The Walking Dead: Season One vs The Walking Dead: The Final Season
The Walking Dead: Season One is an action-adventure game from Telltale Games (2012) while The Walking Dead: The Final Season is a horror survival game from Telltale Games (2018).
Quick answer: The Walking Dead: Season One has the higher Metacritic, 89 to 77.
The Walking Dead: Season One
What each one is
The Walking Dead: Season One is filed under Action-Adventure. In contrast, The Walking Dead: The Final Season under Horror and Survival.
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.
A secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home, but protecting it will mean sacrifice.
Story, characters and reception
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)
Plot
The Final Season takes place roughly seven years after the events of the first one . It is set in the same continuity of the comic book series, and it is located in West Virginia , in a world where society has collapsed after a zombie outbreak . It once again stars Clementine ( Melissa Hutchison ), who is now an older teenager, after she has reunited with Alvin Jr. (Wikipedia)
Reception
The Walking Dead: The Final Season received generally positive reviews, earning praise for its characters, visuals, and upgraded gameplay mechanics, and is generally considered by critics and fans to be both an improvement over the previous two seasons and a return to form for the series. Episode 1 — Done Running Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the PC version 76/100 based on 28 reviews, the PlayStation 4 version 75/100 based on 14 reviews, the… (Wikipedia)
At a glance
| The Walking Dead: Season One | The Walking Dead: The Final Season | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | — | 8.0/10 |
| Steam rating | — | Overwhelmingly Positive (95%, 21,498) |
| Critic aggregate | 89/100 | 77/100 |
| Price | Unknown | $19.99 |
| Install size | — | 15 GB |
| Steam Deck | Untested | verified |
| Released | 2012 | 2018 |
| Developer | Telltale Games | Telltale Games |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
The Walking Dead: Season One vs The Walking Dead: The Final Season, 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: Season OneAction-adventure gameThe Walking Dead: The Final SeasonHorror survival gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
The Walking Dead: Season OneNo descriptive tagsThe Walking Dead: The Final SeasonStory Rich, Choices Matter, ZombiesThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
The Walking Dead: Season One ✓Metacritic 89The Walking Dead: The Final SeasonMetacritic 77Metacritic's critic aggregate, from the game's Wikipedia reception where it was never on Steam.
Content and scale
The Walking Dead: Season One—The Walking Dead: The Final Season21,498 reviews · 15 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
The Walking Dead: Season OneUnknownThe Walking Dead: The Final Season$19.99Read 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
Story RichChoices MatterZombiesAdventureChoose Your Own AdventureSingleplayer
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, The Walking Dead: Season One is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. The Walking Dead: The Final Season is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| The Walking Dead: Season One | The Walking Dead: The Final Season | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | nVidia GeForce GTS 450 2GB |
| Minimum CPU | — | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz |
| Minimum RAM | — | 3 GB |
| Install size | — | 15 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: The Walking Dead: Season One · The Walking Dead: The Final Season.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for The Walking Dead: Season One and 1 for The Walking Dead: The Final Season. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are The Walking Dead: Season One and The Walking Dead: The Final Season in scope?
The Walking Dead: Season One lists little scope data. The Walking Dead: The Final Season has drawn 21,498 Steam reviews and installs in 15 GB.
Is The Walking Dead: Season One or The Walking Dead: The Final Season 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: Season One or The Walking Dead: The Final Season?
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: Season One or The Walking Dead: The Final Season?
The Walking Dead: Season One has the higher Metacritic, 89 to 77. 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
All comparisonsHow we compare, and what we will not do
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.