A couple spoilery discussions for Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 1.
Okay. So. First of all, I’m *much* more obnoxious than I usually am as a PC in this game. My Clementine is hard and bitter. When the pregnant woman came in and started talking smack to her, I didn’t mess around. I didn’t try to make friends (like I’d usually always do). I just said “Oh, whose baby is it?” Shut her up, pissed her off, but I didn’t care. I just wanted her to leave me the hell alone, because it was hard. I put her in the “enemy” bucket and finished with her, which meant getting her out of my way, so I could make friends with other people in the house.
When Clem met the daughter, and the daughter said “We can be best friends!” I at least said “Sure.” But then when she said “Promise?” I couldn’t bring myself to say “Yes.” The only legit choice I could make was “No.” I was hoping for a “I can’t promise anything,” but of the choices, “No” was the only one I could do.
And then the end of the Episode – choosing between the two. The first time through, I picked the kid, because the old guy looked bit. No consideration, no hope, just “Oh, he’s done for, maybe this kid can live.” I actually reloaded and went back to pick him, because I’m thinking it wasn’t a bite, but a wound. But my first instinct was “He’s compromised, drop him.”
And then there’s the stiches. O.M.G. That was possibly the hard scene I’ve ever played in a video game. “Move right to draw the needle through your arm.” Clem is screaming, the flesh is squishing….It was traumatic, and horrible, and a fantastic bit of gameplay that I never want to do again.
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