The Walking Dead: Season Two

The Walking Dead: Season Two, a 2013 episodic graphic adventure from Telltale Games, adapts the comic book series of the same name. It follows the first season, releasing five episodes from December 2013 to August 2014, with a retail collector's disc edition arriving after the season ended. The game keeps the narrative structure of its predecessor: player choices in one episode permanently affect later story elements. Save files from the first season and its 400 Days add-on carry over into this sequel. Clementine, the player's main companion in the first season, returns as the lead protagonist.

Critics generally gave the season positive reviews, praising its atmosphere, protagonist, and tension. However, the lack of hub areas, limited impact of choices, and some storytelling aspects received mixed feedback. Many reviewers found it weaker than the first season. A third season, *The Walking Dead: A New Frontier*, released episodically from December 2016 to May 2017.

**Gameplay**

Like the previous season, this is a point-and-click adventure. Players control Clementine, directing her through environments, examining and interacting with scenery, and collecting and using objects to progress. Conversations with non-player characters use dialogue trees. Some responses offer multiple choices, including staying silent, with a time limit; if no selection is made, the conversation proceeds as if the player remained quiet. These choices affect how characters later react to Clementine, influencing future events. Action scenes require quick time events to prevent Clementine or allies from dying; failure restarts the scene. These scenes may also demand a key decision under time pressure, such as which character to save from walkers.

Player choices and actions impact later episodes—for instance, a character not saved will not appear in subsequent scenes. The season also uses saved game data from the first season and 400 Days to shape story events.

**Synopsis**

**Setting and characters**

The game follows the first and aligns with the comic’s zombie apocalypse: humans bitten or dying become "walkers," stopped only by brain damage. It begins more than a year after its predecessor, starting in Georgia and moving north toward Michigan, where survivors believe a large camp exists.