10 Best Point And Click Video Game Adventures Ever
7. The Walking Dead
The Adventure:
So much has been written about Telltales genre-changing graphic adventure series, that its often hard judging where to start with the plaudits. Set in comic creator Robert Kirkmans apocalyptic Georgia, the story was drip fed by way of an episodic format, with each entry forcing players to make life and death decisions. The results can be heartbreaking. Interface-wise, this was a pure point and click-driven saga where progression was dependent on choosing the right, or wrong, conversation thread, as well as making head-splitting decisions via quick time events. Season three is still a lumbering entity on the horizon, but following it being given the green light at last years San Diego Comic-Con the bods at Telltale have prepared us to expect something very different,
Puzzling Par Excellence:
Puzzles in The Walking Dead are not so much satisfying as they are downright depressing, with the majority ending in a favourite character meeting his or hers demise. This doesnt come any better than during season twos final episode, No Going Back where youre faced with Kenny and Jane in a fight to the death - who do you give that vital helping hand?
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