Does Clementine Not Know That Cutting it Off Can Help?
I would really like to see this for Season 3, but I wanted to see everyone else's input on this and how you reacted. I also like that TellTale stuck with Clem's misjudgement.
When Lee shows up to Clementine with his arm removed he admits he was bitten and he had to cut it off. Obviously he dies anyway. Ever since then there are small lines of dialogue, such as Peter saying they could cut off Clementine's arm and Clementine can reply, "that won't work" in regards to the idea that she saw Lee's wound and doesn't know that, like Hershel, you can cut off an infected bite and save the person, but you have to do it immediately.
So, regardless of whether she saw it or not I'm under the impression that Clementine doesn't know that people have cut off bites and had it work.
My question is, did you play Clementine as not thinking that cutting it off would work or did you try to avoid it?
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Well I am all for not losing an arm or leg if I can help it. So thats how my Clem things.
I think that's the point. If Lee(or Kenny or Christa) cut his arm off, he still ended up turning. Clementine likely believed that this doesn't work. However, the brief coexistence with Reggie does show her that it is indeed possible to survive a bite, which can interpreted to be her motivation for unintentionally killing Sarita.
So, I guess the answer is yes, she does know.
I don't think as soon as Clementine got bit by Sam the dog her first thought would be to cut off her arm. Even if she's willing (for some odd reason), she wasn't in a physical state to do so. Later we meet Reggie and Clementine then learns it works if that helps.
She met Reggie, who had his arm cut off by Mike after being bit. So she knows about amputations potentially working regardless of your playstyle.
Yeah, the whole point of her meeting Reggie was basically to establish that amputations can save people. She's fully aware of it. That's why she considers cutting Sarita's arm off after it's bitten.
That's an excellent point. I wonder if she actually believes it or was that just one of our choices so you can go with it. Remember there is a version where Sarita makes it to die later of the bite, rigth?
On the Sarita shot you can decide not to do it so it's still a "choice" to believe it can happen, right?
Not really. Clem still knows it's possible because of Reggie.
I would say you still have a "choice" to believe it or not. I need to check something out after Reggie because I believe there is something after Serita that she can choose not to believe.
Additionally, Pete did state that he knows "that worked for a cousin down in Ainsworth," which implies that he met somebody who was amputated one arm following a walker bite and survived.
If you continue to play that scene and choose the Pete side while you're in the box truck when he says, "grab me that (hacksaw)" one of your reply options is, "that never works".
That does show that she didn't listen to what he said. Oh, well.
No clem knows because of reggie, the whole point is that clementine considers chopping off the arm even if she doesnt actally do it. This shows she knows cutting it off can be helpful
That's my point. You can "choose" to do it. If you really knew 100% that cutting that arm off would do the job you'd just do it. In the game, it's a decision. Also when you chop her arm off she ends up turning anyway and you have to kill her so if you killed Lee that makes 2 people that died by your hand after cutting off an appendage. eh!
Actually, Sarita appropriately freaks out from being suddenly delimbed and walkers get a hold of her. You can either axe her or convince Kenny to leave her.
This is a deeper question assuming that your Clem knows that cutting a bit wound can work. If Clem cut Sarita's arm off, assuming that she can get her to safety, Sarita still would die no matter what because weapons that have walker guts on them is the same as a bite. Would Sarita's death cause Clem to continue cut arms in the future or still think that it's such a vein act?
My friend and I have debated that it would work, yet it has to be done quickly. Lee waited too long and that's also what happened to Sarita.
Sarita was amputated with an axe that was covered in walker blood. I think that may have had something to do with it.
And she also was devoured by four fucking walkers.
I saw others bring that up and while it is a valid concern, I can't help but feel it's another "Kenny didn't murder Larry because he was probably dead already." situation. At the bare minimum, she could wipe the axe off first but unless that happens in the TV show at some point, I don't think that's been tested and confirmed yet.
BOOOO!
You beat me to the punch!
She met Reggie.
That's debatable.
what is debatable?
Yeah, Kenny hijacked most of that conversation..
Rashid and Vanessa.
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WTF, I didn't get a tag.
What the fucking hell...?
Not in my game cause I didn't amputate it. I thought that that wouldn't be a good idea and was right lol. I wanted to get to the museum, then amputate it.
I am so confused just what lmao
She probably doesn't, maybe that's why Kenny/Jane are gone. They got bit and Clem killed them.
I'm with ya' on that one.
Oh, I like it!
Well Sam isn't a zombie dog so there's that, but after we meet Reggie there are signs that she can decide to not agree that the chop works. When Pete is in the box truck he says "hand me that (saw)" and one of your responses is, "that never works." After cutting off Sarita's arm she still turns so if you decide that option will work you're once again proven that it didn't help.
When I did the walkthrough and chopped off her arm it didn't seem like I had an option to not kill Sarita. Did I miss something?
Exactly. Anytime Clem is involved with a hack off moment she ends up regretting it only fueling her dismissal of it as an option.
Now wouldn't that be a kick in the pants! I would actually love that confirmation.
It's already confirmed that walker contaminated weapons are the same as walker bites. Check out the comic issues All Out War.
I'm pretty sure you can tell Kenny that the group needs him or something like that.
Nah I think she does know, because of Reggie and also it's possible because you can cut off Sarita's arm in hopes to help her when she's bitten