What choices/dialogue options do you *always* pick?
BigBlindMax
Banned
Hey everyone, it's been a long time since my last discussion here. I think my most recent was the gunfight theory I created before S2E5 dropped. Man, time flies!
Anyway, I recently did a playthrough of Seasons 1 & 2 for the first time in forever and it got me thinking...
Part of the allure in playing the game multiple times is watching what happens when you make different choices. However, in my experience, there are certain choices that I couldn't help but pick on every single playthrough. They basically became canon for me. Some options I always choose.
Season 1
I always take Kenny's side vs. Larry and never shame him for ditching Shawn.
I always make sure Clem and Duck eat, but never feed Lee.
I always shoot Duck.
i always tell Clem she needs to learn how to pull the trigger
I always take Clementine to Crawford
I always say "don't be afraid" at the end and tell Clementine to keep her hair short.
Season 2
I always distract the scavengers.
I always accept the apology
I always let Alvin take the food for Rebecca and listen to the baby.
I never agree with Carver.
I always try to help Kenny
I always go into the ticket booth.
So, what are your mandatory choices?
Comments
Season 1
Season 2
I am just interested why people save Shaw, not Duck? I am not saying its wrong choice or something else,but.Ya know- Duck is just a defenceless kid...Anyway I would love to hear answer(s) why you choose Shaw.Others oppinion is always interesting
Always smash the old farts head in
I just dislike Duck :P.
I always say "shut the fuck up" to Andy, ahahaha. I love how Lee says it.
Personally, I've always found Kenny to be a more interesting character if you disagree with him, at least a few times.
It's so casual; I always expect him to be like SHUT THE FUCK UP! but Lee just sounds slightly annoyed when he says it.
Always say "You're fucking crazy" when I sometimes play Jane's endings.
I dont think I have anything I have to do.
I always save Pete. Nick is awesome, but so's Pete.
Always save Pete.
I always do the non-douchey decisions.
Am I the only one who played the game just one time through o_o
Always save Ben (incompetence should not be punished with death imo)
Always stayed on pretty good terms with Kenny in both season 1 and 2
Always have Clementine tell Carlos that he is not her dad
Always kill Larry (just don't understand why anyone would save him after he TRIED TO KILL LEE earlier on. Bet if Lee had died down there people would be like "fuck Larry")
Always save Sarah
Always watch Carver die
But maybe then in the end he will not help you finding Clementine?
Fair enough
Edit: I guess I oughta give the reasons why
Season 1:
Always try to save Shawn. (I feel Kenny's story is best told with some tension between him and Lee, especially early on).
Always get combative with Larry. (too satisfying calling him an old fuck).
Always try to save Larry. (again, it helps Kenny's story in the long run, while also helping Lilly's in the short run).
Always kill the St. John brothers. (more dramatic for me).
Always steal the food. (make the conflict with the Stranger more personal).
Always shoot the woman in the street. (because fuck letting her suffer).
Always banish Lilly. (bringing her along with the story I tend to choose (being on friendly terms with her) results in poor writing).
Always remain silent during Duck discussion, but always do the deed myself when the time comes. (adds more to the scene).
Always threaten Vernon. (because it's hilarious, Lee is badass, and because fuck those people).
Always let Ben fall. (one of the most powerful scenes; any guilt I feel is also alleviated in a weird way by Lee getting bitten directly after; I don't believe Lee is a "bad guy" for doing it, but I find it fitting in a cosmically cruel way that granting a death sentence for another person is immediately followed by a death sentence being visited upon you).
Always have Clementine leave Lee behind. (far more emotional to me, seeing Clementine off making her way to the outside world, looking back on Lee passing away).
400 Days:
Always shoot Justin. (because his voice actor delivers the pain way better than Danny's).
Always leave the car. If I lose, I go right back and do it again until I win. (because the scene is better than the alternative).
Always walk out on Nate. (because Nate can go take a long fuck-off off a short pier).
Always escape Roman's camp. (because Shel would never hurt her girlfriend... it's canon, damn it).
Always tell the truth about Dee's death. (because... well, might as well, really... there's no interesting scene to be had either way).
Season 2:
Always put the dog out of his misery.
Always go to Pete's side. (we at least get part of Nick's monologue even then, and I feel Pete's scene is too good to lose entirely).
Always tell Walter Nick is a good guy. (Walter shows how cool he is before getting unceremoniously killed off).
Always save Alvin. (so he can get the one scene where he actually does something).
Always watch Carver die. (in the words of Pat from the Two Best Friends, because it was awesome and it kicked ass).
Always cut off Sarita's arm. (more intense afterwards).
Always leave Sarah behind. (because her second death is the epitome of absolute dumbshit writing; I'd let Nick die his first death too if Walter wasn't involved).
Always cover Luke. (because Bonnie is an idiot in that scene).
Always kill Kenny and tell Jane to screw off. (because by that point, I've had enough of Kenny and Jane is a moron; my Clem goes it alone, no matter how suicidal it is. No regrets).
Edit: God, this site has some idiotic spacing issues...
Great list! I see you also prefer a tense relationship with Kenny. I think it adds a lot to the story and makes scenes where he's actually reasonable/kind really shine.
Always have Clem shoot Lee. The scene is so emotional but Lee doesn't want to turn and I feel Clem shoting Lee prepares her better for Season 2.
400 Days:
Always tell the truth about Dee's death. My Bonnie is...was honest all the way...
Season 2:
My Clementine always gets slapped by Carver at the beginning of Episode 3.
I always leave Lee to turn at the end of S1
I always let Bonnie drown, that way you only see Mike and Arvo with one bag of supplies so they're not complete assholes.
A little too bad that you get a rather poorly voice acted and kind of cheesy scene of Shawn talking to Hershel while he dies, it's really the voice acting from Shawn that always puts me off.
I kinda felt the opposite actually. Felt that forming a friendship and clique with him at first and kinda going against the rest of the group and especially agreeing with some of the morally controversial descions that Kenny made, but starting to fall out with him a little and disagreeing with him later on in the game made for the most interesting storyline. All in all I felt I was still on pretty good terms with him at the end.
However what I don't get is that season 2 basically makes no sense if Lee and Kenny hate each throughout (which is possible in some peoples games right) How the hell is Clementine going to like him or even respect him then?
Always stand up to Larry in the drugstore (Lee just completely unloading on him the way he does is fantastic, and the moment when Lee cemented himself as one of my favorite characters ever)
Always refuse to go to the dairy (because of the Larry line you get when you do it. It's pretty much his best goddamn line)
Always talk to Larry in the meat locker (because of the additional irony of him saying all of that)
Always steal from the Stranger/Arvo (didn't do either of these the first time through, but for the sake of both the Stranger/Arvo being more justified in their actions, I prefer to steal)
Always defend/stick up for Ben (I just like the idea of Lee having a soft spot for Ben, even in spite of everything that happens)
Always tell Clementine about your parents when you're in the RV (because Lee has this completely ridiculous story about his mom playing the tuba)
Always tell Kenny or Katjaa to take care of Duck (because the scene is even more heartbreaking that way. Especially when you're trying to explain the situation to Clementine and get cut off by the gunshot, and you get the additional option of trying to explain to her that it had to be done/that it won't happen to her. And if you stay silent at that part, she lets out this completely heartbreaking little cry)
Always leave Clementine at the house (I mainly like it because I think it makes the scene when everyone's voting to throw Ben out even more powerful. In that moment, you end up being the only person there that sticks up and vouches for Ben, which I find kind of heartwarming)
Always save Ben (I love the additional scenes you get with him, and I find the Ben version of Kenny's sacrifice to be a lot better and more fulfilling than the Christa version)
Always have Clementine hit the Stranger with the lamp (because it's the most ridiculous and hilarious object to use)
Always have Alvin help me find supplies (a nice little bonding scene with him. And of course, the juice box)
Always go with Pete (because it's Pete, what other explanation is needed here)
Always promise Pete that I'd look after Nick (I can't deny a man his dying wishes)
Always tell Nick that Pete was bitten and scared (because I find Nick's reaction to you saying that pretty sad/tragic)
Always pick "You're not my dad, Carlos" (one of the best sassy Clem moments)
Always take the watch and give it to Nick (a small gesture that I really like. On that note, they should have updated his model to wear the watch for the rest of the season)
Always convince Walter to forgive Nick (because I promised Pete that I'd look after him)
Always save Alvin (because his episode 3 scene is worth it)
Always watch Kenny kill Carver (just an overall great, gruesome scene. Carver also gets the last laugh in a sense when you choose to stay, which also adds to the scene)
Always leave Sarah at the trailer park (again, didn't do this in my first playthrough, but her death in the trailer park is 100 times better than her second death. Sarah is the first (and hopefully the last) character in the game where letting them die is better than letting them live, in just about every single way)
Always have Bonnie reach through the ticket booth (Bonnie gets a bruise for the rest of the season, you get an extra line that alludes to Bonnie's drug problems, and finally being able to effectively tell someone "Hell no, do it yourself for once")
Always choose "That you won't leave me" during the Lee flashback (because why wouldn't I choose the most masochistic option for that scene)
Always hug people when given the option to (Clem hugs are the best hugs)
Great list! I'm try the duck one and the dairy refusal next time I play through. (I'm trying to get two playthrough soldiers on my XB1, so I can transfer them).
Well, remember that she has the options to say she never liked Kenny and can disagree with him. It's just that, thanks to inconsistent writing, the game keeps steering her back to Kenny in some way, and there are numerous scenes and dialogues that don't match up with each other because we can't change the way the story flows. Granted, it's possible to end the game where you outright murder Kenny, but it still runs completely contrary to many things that came before, as well as driving Clem a little too far over the edge.
Plus, Clementine and Kenny had very little interaction in season 1, so automatically liking him doesn't make a ton of sense either. It only feels more "canon" than hating him because season 2 puts so much focus on the idea that Clementine is the only one who can keep Kenny from going over the edge, and Kenny, while faltering every now and again, genuinely cares about Clementine all the way through, so being against him doesn't feel as even as it did with Lee and Kenny.
There's no decision that I never make, I always like to mix it up. But of all the decisions I make, the one decision that I always hate choosing is leaving the dog.
True, it's all preference in that regard.
The way I usually do it.. (at least when I'm not playing through with Kenny bromance)
I never really change my decisions when I go back and play, I always stick to the same choices (I hate change, what can I say). So technically, all the choices I have made are decisions I always make. So that's
Season 1:
Season 2:
couldn't tell u what i chosen in S1 and S2 cuz most of the time the dang timer runs out b4 i could read my options let alone choose 1 of them. >:( thanks for that Tell Tale. I really fracking hate that blasted timer. moves way to dang fast for me most of the time. Like a zero to 60 in a blink of an eye. er.....!
I think a fair amount of that can be justified in that Lee and Kenny usually had their scenes alone/separate from Clementine. Clementine isn't in the room when he doesn't save him from Danny, or when he leaves him under a door, or yells at him/beats him up on the train, or gets pissy with him down at the river, or when he refuses to help you at the end of episode 4, or when you argue in the attic.
She probably knows there's some bad blood between the two of them, but she never really saw all the major instances of Kenny being a dick that we as the player did. At most, she probably only sees him as being a bit of a jerk. And I doubt Lee openly told her about what Kenny's done. I don't think that "Today, Kenny left me under a door to die, what an asshole" is the kind of conversation he'd want to be having with her.
Then there's the fact that Clementine is shown to be all around nice/accepting of people, at least in S1. Larry was about the only person she didn't really like. Even after Ben leaves her out on the streets, she still considers him a friend and vouches for him in Crawford. If she can forgive Ben for that, I imagine she wouldn't have much trouble forgiving Kenny for not wanting to look for her, provided that Christa actually did tell her about that (since she's the only one that would have told her about that)
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