Telltale Games·Released Apr 24, 2017·Single player
When the community is threatened from within, Javier manages unlikely alliances for the safety of his loved ones. "Thicker Than Water", retitled Episode 14, is the fourth episode of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead: A New Frontier.
Storylines finally converge satisfyingly in Thicker Than Water, the penultimate chapter of the New Frontier.
"Thicker Than Water," other than its satisfying ending, is the season's weakest episode yet. Little that precedes the action-packed conclusion feels like it has much, if any, weight to the ongoing story I'm invested in — namely Javi's life and his relationships with Kate, Clem, and David. I'm absolutely on the hook for the season finale after that strong start and thrilling ending — I just wish everything before it hadn't felt so thin.
The weakest episode in The Walking Dead: A New Frontier thus far, Thicker Than Water is paced awkwardly and doesn't spend enough time exploring the relationships that really matter. A good conclusion sets up the finale well, and there are some standout scenes over the course of the instalment. But an underdeveloped villain and some hard to believe exchanges make this a forgettable episode overall.
Thicker Than Water has tough choices, great relationship building, and shocking twists. It's the best episode this season
