You’ll Never Walk Alone | The Walking Dead Episode 2: Starved for Help Review

<p>When I first heard that The Walking Dead game would be downloadable and episodic in structure&comma; I was turned off&period; Then I heard it was mostly a point and click type game and I was completely turned off&period; I eventually decided to download both episodes and I’m glad that I did&period; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Starved for Help”<&sol;em> picks up after the events of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;A New Day” as you once again take control of Lee and all the choices you made during episode 1&period; I can’t really talk about the story too much&comma; since what you’ve done in<em> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<&sol;em>A New Day”<em> s<&sol;em>hapes how this episode plays out&comma; but I can say that the storytelling is on another level here&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;walk-walking-dead-episode-2-starved-review&sol;the-walking-dead-episode-2-sfh&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-21196"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21196" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06143939&sol;The-Walking-Dead-Episode-2-SFH-300x169&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There’s an interesting farm&comma; some new characters you meet along the way&comma; and even more challenging choices you have to make&period; We’re passed the intros and by now you’ve more than likely chosen which of the survivors you like and which you don’t—making <em>&&num;8220&semi;Starved for Help&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> and the subsequent episodes much more heart&sol;gut wrenching&period; The choices you have to make are much more brutal this time around because of the bonds you’ve created&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;walk-walking-dead-episode-2-starved-review&sol;1339501890&lowbar;the-walking-dead-ep-2-starved-for-help-screenshot-3&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-21200"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21200" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06143919&sol;1339501890&lowbar;the-walking-dead-ep-2-starved-for-help-screenshot-3-300x168&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gameplay remains the same&period; Search the screen for objects and people to interact with and hit the corresponding button&period; Not much else to say&period; If you’re looking for a game that’s action packed&comma; or if you’re not a fan of games that are mostly point and click adventures&comma; you should probably skip this&period; The voiceovers are well done&comma; despite a bit of melodrama near the end&comma; and the art style is an interesting choice for a game so violent and brutal—but it works&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;walk-walking-dead-episode-2-starved-review&sol;the-walking-dead-episode-2-1-600x337&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-21197"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21197" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;06143930&sol;The-Walking-Dead-Episode-2-1-600x337-300x168&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Starved for Help”<&sol;em> is an experience that I won’t soon forget&period; The choices are much harder and what’s at stake is much more important leading into the upcoming chapters&period; Even with the predictable twist that concludes the episode&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Starved” is a masterclass in storytelling with some truly sick and twisted moments that will keep you hooked from beginning to end&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;