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There is a hole in my heart

I feel a metaphorical hole in my heart, games that I've played in the past and present are about fighting and killing one another, not deep and emotionally-rich story. TWDG filled that hole with its beauty, emotions, story, complex plot and characters. Now that I'm finished, It feels empty again, and call me a addict for a good story, but I'm yearning for a game on par with TWDG, something to fill that gapping hole in my heart and to feel whole again. I've spent about 4 months playing this game, Now that I've finished the series, I feel lost.

I'm not the only one . . . right?

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Never have I cried for a video game. Sure I've been bummed out multiple times. But never cry.

Not until I finished this.

Such a beautiful game. I don't think I will ever play a game that matches this. And I might not think post a review, cause you already know how I feel about the series. The only thing that bums me out now, is that I won't be able to experience the series again for the first time.

100/10

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my custom disco elysium skills!! (slips on banana peel and dies cringely)

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Third part of my BG3 Warlock's Disco Elysium style skills cabinet

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More custom Disco Elysium skills for my BG3 Warlock because I started outlining a full cabinet for him and it has gotten out of hand. The flavour text is again mostly from his playlist.

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Custom Disco Elysium skills for my BG3 Warlock. The flavour text is lyrics from his playlist, if you know them all we will have a spring wedding

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These are so perfect!

some loose concepts for my disco elysium style TWDG portraits – the moon and the belltower are behind vi and her right eye is always blinded by light / clem's got silhouetes behind her that represent all the people that took care of her and the yellow light on her is an amalgamation of hope, resilience and AJ somehow (walk w me here)

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bunny clementines + nick + nuke + im killingmysel

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I DREW THIS FOR PRIDE MONTH BUT I FORGOT TO POST IT SO HAPPY LATE PRIDE MONTH EVEYONE!! (yes it was a month ago IM SO SORRY)

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So much stuff just went down in the first episode… holy shit

(I’m probably gonna have a yap-sesh about each episode. So brace for that)

Sure there’s only four episodes, but each are like 3-4 whole ass hours long,

Time for the the final season:

Wish Me Luck🫡

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Time for the the final season:

Wish Me Luck🫡

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child like mother

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—| The New Frontier Spoilers |—

Ahh, my monthly (?) review,

This time: The New Frontier

One thing I must say is: I do not believe that tnf should be as hated as I’ve seen, it’s over hated.

The characters have a sense of complexity that make them understandable and unique.

Would I say it’s perfect? No (nothing is perfect).

Would I say that some things/choices are more forced than others? Yes.

So I want to talk about it!

The Characters:

Honestly, I could say something about every character in the game (big and small), but the handful that I find important are: Kate, David, Gabe, Clem, Conrad, Javier, and Mariana. I want to talk about the characters more than anything, because honestly, the story and plot of a character and this big faction isn't really original, but I will say that Telltale did execute it pretty well.

Kate

I did not romance her, I’ll say it. I felt that up to that decision in episode 4, we haven’t had much important interactions with her. I was on good terms with David and didn’t want to ruin it (as I love being friends with everyone✨✨) and didn’t want to ruin it with him. Then, I get distanced by Kate in episode 5 🥀🥀.

David

I think out of all the characters in this season, David is the most complicated. First, he’s a solider, not a family guy. He makes it obviously clear, and he alludes to that the whole season, especially that moment on the roof in episode 5. He does say that He’ll change, but he does a shitty job. Second, his relation with Gabe elaborates even further, he still helicopter parents Gabe even when Gabe is 14 and can obviously handle himself to an extent.

I liked David as a character due to this conflicting complexity as he wants to care about his family, yet all he knows is how to be and act like a solider, his relation with Kate, Gabe, and the rest of the characters proves it.

Gabe

I thought of Gabe as this person willing but struggling to prove himself as not this angst teenager but rather as a capable young adult. If you as the player still treat him as a kid, he’ll call you out. Which in this setting, was really well made. Overall, I enjoyed Gabe even if I had my ups and downs with his irrational decisions.

Clementine

Obviously, she’s goated. I will say the intertwining of season 2’s decisions into flashbacks was pretty well made. However, playing as Javier and not Clem was quite refreshing and welcoming. Her side plot of finding where AJ was sweet, and showing her determination (if it wasn’t already clear, she has a lot of determination).

When playing the game, I noticed that Telltale definitely expected the player to side with Clem on rather important choices, like shooting Conrad or accepting the plan. But I did realize that the game became a little bit more enjoyable and unique if you do go against Clem’s wishes (sorry Clem).

Conrad

Speaking of not shooting Conrad. My second goat of the game! If you accept the plan to and don’t shoot Conrad. Later, he genuinely APOLOGIZES (in a telltale game!?!?!?) and unlike season 2, if he’s still alive, he has good feedback into the rest of the game. He’s a good person who lost the love of his life, like think about it for a sec.

Also, in a story way. Clem and Javi have only known each other for a day or two, and taking the nuclear route of just straight up killing people like Conrad and Lingard just because it’s Clem doesn’t really make sense.

Trust me, Keep Conrad alive throughout the season and it will pay off, trust.

Javier

Javier Garcia is a good protagonist, a baseball player who loss his career due to gambling. The flashbacks that they had also helped to support his backstory and the conflict between him and David as well as the relations with they're father.

Mariana

Died to soon. Personally, I feel that she died for no reason at all, it was just a way to make the player hate the New Frontier, which I mean... worked. her death could've meant a whole lot more if it was done just a tad bit better, like maybe have it so that she made it to Richmond, only to get shoot or something in front of David, Really hone in on the David verse New Frontier.

Along with Clem, she's an Ideal Apocalyptical Child.

The story with Richmond, the plot, the antagonist, and the ultimate climax in determining who dies made this season pretty good, of course it would never beat Season 1, but it is on par with Season 2, maybe a little bit better.

S1 > S3 = S2

Overall, A proper 8/10

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twdg has actually had such an impact on me it's insane.... Like call me crazy but whenever I see clementine and AJ in the barn towards the end of the game (ifykyk) I GENUINELY START CRYING??? I was literally getting a scenepack for a sad edit I wanted to make of them AND I STARTED BAWLING I COULDN'T EVEN FINISH THE EDIT 😭😭😭 It's actually such a good game everyone should play it and I know I'm all like "oh I'm clems irl gf haha!!" BUT ITS SO SAD FOR SOME REASON LIKE WHENEVER I THINK OF HER I FEEL SUCH SADNESS... And I saw the saddest edit of her and AJ to radiohead and oh my god I don't think I've ever been more emotional in my entire life. I took a picture of myself and oh my god I look so devastated LMFAOO I would show it here but I don't think I can make posts to friends only

This sounds crazy but I find this game somehow sadder than tlou... I cried more to this game than tlou (I STILL LOVE TLOU THO)

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even more Clem