At one point he’s handcuffed in a forest with a large gun poking him in the back. Eventually Javi is separated from the group, and finds himself at the mercy of a group of what seem to be bandits. But it doesn’t take long before things go bad. Early on in the first episode, the quartet stop at a junkyard to scrounge for supplies and attempt to siphon some gas from wrecked cars. The group are constantly on the move, driving a beat-up van while avoiding a massive herd of the undead. Fast-forward a few years, and what remains of Javi’s large family is just him, his sister-in-law, and his young niece and nephew.
One of the first things you see Javier do is kill his own father to protect the rest of his family.
During the earliest moments of the zombie outbreak, his sick father dies, only to come back and attack everyone. It doesn’t waste time getting started, immediately throwing you into the tragic backstory of new lead Javier. Season three, dubbed “A New Frontier,” debuted yesterday with a double-episode premiere.
But even with some new faces and a change of scenery, the game still maintains what has made the series so memorable: a focus on making nearly impossible decisions under some of the most stressful circumstances imaginable. It has a cast made up of mostly new characters - series star Clementine returns, but in a supporting role - and it takes place years after the events of season two. The new season of Telltale’s video game based on The Walking Dead is the third to date, but it’s also designed in part to appeal to new players.