In what order do you think the 400 Days stories should be played?
Personally, I think it would be better not to play them in chronological order, that way you can have that kinda Pulp Fiction-esque feeling of "Oh, that's why that happened in the other story" or "Oh, it's that guy from that story".
So, in my opinion the best order would be:
1. Vince, because there is not much reference to the other episodes besides Shel and Becca trying to escape the zombies outside of the bus, and this way you can recognize some of the walkers that will be seen in other stories, such as the two cops or even Danny crawling towards Russell if (like me) you shot his foot off.
2. Russell, because you wouldn't really know yet if you can trust Nate (just like Russell himself doesn't know), and that way you'd recognize him later in Wyatt's story, whereas if you played Wyatt's story first, you would be a lot more distrusting towards Nate (as you would know that he chased Wyatt and Eddie) or you might even not recognize him at all and thus miss the link between the two stories.
3. Wyatt, because Nate would still be fresh in your memory and you would easily recognize his truck during the chase if you played as Russell before.
4. Shel, because that way you can recognize the watchdogs who are walkers from previous episodes. Plus, you get to meet Roman, Clive and Stephanie before they try to kill Bonnie, so you might recognize them when the time comes (even if it's hard considering we can't see their faces and only hear their voices).
5. Bonnie, for the reasons above-mentioned.
What do you think?
So, in my opinion the best order would be:
1. Vince, because there is not much reference to the other episodes besides Shel and Becca trying to escape the zombies outside of the bus, and this way you can recognize some of the walkers that will be seen in other stories, such as the two cops or even Danny crawling towards Russell if (like me) you shot his foot off.
2. Russell, because you wouldn't really know yet if you can trust Nate (just like Russell himself doesn't know), and that way you'd recognize him later in Wyatt's story, whereas if you played Wyatt's story first, you would be a lot more distrusting towards Nate (as you would know that he chased Wyatt and Eddie) or you might even not recognize him at all and thus miss the link between the two stories.
3. Wyatt, because Nate would still be fresh in your memory and you would easily recognize his truck during the chase if you played as Russell before.
4. Shel, because that way you can recognize the watchdogs who are walkers from previous episodes. Plus, you get to meet Roman, Clive and Stephanie before they try to kill Bonnie, so you might recognize them when the time comes (even if it's hard considering we can't see their faces and only hear their voices).
5. Bonnie, for the reasons above-mentioned.
What do you think?
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Personally, I think the best way to play the stories is in whatever order you choose. I guessed at which story came after which, and wound up going Vince, Wyatt, Shel, Bonnie, Russell. I still had fun piecing together the parts of the stories that connected.
yeah that is what Kernock was saying, but i agree for the first playthrough it doesn't really matter what order you play them in because it was designed to be played in any order and you can't know how thing will be affected the first time you play it, but for a replay i think chronological order gets the most detail/insight into the story as a whole
You're right, I guess I chose to read every-other word for some reason. Sorry bout that folks...
Wyatt, Shel and Bonnie's stories are hit and miss - IMO...
I think the choices don't really show that much from a story to another to make that much of a difference. And IMO if the date of each story isn't shown before you actually play it, there's a reason for it. The devs probably wanted us to choose by ourselves and have a non-chronological experience and then have us piece together the stories.
IIRC in an interview that I can't find anymore, I think Harrison Pink said that the best experience would be non-chronological, and he also referred to Pulp Fiction being similar to 400 Days in that the stories are out of order but also linked together somehow.
To make it more clear, I posted this because I'm trying to get a close friend of mine to play 400 Days as she liked the first season a lot but she doesn't know where to begin.
but really i just have a bad memory for dates & names, so playing it in chronological order the second go is just a lot easier for me to understand, also the thing about pulp fiction is that you can't just watch it in any order you want, it has a carefully crafted order of events even if that isn't chronological it has its own narrative chronology