Tommy Wiseau
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I hate babies, but I thought the episode was good.
We must keep the baby alive! Bla bla bla. Why is there no choice to dump that stupid pregnant chick and later her baby? Everyone is like "The baby, it is holy! We must protect it!". Also, there is a shitload of strong/heroic super woman in this shit.
Also, whose baby it was? The evil psycho leader of the supermarket camp right? Because the fat neggro Alvin was unable to impregnate that woman and they tried. So, was it rape by the crazy leader or did she willingly get fucked by him and planned to rise the child with Alvin? In which case the crazy leader had every right to try and get the baby back. Anyway, it was great to shot that bitch in the face in the end.We must keep the baby alive! Bla bla bla. Why is there no choice to dump that stupid pregnant chick and later her baby? Everyone is like "The baby, it is holy! We must protect it!". Also, there is a shitload of strong/heroic super woman in this shit.
Yes that makes no sense ,its not rare to abandon characters to their fate. You can abandon sarah easily in fact you have to later , but forget survivalism , the baby is holy and the whole chapter revolves around it, despites them having no way to feed him . I expected to abandon them and leave with jane .
Anyway, it was great to shot that bitch in the face in the end.
The last part of the season two is out and I just finished it. My impressions (Rambling mostly) in spoiler.
Magical Baby Jesus strikes again. And the fucking writers were playing with you, letting you think that you finally managed to get rid of this baby twice. At the start of the episode you can choose between going to grab the baby from under a gunfire or ducking for cover. Being a reasonable man that I am, and seeing the Russians spraying their AK 47 all over the place I ducked for cover. But lo and behold, that stupid guy decided to run for the magical baby instead.
But the biggest kick comes at the end of the episode when you are let to believe that Jane finally got some balls and got rid od the baby, and all that is left is the retarded redneck Kenny that has anger issues and surprisingly enough, the game lets you shot that asshole which was a major plus for me. But then, then you find you that Jane just hid the baby in a car to make Kenny angry! Because nothing, absolutely nothing can ever happen to that stupid baby. It like the writers sincerely believe that there are no people on this world that would hurt a baby, even when their own survival depends on it. That shit is just so naive that it makes me angry every time.
At least you got the choice at the very end to either let in a group of new people or just tell them to go fuck themselves, which I promptly did, knowing that this ginger asshole is packing heat behind his back. The only thing this ending lacked was an option to shot them in the back when they turned back and you saw that he has a gun there.
Am I the only one that thinks that the writters have no idea how hard would it be to rise a child in such circumstances? The constant need for special food. The need for medication, cleaning supplies, heat, clean clothes. It only takes one serious cold and this baby is out, seeing as it would be a hell of a miracle to find the medicine for it. Not to mention how ridiculosly dangerous it is for them with the baby around. Those little bastards can start crying in a second and good luck calming it down without toys/medicine/proper food/nice place to sleep. And all that for no profit at all because the baby cant help them with anything till it is at least 7-8 years old but by that point they would be dead a milion times.
Noooooo, they would never do that. Remember how important Christa and whatshisface were this season after keeping them alive in the first.Of course they could just take a massive time jump and fast forward five years later making all of the choices fairly meaningless.
Season 3 is already announced.That was kinda my point, those two were only relevant for the first 15 minutes of the first episode.
If anything, the many different endings smells like a discontinuation of the series to me. Sort of written themselves into a corner, perhaps on purpose. Might be too popular a series to cancel, but between Borderlands, GOT and Fables, I think they'll put it on ice for a while.
If they do make a season 3, then yeah they'll probably ignore these choices for the most part. Give them 15 minutes again and move on. Spread out a few lines here and there to reference it.
Doubt it will be multiple years of time-skip though. Otherwise it moves into Fallout 3 style "supermarket still has canned food and ammo to loot after x years" territory of silliness.
I know, I was merely elaborating on it for the benefit of the others~That was kinda my point, those two were only relevant for the first 15 minutes of the first episode.
Oh. Well nevermind then.Season 3 is already announced.
The last part of the season two is out and I just finished it. My impressions (Rambling mostly) in spoiler.
Magical Baby Jesus strikes again. And the fucking writers were playing with you, letting you think that you finally managed to get rid of this baby twice. At the start of the episode you can choose between going to grab the baby from under a gunfire or ducking for cover. Being a reasonable man that I am, and seeing the Russians spraying their AK 47 all over the place I ducked for cover. But lo and behold, that stupid guy decided to run for the magical baby instead.
But the biggest kick comes at the end of the episode when you are let to believe that Jane finally got some balls and got rid od the baby, and all that is left is the retarded redneck Kenny that has anger issues and surprisingly enough, the game lets you shot that asshole which was a major plus for me. But then, then you find you that Jane just hid the baby in a car to make Kenny angry! Because nothing, absolutely nothing can ever happen to that stupid baby. It like the writers sincerely believe that there are no people on this world that would hurt a baby, even when their own survival depends on it. That shit is just so naive that it makes me angry every time.
At least you got the choice at the very end to either let in a group of new people or just tell them to go fuck themselves, which I promptly did, knowing that this ginger asshole is packing heat behind his back. The only thing this ending lacked was an option to shot them in the back when they turned back and you saw that he has a gun there.
Am I the only one that thinks that the writters have no idea how hard would it be to rise a child in such circumstances? The constant need for special food. The need for medication, cleaning supplies, heat, clean clothes. It only takes one serious cold and this baby is out, seeing as it would be a hell of a miracle to find the medicine for it. Not to mention how ridiculosly dangerous it is for them with the baby around. Those little bastards can start crying in a second and good luck calming it down without toys/medicine/proper food/nice place to sleep. And all that for no profit at all because the baby cant help them with anything till it is at least 7-8 years old but by that point they would be dead a milion times.
Also, how the fuck could that guy be a father of a pitch black kiddo?At least you got the choice at the very end to either let in a group of new people or just tell them to go fuck themselves, which I promptly did, knowing that this ginger asshole is packing heat behind his back. The only thing this ending lacked was an option to shot them in the back when they turned back and you saw that he has a gun there.
Because he is impotent and his wife decided to screw a big bad leader of a different group and then run away with the child and force her husband into accepting the child... oh wait, you asked about the couple at the end!Also, how the fuck could that guy be a father of a pitch black kiddo?At least you got the choice at the very end to either let in a group of new people or just tell them to go fuck themselves, which I promptly did, knowing that this ginger asshole is packing heat behind his back. The only thing this ending lacked was an option to shot them in the back when they turned back and you saw that he has a gun there.
Choose Your Own Adventure, bro.
Hey, I ended with just Jana at the end of Season 2! (Well, and that stupid baby), like... 12 percent of players. Am I some kind of a sociopath?Some rambling from me.
Overall I like the writing in both seasons and enjoyed the story, but it annoys me how inconsistent and naive the scenario gets at times. It seems as if the writers pull off Bioware retardation and always render the good the only worth option, no matter how idiotic that would be in a real-world scenario, rather than cold minded and reasonable when there's a difficult decision to be made.
Let's take the Arvo situation for example. You've got severely injured people and a woman who is just about to give birth in your group, meaning they’re all in dipshit without medicine, and then you stumble across a guy carrying a bag with a fucking ER inside. What do you do? Any person with half a brain would just take the bloody bag, then probably get rid of the Russkie to avoid any hard feelings from his comrades. However, since the player is well aware that it’s not what the game expects him to do, he’d rather pick the 100% lawful good variant than face the potential consequences – as is always the case when you choose not to be Mother Teresa.
The reason why a character like Jane is given a hard time, even though she didn't do anything even half as retarded as overpraised Kennymeh, is because she’s the only person in the group that has common sense. But since the game teaches you that to get the cake you must be nice to everyone, the player automatically assumes she’s evil. Because man, she said that it’s better to let go on a poor girl (Sara), what a horrible and mean person is she? I mean, it’s not like 2 people already died because of Sara, 3 other almost died saving her, or that she’s completely fucking useless in a world full of zombies and only endangers useful party members that have some slight chance to survive this shit.
Also, Luke’s death. You can either try helping him by a)trying to reach his sorry ass on foot, or b)by shooting the zombies behind his back. Being the Discovery and National Geographic guy I am, I know that stepping on thin ice (there's even a saying, you know) and putting more weight on it is not the brightest option. Not to mention how insanely fucking stupid is the idea that a little girl can pull a big guy out of water – while STANDING on a surface that’s about to collapse!!! The proper way to help a person in such circumstances is to lie fucking down to reduce the pressure on the ice, crawl closer and hand him/her a stick, belt, or anything long-range. Since you can’t do that in the game, I picked the more logical of the two: shoot teh zombieh and don’t put more weight on the ice because you CAN’T possibly help him anyway. But of course, that’s not heroic and epic enough, so the game punishes you right away by either killing one of the characters, or turning her against you. To hell with any logic!
The fact that the game rewards only following the white knight way, no matter how idiotic that would be, renders any choices and moral dilemmas non existent – because it’s better to be good than to be sorry. Just look at the charts at the end of every episode: vast majority of players always pick the exact same options. Of course because they’re all wonderful human beings capable of doing only good!
But this multiple endings thing is retarded - there are at least 6 endings but there is no real closure. Different companions or none, different locations and I don't see how they will be able to create a coherent Season 3.
The fact that the game rewards only following the white knight way
I guess I'm a sociopath, too.Hey, I ended with just Jana at the end of Season 2! (Well, and that stupid baby), like... 12 percent of players. Am I some kind of a sociopath?
Luke dies either way and nothing afterwards changes no matter what you choose. Bonnie's still a bitch that steals your stuff and leaves you to bleed.