@subby socks

Good news, the guys at Telltale confirmed that the endless QTEs are officially out. No idea what they're being replaced with, mind you, but the QTEs are definitely out.

@subby socks

Shenmu called Tell-Tale and wanted his game mechanic back.

@Trollmatic I think that's just the art style your noticing. Which is extremely Borderlandsy in that picture.

@(Unverified) And not at ALL fitting with the show's gritty realism.

@The Blank Mage Returns It actually matches the style of the comics more.

@Liquidfingers

The game is based on the comic book and doesn't follow along the TV series.

@Liquidfingers The TV Show has a lot of quirks that annoy me. Having never read the comic I can't compare the two, but even standing alone I enjoy the show. Lori is annoying and never seems to keep and eye on her kid, sometimes the people do things that seem stupid, and I wish there was more head shots than drama. But it's still one of the most enjoyable TV shows on right now. And the only one I care enough about to actually go to a friend's house (I lack cable) to watch rather than just waiting for Netflix to get it.

@Liquidfingers

I have come to terms with accepting that the TV show will NEVER, EVER be as good as the comic.

Having accepted that... it's a pretty good show. In my top 5 current right now. It does have its major flaws and wasted minutes of nothing, but its not horrible either.

Now... those of you who never read the comic... let me just say... whatever you saw in the last 3 episodes or so... imagine those kind of things but **way more** twisted and f**** up. The comic is awesome... and that's not me being a fanboy. I understand and am ok with having changes for TV/Movies.

@HandsomeBoyGraduate

I can't disagree more. Maybe it's because I started with the show and then looked into the comic, but I feel the show is far, far superior.

Given, I've only read the first hardcover book, but the whole thing felt so flat and uninteresting. The comic went from place to place to place too rapidly, and failed to set up any suspense before something bad happened. The show realizes that it's not zombies eating people that's the scary part, it's the constant, looming threat of death in the background while you just try to survive and live. The comic also felt a bit too predictable. When whats-her-name said "Oh, life is going to be so wonderful here!" I thought, yep, she's getting her face bitten off next. Sure enough, turn to the next page...

The show may meander a little too far into melodrama for my tastes, but at least there's enough characterization for me to care when someone dies. I also much prefer the show's gritty realism, rather than the comic's rather cartoony artstyle.

There's just no contest. The show sucks me in and keeps me watching, even through Lorie's incessant whining. But the comic just fell flat, so much so that I'm not even sure I want to keep reading it.

@Roto13 Lori needs to shut up, though. "You're saving my son's life but you're not a DOCTOR, you're a VET? HOW DARE YOU NOT BE A DOCTOR! TURN INTO A HUMAN DOCTOR RIGHT NOW!"

@Roto13 As she lets the damn kid wonder everywhere. I'm on board with Penny-Arcade saying they'd lock their damn kids in a van.

@Roto13 the show last night had a ridiculous amount of inconsistencies

@Syphon583 I think we get it, thanks!

@Ryuk 3 episodes out of a 13 episode season doesn't mean a lot to me and I love the graphic novels.

still, the season as a whole was good. You have to remember the comics themselves aren't always as hardcore and action packed as people seem to think they are. They are also slowly paced, leading up to big jaw dropping moments. They really try to go in depth and explore the interactions between people and how things would play out between human to human, not human to zombie.

Kirkman himself has said multiple times the zombies are just a backdrop to the real character study that The Walking Dead is. That being said, the show doesn't do an amazing job at character portrayal, they seem to be very two dimensional, except Rick and Shane maybe but even that can be broken down into a Good Guy - Bad Guy thing. I don't really think it's going to lend well to a video game medium, it's more story telling focused, which is what Telltale tried to do with their Jurassic Park game and that didn't turn out too well...

@Ryuk

Well, first problem is comparing to the comic. If all I did was compare the show to the comic, then the show IS a disappointment. I enjoy the show by accepting it for what it is and forgetting the comic.

The comic isn't an action fest, but its very LOGICAL and methodical. There's a ton of bad logic, hypocritical moments and things done for the sake of doing them for TV, in the show.

And last... lot of people watching the show never read the comic, so you can't tell these people, "Well, don't forget the comic is....". They don't care. Its better that they never read it in all honesty. Its interesting to see how those viewers actually fall into the 3 categories of "Love it", "Hate it", or "like it, but a lot this stuff is inconsistent".

@TylerDurden1027
those three episodes, they does not mean a lot to you? that are a shame.

@JManND

Everything they made before the Back to the Future series isn't too terrible. Although BTTF did get pretty dumb and uninteresting way before the final episode's credits rolled...

@JManND

Jesus Christ, really? You're one of those guys who is gonna get pissed when Bane doesn't break Batman's back in Dark Knight Rises aren't you? The show is much better for being stand-alone than a scene by scene reenactment like Watchmen.

@alpha defekt

Thank God, someone gets it. No one was bitching when X-Men 1 and 2 came out except for the most elitist comic book fans, yet everyone seems to think TWD should follow the comic exactly, when the show does character development so much better (yes, guys, humans can be very confusing... that does not equal bad character development).

@alpha defekt

The people who complain that The Walking Dead show is not the same exact thing as the comic are the same people who signed the "No organic webshooters" petition when the first Spiderman movie came out. It's ludicrous.

Given, when there are two different stories in different mediums, I tend to love one and find the other to be "good, but not great." I think that's what's happening with me and TWD, as I love the show, but after reading the first hardcover comic I felt rather unimpressed.

Even still, I'd much rather have different stories than see people taking "The Watchmen" approach, which is following the original as closely as possible. After seeing the movie, I checked out the graphic novel only to discover they are pretty much one and the same. Why bother reading the graphic novel then?