but on the flip side, perhaps this is another effect of what we’re turning clementine into, a sign that she is becoming emotionally distant to newįaces to ensure their potential deaths don’t cut too deeply… A few even die or leave pretty much as soon as you learn their names in predictable redshirt fashion. The whole thing gets off to a slow start, perhaps a knock-on effect of the climatic season one finale, and a few characters don’t feel very well fleshed out. Sure, your interactions may not be complex, being fairly binary choices of dialogue options backed up by the occasional QTe, but the excellent writing straps a breeze block of heft to every setpiece. This, more than any other Telltale offering, nails the balance between slow,Ĭharacter-building interludes and unforgettable, devastating action. It’s a closenes which feels deeply unnerving as it should in a way that no jumpscare horror game has managed to tap into so well.
This leads to plenty of debates between real life friends, but also to an eventual ending (one of several) which is inherently yours. There are the occasional no brainers the choice between saving a baby or not, for example but for the most part the eventual path you take is determined on a personal level, by how much you’ve read from the characters around you and from how you individually want clem to respond. “thIs naIls the Balance Between character-Building Interludes and unforgettable action”Pace makerīecause that’s the other aspect to these decisions. And you’ll never forget that it was all down to you. What does clem have to do to become proficient enough to survive in this world, both physically and mentally? What does she have to lose? Depending on your ending, a whole lot. In fact guilt seems to be a recurring theme throughout, culminating in the final moments. You will, however, almost certainly feel guilt. You’ll hardly ever feel straight up regret for having chosen a particular option, as you’ll be able to mentally weigh up the consequences without having them spelled out. We have no affiliation with Hunger Games, book or movie.There’s a clarity here that ensures they almost always carry an incredible weight. After each of the 24 tributes are killed off, the last one standing is that year’s heroic and celebrated victor. Occasionally, an anonymous donor who favors a particular tribute may send him or her a package with supplies that will aid their gameplay and survival, like food, weapons, or medications.
From facing treacherous terrain, unleashed wild blood-hungry beasts, and biological attacks like poisonous gas, the tributes are tested to their personal limits throughout these challenges and internal challenges of their own.
In this ruthless game of survival, each teen must strategically plan and look out for themselves in an unforgiving place, where climates and environments change, random challenges come out of nowhere, and trust is scarce, a place where they are forced to fight one another to the death. They are trapped in an arena, hidden cameras documenting their every move, for the entertainment of the nation. An annual event hosted by the merciless Capitol, the Hunger Games entraps one randomly selected boy and girl from each of the 12 districts, ranging from as young as 12 to no more than 18 years old.
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