Walking Dead, The - A Telltale Games Series - Game of the Year Edition (USA)
Xbox 360
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Reviewed in 2014
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✪ Reviewed on October 2, 2024
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Telltale write a devastating five-episode season in which Lee Everett protects young Clementine during the zombie apocalypse. The moral choice writing hits dead centre, companions stay unforgettable, and the 360 receives here probably the most emotional narrative adventure Telltale ever penned.
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Category
Adventure1 player18+
Description
Episodic adventure by Telltale Games, June 2014. The Walking Dead first season told from various survivor community perspectives. Grown Clementine appears among new characters. Complete Season 1 version including bonus 400 Days episodes. Ideal complement to the main season.
Walking Dead, The - A Telltale Games Series - Game of the Year Edition review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
MAX
Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
At the heart of a zombie apocalypse, a man with a murky past watches over a little girl he learns to protect as his own. A choice-driven tale of rare emotional force, it makes human relationships, not the undead, its true stakes. Its harrowing ending redefined what a narrative game could be.
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Settling wrenching dilemmas where each choice bears on what follows turns this narrative adventure into a tale whose outcome you absolutely want to know, episode after episode. The relationships that form and break pull the story forward. Its interactivity stays limited, but the strength of its writing and its characters makes every episode's end hard to leave.
North American (NTSC-U) edition of The Walking Dead Game of the Year Edition, the version gathering Telltale's first season and its additional episode, forming the fullest form of this moving narrative adventure. Still accessible on the US market, its desirability rests on this status as the definitive edition bundling all content rather than scarcity. The savvy pick for the best The Walking Dead on the console, sought by narrative fans.
Is Walking Dead, The - A Telltale Games Series - Game of the Year Edition still worth playing in 2026?
Released on Xbox 360, this Game of the Year Edition gathers the first season of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead and the additional 400 Days episode, the most complete version of this narrative adventure masterpiece. Following Lee and young Clementine in a zombie apocalypse where the human takes precedence over the horror, and seeing every choice under pressure shape relationships and the story, creates an emotional charge of rare intensity. The character writing reaches its peak. The action stays minimal, in service of the story. But the story is unforgettable. To discover this season in its most complete shape, this is the ideal version today.
