Kenny as the PC in Season 2. Thoughts?
Considering how many threads have been made about Kenny in this forum, it's pretty safe to say he's a popular character, for better or worse.
With that taken into account, I can't help wondering how fans would feel about Kenny becoming the PC in Season 2...assuming he escaped from the walker hordes in episode 5.
Think about it for a moment. In terms of a natural progression from one season to another, Kenny would be an ideal for an upgrade from NPC to PC following Lee's death - more so than creating an entirely new PC from scratch, anyway. The fate of his family would also leave Kenny in the same basic state Lee was in at the beginning of the first game; a seemingly broken man with a tragic past. Just as the first season was about Lee's redemption amidst the zombie apocalypse, the second season could be about Kenny struggling to find a reason to live again, after the world has already taken everything from him.
One way or another, it'd definitely allow for an exciting opening to season 2, beginning just a few seconds after Kenny's final scene in episode 5. We'd immediately assume control of Kenny moments after he's saved Christa or shot Ben, and then aid him in his escape. He would subsequently join up with a new survivor group somewhere in Savannah.
This is just one idea among many ideas, but I just wanted to throw it out there for internet consumption.
With that taken into account, I can't help wondering how fans would feel about Kenny becoming the PC in Season 2...assuming he escaped from the walker hordes in episode 5.
Think about it for a moment. In terms of a natural progression from one season to another, Kenny would be an ideal for an upgrade from NPC to PC following Lee's death - more so than creating an entirely new PC from scratch, anyway. The fate of his family would also leave Kenny in the same basic state Lee was in at the beginning of the first game; a seemingly broken man with a tragic past. Just as the first season was about Lee's redemption amidst the zombie apocalypse, the second season could be about Kenny struggling to find a reason to live again, after the world has already taken everything from him.
One way or another, it'd definitely allow for an exciting opening to season 2, beginning just a few seconds after Kenny's final scene in episode 5. We'd immediately assume control of Kenny moments after he's saved Christa or shot Ben, and then aid him in his escape. He would subsequently join up with a new survivor group somewhere in Savannah.
This is just one idea among many ideas, but I just wanted to throw it out there for internet consumption.
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It would feel odd to be able to deviate from said personality were we controlling him, and it would feel too forced and contrived were we limited to responses only he would make.
The only problem I see with Kenny as a PC is that there are some players that liked Lilly and always seen Kenny as an enemy.
It depends on which side you were forced to choose in the meat locker scene. If you help Lilly, Kenny calls Lee "fucking useless" and acts like a foul-tempered meathead for most of the game, but if you decide to back up Kenny, Lilly becomes a vindictive trigger-happy uberbitch. No matter what you do, one of them will hate your guts.
Hell, maybe somebody should post a "Lilly as the PC in season 2" thread just to balance things out.
What don't you people understand about that?
Exactly. I know many people who could not stand Kenny and the statistics show that people all over are just as divided. Don't think telltale would choose a character like that. Besides....I don't see you having a big option of things to say considering Kenny is well...Kenny and thoroughly fleshed out.
Yeah, maybe Molly would be better.
I don't think anybody likes Lily after ep 3.
That character's arc ended anyways, he's dead.
So, no, I don't want Kenny as the next player character. His story ended. Yes, it was tragic, but at least he died accomplishing something. Either he saves Christa, or he makes peace with Ben by fighting against all odds to save him.
As for using Clementine as a reason for him to live again, that defeats the point of season 1's finale. Clementine is now prepared to live in a zombie world. She doesn't need a guardian anymore. that's not to say that she doesn't need a helping hand or people with different skill sets, but she can take care of her own safety. Kenny jumping in and becoming the next Lee would ruin what Lee was trying to do... although that does seem like the Kenny I know from some of my playthroughs
Then he's nice to you, if you're Clem. I don't know
There's a way around that. It's safe to assume we'd be dealing with new settings and (mostly) a new cast. Nor would Kenny make a habit out of talking about the ugly incidents that happened in the previous game. I think that applies to almost everyone in the WD universe too; who you were or what you did sort of becomes irrelevant after the zombie apocalypse, unless you were such an evil bastard you couldn't be trusted regardless of what's going on around you.
Any references to Lee in particular, for example, could be kept to a minimum. When asked about Lee, Kenny's responses would still depend on your treatment of his character in the first game, but his dialogue would be left ambiguous (i.e. "he was a better friend than I deserved," or "he and I...had problems").