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9.0...a brilliantly crafted episode; it does have a slow beginning, but it serves as a red herring to the chaos that ensues throughout
The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 5 - No Going Back
Telltale Games · Aug 27, 2014
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Winter is setting in. Time to find food and shelter is running out. And with a newborn infant to sustain, walkers are a greater threat than ever. As pressure builds and tensions reach breaking point, your choices will decide Clementine’s fate in the gripping conclusion of The Walking Dead: Season Two.
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- TechRaptor7.0Overall, the episode is hampered by the weak pacing of the latter part of this season and a real lack of narrative direction. Things keep going, and it’s good enough for you to keep playing, but you are never as engrossed as you should be until things really ramp up. It’s good, but the Walking Dead has been so much better.
- Push Square9.0The finale to The Walking Dead’s second season retains Telltale’s crown as the king of interactive storytelling. While this is a dark and frantic romp, ‘No Going Back’ also includes some light-hearted moments, which makes those closing scenes even more impactful. As a whole, this season is another seriously impressive achievement, and it will leave you asking one question: what’s going to happen next?
- Touch Arcade6.0This is basically an A student turning in a C paper on their best subject. It's okay, but it ought to have been so much more. I guess we'll see what happens in the inevitable Season Three.
- Game Revolution8.0Beyond the story in this kind of game, there’s not much to describe, but if you’re new, I will reiterate. The graphics are remarkably cel-shaded, and each scene looks like it’s torn from the pages of a comic book. ...It’s never complicated, but it certainly is not robust. I typically play games for the story, so I shouldn’t complain, but I always feel like I could be more engaged when I play a Telltale game.
- PS Lifestyle5.5No Going Back — and Season Two as a whole — felt like a disservice to Season One and the sacrifices made by Lee. In Season One there was a beautiful open ending, in which Lee sent Clementine off into the world, better prepared and left to survive. Lee taught us that we needed something to love and live for.
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