You guys DO realize the exact same argument can be applied to Tyreese's death in the television show, right?
You mean the death they spent a whole episode on where Tyreese went through the thought process about dying, seeing dead people he cared about and hated as an internal struggle, blaming himself and then eventually letting go and having an emotional funeral after, that one? The one that leads to noah realising he has to push on and making Sasha even more reckless after? That death was one of the best the show has done.
Yes the way he got bit was stupid but the point was he let himself get distracted by those pictures and slipped up which seems to be a theme this season. It fitted Tyreese's not built for this world arc.
In luke's death they cross a lake for next to no reason and he drowns, the only aftermath is one scene with bonnie and a line from Jane.
Not that the TV show doesnt have plenty of stupid deaths, pretty much every one in season 3 for example
Because that was the decision of the writers.
They have the final say.
And quite frankly, I wouldn't say that Mike was useless.
He was pretty good in a fight.
But he was definitely an asshole, especially when he threw in with Arvo.
TV-series (Season 5 has 16 episodes) and comics have less time limitations than the game had. Telltale just couldn't spend the entire Episode 5 exploring the emotional effects of Luke's death and I think that for game's narrative pacing it was better to move on rather quickly.
And random deaths are just part of The Walking Dead. Like you said TV-series has them and so does the comics. There's been surprising deaths of major (fan favorite) characters, which have really angered some fans of the comics. I think that the game wouldn't be very loyal to the franchise if it spared the lives of the popular characters and didn't kill them just because.
You guys DO realize the exact same argument can be applied to Tyreese's death in the television show, right?
You mean the death they… more spent a whole episode on where Tyreese went through the thought process about dying, seeing dead people he cared about and hated as an internal struggle, blaming himself and then eventually letting go and having an emotional funeral after, that one? The one that leads to noah realising he has to push on and making Sasha even more reckless after? That death was one of the best the show has done.
Yes the way he got bit was stupid but the point was he let himself get distracted by those pictures and slipped up which seems to be a theme this season. It fitted Tyreese's not built for this world arc.
In luke's death they cross a lake for next to no reason and he drowns, the only aftermath is one scene with bonnie and a line from Jane.
Not that the TV show doesnt have plenty of stupid deaths, pretty much every one in season 3 for example
You mean the death they spent a whole episode on where Tyreese went through the thought process about dying, seeing dead people he cared about and hated as an internal struggle, blaming himself and then eventually letting go and having an emotional funeral after, that one? The one that leads to noah realising he has to push on and making Sasha even more reckless after? That death was one of the best the show has done.
The entire episode was one gigantic arthouse cliche. At least Luke's death, while abrupt, didn't wallow in the same kind of emo bullshit for 45 freakin' minutes.
You guys DO realize the exact same argument can be applied to Tyreese's death in the television show, right?
You mean the death they… more spent a whole episode on where Tyreese went through the thought process about dying, seeing dead people he cared about and hated as an internal struggle, blaming himself and then eventually letting go and having an emotional funeral after, that one? The one that leads to noah realising he has to push on and making Sasha even more reckless after? That death was one of the best the show has done.
Yes the way he got bit was stupid but the point was he let himself get distracted by those pictures and slipped up which seems to be a theme this season. It fitted Tyreese's not built for this world arc.
In luke's death they cross a lake for next to no reason and he drowns, the only aftermath is one scene with bonnie and a line from Jane.
Not that the TV show doesnt have plenty of stupid deaths, pretty much every one in season 3 for example
Because No Going Back was emotional baiting to the lowest common denominator. TellTale effectively turning characters into death props and u… moresing the most popular as cheap platforms so that they could get people's emotions riled up. TellTale thought they knew what they were doing by having Luke give all kinds of expository dialogue the scene before his cheap and very unemotional death scene.
At this point, I think the writing process for his death scene went something like this.
Writer 1: "Who's a very popular character a lot of people still like?"
Writer 2: "Um well, we never developed any of them because we kept bombarding them with Kenny. A character more and more people are becoming alienated towards cause we keep making him a bigger asshole."
Writer 1: "C'mon, we need a death scene as a platform to insight cheep emotional conflict so that all the reviewers can needlessly give us praise."
Writer 2: "Ok, how about Luke? Peopl… [view original content]
He was useless. He had plenty of opportune time to tell me what happened to his ear, but no.
He was too busy fantasising about eating the shit out of raccoons.
See how deep and meaningful Telltale writers are with their poetic juxta positioning and contrasts.
Raccoon = opportunistic
Mike = not opportunistic.
Mike is actually saying he'd eat the shit out of the opportunity to be more useful.
It always gets me that they did it for shock value, and base it on the idea of the shock value death from a shark film when the guy gets eaten during his dramatic speech...but honestly, this is what Luke's death makes me think of:
He was useless. He had plenty of opportune time to tell me what happened to his ear, but no.
He was too busy fantasising about eating the s… morehit out of raccoons.
See how deep and meaningful Telltale writers are with their poetic juxta positioning and contrasts.
Raccoon = opportunistic
Mike = not opportunistic.
Mike is actually saying he'd eat the shit out of the opportunity to be more useful.
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Good.
...It applies to twdg s2 so well though. .3.
Luke died too simple to be honest. I would have killed Arvo after that group shooting EVEN if you didn't take the damn medicine...
Kiss my sass !
If I had to hear one more goddamn story about Jamie I was going to flip my shit!
You mean the death they spent a whole episode on where Tyreese went through the thought process about dying, seeing dead people he cared about and hated as an internal struggle, blaming himself and then eventually letting go and having an emotional funeral after, that one? The one that leads to noah realising he has to push on and making Sasha even more reckless after? That death was one of the best the show has done.
Yes the way he got bit was stupid but the point was he let himself get distracted by those pictures and slipped up which seems to be a theme this season. It fitted Tyreese's not built for this world arc.
In luke's death they cross a lake for next to no reason and he drowns, the only aftermath is one scene with bonnie and a line from Jane.
Not that the TV show doesnt have plenty of stupid deaths, pretty much every one in season 3 for example
Because that was the decision of the writers.
They have the final say.
And quite frankly, I wouldn't say that Mike was useless.
He was pretty good in a fight.
But he was definitely an asshole, especially when he threw in with Arvo.
Sir, You have gained my endless respect,
TV-series (Season 5 has 16 episodes) and comics have less time limitations than the game had. Telltale just couldn't spend the entire Episode 5 exploring the emotional effects of Luke's death and I think that for game's narrative pacing it was better to move on rather quickly.
And random deaths are just part of The Walking Dead. Like you said TV-series has them and so does the comics. There's been surprising deaths of major (fan favorite) characters, which have really angered some fans of the comics. I think that the game wouldn't be very loyal to the franchise if it spared the lives of the popular characters and didn't kill them just because.
Mike ain't useless. Just because you don't like him, doesn't make him useless.
The entire episode was one gigantic arthouse cliche. At least Luke's death, while abrupt, didn't wallow in the same kind of emo bullshit for 45 freakin' minutes.
This!
So much of this!
Kid, you're gonna go places in this forum.
He was useless. He had plenty of opportune time to tell me what happened to his ear, but no.
He was too busy fantasising about eating the shit out of raccoons.
See how deep and meaningful Telltale writers are with their poetic juxta positioning and contrasts.
Raccoon = opportunistic
Mike = not opportunistic.
Mike is actually saying he'd eat the shit out of the opportunity to be more useful.
It always gets me that they did it for shock value, and base it on the idea of the shock value death from a shark film when the guy gets eaten during his dramatic speech...but honestly, this is what Luke's death makes me think of:
Whhhhhhhy
BECAUSE Season 2 was written by OTTERS.
If Mike is useless, I would hate to see how useless Kenny or Luke are.
Oh yeah. Definitely.
Mike dramatically falling through ice and Luke stealing a car with Arvo makes heaps more sense in the plot.
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But you know. People are still upset over Luke's death so we've just got to let them grieve for the rest of their lives.
I'll just grieve for Season 2's lack of Character Development.
It wouldn't make sense though because otters know how not to drown.
Just hold hands.