"No Going Back" .. But should I? (Spoilers)
Hey everyone,
I know there's already a lot of discussion on this but wanted to share my view.
Major spoilers here obviously!
Okay so at the end on episode 5 I shot Kenny and went with Jane. It was NOT an easy decision, in fact it was the hardest thing I've ever done in a video game, my eyes were physically flooded with tears (I'm a 23 year old guy). I've rarely find a game, or anything for that matter, that gets to me that much.
I stuck with Kenny from the start, saved his boy, stuck up for him, took the shot for him, always did everything I could to help him. Even in season 2 I almost always sided with him over everything, knowing what a brilliant character he was and the closest thing (next to Lee) that Clem had to a father. He was my favourite character, so the decision to shoot him broke my heart.
Firstly I must admit that it didn't properly read both of the options. I thought one was shoot Kenny and the other was shoot jane so my decision was a little biased, I thought of it as either protect Jane or assist Kenny with murdering her. So I'm not sure I'd of done the same thing if I'd have read it properly.
However .. Kenny was loosing it, he was a time bomb. If Jane didn't "loose" the baby .. What if Clem did? Would he try to kill her too? Every little thing just seemed to send him off the rails and I was getting tired of trying to bring him back down to earth. I genuinely thought that with the baby gone, he would NEVER be happy again, he would never come back down to earth and he would gradually get worse and worse to the point where I began to fear for Clem's own safety from him.
I don't agree with what Jane did .. Though she did reveal Kenny's true colours.
I just don't know. Part of me thinks if I'd of read the options properly it would have been different, part of me thinks it wouldn't. And the beauty of this game is it forces you to make those decisions under pressure .. It's instincts. I also think it adds a lot of power to the story in how upset it made me .. I genuinely wouldn't have cared if Jane died ...
But what do I do .. Shall I go back and change my decision .. Or stick with it? "/
Comments
As Aura said, it's your decision.
However, I think the concept of rewinding once you find out some kind of plot twist so you can pretend you knew about this plot twist all along, while it may make you feel more secure, would negatively impact on the quality of your story.
As in, you made that decision at that specific time because it was YOUR Clementine. If you change the decision because of things which happen after the decision, you lose that.
Im a diehard Kenny fan and I still believe rewinding would be a little cheap....
I totally agree. The problem I'm facing is that I misread the 2nd option, and if I'd have read it properly the outcome might have been very different. If I was in Clem's shoes where the decision was totally mine and there where 100 different options .. I certainly wouldn't have shot Kenny .. In fact the first thing I thought before I got the options was that I'd of shot at the sky to try and get their attention. I only really shot him because I looked at it as "save Jane" or "help Kenny murder Jane".
So like I said .. I didn't really make a fair decision. But I've made it now .. And living with your decisions is part of the game ..
I did exactly what you wrote too, i shot Kenny and went with Jane. But i couldn't resist, so i rewinded the last chapter and went with Kenny. I've stuck with him since the beginning and he cared so fucking much about Clem. Still my 2nd favorite character from the whole game.