Do you love or hate Kenny ?
Ok theres been alot of controversy surounding Kenny some people Love him (like me) and some people hate him (like my brother) so ive created this poll so we have some oficial results his he hated or loved amongst fans ?
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I'd like him more if he didn't leave me in serious danger a few times because I didn't consistently agree with his actions, despite me saving his life a good few times regardless of how I felt towards him. Not wanting to look for Clementine because he had a grudge against me regardless of how much I tried to help him didn't do any favours either.
Of course he had his issues, but if you were a good friend to him, he returned the favor, and that is all that matters. If things go to shit you can count on him.
I'm in the middle I guess? I really thought he was a really solid character in episode five.
*Kenny bro-fist* to you too and yes I did drink with him on the train and in the attic because I just thought "He'll yea lets get drunk, I'm gonna die soon". That's weird you saved Ben and did not steal from the car but you got the bro speech What the hell Kenny! Why no give me bro speech! And once again *Kenny Brofist-fist* I am punching my monitor
Gonna miss him and that badass mustache.
And he probably didn't give you the bro speech because you disagreed with him on more than 2 things. It seems to be that, as long as you help him kill Larry, you can side against Kenny twice and still get the bro speech. Getting the bro speech on your first playthrough is, like, the best thing. After nearly 4 months of surviving together, Kenny, the only one with me from the start of it all, refused to let me go alone, even after I told him I'd been bitten. I wish there'd been a "Bro Fist" option in that dialogue.
And I'd have to say that the hardest thing to agree with him on is the meat locker. Hardest choice in the entire game for me.
Still dont hate him though
His main flaw was that he protected his family too much, it blinded him from many dangers and what's really important, staying together. Post-episode 5 Kenny is(or would have been) a Kenny i could side with in any situation, and we'd have each others' backs 'til the end.
Like Rock114 said killing Larry was a hard thing to do but Kenny depended on me and I thought it was to much of a risk. I can't remember when the play through was my memory is that bad. Also deciding about Duck's fate was a hard thing to do I really liked the kid, I didn't know what to do to so I decided to let Kenny do it he was his dad after all.
So I commend that the story was able to make me strongly dislike and genuinely pity him within the same story arc.
I could easily connect to Kenny and his thought process, so I didn't get mad at the stuff he did. I respect that he put his family first, in truth that is what a man should do. He wasn't a coward, nor was he a liar; If he hated you he said it straight to your face. I understood why he would leave you, for I too would think that of a friend who risked everyone's lives in a meat locker to save someone EVERYONE didn't like and while my family was in trouble? Hell, I'd probably drop that salt lick on Lee's head(sorry Lee). Granted, the man had mistakes, but that made him human. He lost just as much, if not more, than everyone in the group. He lost his wife and child, and his entire family(as we know), his life was ruined, some in the group betray him, and (maybe) lost his life for another.
I think Kenny was awesome, and if he could come back, that would be incredible! I'm just glad my Lee and Kenny were truly friends again by the middle/end of episode 4.
Though I agree he is a well written and fantastic character! I feel that his character arc was second only to those of Lee and Clem, and I really hope that he made it out okay.
It might be shooting Duck. Maybe Kenny didn't give me the bro speech because he was sought of forced into shooting his own son I just thought Kenny shooting Duck was the right thing to do. But Kenny told me in episode 5 on the roof of the hospital (he was the only person there) that he was glad that he "saved him from it all" referring to Duck. I killed the boy in the attic because I didn't want Kenny to do something like that twice. I don't know why he didn't give me the bro speech but I give up. It doesn't matter he still came with me to search for Clem.
I would if game hadn't been deleted and now I can't re open it or download it again. Anyway thanks for the help trying to figure out why Kenny didn't give me the bro speech. Thanks to you to Rock114
Well, quite. I think that was a little out of character though.
Across the whole series he was completely unpredictable, veering from gung-ho to cowardly at the drop of a hat and having violent emotional outbursts about stuff he wouldn't hesitate to do himself.
I had a reasonably positive view of him until I came to think about it from the perspective of a whole series. Mostly he's too unstable for likability to matter, and by the time I had nobody else but Omid and Christa they were really making him look bad with their easy-going nature and collected reliability.
I feel he didn't help you in episode 2 is because as Lee throughout the months at the motel Kenny and Lilly fight over how things should be handled, and so you are the tie-breaker. Kenny sees you as his right-hand man, and his friend, and so he looks to you for support. When the meat locker situation goes down, you could have been sitting on the fence or not, it doesn't matter. When the time comes to make the choice, he expects you to side with him, for although it might not be the 'moral' choice, it is the right thing to do in the situation.
If you side with Lilly, I would probably leave you too if I was Kenny. Think for a second from Kenny's eyes: Your one true friend from this apocalypse, who you saved back at the drugstore even if he was against you, was now putting everyone in the locker at risk, as well as wasting valuable time that could get everyone killed anyway, especially your wife and child who you care about more than yourself. Not to mention it is the same guy who tried to kill your son earlier, and that tried to kill Lee as well. Also, when you needed him most to help you to save everyone, he goes against you to help a woman he hates, a man he hates, and possibly get himself killed from Larry who could turn.
So yeah, I'd be pissed, especially when you don't feel anything wrong with it. What if Larry turned? What if the time you wasted reviving the old man gave the St. Johns (Who were just coming for everyone when you escaped) enough time to stop the escape plan? What if that wasn't the case, but Larry was now stationary, ill, and unfit to move in the middle of a bad storm and with the horde of zombies coming?
Had Kenny not 'killed' Larry, there is little chance the group would have made it out alive. Either someone would have been killed getting Larry out, Larry would have died from the walkers overrunning the farm, the St John's would have reached them before they could surprise them, or simply Larry would have eaten them all.
I don't agree with Kenny leaving Lee for dead, but in truth I can't say I can argue it. The man had some reasoning, even if he wasn't smart enough to see it.
If he had stepped in and saved Lee from Danny because Lee had been there for Kat and Duck earlier, but gave Lee a big "Fuck you" on the way back to the motel, I'd be fine with that. If he'd just said "I helped you this time, but that was for Kat and Duck. When I needed you, you were ready to fucking let us all die by trying to save that bastard. Next time you need help, you're on your own, jackass." But he just left Lee hanging after explicitly telling him he would help him. That's not cool, no matter the circumstances.
IMO, that would go way beyond "surprising" the player. That would be sadism, plain and simple; a cruel moment added merely to twist the knife.