The Walking Dead: A New Frontier vs The Walking Dead: Season One
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is a horror survival game from Telltale Games (2016) while The Walking Dead: Season One is an action-adventure game from Telltale Games (2012).
Quick answer: The Walking Dead: Season One has the higher Metacritic, 89 to 81.
The Walking Dead: Season One
What each one is
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is filed under Horror and Survival. In contrast, The Walking Dead: Season One under Action-Adventure.
After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?
The Walking Dead is a 2012 episodic graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games. Set in the same universe as the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, it is the first installment, or "season", in Telltale's The Walking Dead video game series, and comprises five main "episodes" and one DLC episode released between April 2012 and July 2013. The game follows Lee Everett, a convicted criminal who becomes the guardian of a young girl named Clementine amidst the onset of a zombie apocalypse in Georgia. Player decisions, such as dialogue choices and actions, influence the story's direction, with the consequences of these choices carrying over across the game's episodes.
Story, characters and reception
Plot
Setting The Walking Dead: A New Frontier follows on the first game , and coincides with events of the comic books, in which a zombie apocalypse has occurred, turning humans that are bitten or die into zombies, or "walkers"; the only way to stop this conversion is to damage the brain. The game is primarily set four years after the apocalypse began, and roughly two years after The Walking Dead: Season Two . A New Frontier features two playable… (Wikipedia)
Reception
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier received mixed reviews from critics with praise aimed at its new cast of characters, updated engine, and overall new direction, but criticism for the short episode lengths, treatment of the second season's endings, and Clementine's shift to a supporting role. Episode 1: Ties That Bind Part One Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the Windows version 81/100 based on 35 reviews, the PlayStation 4 version 80/100 based… (Wikipedia)
Plot
This is a broad overview of the plot. Certain decisions made by the player will alter details of specific events. Several members of the main cast of survivors of The Walking Dead by Episode 4. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Critical reception The Walking Dead s critical reception was "generally favorable", according to review aggregator website Metacritic , receiving a score of 89/100 based on 14 critic reviews. as it was praised for the harsh emotional tone, the characters, particularly the connection established between Lee and Clementine, story and the resemblance to the original comic book, though there was some criticism towards technical glitches. Oli Welsh of… (Wikipedia)
At a glance
| The Walking Dead: A New Frontier | The Walking Dead: Season One | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.5/10 | — |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (84%, 18,555) | — |
| Critic aggregate | 81/100 | 89/100 |
| Price | $14.99 | Unknown |
| Install size | 8 GB | — |
| Steam Deck | verified | Untested |
| Released | 2016 | 2012 |
| Developer | Telltale Games | Telltale Games |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier vs The Walking Dead: Season One, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
The Walking Dead: A New FrontierHorror survival gameThe Walking Dead: Season OneAction-adventure gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
The Walking Dead: A New FrontierZombies, Story Rich, Choices MatterThe Walking Dead: Season OneNo descriptive tagsThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
The Walking Dead: A New FrontierMetacritic 81The Walking Dead: Season One ✓Metacritic 89Metacritic's critic aggregate, from the game's Wikipedia reception where it was never on Steam.
Content and scale
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier18,555 reviews · 8 GBThe Walking Dead: Season One—Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier$14.99The Walking Dead: Season OneUnknownRead live from Steam and subject to change.
The Walking Dead: Season One takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The better reviewed of the two: The Walking Dead: Season One (Metacritic 89)
Where they differ
ZombiesStory RichChoices MatterAdventurePost-apocalypticAtmospheric
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is relaxed, easy to pick up. The Walking Dead: Season One is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| The Walking Dead: A New Frontier | The Walking Dead: Season One | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | Nvidia GTS 450+ with 1024MB+ | — |
| Minimum CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz | — |
| Minimum RAM | 3 GB | — |
| Install size | 8 GB | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: The Walking Dead: A New Frontier · The Walking Dead: Season One.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for The Walking Dead: A New Frontier and 0 for The Walking Dead: Season One. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are The Walking Dead: A New Frontier and The Walking Dead: Season One in scope?
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier has drawn 18,555 Steam reviews and installs in 8 GB. The Walking Dead: Season One lists little scope data.
Is The Walking Dead: A New Frontier or The Walking Dead: Season One better?
Neither carries enough reviews for us to score it reliably, so we do not call a winner. The table above shows what each does have.
Which is cheaper, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier or The Walking Dead: Season One?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Should I get The Walking Dead: A New Frontier or The Walking Dead: Season One?
The Walking Dead: Season One has the higher Metacritic, 89 to 81. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
Related comparisons
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The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.