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Season 2 like Heavy Rain?

HiggsBoson2142HiggsBoson2142
edited November 2012 in The Walking Dead
Some people are probably going to disagree with me, but I feel like a Walking Dead game with the same character gameplay type would be a great experience. If you've played Heavy Rain, i'm pretty sure you loved the way of gameplay, which was playing as four different characters that's stories come together until the end of it. I also loved the fact of playing as
the killer
. But does anybody agree that it would be fun to see everything you've done come into play with the other characters you were? One of the best moments for me was when Norman Jayden
rammed into Shelby before he shot Ethan
. So does anybody else like the idea of multiple character control like Heavy Rain?

Comments

  • CharmingBirchCharmingBirch
    edited November 2012
    Maybe two protagonists at the most but definitely not more than that, and they should alternate between episodes. Protagonist 1/1st Episode, Protagonist 2/2nd Episode and so on.

    Switching during episodes seems like it would be kind of irritating, except for the season finale, maybe. Not a bad idea, but I think one protagonist works fine and is probably ideal.
  • SaracenarSaracenar
    edited November 2012
    That's not a bad idea, and it does offer something different to season 1. It could be interesting to see how one character's choices affect another, and vice versa.

    I could see something like controlling Clementine as she escapes Savannah and meets up with the shadowy figures, then we take control of one of them (be it Omid or Christa, or someone new).

    On the other hand, having multiple protagonists could make it more difficult on Telltale and diminish the impact of the story. Or it could be awesome!
  • dinofiredinofire
    edited November 2012
    It would be pretty fun in a 'normal world' where everyone is all over the place with their own problems, but in a zombie apocalypse, everyone's all bunched up together in a group with 3 main problems (food/water, shelter, and zombies) so I guess playing as different characters in a zombie world would be more or less the same as if you were playing as one character :/
  • TWDFTWTWDFTW
    edited November 2012
    dinofire wrote: »
    It would be pretty fun in a 'normal world' where everyone is all over the place with their own problems, but in a zombie apocalypse, everyone's all bunched up together in a group with 3 main problems (food/water, shelter, and zombies) so I guess playing as different characters in a zombie world would be more or less the same as if you were playing as one character :/

    Yeah, my point exactly, they would have the same worries and you wouldn't really have much to do with each character, it would be boring and I would find it annoying just stick to one character and keep it that way, the walking dead worked as it was.
  • HiggsBoson2142HiggsBoson2142
    edited November 2012
    TWDFTW wrote: »
    Yeah, my point exactly, they would have the same worries and you wouldn't really have much to do with each character, it would be boring and I would find it annoying just stick to one character and keep it that way, the walking dead worked as it was.

    But it's the people and places that change how things go. Imagine if Lilly and Larry were kind hearted people instead of the mean, hot-headed people they were. We'd still have Doug and Carley. Different people is what really makes the game for me.

    I'm not saying I'm disagreeing, but just pointing out that the main character isn't all that matters. It is an interactive game of course.
  • DildorDildor
    edited November 2012
    I think it's an option they could consider, but would be harder to pull off. If we had been jumping characters in season 1 I guarantee you I wouldn't have gotten the same attachment as I did with Lee and Clem.

    On the other hand, it would keep the game constantly fresh and the story could go a lot of different places if it's jumping around.
  • Perfect_CellPerfect_Cell
    edited November 2012
    I'll just be happy if in season 2 they manage to produce fresh scenarios and situations that would require a different mindset to come up with a decision.

    I don't know like what if for some reason not currently known you had the choice to use an army missile to bomb a town. There may still be survivors in the town but the zombie population is ridiculously high.

    More major scale decisions like that would be good. Also clem should be present as a NPC with characteristics based of season 1 save files(might be a bit hard to do).

    Basically just make the decisions a bit less personal this time, but just make the group members reactions and thoughts of you much more polarized as the decisions you make effect a wider scale
  • SodawasserSodawasser
    edited November 2012
    I like the idea but only if the chapters are longer or if there are more chapters. Wouldn't like it to play both characters only for about 4 hours. I wouldn't be able to play in his role but yes, interesting idea.
  • HentresHentres
    edited November 2012
    Maybe this can be done with the two shadows at the end. Lets say they find clementine, they got to know her story (episode 1), then something happens to separate them(episode 2). Then you play with one that is with clem and the other that got separated. Something like that. One of them may eventually die according to your choosing at the end, and the other continues with clem and new members.
  • TWDFTWTWDFTW
    edited November 2012
    I'm really annoyed I can't play this game because I don't have a PS3 :( I don't think it available for Xbox is it? I would really like to play it because my friend was telling me about it the other day, I might have to watch some lets plays on the good old YouTube, but I do think that I would get a little bored of character switching but I suppose it could work :)
  • Feja10Feja10
    edited November 2012
    It a great game (heavy Rain) but i prefer a one character better than multi character
  • JakeSt123JakeSt123
    edited November 2012
    Play as Campman, from his perspective. Maybe he has a group as some point but they all begin to fear him and left, two of them being the mysterious hill-people. Though it would probably make more sense for it to be someone from Campman's group and not him as we know how he dies.
  • ZeruisZeruis
    edited November 2012
    I'm quite partial to playing as one person, thank you. Besides, it would take many months for a single episode to come if there were many varying choices like Heavy Rain.
  • CaveRaveCaveRave
    edited June 2013
    400 days in a nutshell?
  • Robert MorganRobert Morgan
    edited June 2013
    I've always thought Heavy Rain's theme would have worked brilliantly for WD season 2. Music filled with despair and hope all at the same time.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vXjVTjVtX0&list=PL7A25EFDCC6850F76&index=75
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