The Last Choice [SPOILERS!]
Ok, so
I'm talking about the choice to prevent Lee from turning or not.
My choice in my first playthrough was to make Clem leave Lee behind, handcuffed.
Reasoning:
- Secure option. Lee is handcuffed, couldn't make any harm unless someone went hugging him after reanimation.
- No point to waste a bullet. Resources are pretty scarce.
- No point to risk the noise, as Lee pointed it out.
Plus! I didn't want to make Clem to shoot people she (probably?) viewed as her family. Not when theres another option. No matter how smart and mature she is for her age. No matter how much I want her to grow up fast in the world gone to Z.
I was little surprised to notice that most people didn't pick the same option. Last I checked the ratio was 33-67. I'd like to hear why people did end up picking the option to kill Lee.
I'm not trying to provoke anybody or say your choice was wrong. Just want to hear why people pick... what they picked.
P.S. Damn cliffhangers.
I'm talking about the choice to prevent Lee from turning or not.
My choice in my first playthrough was to make Clem leave Lee behind, handcuffed.
Reasoning:
- Secure option. Lee is handcuffed, couldn't make any harm unless someone went hugging him after reanimation.
- No point to waste a bullet. Resources are pretty scarce.
- No point to risk the noise, as Lee pointed it out.
Plus! I didn't want to make Clem to shoot people she (probably?) viewed as her family. Not when theres another option. No matter how smart and mature she is for her age. No matter how much I want her to grow up fast in the world gone to Z.
I was little surprised to notice that most people didn't pick the same option. Last I checked the ratio was 33-67. I'd like to hear why people did end up picking the option to kill Lee.
I'm not trying to provoke anybody or say your choice was wrong. Just want to hear why people pick... what they picked.
P.S. Damn cliffhangers.
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I didn't want him to kill Duck so I didn't want Clem to kill Lee
I really have to get those books sometime.
Can't say I was rational the whole game though. For example, I did not steal from the station wagon but not before I put some serious thought in it.
To me that was worth a bullet.
If Clem is good enough to kill the living shit out of the radio guy I am sure she is more than capable of defending her self if required
Understood. But I believe the same lesson can be derived from the decision to make her leave Lee's side. Plus, I don't think she really wanted those zombie-guts to be smeared on her either.
I wouldn't personally put her at more risk just to teach her a lesson she probably knows already.
At some point she could find herself in a 'Larry' situation and I don't want her to hesitate because she's been travelling with them.
I can understand your point of view but for me it was a lesson she needed to learn, she needed to pull that trigger and know that Lee wasn't getting back up like her parents.
1. reference case - Duck.
2. reference case - walker attacking Molly
3. reference case - The kidnapper/vengeful-station-wagon-guy
So she has already mastered the art of shooting things to the head, people and walkers alike. No lessons there.
I think, at least in Ducks case, she knows that sometimes you have to put loved ones down before they turn but only when it's absolutely necessary (hey, that's a lesson too!
No. Just don't choke him and Clem will eventually shoot him in the head.
EDIT: And yeah, I did put all my stuff on the table too. Not sure if that counts, though.
This was actually my plan before I knew how the things turned out. I would not let Lee become a danger to anyone but since that danger was at least minimized or probably even neutralized, I didn't see it necessary anymore.
Yes, I risked a change of him getting unstuck.
I know she's young, but I think she would definitely regret it later in life is she left him like that.
If it was Lee's choice and Clementine honored it. She shouldn't regret it. I admit, there's a change she will but she shouldn't.
-_-"
I respect your opinion but...this is more than a day dreaming
Indeed. That is... very optimistic. Considering how fatal the bite is in TWD and the mortality rate of amputees.
But, well, one can always hope. There's nothing wrong in little optimism.
I stopped pressing Q when I saw his eyes. He was terrified, but I immediately regretted it because he pinned me on the floor
Well, yeah. You have to lose the fight in order to get Clementine save Lee.
Huh. Never thought of it that way. Guess so!
But there was no absolute need. Doesn't that contradict the whole point of the lesson?
Yes, well. She already saw her parents as walkers and she's wont (likely) get to see Lee reanimated. And I figure Lee's lesson "It's not me anymore." will stick and she learns not to dwell on it too much.
but in the comic the guy is still alive after an amputation so i really thought it would be the same.. never thought they would kill Lee specially if there is a season 2 to come, was a bit shocked in fact even if i didn't kill him if other players did it means he will really be dead in the next season.. unless clementine missed him? must play again and kill him to see this
Unless you amputate the body part wich you got bit you won't turn, but for Lee it was too late.
Yeah there was no Need at that point but it braces her for future situations and readies her for it.
i didn't tell anybody Lee was bitten so i was wondering if i did at the beginning if he would still be alive, as you say you won't turn if you amputate so i didn't expect him to die
There is a huge difference between 'knowing' and 'doing'. Simply knowing that sometimes you may have to kill someone you care about doesn't necessarily prepare you to actually put that knowledge into practice, she'd be less likely to hesitate in the future. Just like surgeons, Would you prefer a surgeon that has both studied medicine in Uni and trained on cadavers/dummies or one that just studied in Uni with no practical experience?
So the risk in not doing it now is that she may hesitate in the future and get bitten.
It's to give closure, and to make her stronger in the end. In the new world, it's all about being able to make tough decisions that you wouldnt be able to do when everything was normal.
He was handcuffed , so no point.He's gonna die anyway ,and he didn't seem to suffer .
Besides , kids in The Walking Dead comic , always end up being little psycho...
So I don't feel the need to tell her to be strong and off Lee , when she's in no danger.
The less trigger she has to pull , the better.
The only thought that would bother me is killing people in the "afterlife".
If you die chained to something , you won't be roaming the street looking for preys.
So who cares?
The only people that it could hurt is the people that loved you , seeing you as zombie is kind of a mockery of your old self.
But if it's so important for Clem , she 'll come back in a few years and kill zombie Lee.(well what would be left of him)
I really don't see the benefit for a child to kill a dying person , regrets are better than trauma ,IMHO.
But again , that's just my way of seeing things.