Reactions I: Sarita's fate. (Contains major spoilers)
Hello, I want to start a "series" here on the forums where I give you guys my honest reactions about certain events that took place during The Walking Dead season 1 and The Walking Dead season 2. I will be breaking these reactions up in segments (usually three). So, lets see how this works.
DISCLAIMER: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD.
CHOPPING OFF SARITA'S ARM: By far one of the most intense sequence in S2E3 was this very moment where the game allows you the option of making one the rashes choices I've seen in a video game. Suffice to say, I hacked off her arm hoping that she'd make it. But I can't also pretend that I actively wagered her life on nothing more than morbid curiosity.
Let me explain, I had just witness a man bash in another man's head in in the name of "revenge," saw another man get eaten alive in a fetal position while crying and begging for his life, and witnessed a young girls world shatter in front of her. At the exact moment the game allowed me to hack off her arm, I took it. Why? Just cause I wanted to see how I'd play out.
[AXE SARITA]: Jeez, my reasoning for giving Sarita a quick and painless death was a little more fucked up than most. After Sarita is savagely chomped at by several walkers and Kenny rushes to her aid. I took it upon myself to kill her then and there, in front of a man who was broken. Why? Because I felt Kenny didn't deserve any words with her, also I felt that after all Kenny's hypocrisies and lies, I'd feed him some right back. It's a shitty thing to do, sure, and I know I'm not justified at all. It was a moment of sheer selfishness, if I couldn't have any body to love, you won't either. That's what was going through my head at that exact moment.
Now I realise that my actions and "justifications" may cause some negativity, but please try to understand when I play these kinds of "character driven games" I play as if I were in the situation. Opening myself up more toward the circumstances. Not all my actions are that of kindness. I've made terrible decisions as Lee, and now I'm making them as Clementine.
Comments
what the fuck is wrong with you
Well... OK then.. .___.
Dude you talk like you axed a real person, it's a game relax.
Nice, still, I feel like the game stops me from doing or saying the craziest shit because I play as a child.
I've already stated the obvious, when I play a "character driven narrative" I put myself in the shoes of the person. I'm not saying it was right, but it was the way I was feeling at the time. Settle down, this my story i'm simply sharing with you.
I'm sorry for your loss bro.
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Yeah, I know. But much like a book or movie I tend to get VERY emotionally invested in the narrative. And my emotions are slightly less stable than most people. I was simply explaining my motivations at the exact time the game gave me control over the choices.
Why do you put that face in every post XD
Damn. That is cold, man.
It's my iconic style.
I'm so original (ô‿ô)
Role-playing TWD players are the best.
Though I would be lying if I didn't find your thoughts against Kenny as to be a bit obtuse and strange coming from ANY Clementine POV.
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Hey I tried
Everyone starts off somewhere (ô‿ô)
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does this make sense
yeah that looks cool (ô‿ô)
use it wisely though.
Again, at the moment I killed Sarita, you have to understand the situation was bleak. Everyone was dying, and I guess I was angry that Sarita and Kenny were sharing a moment me and my parents or me and Lee never really had.
It was kind of like Fight Club when Tyler is just smashing this dudes face in front of everyone. "I wanted to destroy something beautiful" was his justification for that moment.
I think it’s hard to imagine Clementine having that kind of mentality and I play one who is driven by cynicism amongst other things. It just feels against what Lee was trying to show Clementine, but perhaps your decisions with Lee would shine in a lot of understanding with Clementine. I of course didn’t opt to even remove Sarita’s hand for the sole reason that there was no way she was not going to scream out in pain—my impulses as Clementine said to attack the zombie and deal with Sarita’s infection once we were clear of the horde if that makes any sense.
pretty sinister thoughts mane
Oh why hello back to you (ô‿ô)
Walks in
Oh, hello there (> ._. )> <( ._. <)
Absolutely, mabey my outlook is just more pernicious than it should be. But about a thousand things were going through my head then, and not one of those things were good.
I like to get invested too but....damn, not this much i'm afraid.
Everyone plays how he wants though
Hello back to you (ô‿ô)
Thank you, I know it's not too easy to hear someone speak about doing something so morally bleak, especially when your playing as an eleven year old girl.