The Duck conspiracy (spoiler)

edited September 2012 in The Walking Dead
I warn you, major spoiler ahead.

I for one, want Duck dead. And I know a lot of you want that too.

But unfortunately... if you look in the episode images in the game (when loading a save) "episode 3: long road ahead" You will see duck in the train.

so I'm sorry.. but Duck is gonna bother us for 2 or more episodes :(
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  • edited April 2012
    I bet all the young children are going to live, the game developers would get a backlash in some countries if they killed them off. I don't think they feel they have the freedom to do so in game design.

    It would be interesting if they made the currently sympathetic characters less so in the future, and redeemed some of the unsympathetic ones.... I doubt they will somehow
  • edited April 2012
    I doubt Duck will live all the way through. He seems to exist solely to show off how anyone, including kids, can die in The Walking Dead. Nobody wants Clementine to die. :p
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited April 2012
    I don't think they feel they have the freedom to do so in game design.

    I think they do. And I assume that Duck will be killed also (or that this will be a possibility). Honestly, you hear his first words in episode 1 and cannot but think that this one has a short life span. ;)
  • edited April 2012
    Duck = Most Annoying Kid in a Game Ever
  • edited April 2012
    Kids die in the comics . . . and in the tv series. So, yeah. Duck is why Shawn died. I mean, Shawn was an idiot to stand in front of a tractor that he let a little kid 'pretend' to drive, but yeah, Duck killed Shawn as much if not more than his dad did.
  • edited April 2012
    I have a feeling Duck's plot armor won't last long. Look at how many died in the first episode alone.
  • edited April 2012
    I think they do. And I assume that Duck will be killed also (or that this will be a possibility). Honestly, you hear his first words in episode 1 and cannot but think that this one has a short life span. ;)

    I'd agree but games are a whole different beast with the ESRB to deal with. The comics don't have the ratings boards like that to deal with. That's why I honestly don't think you'll see a kid killed off in the games. Even though I'd off Duck just for running over Shawn's leg.
  • edited April 2012
    I'd agree but games are a whole different beast with the ESRB to deal with. The comics don't have the ratings boards like that to deal with. That's why I honestly don't think you'll see a kid killed off in the games. Even though I'd off Duck just for running over Shawn's leg.

    Might explain why there are only two kids as of right now and one is mandatory to live for story reasons.

    Would explain why Duck just wouldn't die during the tractor scene.
  • edited April 2012
    Kids can be killed off camera or without being shown as walker chow.
  • edited April 2012
    Wow, you guys. It's not cool to wish death upon mentally disabled kids. Even though he would totally have it coming.
  • edited April 2012
    Thin the herd. Cull the herd. However you wanna say it. :D
  • edited April 2012
    i dont forsee killing kids as being as big a deal for the game as you guys think it is, theyve already done so, quite graphically in all Walking dead mediums, including TV, and this game very much so is a robert kirkman certified medium of TWD. if a TV version can show a kid getting blasted in the face than a video game shouldnt bat an eye at it. I wouldnt count duck safe quite yet.. i just dont think killing him right away gets enough emotional push out of the audience or other characters until you ve grown attached (whether to duck or to the idea of killing duck) and can get maximum response because of it.
  • edited April 2012
    I can't wait for Duck's demise. I had a "Get Duck killed" playthrough early on before finding out he couldn't be killed. I can't stand the little...Duck.
  • harrisonpinkharrisonpink Telltale Alumni
    edited April 2012
    It's interesting to see different responses to Duck's character. I actually really like Duck! He's so happy!
  • edited April 2012
    It's interesting to see different responses to Duck's character. I actually really like Duck! He's so happy!

    And about as brite as a shadow.
  • edited April 2012
    Yeah, you don't see any kids eaten in the TV show, just already zombified Sophia getting shot in the head.

    The comics however... whoo.... two kids decapitated by a crazy prison inmate, a woman holding hands with her son and Carl when her son gets munched on, then her arm chopped off by Rick to save carl.... rape and torture scenes. Definitely adults only game material. But a kid getting eaten or shot? Not a big problem ESRB-wise as far as I see it.
    MW3 a girl gets blown up, Bioshock you could harvest little sisters, killing them. And any online game you play these days is inundated with little 8-12yr old bastards using their high pitched voices to scream in your ear, and I've killed PLENTY of them in game ;op

    Face it, Duck needs to die! lol jk I don't really mind him, but I am gonna play through multiple times to see everything.

    Oh and Skyrim/Fallout there's mods to make noone invincible. Skyrim kids are all evil
  • harrisonpinkharrisonpink Telltale Alumni
    edited April 2012
    ADavidson wrote: »
    Yeah, you don't see any kids eaten in the TV show, just already zombified Sophia getting shot in the head.

    The comics however... whoo.... two kids decapitated by a crazy prison inmate, a woman holding hands with her son and Carl when her son gets munched on, then her arm chopped off by Rick to save carl.... rape and torture scenes. Definitely adults only game material. But a kid getting eaten or shot? Not a big problem ESRB-wise as far as I see it.
    MW3 a girl gets blown up, Bioshock you could harvest little sisters, killing them. And any online game you play these days is inundated with little 8-12yr old bastards using their high pitched voices to scream in your ear, and I've killed PLENTY of them in game ;op

    Face it, Duck needs to die! lol jk I don't really mind him, but I am gonna play through multiple times to see everything.

    Oh and Skyrim/Fallout there's mods to make noone invincible. Skyrim kids are all evil

    From my understanding, it's more about the portrayal of the violence, rather than the violence itself. Sure, in bioshock you can harvest the little sisters, but they don't show an over the top gory evisceration cutscene. It's just how you go about showing it that matters, I think.
  • edited April 2012
    My brief thoughts on duck. Kill him. Kill him with fire.
  • edited April 2012
    i have applied the following logic:

    duck's is the opposite of clem.

    so where as clem hopefully will become lee's salvation, duck has to be the dead weight that you gotta keep an eye on and which is right from the start causing a divide in the group, so i say keep your friends close and your enemies closer.. oh larry your days are numbered pal first chance i get your walker chow :P
  • edited April 2012
    The upside to it being a zombie apocalypse is that yiu have the chance of killing duck twice! Smother him in his sleep and bash his noggin in when he comes back!
  • edited April 2012
    From my understanding, it's more about the portrayal of the violence, rather than the violence itself. Sure, in bioshock you can harvest the little sisters, but they don't show an over the top gory evisceration cutscene. It's just how you go about showing it that matters, I think.

    Exactly. So Duck could very well be killed but it would have to be when we're not around. Hence why bother killing him off at all? So sadly I see us stuck with Duck till the end. Prove me wrong Harrison. Prove me wrong. :D
  • edited April 2012
    duck seemingly is alive in ep3 if you look at the ep3 placeholder
  • edited April 2012
    I like Duck as a character in a story.. having to actually deal with his well being in real life would be a big burden..

    I think TTG would have the balls to kill off the kids.. They seem to be trying really hard to be faithful to the books and the books have not pulled any punches.. The show has not either for that matter.
  • edited April 2012
    I apologize for this. I really do. But it had to be done.

    duckaintright.png
  • edited April 2012
    Epic Kiwi wrote: »
    I apologize for this. I really do. But it had to be done.

    duckaintright.png

    /lol.
  • edited April 2012
    I think we have to look at the situation and not just the killing a kid off. We have to look at it through survival. If he does something dumb and get's eaten or what not it's his fault.You have to remember this whole game is about survival.
  • edited April 2012
    So true. And by keeping him alive now we do have a nice distraction to feed to the zombies later. Good point.
  • edited April 2012
    Tie him to the back bumper of the truck while slowly driving through the hoard? Kinda like troll fishing! Yeah! That's the ticket!
  • edited April 2012
    Tie him to the back bumper of the truck while slowly driving through the hoard? Kinda like troll fishing! Yeah! That's the ticket!

    after playing it through again i have to say my previous comments about killing duck were mistaken, and this, this is just... not enough dagnabit! the boy will be made an example of!
  • edited April 2012
    after playing it through again i have to say my previous comments about killing duck were mistaken, and this, this is just... not enough dagnabit! the boy will be made an example of!

    how do the thick/dumb/annoying kids die in movies and other games ?

    i don't recall seeing many die anywhere close to justified or appropriately lol

    usually it's hinted at or the kid suddenly disapears while screaming..
  • edited April 2012
    i think in episode 3 the option to push duck off the speeding train will be implemented before its release...
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited April 2012
    I honestly don't understand the hate for Duck. I like him. He's definitely a handful, but he's a cheerful little guy.

    Although, my dad was a special education teacher and my mother worked with a woman who was mentally handicapped when I was little (and she still keeps in touch with her), so I grew up around people with varying mental disabilities. I guess that really helps to make you not turned off by their (not intentional) unusual behavior.
  • edited April 2012
    Jennifer wrote: »
    I honestly don't understand the hate for Duck. I like him. He's definitely a handful, but he's a cheerful little guy.

    Although, my dad was a special education teacher and my mother worked with a woman who was mentally handicapped when I was little (and she still keeps in touch with her), so I grew up around people with varying mental disabilities. I guess that really helps to make you not turned off by their (not intentional) unusual behavior.
    So... you're saying Duck is mentally handicapped? ROFL :D

    Truthfully though, I do not hate Duck. It is more humor than anything when speaking of offing The Duckster. Though.... he is damned annoying... *evil chuckle*
  • edited April 2012
    Jennifer wrote: »
    I honestly don't understand the hate for Duck. I like him. He's definitely a handful, but he's a cheerful little guy.

    Although, my dad was a special education teacher and my mother worked with a woman who was mentally handicapped when I was little (and she still keeps in touch with her), so I grew up around people with varying mental disabilities. I guess that really helps to make you not turned off by their (not intentional) unusual behavior.

    To be fair, it never crossed my mind that he may have mental issues, i know stupid people, people who lack common sense, but id never out and out say that they had mental issues, and i think most of the hate comes from the fact hes pretty useless and has already caused one persons death.
  • edited April 2012
    i don't hate him i just dislike him for being dead weight, which will affect others like he did with shawn he won't 'mean to cause death but he may redeem him self later on..
  • edited April 2012
    i don't hate him i just dislike him for being dead weight, which will affect others like he did with shawn he won't 'mean to cause death but he may redeem him self later on..

    ...by offering himself up as zombie chow while you escape.
  • edited April 2012
    The only survivors in this world are going to be Clementine, who is the world's oldest first grader at age 8, and Duck. They're both dumber than a sack of hammers, and they're going to be a great couple. Anyone see the movie idiocracy? Wait til their kids are the future of humanity.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited April 2012
    So... you're saying Duck is mentally handicapped?
    He seems to be, based on my experience with the mentally disabled. The way he speaks in repeated sayings and the way that he talks non-stop about something he's interested in to Clementine when she's obviously not interested seems like autism. And, then his dad described him as being not too smart. That seems like it's a mentally handicapped form of autism rather than a high-functioning autism like Asperger's.
  • edited April 2012
    i agree. shawns blood is on ducks hands!! and so help me if anything happens to clementine. put it this way if theres save anyone or duck, im always going opposite duck. id even save that dick head father (larry?) in the pharmacy over duck.
  • edited April 2012
    sublime90 wrote: »
    id even save that dick head father (larry?) in the pharmacy over duck.
    What?!? You kiddin' me? Oh, HELL no! Had I the option, Larry would be Lee's next murder victim! No hesitation.
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