The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 5 - No Going Back Reviews

The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 5 - No Going Back is ranked in the 79th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8.2 / 10.0
Oct 2, 2014

The story-telling is getting better; the narrative slicker, the choices harsher.

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9.5 / 10.0
Sep 13, 2014

The road has been long, a lot has happened since season one. Clementine has changed and many friends have come and gone. Every moment has led to this episode and its going to be an emotional one.

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7 / 10.0
Sep 12, 2014

No Going Back lacks the punch of the first season's finale and becomes an analogue of the second season as a whole: an above-average game which has vainly struggled to step out of its predecessor's shadow.

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50 / 100
Sep 7, 2014

In this series we look at Clementine, see a child, and then experience where she ends up, getting to feel the disconnect between what it means to be a kid and how to be an adult. You can make the argument that being an adult requires making the hard decisions, and that's what The Walking Dead series comes down to.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 2, 2014

Sadly there's a kind of crushing inevitability about this second season's climax and we'd be surprised if no one predicts the dramatic finale. We personally thought the pay-off was solidly presented, delivering a tense and emotional sledgehammer to the gut, but we're intrigued to see how the third season pans out given those difficult choices, which lead to one of four different endings (five technically, but two are basically the same).

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7.5 / 10.0
Sep 1, 2014

While Season Two did its best to present the story of a little girl growing up into a seasoned survivor in a shattered world full of death, it fell short of capturing the magic that Season One held.

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GameZone
Top Critic
Unscored
Aug 30, 2014

Episode 5: No Going Back may not have had the emotional impact as last season's finale, but it certainly provided moments of heart-racing action and split-second decision making.

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7.5 / 10.0
Aug 28, 2014

If you have already been bitten, hopefully metaphorically, this season is unlikely to disappoint. Although the rushed, relentlessly downbeat ending of "No Going Back" may feel like a somewhat necessary clearing of the board for a new cast and new dilemmas in the third season.

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Aug 28, 2014

While No Going Back certainly contains some strong parts, its mostly leisurely pace and multiple conclusions all generally lack memorable moments and emotional impacts, resulting in a disappointing end to The Walking Dead: Season Two.

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Aug 28, 2014

My overall negative attitude towards this episode exemplified in "The Game Itself" section is undoubtedly a little inflamed. The visual imagery actually hit some impressive highs, and the voice acting and musical backdrop did some excellent work to support the random plot, more than in past episodes, so the experience was lifted a bit by the team's artists. The writers, on the other hand, dropped the ball.

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Aug 28, 2014

The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 5 - No Going Back tugs at the heartstrings more than ever and brings another superb season of The Walking Dead to a close.

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Aug 27, 2014

Clementine's group is pushed to breaking point in 'The Walking Dead' season 2 finale, 'No Going Back.' (Spoilers in this review)

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9 / 10
Aug 27, 2014

It remains a shame that Clementine never quite became the truly different kind of lead that the first episode promised, but in the final analysis, what The Walking Dead offers still more than makes up for its occasional stumbles. It's definitely a road trip worth taking - as long as you don't mind its highs being its most devastating lows, its good endings being little but the trap where optimism goes to die.

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5 / 5.0
Aug 27, 2014

Telltale completes this season on an incredibly strong note which demonstrates just how impressive they are as storytellers; Clementine is allowed to have a brief moment of peace and a shred of hope that maybe things can get better. One final decision made right at the end lets all the doubt and worry creep back in just as the season fades out.

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Drew Leachman
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Aug 27, 2014

If you've played the previous episodes in this season, yes, you really should buy this final episode. If you're still holding out for season two, do yourself a favor and pick it up. It's a tragic, surprising and entertaining ride.

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8 / 10
Aug 27, 2014

As Clem, we survived from one day to the next, fighting against the futility of it all, trying to find our own way absent a clear objective. Where Season One was the story of a man becoming an adoptive father, learning that he would do anything to keep his ward safe, Season Two is more personal. It's about growing up, deciding who Clem is. But no matter who that turns out to be, one thing is consistent: she's still a survivor.

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Jickle
Top Critic
6 / 10.0
Aug 27, 2014

There are enough plot points left dangling to indicate that the third season will follow up on the first two, but if the folks at Telltale are smart they'll shift the focus to a new protagonist and really think about what made the first season work.

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6 / 10
Aug 26, 2014

The first Telltale finale where your choices carry true weight, but the inconsistent and contrived characterisation means it comes at considerable cost.

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8 / 10.0
Aug 26, 2014

If you've been waiting for the finale to dive in, well go ahead and do so with the full confidence that it'll be worth it. Now… can we have Sam & Max Season Four now Telltale? Please?.

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8 / 10.0
Aug 26, 2014

As players have been at Clementine's side since the first season, this episode is proof that things for Clementine and the group may be dire, but there's always the chance of a new beginning.

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