What was your opinion about the Walking Dead before you bought it.

Bioshock Infinite WD

My thoughts were mostly negative, I thought the graphics sucked and I had never heard of Telltale. I think I even thought they were called Talltale, but obviously my opinion changed, what were your thoughts about the game before buying it.

ZeroShoot

Episode 1 for free, can't do anything wrong trying it can I? Approximately 2 and a half hours later (I'm slow playing such games, because I looove to enjoy the atmosphere, just like in Bioshock Infinite, where I strolled through the streets for about an hour before getting really started, just looking at things, trying to interact with people and stuff...) I thought... well shit... stores are closed, do I really have to wait for tomorrow to get some microsoft points, I wanna play Episode 2 now, god damnit!

After finishing it then, The rest of the week (to say the very least...) I couldn't get myself to do anything at all, my mind being busy with this masterpiece. I think that speaks for itself, or at least for the impact that game had on me.

Virtumonde

Saw it for the first time From Total Biscuit on his WTF is... series.
Wasn't really a fan of purely story driven games nor a TWD fan.
The game looked average but when i heard how interesting the dialogues were and that your decisions could make a difference i was sold.

This is now by far my favorite game and it made me watch the whole series of TWD and it was totally worth it.

sQOrPION

First time i see it it was nothing special,but i wanted to try how it looks and now this is one of my favorite games

zev_zev

At first I passed the game, and then bought it

Zeruis

After being a longtime fan of the TV show and an avid reader of the comics, I was skeptical of the game. "Oh, this group is going to be nowhere as near as good as Rick's group."

Man, was I wrong.

Arsun97

I'm a huge fan of TWD comic's and TV-show, and from day one I knew TellTale was gonna release a TWD game, I knew it was gonna be good. And damn I was right!

Mornai

I played a few of Telltale's games before and enjoyed them, and i love zombie-related material and story focused games so it was an easy choice for me.

I didn't expect it to be as good as it was, but i didn't expect it to suck either. I went in thinking i would enjoy it regardless.

Rock114

My first thoughts?

"Jeez, there's already a book and TV series to go along with this comic. They must be milking the franchise for all it's worth now. No way am I getting that."

Lo and behold, I downloaded Episode 1 on launch day and never regretted it

Mark$man

Well, just days before going in with the game, I started getting into the TV series( I caught up 2 seasons in three days), and I was already into the comics, so when my bro told me episode 1 was free, although I was skeptical and wary of trying a game from a company I had never heard of and wasn't related to either branches of TWD, I decided "What the heck? Why not?" After the end of episode 1, I was nearly cursing at the fact they left on such a cliff hanger. I wanted to know what happened next xD. Man were those 1 1/2 to 2 month intervals a pain...

thestalkinghead

i played quite a few telltale games before the walking dead game, but it wasn't until buying the walking dead game at episode 2 that i finally accepted the idea of episodes for games, the whole idea seemed to me like a way of just selling a full game in parts to get more money out of us (i still wouldn't just buy one episode though) but now i can see that it has it's own merits and isn't just selling a book in chapters or a film in acts it is actually living up to it's name of "episodes" like a TV show, unlike Half life episodes, which was probably one of the reasons i resented the term episodes relating to games.

anyway i am a fan of zombies, a fan of adventure games, a fan of telltale games and a fan of the walking dead (TV show mainly) so i was gonna play the walking dead game eventually, if i remember correctly you could pre-order it but i don't usually do that, so i was gonna wait until the full game came out untill i bought it because of the frustrating waiting between previous game episodes, but i had been seeing some videos about the walking dead game (lets plays etc.) on my subscription feed (which i had to avoid) but then i saw it on steam and impulse bought it and i'm glad i did

Bioshock Infinite WD

It's safe to say Valve does not handle episodic content all that well. I mean how long has it been, six years?

gimmeseason2

I must admit, before i played The Walking Dead Game, I have never heard of Telltale Games, read the comics, or seen the tv show, so I went into this not knowing exactly what to expect until I saw a playthough of the first episode on YouTube. At first glance of the graphics, I thought they were cheap and a bit weird (unlike any other current-gen games.) After I saw this guy's playthrough of the first episode, I had a more open mind on the game. So I bought the game on Steam about 10 minutes after the video. As I played through the first episode, I quickly became attached to the characters, especially Lee and Clem. And it really is rare to feel that level of connection between you and video game characters that early in the game.
I also felt that the graphics fit the game perfectly well since it was based off the comics instead of the tv show, like I first assumed. As I played throughout the rest of the episodes, I felt all sorts of emotions whenever a major event happened, especially the ending And overall, this is one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had.

Natsumi

I like games that have interesting storylines, so that was how my friend got me interested in it. If not I'd have thought it was just another zombie FPS.

Cthulhu42

I didn't know much about the game before buying it; all I knew is that it was about zombies, and had lots of choices and a really bleak story. Intrigued, I decided to try it out, and ended up playing through all four episodes in a weekend (this was about two weeks before the last episode came out).

Hudomonkey

I though it is another Telltale game and my brother had already bought episode 1...

Every weekend I always play Point and Click adventure games with my Dad usually Telltale like Sam and Max or Strong Bad or BTTF or Lucasarts and I simply thought it would be worth giving it a go so I had another game I could play...

looby

"what's this zombie game everyone's banging on about".

"first ep free? hell fucking yes I'll download it"

Loved it ever since.

HarjKS

I was told about it by a friend and he said it wast really great, I had my doubts but I bought Episode 1 and I freakin' loved it. I then bought Episode 2 and 3 and so on...

I loved the characters and I kept thinking of what they were doing in between episodes, but then... Savannah happened

o0HeaDShoT0o

When I first saw The Walking Dead Game, it looked very interesting to me. And to this day, I am so glad that I got to experience this awesome game.

Sox&Rocks22

I was pretty excited. I've always been fascinated by the concept of episodic gaming and was really into TWD as a franchise as well. And well, its always great when your expectations are met, let alone exceeded.

RichWalk23

I didn't think much of the Walking Dead universe since I've only recently looked at the comics when I first heard about the Walking Dead, and I didn't care to read any of them. Next I heard about the TV series, and I was tempted, but I didn't bother to watch them at first. Finally I hear about the game, and I rolled my eyes thinking it wouldn't work out.

Boy I was happy when Telltales proved me wrong, since the game finally got me interested in the Walking Dead universe.

Maximus123458

When i first heard about the game, i was intrigued because it was from Telltale, but a bit afraid since i'm not a fan of horror games. Nevertheless, after a youtube video or two, i gave it a try and well, i had a time of my life through these past few months.

michikade

I really had little opinion about it. It wasn't the first TellTale game I had ever played, so I knew the game was going to be well made, but I hadn't read the comics or watched the show so I wasn't really sure what kind of story to expect. But after Episode 1, I was hooked, bought the rest of the episodes and wept once I finished it the first time. I've been trying to think of another game where I cared so much about the characters, and I really can't.

Psyconix

I bought it after my friends told me that it's an amazing game. I have been a bit skeptical at first, because I never played an adventure game before, but after the first few minutes I totally fall in love with the game. Then I was just excited to play the next episode.

TJPguy

I hadn't read the comics or seen the TV series before either (and still haven't to be honest). I didn't pay any interest in this game in its early months. When game award season came around I was actually disliking it because it was competing with (and winning against) my game of the year at that time. The fans were also getting on my nerves by how they were acting in comment sections.

I actually don't remember what pushed me to try it. I may have seen a clip of someone crying to a certain part on the internet and that made me interested enough to invest. So I imported the disc version from America (I prefer my disc games to downloads >.>) and haven't looked back since!

Advanced

That it was a movie in game form. Due to all the comments about it... but after it started winning all those awards, I as a gamer.... HAD to play it and find out why it was getting these GOTY as what I considered at the time an "Indie" game.

Got it and found out
Now my #1 all time game.

Wrighty

I actually watched the start of a lets-play of ep 1, not expecting it to be good. After about 10 minutes I stopped watching and set about getting the money to buy it ASAP.