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The Walking Dead Episode Two: Starved for Help hits iOS next week
The second episode of Telltale's The Walking Dead comes to iOS next week, available as an in-app purchase for $5. Episode Two: Starved for Help launched on June 27 for XBLA and on June 29 for PS3 and PC, and ended up proving once and for all that there is some hope for humanity. Some.Individual iOS episodes cost $5, or after purchasing one you can buy the multi-pack for $15, for access to all five episodes.
The Walking Dead: Episode 2 review: It's about people
As a franchise, The Walking Dead has taught me plenty: Don't use a gun when you can use a crossbow, you can't trust anyone (especially your friends), and everyone you love will die, probably violently and with little dignity. Telltale's The Walking Dead: Episode 2 - Starved for Help has added to that wisdom with one more important, life-altering lesson: Don't reformat your computer without backing up the save files of a game that is heavy on story and individual choices.When I finished Episode 1 on May 1, I was proud of myself for choosing all of the minority actions, ready to set off on a unique storyline for the four following installments. When I reformatted my computer on May 12, it failed to cross my mind that maybe I should check my Steam files first.This is a lesson I won't soon forget.Luckily, unlike many of the characters in The Walking Dead, I get to live and learn, and to begin a fresh story with random choices in the second episode. I have a pretty terrible memory, so I figured I'd be able to assimilate any arbitrarily generated choices with reality fairly easily – any of them except one. The climax of the first episode presents players with a high-tension, life-and-death (literally) decision, and I knew that I had ended the game with Doug, the robot enthusiast, by my side. If Starved for Help didn't start me with my little robot-loving, nerd buddy, I'd flip. Fortunately for my blood pressure, I got Doug on the first boot-up, and all was well.As well as surviving the zombie apocalypse can be, anyway.%Gallery-149821%
