Once Javier and Clementine cross paths, the rest of The Walking Dead: A New Frontier sets up the season to come with a larger, more expansive look at life after the end of the world, with the titular “New Frontier” serving as the season’s mysterious group that wreaks havoc for Clementine, Javier, and the rest of the game’s cast. Likewise, Clementine retains all of the qualities that made her such a relatable character from the first two seasons, while the third season’s time jump opens up many new developments for her both as a character and in the season’s larger story. Clementine certainly has a big presence in A New Frontier, and while she is relegated more towards being a supporting character (with control of her being given to players in a few key scenes), the first two episodes show that Javier is just as much of a character worth exploring and sympathizing with along the way.Įqually strong-willed and brave, Javier is a likable and compelling character at the start of The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, though given enough of a backstory to make him equally questionable when it comes to his motives and emotions, both before and after the end of the world.
Given that the first two seasons of Telltale’s The Walking Dead were so heavily tied to Clementine - the instantly likable and sympathetic young girl that players steered away from innocence and towards fighting for survival - it may be a bit of an adjustment for longtime players entering A New Frontier with the game’s main perspective being from Javier.
While trying to stay ahead of a giant horde of approaching walkers, players uncover more about Javier’s past along with those of his family - his accompanying niece, nephew, and sister-in-law - while meeting plenty of other new and (very) familiar faces along the way to fans of the series so far. Taking place several years after the events of The Walking Dead: Season Two, A New Frontier offers players a new perspective through the eyes of Javier, a disgraced former baseball player navigating the new post-apocalyptic world with his family - or, at least what remains of it. “ A New Frontier seeks to bridge the gap between an experience that continues what players started in the first two seasons, while offering a story that first-time players can jump into blind.”
Breaking from the traditional premiere structure of its previous series with a two-part premiere (called “Ties That Bind – Parts 1 & 2), A New Frontier seeks to bridge the gap between an experience that continues what players started in the first two seasons, while offering a story that first-time players can jump into blind.
That all brings us to the launch of the series’ long-awaited third season, known officially as The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series – A New Frontier. While Telltale Games has spread its particular brand of interactive storytelling across franchises and series as diverse as Game of Thrones, Borderlands, Minecraft, and most recently with its Batman series, the 2012 introduction of The Walking Dead was, arguably, the studio’s breakthrough title and the one that kicked off the studio’s path toward building engaging, emotional interactive experiences.