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Still, that’s an issue from which the TV show also suffers, and at least Javier seems a less impetuous and unhinged leader than Rick Grimes. After arriving at a new settlement, it’s not long before Javier indirectly causes a crisis, and yet characters are all too ready to trust him over companions they’ve presumably spent a good deal longer with. There’s a similar problem in a later scenario. We all know Clementine, but Javier doesn’t: though Telltale steadily establishes an uneasy alliance between them, there are key decisions we’re invited to make as Javier with knowledge he couldn’t possibly have. Taking time out to explore the backstory of someone he’s only recently met feels strange, and it also leads to a certain disconnect in terms of your decision-making. But this isn’t an ensemble piece where each character’s perspective is explored outside these flashbacks, the story is told exclusively from Javier’s viewpoint. As players, we want to know what happened to Clem between then and now, and so it makes sense for Telltale to fill in the gaps. These moments are slightly more problematic in light of the main narrative. Even as they snipe at one another, there’s a clear affection behind the barbs. Theirs is the kind of dysfunctional family unit we’ve seen before, but there’s some solid character work here-and a winning line in gallows humour-that establishes the bond between them. He’s now on the road with sister-in-law Kate and her two stepkids, the sullen Gabe and the more immediately likeable, level-headed Mariana. It’s here that we meet new protagonist Javier Garcia, a disgraced former baseball star who quickly moves from absentee son to surrogate father as his story picks up a few years later. Better lighting and superior cinematography enhance the visual storytelling, too: episode one’s terrific opening offers a shivery reminder of the time the dead first started coming back to life, following a wonderful corridor shot with a jittery handheld camera to heighten the growing unease. Nothing much is known about Ferns time at 'The New Frontier', other. Nothing is known about Ferns life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that she was married to Rufus and had a child, Ida. She is a quarantine guard for the New Frontier, and also the wife of Rufus and the mother of Ida. Press a button to jab a sharp object through a walker’s skull and the only delay between tap and squelch is in the swing. Fern is an original character who first appears in Telltale Games The Walking Dead: A New Frontier. While Batman still had its share of performance issues, there’s little to grumble about in Ties That Bind: everything runs that much smoother, with snappier transitions that give the action sequences a greater sense of urgency. It certainly helps that Telltale’s new engine finally feels fit for purpose.