The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 2 - A House Divided Reviews

The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 2 - A House Divided is ranked in the 91st percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
9 / 10.0
Mar 11, 2014

All in all, A House Divided provides a more exciting installment of The Walking Dead adventure game and lets us see just how much Clementine has grown while taking us on an exciting venture out into the woods to escape a dangerous man. It's also deceptively quick because of the many changes in setting, leading you to believe that it's shorter than it is.

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Mar 6, 2014

With constant rising tension culminating in a spectacular last act, A House Divided finds itself a place among The Walking Dead's high points.

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8.5 / 10.0
Mar 4, 2014

Clementine and her group may face uncertainty and (most certainly) death around every corner in The Walking Dead, but in its newest episode Telltale Games ensures that players will face a tense, thrilling ride for the rest of Season Two that will have us only looking forward, with no chance to look back.

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Mar 6, 2014

The second episode of the Walking Dead's second season is one of the finest episodes yet – and that's saying something.

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9 / 10
Mar 6, 2014

Cigarette in one hand, and now a whisky in the other, I watch as the credits roll. The climax of the episode is a big one, masterfully presented to ensure the maximum emotional impact and lots of awful regrets. "I've made a terrible mistake," I say as the credits fade. "I'm going to pay for it in the next episode."

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82%
Mar 5, 2014

If you liked Season 1, give Telltale more of your money.

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AusGamers
Jickle
Top Critic
7.2 / 10.0
Mar 7, 2014

The table setting seems to be all in place now for the feast still to come, and even at its most meandering The Walking Dead is still capable of telling an intriguing, frightening story about humanity's worst impulses.

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9 / 10.0
Mar 7, 2014

If Telltale can keep pushing the boundaries like this for the rest of the season then it'll be at the very least as good as the superb first season. Until next time….

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Cheat Code Central
Angelo M. D’Argenio
Top Critic
4.5 / 5.0
Mar 4, 2014

A lot of people complained that Episode 1 didn't stand alone as its own story, and Episode 2 still doesn't But frankly, it doesn't matter. There are still unanswered questions, cliffhanger endings, and lack of any real resolution to any character's conflicts, but it's still a phenomenal story. Very much unlike Season 1, which had five episodes each sort of telling a micro story about a band of survivors, Season 2 is very much a continuous narrative, and that's what makes it great! There's no reason to skip The Walking Dead: Season 2: Episode 2: A House Divided. Heck, there's more reason to go back and purchase Season 1, and play it start to finish, just so that Season 2, has its full effect.

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GameZone
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Mar 12, 2014

Whether it's through conversation or through action, A House Divided will make you feel.

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NZGamer
Top Critic
9.4 / 10.0
Mar 20, 2014

The first episode of The Walking Dead: Season Two was undoubtedly great, but definitely had its flaws - partially due to being a pilot episode, and partially due to the writing being, though damn good, not quite up to the par of sheer excellence that Telltale have set themselves. The same can't be said of Episode Two: A House Divided - this is some of the studio's finest work.

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9 / 10.0
Mar 10, 2014

You'll not leave this episode happy, but the very nature of this series is to challenge and provoke; Telltale continue to refine and polish their craft to such an extent that even the misery of the narrative can't hold us back from wanting more - this second episode is a triumph.

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4 / 5.0
Mar 4, 2014

While the season two debut failed to capitalize on the suspenseful tactics Telltale Games was able to integrate in the first season, Episode 2 has fixed that. It's still a bit shorter than what we've grown accustomed to and the zombies feel tacked on rather than an actual story driven threat, but the hour and a half long episode is able to convince us that the drama within the group of survivors is much deeper than first expected.

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7.5 / 10.0
Mar 6, 2014

The Walking Dead: Episode Two rushes into a tense and nicely orchestrated climax, and although your interaction is limited to a couple of moral decisions, it's still a nail-biting finale. If you didn't like the cliffhanger finish to the first episode, you'll like the second episode's conclusion even less. And after that mighty wait, we feel a little shortchanged with the not-quite-one-and-a-half-hours of playtime. Let's just hope that Episode 3: In Harm's Way comes along a little quicker, and the story can hold up to this promising beginning.

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Unscored
Mar 7, 2014

[SPOILER WARNING: This review contains spoilers.] If you're invested in this story, your nerves may not survive the constant stakes-raising.

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7.5 / 10.0
Mar 14, 2014

Despite a slight dip in the overall Walking Dead experience, A House Divided is just as integral an addition to the opus as any other episode. Desperate decisions in the heat of the moment and QTE battles with walkers and the living are kept to a minimum, making gameplay suffer but allows more scope for the story to expand.

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ThisGenGaming
ThisGenGaming
Top Critic
9.5 / 10.0
Mar 6, 2014

This is probably one of the best episodes of The Walking Dead so far. Pretty much everything was done right in this episode, the character building, the tough choices, the impact of choices, the remarkable scenes featuring Carver and the tense action scenes. There are some technical issues that don't seem to impact the overall enjoyment of the game. What are you waiting for? Play this episode now.

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GameSkinny
Bradley Sanders
Top Critic
Mar 13, 2014

Episode Two of The Walking Dead hits all the right narrative notes, but also hits a rough patch when controls are given to the player to do more than just pick what to say.

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GameSkinny
Brian S
Top Critic
Mar 4, 2014

Telltale continues to shine as A House Divided is the best episode of any Telltale game yet.

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75 / 100
Mar 10, 2014

A House Divided is more of a standalone Walking Dead episode than the first one was, drawing inspirations from the first game without being too reliant and mimicking, while also looking ahead to what's really in store for Clementine. It harkens back to what made the first game so special: the way seemingly small things have huge reverberations. While the first episode served as a loose prelude, the second episode serves as the real introduction. It's full, fleshed-out, and ultimately everything you would want in a Walking Dead episode.

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