Telltale are Wasting Luke's Potential
One of my criticisms I had with Episode 3 was Luke. I know I may not like Luke, but I have to admit that Telltale sort of screwed him and put him on the sidelines this episode. I don't know why Telltale is having problems with giving Luke character development. Luke was completely useless this entire episode while Kenny shone like a star. They made Luke a big droopy mess while making Kenny look like a badass. Here's what I mean:
-Luke tracks down the group and arrives to Carver's camp to rescue them.
-Gets caught stealing food which leads to Kenny losing his eye and making Luke look like a Ben. Luke making a comeback and giving everyone hope only to fail epically over something petty as stealing food. He couldn't even be caught for something worth it and less embarrassing like saving Clementine's life from a walker, one of Carver's men, or something along those lines. Telltale, why did you even bring Luke back if he's going to do absolutely nothing, but screw things up in Episode 3!
-Luke takes the AK-47 from Carver and finally has the chance to end this nightmare.
-Cops out and Kenny takes care of it making him look even more of a badass while making Luke seem incompetent.
-Group fights through the hoard of walkers.
-Luke disappears...AGAIN
I'm under the impression that they want us to like Kenny more than Luke this episode. Telltale, you had a chance to make a 50/50 split choice with Kenny and Luke in Episode 5, but you ruined it. Did more people like Kenny than Luke in Episode 2? Sure, but it wasn't by a large margin and Telltale could have at least had Luke done something admirable to strengthen our attachment with him in Episode 3, but instead they made him useless and naive. If there's a Kenny or Luke choice now, Luke would get destroyed by Kenny. It would be one of those choices where most people wouldn't think twice about picking Kenny.
Good job Telltale by making your deuteragonist less likable than a lot of the other characters. Now you have only one more episode before the Kenny or Luke choice and guess what? Luke is missing again! Astounding work Telltale, you never cease to amaze me. Way to make this a difficult choice. Oh wait...it's not.
-Luke tracks down the group and arrives to Carver's camp to rescue them.
-Gets caught stealing food which leads to Kenny losing his eye and making Luke look like a Ben. Luke making a comeback and giving everyone hope only to fail epically over something petty as stealing food. He couldn't even be caught for something worth it and less embarrassing like saving Clementine's life from a walker, one of Carver's men, or something along those lines. Telltale, why did you even bring Luke back if he's going to do absolutely nothing, but screw things up in Episode 3!
-Luke takes the AK-47 from Carver and finally has the chance to end this nightmare.
-Cops out and Kenny takes care of it making him look even more of a badass while making Luke seem incompetent.
-Group fights through the hoard of walkers.
-Luke disappears...AGAIN
I'm under the impression that they want us to like Kenny more than Luke this episode. Telltale, you had a chance to make a 50/50 split choice with Kenny and Luke in Episode 5, but you ruined it. Did more people like Kenny than Luke in Episode 2? Sure, but it wasn't by a large margin and Telltale could have at least had Luke done something admirable to strengthen our attachment with him in Episode 3, but instead they made him useless and naive. If there's a Kenny or Luke choice now, Luke would get destroyed by Kenny. It would be one of those choices where most people wouldn't think twice about picking Kenny.
Good job Telltale by making your deuteragonist less likable than a lot of the other characters. Now you have only one more episode before the Kenny or Luke choice and guess what? Luke is missing again! Astounding work Telltale, you never cease to amaze me. Way to make this a difficult choice. Oh wait...it's not.
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Perhaps Telltale will eventually throw up their hands and kill off Luke and replace him with Kenny if they realise there's little chance to redeem Luke? Right now he's a waste of potential, and there's only two episodes left.
Telltale need to give Luke a epic scene to keep up .
This episode did a lot to turn my opinion of Kenny around and it will be one giant fail if they don't give Luke the same kind of chance in upcoming episodes. Seriously, if he is actually gone for a chunk of episode four, I'll be pretty pissed. It would just be so lazy and nonsensical.
I don't want to pick him just to pick him at the end of the day, if there's not enough to back it up, it's like what's the point.
Kenny's the one who got the brunt of bad writing, IMO. He was way too big a character and stole the spotlight from less developed characters. I was happy to see his return but now the fact that they're rehashing him so much just seems unfair. If anyone should have bashed Carver's face in, it should have been Rebecca. And she's stone cold, I bet she would have done it, too.
I also agree with you on Kenny. I don't like how they're reworking his character this season—he's too much of a hero. It's too easy to side with him, whereas in Season 1 he was always making controversial decisions that the player either completely agreed or disagreed with. You either hated him or you loved him. That dynamic is no longer present in Season 2, at least for me.
I really loved Kenny in Season 1 for how amazingly well-written he was, but I feel like his Season 2 appearance just falls flat in comparison.
That would be an interesting development for his character. I've always seen Carver as a sort of foil to Kenny since they have similar motivations (family first and foremost, wanting to take leadership) and even a few shared traits (both have immense determination, can be brutal, family-oriented, no patience for people who disagree with them, choleric) but entirely different ways of making decisions (Carver is calculating and strategic whereas Kenny is impulsive and brash) so I thought it was fitting for Kenny to be the one to kill him, but what if he ends up becoming just like Carver himself in the end?
I'm probably just grasping at straws here and I doubt it'll happen, but the idea is definitely interesting to me.
Actually I didn't bother with the fact that Luke has been overshadowed by Kenny. we had enough time and interactions with Luke in episode 2. Luke is more rational than Kenny, who is extremely emotional, but that does not make him a "weaker" character. he just deals with things differently in my opinion.
but yeah..the fact that he disappeared for the second time is something strange and suspicious...
Kenny was kind of a badass but for me he could also caused big problem, for ex. he lost his eye, and Luke might felt he got blamed for it.