How did the survivors find Wellington?
Great ending! Of course.. just I'm not getting why it was never explained how they arrived other than Kenny's plain old luck. & I get the alternative of back tracking to find Lowes.. I mean Howes, and that was within reason.
I don't think a 9 day foot journey to Wellington in a winter wonderland was possible without some sort of guidance. Nor without their pickup truck equipped with a Garmin GPS.
What's your theories on the group making it to Wellington? Did they have a map along with various "terminus" styled signs out on the road in the wilderness? Or did I missing something everyone else witnessed in the game?
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Larry had charm, coming out of his behind, i think Kenny has luck coming out of his ass xd
Kenny seemed to know where to go even before this journey started. Had it all planned out, but obviously some hiccups kept getting in the way. Considering he's an adult and probably not a complete fool on directions. Kenny and Clem just walked in the direction Wellington's located after learning where they were.
I don't know. Telltale was pretty liberal with the timeskips in S2 for some reason. I didn't really understand where Clementine was supposed to be going in the alone ending or how she got there so fast.
While that explanation makes sense, there's still one problem; if he knew where Wellington was, and where he was going, why did he not tell anyone else, or at the very least, mention that he actually knew for a fact where he was going? Case in point, when he's in the truck with Jane. That would be the perfect time to say "Actually, I do know where it is. I'm not just blindly marching through the snow on a suicide mission like you think I am"
If he informed anyone in the group that Wellington was indeed real and that he knew where it was, maybe they wouldn't have left, and Jane wouldn't have felt the need to carry out her plan. The only explanation I can think of is that he didn't trust anyone else with the information, maybe thinking they'd just ditch him after he tells them where it is or something like that. But even then, that doesn't excuse him from not mentioning that he actually has directions to it in the first place. At least then his choice would sound more credible than what he says now, which is pretty much equivalent to "This place is definitely out here! ...somewhere! We'll find it... eventually! ...hopefully!"
I'm also thinking after the escape from Carver's camp. Why didn't Kenny advocate going back to the ski lodge? Atleast he might have had a better understanding of where that was .. and there wasn't a time jump from the moment Carver's gang captures them all to arriving at Howes. So I would think the distance between the ski lodge and Howes isn't that great. Wellington sounded much further and unknown.
How much safer could Wellington have been than where he was with his group at the ski lodge for about a couple years? Jane might had been more willing to get to the ski lodge before Wellington. Also I wonder why the rest of the living cabin group didn't bring up going back to the cabin like Sarah mentioned. With Carver dead and his base overran perhaps they'd have nothing to fear that much.
Also I was half hoping we would get to atleast see the inside community of Wellington. After all the talk of it throughout the second season. But telltale might have intended that to be a small cliffhanger for that specific ending I guess.
Me either I just assumed maybe she really took Mike's word and attempted to head southbound to Texas. lol that group debate by the pickup had possibly the funniest lines and character reactions in that game for me. Akin to the season one moment with the group arguing in the drug store with Larry over what to do with Duck.
If I remember correctly, the cabin and the Moonstar Lodge were both situated within the limits of Virginia, while Howe's Hardware store is in Tennessee.* Keep in mind that they were put inside the back of a truck, so they had no idea about where they were until they had arrived at Howe's.
*According to Wikia. I know that website can be edited by anyone, but I haven't heard of a more accurate statement, or any statement, for that matter.
He did seem to act like he knew where we were going. Always going on about heading north. As I mentioned, the hiccups included pit stops for grieving/giving up on life and following a Russian kid with the promise of food and shelter close by. It's going to be a long trip, mind as well make some pit stops along the way lol. And after everything that he's been through with his new companions, I can imagine some trust issues would develop. Especially if he didn't want certain members to be there with him when arriving to Wellinfton (we all know who they are).
That's the style of Season 2. Too many unexplained situations, for example: Pete's killer (If saved) is still unknown, people assume it was Carver; Carver never asked where Nick's mother is; Christa and Clem finding out about Wellington is still not known how, radios and TVs don't work anymore in a ZA and Clem can mention that she and Christa have been on their own all this time.
Holy hell. How long did it take Luke to get to Howe's again? Like 3 days if we count the 24 hour drive that the group took with Carver (assuming he started his journey as soon as they left)? He traveled 525 miles to get to the group, that's some serious ass dedication.
No wonder he was looking a little pale.
And acting a little carelessly trying to get food.
There were rumors about Wellington everywhere. Kenny said it's supposed to be a camp near Michigan, but the main clue was that it was North. So you had to go North, that's all Kenny knew, so yeah he got lucky. He didn't even know if it was real or not.
I would had thought maybe they encountered a fellow survivor that was leaving from there (possibly turned away) that helped Kenny out with directions. If so I doubt it would had been that much harder to include a brief skit like this in the game after deciding to travel with Kenny sometime during those 9 days.
That was another thing that hurt season 2 along with brief episodes was too many time jumps.
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I suppose the most logical explanation could be that Kenny found a map off screen from somewhere, possibly that truck stop that he killed Jane at and went based off that. being an ex fisherman and road trips in his pickup truck before the apocalypse he must had a sound sense of direction and keen at map reading. Thus eventually found Wellington.
Maybe that's why Jane wasn't up for going because she knew she wouldn't find it or would take so much longer like 90 days compared to Kenny getting there in 9 days. It's been said men are often much better with directions than women statistically if I'm not incorrect .... so don't hold me to that last remark. lol
That sounds like a stereotype to me, linked with the one that men are know more about cars, but it could have some scientific back-up.
I agree with the majority of your post; it sounds plausible. Although, you might have intended to reply to somebody else. My comment was not about Wellington.
No my comment was aimed towards you for your thoughts about Kenny possibly finding a map off screen to get to Wellington. About them being in the truck I still think Kenny would had quicker access back to the ski lodge. If he was able to find Wellington though it took over a week. I'm thinking he must of wanted to move on from the lodge to a climate where Walkers moved slower and he thought it was safer so he purposely chose not to go back to the lodge. Though it crossed his mind.
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