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And thatвЂ™s understandable: David is a prick. At the beginning of each episode we get welcome insight into David and JaviвЂ™s relationship prior to the outbreak, showing us that the two have never truly gotten on. While the first season of The Walking Dead told a parental tale and the second centred on the seriesвЂ™ heroine in a new group, an undead Jeremy Kyle narrative involving brothers whoвЂ™ve never gotten along is compelling. When itвЂ™s revealed that his brother David is still alive at the end of episode two, all youвЂ™re waiting for is the Eastenders drum fill. Javi is a disgraced sports celebrity thatвЂ™s trying to make good and, alongside his sister-in-law Kate, look after his brotherвЂ™s family after the zombie apocalypse.

And Javi Garcia is a good enough frontman on his own without Clem on backing vocals. ItвЂ™s not that this more grizzled version of Clementine isnвЂ™t a well crafted and well rounded character she just feels like a holdover - The WhoвЂ™s fourth farewell tour. While her appearances are more sporadic in certain episodes, it feels like thereвЂ™s a reliance on Clementine in this season when the story of the Garcia family wouldвЂ™ve been better off without her - sheвЂ™s a redundant reminder of whatвЂ™s come before.I say that because ClemвЂ™s playable sections in TWD: A New Frontier come in the form of flashbacks, meaning a life-threatening decision in the past has no bearing on the present when you know sheвЂ™s still mowing down Walkers at every turn. SheвЂ™s witnessed some big influences on her youth die as the world turns to shit, but she must still wrap her head around things like getting her period (which leads to one of the better interactions in the season between her and Javi). This third season had moments of intrigue, especially in the middle, but TelltaleвЂ™s refusal leave the past behind them makes A New Frontier feel like an ironic subtitle.Д¬lementine has grown up before our eyes across all three seasons, sheвЂ™s matured from girl to slightly older girl.

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Superfluous flashbacks involving a series stalwart, a disappointing crescendo to a love triangle, and an excruciatingly annoying child with terribly delivered dialogue hammered home that fact. Yet, as The Walking Dead: A New Frontier drew to a close, I realised that aforementioned move was itself ballsed up.

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The ballsy move to go with a brand new cast of characters, focusing on former pro baseball player Javi Garcia and his makeshift family, was appreciated. A slightly different route was taken with this one, though.

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Back in late 2016, upon starting the third season of developer TelltaleвЂ™s take on The Walking Dead, I thought weвЂ™d seen every possible zombie movie clichГ© covered in the previous two games.