Should they stop labelling choices as (LIE)

Firewallcano

What it says really, I feel it kind of suggests to the player to not pick the option purely as it's a lie. Other games do it too and I never really understood why? The player should be paying attention enough to realise the choice is a lie.

A little memo in the top corner after the choice ("You lied to whoever") would be fine but sticking a massive (LIE) next to a choice just seems unnecessary ;anyone agree?

(I get it's not that important but still little changes really improve games sometimes)

fabi777

Well,if you just click to Clementine: "sure" when she asked if we can go tommorow,you won't know it's a lie.

That1Guy

I'm okay with it. I never pick it anyway. There haven't been any moments where lying pays off so far anyway.

Firewallcano

fabi777 wrote: »

Well,if you just click to Clementine: "sure" when she asked if we can go tommorow,you won't know it's a lie.

I did, Lee clearly believed (rightly) they her parents were dead and the group were not going to wait around for her to go looking, it was clearly a lie in my opinion.
Even so that's just one instance though, the rest of the time the lies are even clearer (particularly in 400 days)

Crixus

I lied to Leland I think thats the only time i've really done a big Lie in the game.

Firewallcano

I lied to keep my weapons, that's it though

TeamKennyAlways

I never lie, honest motherf*cker.

Bioshock Infinite WD

Me to, I am always honest, it did get me into trouble sometimes.

CreeperX

Yeah, you are right about it that the big LIE kind of screams: DON'T PICK ME I'M THE BAD OPTION AND I'LL BITE YOU IN THE ASS LATER!
It doesn't really bother me tough and helps to avoid some misinterpretations but yeah... the label probably does make people avoid the option just because. They just immediately know not to pick it even if they didn't pay attention to what was said or done =P.

It would be nice if they actually explored the consequences of truths and lies even more. Like, how telling the truth might not always be the best option and lying doesn't mean the whole world will explode. It would be a nice change from some other media.
The only time I lied in the game was with Leland and many other players seem to have picked that too. In that situation lying made sense to me even if it was the 'morally wrong one'. I didn't want Leland to freak out and get himself killed. There should definitely be more choices like this.

The Fallen

I think there should be a few more situations where lying is the best policy to dispel the idea that it is automatically the wrong choice. There would be way too much confusion if it wasn't labeled however. Some Lies are obvious, but in the Clementines parents example i would probably have though i was making the decision to actually go looking for them not just talking about it. There'd be a few occasions of me getting called out for saying something i though was true.

Sick Octopus

I lied to Christa re: knowing about the walkie working earlier. Nothing came of that.


I figure someone is always going to be pissed at me regardless of truth-telling or otherwise.
Can't win.

Yertos

The Fallen wrote: »

I think there should be a few more situations where lying is the best policy to dispel the idea that it is automatically the wrong choice. There would be way too much confusion if it wasn't labeled however. Some Lies are obvious, but in the Clementines parents example i would probably have though i was making the decision to actually go looking for them not just talking about it. There'd be a few occasions of me getting called out for saying something i though was true.

Agreed, like when Vernon asked if Clementine was Lee's daughter and I chose yes. As far as what goes for a daughter, Clem was Lee's and I did not think saying this was a lie at all, at this point Clem is his family and would not even think Lee is lying if he says Clementine is his daughter.

Because of this simple misunderstanding Vernon gave me the douchebag Lee speech about how I don't care about the others and to look at what I did to get him to come. In my playthough, Lee did not lie here.

Crixus

Yertos wrote: »

Agreed, like when Vernon asked if Clementine was Lee's daughter and I chose yes. As far as what goes for a daughter, Clem was Lee's and I did not think saying this was a lie at all, at this point Clem is his family and would not even think Lee is lying if he says Clementine is his daughter.

Because of this simple misunderstanding Vernon gave me the douchebag Lee speech about how I don't care about the others and to look at what I did to get him to come. In my playthough, Lee did not lie here.

Yeah same happened to me,I told him Clem was my daughter but I didn't see it as lying because Clem was as good as Lee's daughter at this point,felt weird when Vernon went off on me then.

thestalkinghead

the intentional lies have to be labeled as lies else we could assume that every single thing lee said was a lie, maybe things that you intend to actually do but then change your mind don't have to be labeled as lies.

but if in a conversation lee can choose the option to say "my favorite colour is blue" and it doesn't say (lie), that has to be the truth, else later if clementine finds lee a new blue shirt and then Lee mumbles under his breath "damn, i hate blue" i would be annoyed because that wasn't a lie i wanted to tell

FatTonyVG

If anything, IMO, too few choices were labeled as a lie. For example, I "lied" to Hershel during my first playthrough, but only because I had no idea what the honest answers were to his questions!

thestalkinghead

FatTonyVG wrote: »

If anything, IMO, too few choices were labeled as a lie. For example, I "lied" to Hershel during my first playthrough, but only because I had no idea what the honest answers were to his questions!

yeah it wasn't until episode 4 that they added it, that first bit with hershel was sort of guesswork as to which one was the truth because you could spin most of the choices in to the truth because they don't display the full dialogue just hint as to what Lee will say

fabi777

But if you don't tell about the bite, it will change stuff.

The_Ripper

fabi777 wrote: »

Well,if you just click to Clementine: "sure" when she asked if we can go tommorow,you won't know it's a lie.

This. ^