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How much do the game and TV show have in common?

MackTuesdayMackTuesday
edited May 2014 in The Walking Dead
I have played season 1 and 400 Days. I haven't played any of season 2. (I want to wait until the whole thing is released.) Instead I'm watching the TV series. I notice that the game and the TV series have a surprising amount in common, down to characters and locations.

So I'm wondering, should I stop watching the show? Will it ruin season 2 of the game for me?

Comments

  • OzzyUKOzzyUK Moderator
    They have nothing in common apart from the name, watching the show won't ruin the game for you.
  • MeMeLordMeMeLord
    They are both more about character development than the comic and both are absolutely devoid of themes like rape.
  • BenPaulBenPaul Banned
    You already ruined Season 2 for you. In Season 2 you play as Rick and wake up in the hospital. And in Episode 2 you will reach a farm where you will meet Clementine and Omid but a guy called the governor will kidnap Clementine and make her a slave at his town and in Episode 3 we must save her. If you want to learn more go see Season 3 of the TV Show.
  • GiraffehatGiraffehat
    That's fucking stupid, Ben.
    BenPaul posted: »

    You already ruined Season 2 for you. In Season 2 you play as Rick and wake up in the hospital. And in Episode 2 you will reach a farm where

  • MackTuesdayMackTuesday
    Yeah, soon after I posted this question I realized, episode 1 isn't ruining the show for me, why should the show ruin episode 2?
    OzzyUK posted: »

    They have nothing in common apart from the name, watching the show won't ruin the game for you.

  • RigtailRigtail
    *Walkers
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  • LeeAintDeadFFSLeeAintDeadFFS
    There no such thing as being superior when It comes to stuff like this. It's a matter of taste and choice. Well not as much here because If don't have the same opinions as everyone else you'll get disliked to hell. It has made this forum extremly narrow-minded. If I was to say I don't think The Walking Dead is the best game do you really think people would respect my opinion? Heck no.
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  • Sillium83Sillium83
    edited May 2014
    Why are you waiting for the complete release?
    You don't know wich awesome story you're missing
  • Still_not_bittenStill_not_bitten
    edited May 2014
    Show and games have the same rules and themes like - everyone who dies becomes a walker (no matter how as long as the brain is intact), amputation works, people have no concept of zombies - they call them walkers, lurkers so on and pretty much everything revolves around forming a group, who you trust, how to stay safe and so on. Also the game is waay better but show as some nice seasons too. The events in game and show are unrelated trough some tv show characters appear in season 1 of the game.
  • MackTuesdayMackTuesday
    I'm missing it only for now. :) All in good time.
    Sillium83 posted: »

    Why are you waiting for the complete release? You don't know wich awesome story you're missing

  • MackTuesdayMackTuesday
    Really? People have disliked your post just for expressing an unpopular opinion? People need to learn what like/dislike actually means.

    As for me, I would think you're from another planet, but I would respect your opinion.
    LeeAintDeadFFS posted: »

    There no such thing as being superior when It comes to stuff like this. It's a matter of taste and choice. Well not as much here because If

  • Moowtje72Moowtje72 Banned
    *Biters
    Rigtail posted: »

    *Walkers

  • KCohereKCohere
    edited May 2014
    They don't have much if anything in common except for a couple of character names. The show more closely follows the comic. The game is kind of its own entity. It's set in the same universe, that's it.
  • Moowtje72Moowtje72 Banned
    MackTuesday, I played the game, till Season 2 Episode 2 now (+400 days), instead of just waiting I watched the TV Series untill Season 4 Episode 16, and yes, you can read this no spoilers :P.
    But, while I watched, nothing was in common. Nothing spoiled me or I couldn't just say in the TV Series, that was from the game!
    And yes, you can watch it.
  • Yo-da-ManYo-da-Man
    none
  • KCohereKCohere
    Not true. The show has definitely touched on rape. Most notably in the finale.
    MeMeLord posted: »

    They are both more about character development than the comic and both are absolutely devoid of themes like rape.

  • _Juice_Box__Juice_Box_
    *Lurkers
    Moowtje72 posted: »

    *Biters

  • Sillium83Sillium83
    edited May 2014
    Macon,the hometown of Lee was in the tv show, too. And in season 4 where the group stucked in the herd with their car, you saw in the background a train and a town witch looks identical like in episode 4
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  • MackTuesdayMackTuesday
    I forgot to mention that I don't want to wait several times, once for each episode. I'd rather wait once, then not have to wait again.
    Sillium83 posted: »

    Why are you waiting for the complete release? You don't know wich awesome story you're missing

  • MeMeLordMeMeLord
    But not the BrianxMichonne scene.
    KCohere posted: »

    Not true. The show has definitely touched on rape. Most notably in the finale.

  • Sillium83Sillium83
    Oh shit sorry my phone have a problem
  • TalimancerTalimancer Banned
    *geeks
    _Juice_Box_ posted: »

    *Lurkers

  • Randomz89101Randomz89101
    *Roamers
    Talimancer posted: »

    *geeks

  • CrazyGeorgeCrazyGeorge Banned
    LEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I miss you!
    LeeAintDeadFFS posted: »

    There no such thing as being superior when It comes to stuff like this. It's a matter of taste and choice. Well not as much here because If

  • Order 66Order 66
    Licker's
    Randomz89101 posted: »

    *Roamers

  • LeeAintDeadFFSLeeAintDeadFFS
    I got 20 something dislikes for saying I liked Greg Miller because he is actually a telltale fan.
    MackTuesday posted: »

    Really? People have disliked your post just for expressing an unpopular opinion? People need to learn what like/dislike actually means. As for me, I would think you're from another planet, but I would respect your opinion.

  • CrazyGeorgeCrazyGeorge Banned
    I get tons of dislikes trying to be funny, but Kenny fans are just so sensitive.
    LeeAintDeadFFS posted: »

    I got 20 something dislikes for saying I liked Greg Miller because he is actually a telltale fan.

  • The FallenThe Fallen
    edited May 2014
    Err. Zombies?

    Otherwise nothing. It's not even based on the TV Show. I don't even think there's been any comic references so far in season 2.
  • TDMshadowCPTDMshadowCP Banned
    *Risens
    Order 66 posted: »

    Licker's

  • OhyoupokedmeOhyoupokedme
    C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
    TDMshadowCP posted: »

    *Risens

  • TyranniacTyranniac
    The wait enhances the experience. Something is lost by waiting to play it all at once.
    MackTuesday posted: »

    I forgot to mention that I don't want to wait several times, once for each episode. I'd rather wait once, then not have to wait again.

  • TheMrqwerterTheMrqwerter
    No offence but if you haven't played season 2 yet I would suggest you stay away from the forums, otherwise by the time you play it you'll probably know the entire script by heart. Just tryin' to say you're at serious risk of spoilers.
  • JewfreeusJewfreeus
    they both have nothing in common at all other than the fact that they share the same name and the obvious one both have walkers one always is good and never disappoints and the other has a bunch of filler episodes before the good stuff comes around
  • Saoralba131Saoralba131
    Beat me to it!
    Ohyoupokedme posted: »

    C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

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