How long we're you stunned/sad after S1 ending?
I finally bought these games, and honestly wasn't expect much. I went in thinking, this is going to be so much worse than the TV show. I would of never tried them if it wasn't for all the raving on how amazing they are.
I was blown away by them. I ended up beating S1+400 days and S2E1 in 2 sittings (little over 20 hours according to steam). I then bought TWAU, and beat those 2 episodes the next day. However, even after playing TWAU all my mind kept thinking about was TWD S1's ending.
It was the first thing that brought me to tears since my dad passed away ~9 years ago. I am an extremely unemotional person, I've been called a "robot" by my friends because I just don't get sad or laugh when other people do. I've played thousands of games, watched thousands of movies and TV shows. If I feel any emotion towards a character, it is usually quickly forgotten after I start watching/playing something else. I've only cried maybe 3 times over the age of 10 and i'm now 28, and it's never been over a form of entertainment.
I don't understand why this game had such a huge impact on me. It's now been 4 days since I played and it's still all I think about. Refreshing these forums constantly, and hoping for S2E2 news, even though I know S2 is basically a separate story from S1. I wish they wouldn't of killed him off, but at the same time that's what makes this game so good.
I really hope they don't kill Clem off at the end of this season, I mean I assume they wouldn't, but I assumed the same thing about Lee. As it stands, I really don't think Season 2 will be as good without Lee.
Did anyone else connect with Lee/Clem this much? How long did it take for you to "recover" from what happened?
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I was slightly sad, but not stunned. I could see it coming. Nothing that touched my strings as much as LotR did though.
Yeah, it definitely shocked me, the voice acting at that part of the game was stunning, it made the scene feel so real. In the end I burst out crying lol, took about 2 days for me to stop feeling depressed and every time I see that scene I still cry. Damn it telltale, you got me really good
First time I did it, I was depressed for almost a week. Serious.
You're not alone bro, it was like that final scene was stuck in my head for a while...it was hard to overcome, I always found myself reminiscing all those moments for in S1 leading up to Lee's death.
I hardly ever cry at anything but when i finished episode 5 i cried for the first time in years, i thought i was being overemotional at first until i read that others had also cried, It took me about a week to get over it and playing All That Remains brought some of those memories back when Clementine was telling Luke her story at the dinner table.
That was my thoughts too, I went almost a decade without crying. While the game was incredibly good, the choices and deaths up to that point didn't make me emotional (normal for me). Most of the time just shocked. I felt the same as you "Why am I crying.. This is embarassing... No one cries during video games!".
I almost choked up again in S2E1, when Clem said "I miss Lee" while sitting around the fire.
Christa: I know you do.
im still sad
Honestly at the end of ep 5, not at all really. I was more happy clem didnt die really.
I was way more sad at the end of episode 4 cause then I knew Lee was dead, was pretty depressed for a while.; When I started ep 5 I already knew it was over for Lee . Don't know; did people think Lee would randomly be cured in episode 5? I think really him getting to choose his own way out and saving clem was as happy as it was gonna get after episode 4.
Some still had hope of Lee surviving, especially the time when Lee had the option to get his arm amputated. I mean, when Lee got bit as Ep 4 I was like, "Dammit Lee! Cut the arm off already!". But sadly, we were too late anyways...
Lee's death wasn't the reason I cried. I accepted that at the end of Episode 4. It was the emotional impact it was having on Clem that made me cry. Shes only 9 at the time of that scene, and she's sitting there holding a gun to the only person she still cares about. Not to mention she just saw her parents as walkers, not moments before! No one should ever be put into that situation, let alone someone of her age.
I knew Lee was going to die, but I was thinking Kenny or someone else would do it. I didn't think they'd make Clem do it. Clem was just too young and innocent at the time... her face covered in blood, her shaking and crying, and finally pulling the trigger. It all comes together and just makes for an incredibly emotional scene.
I would not of cried if someone else had to kill Lee. At the end of Episode 4, I was sure Kenny would be the one to kill Lee and watch after Clem...
I was depressed for several hours afterward. I had begun to suspect Lee would die at some point, even before he was bitten, so I had already prepared myself for it. The hardest part was breaking it to Clem, and having her finish Lee off. THAT is what did me in.
I don't know. An hour or something.
Disregard this, nothing here.
I was teary up until the extra scene where Clem is staring at two figures in the distance.
After that I just got upset and anxious for a continuation of the story ,what with that massive cliffhanger :[
Good thing it's finally here!
I got so sad I still get lump in my throat everytime I hear the opening screen in S2.
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There I sit for a few moments, trying to get past the feeling and the title screen before actually starting the game. :S
Same here. Was a little stunned for an hour or so, then i moved on.
I got over it pretty quickly. Knowing what the Walking Dead is, I was prepared for almost every death.
I can't remember. I have a bad memory but I think I was depressed for a few days, maybe. Kenny's 'death' and Lee's death really got to me... I think I broke down while walking my dog and cried a bit.
I'm just glad no one came across me that day.
I only shed one tear at the time of Lee's death though.
I'm kind of a hardened person, in the moment it doesn't hurt but when the emotions sink in it's a different story.
This should explain it all:
Well ,next morning i had to call my work and said i didn't feel so good and i was just in shock... over a game. Ueah, TT achieved something amazing.
For Weeks...
Seriously, I was in a state of extreme depression for Weeks.
Here's the deal: If I like a game, I play it again.
I LOVED Season 1, but the thought of replaying it brings me physical pain. I don't think I will ever replay it again.
Stunned for about 3 hours, depressed for like a month.
Maybe you should, face your demon?
And btw my name is donte da demon killah
that ending was tragic, I feel like crying. by the end I think Clem thought Lee was a father figure, after she sees her parents and then having to take care of Lee. Even after I finished the game I was thinking about it hours later, wow that sucks that was really bad place to be in.
I made Clem shoot Lee just cause I didn't think she would survive without being harden in the zombie world.
Probably about 5-10 minutes at most, I got over it rather quickly.
Even though I knew this was Lee's end at Episode 5 from the get-go I was really surprised how much it gutted me. I was very saddened by it. The scene as a whole was incredible. When I finished the game and stopped weeping I thought to myself; "Wow, this is one of the most incredible endings ever done in a video game."
Same, I actually got pretty worried for myself for two weeks about how sad I was after Lee, but I fully recovered after two weeks. One of the benefits of fiction is how it can allow you experience these depths of emotion but only then recover quickly so it doesn't negatively impact your life, but still allows you to remember enough to reflect on the experience.
I had to take a nap I was so shocked. I'm still a little depressed tbh
"'How long did it take for you to "recover" from what happened?"'
Never did.
i found it very sad.... after i finished the game it made me sad thinking that Clementine is all alone now her parents are dead and Lee, i was thinking who will protect her hoping that she will find Omid and Christa (we know in season 2 ep1 she meets up with them but that doesn't last for long, then she is thrown into this dark world by herself ): poor Clementine...
Well, there wasnt really any shock, since I knew it was coming since Ep.4 (a month previous for me). But man, came the closest I came to crying since I was a small child, actually had to disengage myself from the game mentally and tell myself it was just a game when Lee was sitting in his final spot talking to Clem. May have ruined it a bit for myself by doing that too. I thought about the game a lot after I played, but I thought about it like any great game and reflected on it, I wasnt obsessing about the ending or what would happen to Clementine.