The Walking Dead: 9 Reasons The Game Is Better Than The Show
9. A Personal Connection
The Walking Dead is an emotional roller coaster. Has your favourite character been killed yet? Theres a good chance it could happen. If you think that watching a character die youve become attached to is a moving experience, you should try playing a character that is actually living in this dangerous world. In The Walking Dead game's first season, whether you are controlling Lee or Clementine, you are the one talking to every other survivor. You are the one that could fail or succeed to save their lives. Sure it's the same world Rick Grimes is trapped in, but you arent just an observer anymore - that is a connection that the television and the comic simply cannot replicate. That personal connection creates an experience that is wholly singular to each player. Everyone watches the same show when its on, but no one has the exact same experience when playing the game. If you have a significant other or good friend you can share this involvement with, then make these decisions together. It's an entirely different approach to a multiplayer setup; one where you're forced into impossibly grey decision-making areas with no defined good or bad path to take. No decision you make is black and white, and just like real life, you have to live with the choices youve made - even if you chicken out and restart.
