The Clementine we’re greeted with in the teaser trailer for Telltale’s The Walking Dead: Season 3 isn’t the same girl we left at the end of the second season. Our kid sister proves she’s a kid no more as she wastes no time burying a bullet in the brain of an unsuspecting ghoul with the confidence of a trained killer. This means the stakes will be considerably higher for her next adventure.
Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman’s vision of a zombie-infested post-apocalyptic America has shown a limited capacity for mercy towards children, and that’s gone a long way in keeping Clem alive. Adults don’t have it so easy, and that’s got me worried.
Finding the right people to trust is going to be more important in the third season of this episodic series than it ever has before. The Walking Dead returns this fall on most major platforms.
As for who the new guy is, his name’s Javier. He’ll have an important role in the coming season, according to Telltale’s Job Stauffer and Laura Perusco, who confirmed he’ll be playable, like Clem, earlier tonight during IGN’s pre-E3 show.
