The Walking Dead: A New Frontier

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is an episodic adventure video game released by Telltale Games released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, and Android on December 20, 2016, a Nintendo Switch Version was later released on January 21, 2020.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) A number of plot holes due to poor writing and also in the graphical department.
 * 2) *Back in Season 2, Kenny smashed Carver's face in with the crowbar to the point of his face just being flesh. During one of Clem's flashbacks with Jane (if you go with Jane back in Season 2), somehow Carver's face still has his mouth and stash intact.
 * 3) *When you try to "save" Ava or Tripp, choosing to save one of them actually results in the player's choice being shot in the head. If you don't vote and let the timer run out, Javier gets shot in the head.
 * 4) *When Javier and Clem look for Kate, somehow Kate turned into a walker. It's strange since Kate was off-screen during that time, so this could confuse the player.
 * 5) *How did Clementine not get infected after kissing Gabe, who got bitten? While that is not how the bite infects you, Clementine could have gotten sick since Gabe is technically sick from the walker bite (if you choose to go with Kate).
 * 6) *When you kill Conrad, Gabe will complain to you about why you killed him. But if you take Conrad's deal, Gabe will complain to you about being a coward. Proving that some choices don't even matter.
 * 7) While Kenny and Jane do come back in Clem's flashbacks, they're immediately killed off and their deaths feel forced and are pretty lame.
 * 8) *Kenny dies from a car crash after Clementine loses control of the car. Kenny is sent flying out of the windshield, paralyzed from the waist down and ends up getting eaten by walkers. Keep in mind, Kenny was a well-known character since Season 1 and the way they killed him off is nothing but disappointing and a bad way for a beloved character to go out.
 * 9) *Jane dies from suicide by hanging herself after realizing that she's pregnant with Luke's baby. A now walker Jane is seen hanging from a noose. Clementine can either shoot walker Jane or leave her in Carver's office.
 * 10) While the graphics are an improvement from Season 2, it has some noticeable graphical glitches and low-quality textures (most notably the walkers).
 * 11) *In one of the episodes, Kate's eyes glitch out and ends up being cross-eyed for a few seconds.
 * 12) Instead of continuing Clementine's story, the player now controls a new protagonist named Javier, who is considered a somewhat unlikable protagonist at times.
 * 13) *Technically, you do play as Clementine but only in the flashbacks. In which is only about 3-4 times in the game.
 * 14) Laughable dialogue such as these.
 * 15) *Kenny: "I can't feel a thing." Clementine: "That's good."
 * 16) *Javi: "Seriously, fuck you, helicopter!"
 * 17) *Javi: "Oh, this sucks, this sucks, this sucks, this sucks."
 * 18) Every episode starts off with a flashback of Javi to know more about him. This is not like the other 2 seasons, in which flashbacks of a character at the beginning of the episode is never shown and they instead show what happened in the previous episode.
 * 19) Gabe and David are considered terrible characters for the series. Gabe constantly complains to Javi, mistakes alcohol for water and pours a bunch while trying to help Kate, and was mostly useless to the group. As for David, he beats up Javi and almost tried to kill him and took A.J from Clementine when she was giving him medicine.
 * 20) The game basically tries to make Clementine and Gabe lovers, but depending on your choice Gabe might not even last long at all. Gabe doesn't appear in the sequel, making the shipping with Clementine and Gabe pointless.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The graphics are a huge improvement from Season 2, despite the graphical glitches. The new character designs also look great (except for Jane).
 * 2) The mobile version is pretty impressive, since it is close to the console and PC version.
 * 3) Amazing soundtrack.
 * 4) Clementine had some cool moments in this season, and she became a lot braver and more protected A.J. (Just like what Lee did in Season 1).
 * 5) While Javi is a unlikable protagonist, he has some awesome moments. Not to mention he saved his older brother David's son Gabe in the final episode (If you choose to go after David).
 * 6) Great voice acting from Clementine and many of the voice actors, despite the poor dialogue.

Reception
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics with particular praise aimed at its new cast of characters, updated engine, and overall new direction. However, the short episode lengths and the treatment of the Season Two endings were both subjects of criticism. The game's story and Clementine's shift to a supporting role have both been met with a mixed response.

Trivia

 * Before the game went into the Xbox Game Pass, Episode One was free and if you owned Episode One and got the later episodes with the Xbox Game Pass, you will end up getting whole the game for free.
 * An early trailer for the game has shown major differences from the final release, Javier has been branded as a New Frontier, had a completely different voice actor, different look, and he didn't even have a baseball bat. However, the game later got rewritten and ended up being different and not at all like the trailer.