Andreas Varotsis, VGTODAY writes: "Sometime around 1995, adventure games went extinct mostly. Theyre not completely gone but by and large, theyve been reduced to virtual frozen mammoths, extracted from the wastes whenever we want a nostalgic trip to the rose-tinted past or to resurrect a special edition re-release. The few excellent adventure games that are released today Wadjet Eyes excellent catalogue and Ben There, Dan That are my personal favourites are still working on a template that, to the general public, became awfully stale a long time ago. Telltale Games have been trying to reverse that trend, but until the Walking Dead, theyd been doing a pretty damn poor job. Their re-hashes of memorable licenses as episodic adventures have ranged from the decent to plain sad, but theyve rarely been memorable or innovative. To me, the Walking Dead has changed all that. The three episodes Ive played so far have each been more terrific than the next theyve made me strugg...

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