make a run for it. Due to her bad decision about the Asian man, Shel is asked to kill the traitor, which I chose to do. I could have run away with Becca, but it didn't feel right...
The fourth story was about Vince, a man who is being transported in a prison bus two days after the outbreak. He is chained to two other men in the bus, where they talk about their crimes to pass the time. Two other inmates start fighting and the guard accidentally shoots one of them in the head. Vince and his two peers grab the shotgun and try to free themselves. At the same time, the have their first walker sighting, causing them to panic. I had to decide to shoot one of the two guys Vince was tied to in order to get free and flee.
The last story is about Bonnie, a recovering junkie who is travelling with a man and his wife. Bonnie and the man obviously have a romantic relationship going on, which causes a lot of tension with the wife, understandably. The story begins as the wife brings in a stolen bag of unknown valuables, which of course leads to a huge chase scene as the group tries to escape the owners of the bag. In the confusion, Bonnie hits the wife in the head with a piece of rebar, killing her. When the husband finds out, he is devastated but I still managed to get him to come along.
At the very end, all the characters are together. They presumably met sometime after the events of the mini stories. They are greeted by a woman who claims to be recruiting survivors to join her community, promising food, shelter and safety. After a short discussion, Wyatt, Vince and Bonnie agreed to join the woman while Shel, Russell and Becca chose to stay behind. It will be very interesting to see how all this plays out in Season 2!
Platform: PC
Session fun rating: 9/10
I fell in love with The Walking Dead game when it came out last year. It hooked me with it's innovative storytelling, captivating characters and episodic format. Almost a year later, I played the 400 Days DLC and again, I fell in love.
The game features five protagonists, each with their own mini story. It was a really short game, I finished it in about 2 hours I think which was just enough to get me hungry for season two. I started with Wyatt's story, a dude stuck in a car with his friend. They are being chased by a mysterious man in a truck for an unknown reason. They eventually lose him only to hit a zombie with the car. Now, at that point in the story, the characters seem to be unaware of the zombie outbreak so naturally, they stop the car to check if the guy is ok. Wyatt and his friend played a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors to choose who would stay in the car and who would check out the body. I won the game, so Wyatt stayed, while his friend marched to his predictable death. The mysterious man showed up again and attacked Wyatt, who then hit him hard enough to get the car going and abandon his friend. Grim...
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| 400 Days has an excellent cast of unique characters |
Shel and Becca were the third chapter for me. They are two sisters who live as part of a cancer survivor group that is holed up in the same diner. They find an Asian man who doesn't speak English. The group can't decide if it's better to kill the man or let him go and hope he doesn't come back with friends to steal food and supplies. Shel was the swing vote and I decided to spare him. Days later, as fucking expected, the diner is attacked by the man and his friends. One member of Shel's group is killed as a result, but they survive. Later, a member of the group is found stealing supplies and trying to make a run for it. Due to her bad decision about the Asian man, Shel is asked to kill the traitor, which I chose to do. I could have run away with Becca, but it didn't feel right...
The fourth story was about Vince, a man who is being transported in a prison bus two days after the outbreak. He is chained to two other men in the bus, where they talk about their crimes to pass the time. Two other inmates start fighting and the guard accidentally shoots one of them in the head. Vince and his two peers grab the shotgun and try to free themselves. At the same time, the have their first walker sighting, causing them to panic. I had to decide to shoot one of the two guys Vince was tied to in order to get free and flee.
The last story is about Bonnie, a recovering junkie who is travelling with a man and his wife. Bonnie and the man obviously have a romantic relationship going on, which causes a lot of tension with the wife, understandably. The story begins as the wife brings in a stolen bag of unknown valuables, which of course leads to a huge chase scene as the group tries to escape the owners of the bag. In the confusion, Bonnie hits the wife in the head with a piece of rebar, killing her. When the husband finds out, he is devastated but I still managed to get him to come along.
At the very end, all the characters are together. They presumably met sometime after the events of the mini stories. They are greeted by a woman who claims to be recruiting survivors to join her community, promising food, shelter and safety. After a short discussion, Wyatt, Vince and Bonnie agreed to join the woman while Shel, Russell and Becca chose to stay behind. It will be very interesting to see how all this plays out in Season 2!
