And, yes, Above the Law features speeches from corrupt people about how you have to do whatever it takes to survive in a world where the dead walk around and eat people.
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David is a serial abuser and blowhard practically begging you to steal his wife. Clementine returns at the most opportune moment and is every bit the pint-sized badass she was last time out. Richmond is exactly the cesspool it appears to be. Seeing these events transpire is gratifying, despite feeling overly predictable. Now that their predictable mutual attraction is finally addressed, we get to see the group dynamic shift in meaningful ways. The themes about the importance of family ties in a world where nobody can be trusted aren’t exactly subtle here, but they work, thanks mainly to the advancement of the relationship brewing between Javi and Kate.
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It’s also oddly hopeful in contrast with the present, which is full of hardships and unexpected curveballs. This brief look into the past helps establish the leading foursome as something of an alternative family unit for the zombie apocalypse. Like this season's first episode, Above the Law kicks things off with a flashback.
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While the story itself is satisfying to watch-especially in how it ups the stakes for protagonist Javi Garcia-this is one of those Walking Dead episodes that’s much more of an interactive movie than an adventure game. The third episode of the New Frontier makes great narrative strides, but it runs too much on autopilot along the way. Instead, we just get wannabe Lee running through most of the same motions as the first two seasons.Late zombie mayhem and a cliffhanger conclusion can’t quite save Above the Law. That could have been made so much more effective by not only continuing it, but also having an infant to care for. Part of what made the second season so powerful was experiencing the harshness of the zombie apocalypse as a little girl. Every time an episode cuts back to Clementine’s story I couldn’t help but wonder why we weren’t still playing as her. In fact, the only interesting story being told is that of Clementine, showing a tragic tale of how she joined The New Frontier in a bid to save AJ (the baby she was caring for at the end of Season 2) only to be kicked out after stealing medicine to save his life with The New Frontier keeping AJ in their care. You’d think her reuniting with her husband would add tension to this, should you be playing in a way that is set to hook Javi and Kate up, but it’s never explored in a human way. There’s this romantic subplot between Javi and Kate that is totally tepid since the game only really gives you the option to go-for-broke or seem completely disinterested. Honestly, none of them are all that compelling, most of them are just recycled archetypes from the first two seasons and none of them act like reasonable humans. My biggest problem with the first two episodes is still present here: I simply don’t care about any of these characters. It all comes to a head when Javi and David discover one of The New Frontier’s leaders has been ordering the raiding of peaceful colonies behind the other’s back, however, the, “It was for the greater good,” argument puts Javi and David at a loss against The New Frontier. Tensions are high as Javi and the group wants The New Frontier to answer for past transgressions while acknowledging that one wrong move could cause further problems for the group. In the third episode: Above the Law, Kate’s wounds have brought Javi’s group to the fortress of The New Frontier, with the shocking reveal that Javi’s brother David is one of the leaders there. This is what I thought of while playing the third episode of Telltale’s The Walking Dead: A New Frontier such was my boredom. How awesome would a Telltale game based on Stranger Things be? You could play as the new kid in town who gets wrapped up in the adventures of Mike and the gang Telltale nailed the 80’s style and mystery plot with The Wolf Among Us, and it would provide opportunities to return to a more traditional point-and-click style, paying homage to older adventure games.