A closed doors panel for Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final Season was held at PAX East over the weekend. Despite being told not to film the presentation, someone was still able to capture and upload a small amount of footage from the fourth and final season of Telltale’s famed Walking Dead series.
Featuring what appears to be some major tech upgrades in terms of graphics and lighting, the short demonstration shows Clementine clobbering a zombie with a brick. It’s not much, but it is a brief look at how far the series has come since the first season released back in 2012. The game has clearly grown up alongside Clem and alongside the audience.
Telltale first announced the final season of The Walking Dead at Comic Con last year, for release sometime this year. Being another episodic game, that only means that the first episode will release in 2018, and we could see the duration of the season push out as far as 2019. Telltale has yet to give a more specific window.
The Final Season features a “significant time jump” following the end of season three, which you may know as A New Frontier. The world has continued to deteriorate and is in a far worse state than the world was at the end of the last season. Contrasting and mirroring the first season, Clementine will now be taking care of a young boy, A.J. We’ll also see a big palette shift from the bright and colorful visuals in A New Frontier. To bring things home, Telltale wanted to go full Walking Dead with this season, meaning worn and muted colors.
There are a variety of other new characters that will make appearances. Telltale has talked about a dog named Rosie, while promising that she won’t die in the first episode. That leaves four episodes worth of hard decisions that could lead to the death of the puppy. The panel discussion also talked about part of the season being set in a boarding school that has been run-down by the apocalypse.
To switch things up from their usual formula, Telltale is introducing unscripted zombie fights into The Final Season. The Walking Dead has always been a fairly on-rails experience with branching story points, but this new mechanic will see Clementine getting attacked by zombies in places that are not necessarily scripted events for the sake of the story.
You can check out more from the discussion portion of the panel that was streamed in the video below:
Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final Season will be available in 2018.
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10 Properties That Telltale Games Should Work On
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Animal Man
While Animal Man might not be DC's most popular superhero, he is one of the most interesting. Over the years, the series has touched on a lot of more mature themes than most comic books do. The series seems like a great fit for a game due to its psychedelic art style, and that Buddy Baker's ability to borrow the skills of animals seems perfect for some unique puzzle solving.
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Bioshock
Bioshock has one of the most unique worlds ever conceived in a video game. An episodic series showing off more parts of the world, and additional cities, could be fantastic.
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Dragon Ball
While the battle heavy Dragon Ball Z is more popular, Dragon Ball would be a better fit for Telltale. The series that stars Goku as a kid was much more light hearted, and focused on humorous situations. With nostalgia at an all-time high, this would be a great time to give Dragon Ball fans something more substantial than a fighting game.
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Arrested Development
Since the actors' busy schedules has delayed a possible season 5, maybe a video game adaptation could fill the void. Few shows have as many memorable characters as Arrested Development, and who wouldn't want to play a game that focused on Franklin's aspiring musical career?
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Metal Gear Solid
If there were any complaints about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain it was the lack of story. So, if anyone is going to continue making Metal Gear games, then why not have the storytelling masterminds at Telltale do it? There is still an exciting universe to flesh out, so Telltale could take the series in some new, fresh directions.
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Uncharted
If we're going to get anymore Uncharted adventures after Uncharted 4, then they probably shouldn't be by Naughty Dog. Considering that the mediocre shooting has always been the series' main issue, a Telltale developed game that focused on storytelling and puzzle solving could do wonders for keeping the series relevant. An episodic adventure starring a young Victor Sullivan going on different escapades? Sign me up.
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Scream
If Until Dawn taught us anything, it was that the horror genre has untapped potential. The Scream series, with its unique mixture of humor and jump scares, seems like it would be a natural fit. And we trust that Telltale could make something really special.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
Not only is Star Trek: The Next Generation the best television series ever, it would work great as an episodic video game. Most of the memorable moments were not space battles, rather the series focused on moral dilemmas, and tough choices. That seems a lot like what Telltale's strong suits are!
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The Simpsons
LEGO Dimensions was a great reminder that there hasn't been a Simpsons game in quite some time. Telltale has comedy writing chops, and they might be able to write some interactive episodes that would be better than the show itself. Throw in how many great characters there are, and there could be countless episodes.
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WWE
There are a lot aspects of sports that don't get touched upon in video games. There are even more aspects in sports entertainment that gets ignored. A choice driven game where you are a WWE booker or GM could be endlessly fascinating. Especially with how crazy matches and storylines can get.
Just think, Cesaro could finally get that push he deserves.
