Season 3: Mariana’s Death
The Most Heart-Wrenching Telltale Walking Dead Moments
What is with Telltale and insisting that all likable young children must meet an untimely death? There are so many frustrating, and annoying characters in season 3 of Telltale’s The Walking Dead, but Mariana is one of the few that are wholly unproblematic. She’s kind, respectful, and does her best to keep a smile, and find good in her crappy situation.
Of course, we don’t even get to spend a full season with her because at the apex of her happiness: her reuniting with her family after some turbulent times and finding the headphones that had eluded her, she is out of nowhere shot right in her head and killed instantly.
It’s a huge a shock to everyone, including the player, because it appeared like you had just pulled through the bad part and were in the clear. Nope, the one wholly likable character is gunned down and you’re burying her by season 2. Great.
Season 3: A.J.’s Medicine
The Most Heart-Wrenching Telltale Walking Dead Moments
Clementine is pretty depressing in season 3. After two seasons of trying to trust others, she’s given up in a lot of ways and has become cold. The one person that keeps her going, and gives her a glimmer of hope for the future is A.J. Clementine would do anything for A.J. up to and including stealing from a dangerous group that she has a tenuous working relationship with.
By episode 3 of Telltale’s The Walking Dead, you learn that something is wrong A.J. You don’t know exactly what, but he’s not developing at the rate a normal child would. Clementine believes that a certain medication is helping him to recover/stay alive, but has been barred from taking any more.
Whether you decide to take the drugs or not, seeing Clementine so desperate, and then punished for her actions by having A.J. taken away from her is hard to watch.
Season 3: Kate’s Death
The Most Heart-Wrenching Telltale Walking Dead Moments
Like Kenny’s scenes in season 2, seeing Kate die is dependent on what you decide to do at the end of season 3. Your relationship with Kate is kind of a strange one, considering the love triangle that exists with Javi’s brother, however, if you’re the type of player that wanted to make everyone happy (like me) and wanted to be with Kate, but also still try and have a relationship with your brother, well, you’re rewarded by seeing the woman Javi cared for, and fell in love with, die.
You’re essentially forced into going all in on protecting and caring for Kate, or likewise with David, who honestly doesn’t deserve it as much as Kate does. If you try and half-ass one or the other, Telltale punishes you hard. Kate, for all of your effort, will end up a walker. That’s what you get for trying to do the right thing in the universe of The Walking Dead. No good deed goes unpunished.
