History YMMV / TheWalkingDeadTelltale

* NoExportForYou: For about a month, gamers in Ireland and New Zealand were waiting for Season 2's first episode. This was odd, since not only are both countries moderately important in gaming (both were among the first 13 countries to be confirmed to have the UsefulNotes/XboxOne on launch), it's also a ''downloadable'' game, meaning it'd be easier to release than on disc.

** In a dramatic case both in-universe and out, Ben indirectly [[spoiler: getting Katjaa, Duck, Brie, and Carley/Doug killed is held against him to this day.]]

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Averted. In a franchise that's become infamous for its PlotArmor in the comics and TV series, [[spoiler:Lee gets bitten in Episode 4 and there is no way to prevent his incoming death in Episode 5; even cutting off his arm does little good, at that point he's either dying of blood loss or the infection is still spreading.]] Many had thought he would survive, especially since Season 2 was shortly announced before Episode 4 came out.

** The ''Clementine Lives'' comic has received little more than vitriol from fans of the game, who accuse it of pulling a blatant HappyEndingOverride, completely misunderstanding who Clementine is as a character [[spoiler:by showing her abandoning AJ and her other loved ones at Ericson's to seek her happiness elsewhere]], and thus refuse to accept it as part of the games' canon -- Skybound's statement that it is be damned. That solicits for the comic series that ''Clementine Lives'' was to tie into establish Clem as getting a new female love interest was also poorly received -- especially by those who'd paired her with Violet. Upon it's release, the comic was heavily criticized for poor attempts at fan-service and writing, and the art-style of the comic being hard to make out, with many people stating that everyone looks the same. Another commonplace criticism is that the author admitted the comic story was always viewed from her own point, making it a blatant self-insert fiction. This has gotten even more backlash as of the second book [[spoiler: where said self insert has sex with Clementine, [[UnfortunateImplications having some not great implications]].]]

** The ''Clementine Lives'' comic has received little more than vitriol from fans of the game, who accuse it of pulling a blatant HappyEndingOverride, completely misunderstanding who Clementine is as a character [[spoiler:by showing her abandoning AJ and her other loved ones at Ericson's to seek her happiness elsewhere]], and thus refuse to accept it as part of the games' canon -- Skybound's statement that it is be damned. That solicits for the comic series that ''Clementine Lives'' was to tie into establish Clem as getting a new male love interest was also poorly received -- especially by those who'd paired her with Violet. Upon it's release, the comic was heavily criticized for poor attempts at fan-service and writing, and the art-style of the comic being hard to make out, with many people stating that everyone looks the same. Another commonplace criticism is that the author admitted the comic story was always viewed from her own point, making it a blatant self-insert fiction. This has gotten even more backlash as of the second book [[spoiler: where said self insert has sex with Clementine, [[UnfortunateImplications having some not great implications]].]]

** The ''Clementine Lives'' comic has received little more than vitriol from fans of the game, who accuse it of pulling a blatant HappyEndingOverride, completely misunderstanding who Clementine is as a character [[spoiler:by showing her abandoning AJ and her other loved ones at Ericson's to seek her happiness elsewhere]], and thus refuse to accept it as part of the games' canon -- Skybound's statement that it is be damned. That solicits for the comic series that ''Clementine Lives'' was to tie into establish Clem as getting a new male love interest was also poorly received -- especially by those who'd paired her with Violet. Upon it's release, the comic was heavily criticized for poor attempts at fan-service and writing, and the art-style of the comic being hard to make out, with many people stating that everyone looks the same. Another commonplace criticism is that the author admitted the comic story was always viewed from her own point, making it a blatant self-insert fiction.

* CompleteMonster:
** [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonOne Season One]]:
*** "Starved for Help" & "Long Road Ahead": [[PsychopathicManchild Jake]] is the hot-tempered and [[AxCrazy barbaric]] leader of the Save-Lots Bandits, raiding and massacring any settlements for supplies, including Ben's former school, and murdering the St. John's farm hands. [[BadBoss Willing to murder]] any of his allies for the slightest grievances, Jake organizes the [[WouldHurtAChild gang-rape and murder of Jolene's young daughter Danielle]], driving Jolene to gain a psychotic break. After harassing and attacking the Motor Inn for weeks, Jake strong-arms and threatens Ben into stealing supplies, and when Lee intercepts the next supply exchange, Jake immediately takes over the Motor Lodge and is quick to murder all the inhabitants, [[Characters/TheWalkingDeadVideoGameClementine Clementine]] and Duck included.
*** "Around Every Corner": [[DrunkWithPower Crawford Oberson]] was a ruthless tyrant with [[SocialDarwinist a firm belief in the survival of the fittest]]. From the sick to the elderly and children, Oberson exiled anyone he believed to be a burden, coerced pregnant women into abortion, and killed dozens of dissidents to form a barrier with their reanimated corpses. Even long after his death, Oberson's cruelty left a mark on Savannah with tales spread as a "ghost story come true".
** [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonTwo Season Two]]: [[TheDreaded William Carver]] is a cruel despot who runs his settlement like a prison camp. When a group of survivors escape from him, including Rebecca, the woman [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil he raped and impregnated]], Carver relentlessly pursue them and upon finding them he would break Carlos fingers to lure Rebecca. Carver would then proceed to kill his hostages one-by-one, starting off with Walter, then potentially Alvin, and threatens to kill either Sarita or [[Characters/TheWalkingDeadVideoGameClementine Clementine]]; if Alvin survives, Carver will torture him to death. He also murders one of his own men, and beats [[Characters/TheWalkingDeadVideoGameKenny Kenny]] so savagely that his eye is permanently damaged. When Rebecca tries to escape with her group again, Carver attempts to kill her and the unborn child. Though claiming to have everyone's best interests, Carver just wants complete control believing that [[TheSocialDarwinist the strong should rule and the weak should be dominated or culled]].
** [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonThree Season Three]] (''A New Frontier''):
*** [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Joan]] is one of the leaders of the New Frontier, and despite her claims to be looking out for the city of Richmond, is just a sociopathic tyrant ordering raids on other settlements without the other leaders' knowledge. She would destroy these settlements by setting [[OurZombiesAreDifferent walkers]] on them and steal supplies that the New Frontier doesn't actually need; Prescott is one such example. Joan will have Javi and David arrested when they try to expose her raids, and if their only witness is killed, Joan will accuse David of said raids. When Joan prepares to publicly execute David and Javi confronts her, she captures Javi's friends Tripp and Ava hostage and [[SadisticChoice forces him to choose]] who to spare, spitefully killing whomever Javi tries to save. When called out for her brutality, Joan declares [[ItsAllAboutMe she can do anything she wants]], and only entertains the idea of exiling Javi and his group because of massive herds of walkers outside the city walls.
*** [[MookLieutenant Badger]] is a barbaric {{sadist}} gleefully raiding settlements for Joan, while hoarding the stolen supplies from the New Frontier. Encountering the Garcia family, Badger shoots at them, personally killing Javi's niece, [[WouldHurtAChild Mariana]], and demands the community Prescott hand over Javi by taking one of their women and [[{{Fingore}} cutting off her fingers]] one-by-one before killing her, regardless if Javi surrenders himself or not. Badger would then attempt to kill Javi despite his allies' protests and would drive a truck filled with walkers into Prescott, killing almost everyone there. Attempting to kill Javi and his group once more, Badger says he wished he knew Javi was David's brother so he could kill him in a more gruesome manner and shows no remorse for killing David's daughter, who Badger calls "[[SpeakIllOfTheDead a little bitch]]".

*** "Starved For Help" & "Long Road Ahead"

** ''[[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonTwo Season Two]]'': [[TheDreaded William Carver]] is a cruel despot who runs his settlement like a prison camp. When a group of survivors escape from him, including Rebecca, the woman [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil he raped and impregnated]], Carver relentlessly pursue them and upon finding them he would break Carlos fingers to lure Rebecca. Carver would then proceed to kill his hostages one-by-one, starting off with Walter, then potentially Alvin, and threatens to kill either Sarita or [[Characters/TheWalkingDeadVideoGameClementine Clementine]]; if Alvin survives, Carver will torture him to death. He also murders one of his own men, and beats [[Characters/TheWalkingDeadVideoGameKenny Kenny]] so savagely that his eye is permanently damaged. When Rebecca tries to escape with her group again, Carver attempts to kill her and the unborn child. Though claiming to have everyone's best interests, Carver just wants complete control believing that [[TheSocialDarwinist the strong should rule and the weak should be dominated or culled]].
** ''[[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonThree Season Three]]'' (''A New Frontier''):

** ''[[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonOne Season One]]'': [[DrunkWithPower Crawford Oberson]] was a ruthless tyrant with [[SocialDarwinist a firm belief in the survival of the fittest]]. From the sick to the elderly and children, Oberson exiled anyone he believed to be a burden, coerced pregnant women into abortion, and killed dozens of dissidents to form a barrier with their reanimated corpses. Even long after his death, Oberson's cruelty left a mark on Savannah with tales spread as a "ghost story come true".

* NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: Out of universe: Kenny's habit of holding grudges is one of his most dislike-able features, and is what made half the fandom start hating him.

** There is also quite a vocal minority of fans hoping that Clementine would get together with Carl [[Series/TheWalkingDead from the main series]].

** Clementine having to decide whether or not [[spoiler: to kill Lee or let him turn]], already considered to be one of the biggest gaming [[TearJerker TearJerkers]] of the decade.