WARNING! SPOILERS!
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT PLAYED THIS GAME AND PLAN TO DO SO, DO NOT READ FROM HERE ON OUT!

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So.... I don't know what to say really. I have never felt so emotionally connected to fictional characters (Clementine, Lee, Kenny, and so on) in any other game ever before. I will even admit that i got so emotionally connected, that i have felt a very real feeling depression fall over me because of many moments. Especially throughout the final season.

Now that i am done with these games (2 years overdue unfortinently), i feel extremly sad. Not because it left me disappointed, but because i, or any other fan of this franchise, probably never will experience another new amazing moment with any of these characters. In some ways that makes me feel very happy, but all in all, very sad.

I can't just sit here and say that the final season was absolutely flawless though. For me, AJ, for the most part, was the least interesting character in the game. But i feel like that is a highly subjective opinion. It was not gamebreaking either, as i all in all did not dislike any character you were not supposed to dislike. Personally i found myself putting most interest into Louis and, amazingly enough, clementine. The reason i find it surprising Clementine was so interesting to me, is because i felt like i knew her to a certain extent already based on the other games. But particularly evolving a love story between those two, left me with much joy and happiness for Clem.

I rarely actually hate video game characters. But Lilly certainly is one of the few i can't stand. I tried to understand her point of view several times throughout the game. Which is not bad by any means! I still, amazingly enough, did not end up shooting her to keep my promise to James. But he ended up dying because of that decision. Which sucked. Pretty hard.

When it came to the ending, i was shocked and terrified that it was about to become a bad ending when Clementine got bitten. The reason this would not be a good ending for me is this.: We have seen Clementine suffer through so freaking much. And most of all of the games in the franchise, there is rarely any feeling of hope or happiness. And even though i usually don't like the "cliché" happy ending, this is one of the really few times i actually wanted the characters i have gotten so close to, to have a happy ending. And the game tricked me when i was closing in on the ending. For about 20-30 minutes. All up until i saw clementine's face in the school. I have rarely cried so hard as when this happened. And i have also rarely felt myself filling up with so much joy. Surely one of my top 10 gamer moments.

So by now, you probably have understood that i absolutely loved this masterpiece of a game. You probably already have played the games if you read my spoiler filled review, but if you haven't, and you still feel like you want to play these games (by the way, sorry for spoiling in that regard, but i put up a warning!), i cannot recommend it enough for you. I seriously would call Twd Season 1, Twd Season 2, Twd: A New Frontier and Twd: The Final Season one of the best gaming experiences of my life. And they may be the best and most emotionally connecting purely story driven games ever to come out.

The Walking Dead: The Final Season; 10/10