Worst way to die!
We all know death is a certainty in The Walking Dead, and many characters have gone out in various ways, with some dying under worse circumstances then others. That being said, who do you think had the worse death in the game so far?
For me, the worse death so far is tied between Ben (in Around Every Corner) and Carlos.
In Carlos' case, just imagine the tragedy of being so close to escaping only to get shot and torn apart in front of your daughter. The real sad part to me is that even while he was being devoured, I am certain that Carlos' last thought was the saftey of his daughter, and whether or not she will make it without him. Sadly, we all know she didn't last long.
In Ben's case, he was very afraid of the walkers and ending up alone. Aside from that, he was very guilt ridden, having indirectly caused many of his friends to die, even though his intentions were good. Imagine being dropped from a tower and surviving the fall long enough to feel the pain of your bones breaking, and then having your final thoughts be about your guilt, and fear before being devoured and meeting a fate that you tried so deperately to avoid.
Now, who in your opinion had the worse death and why? Feel free to discuss multiple characters if you can't pick one.
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I think any character's death that involved being devoured (Ben, Brie, Carlos, Sarah) are probably the worst deaths so i agree.
In terms of death's for a real shock factor, the most shocking death which still affects me to this day would be Carley's/Doug's death. That really sucked!
There is no possible death that is worse than Troy's.
Sarah´s (both of them) was pretty damn horrible.
wait... Ben? he got shot in the head, quick and easy, I'm sure Sarah would have loved that
Arvo, when i get him :P
Not if you drop him in episode 4 he doesn´t.
Troy got exactly what he deserved.
People like him don't deserve a dick.
In terms of how it was handled, Nick's death in Amid the Ruins.
In terms of most painful, Troy's. He got shot in the dick and eaten by walkers, that's painful.
Yeah but still...
Troy, hands down.
Getting shot by 9-year old Clem in a jewelry store while hand cuffed to a heater
For me, I would have to say Ben.
Sadly, I dropped him in Episode 4, and it was painful to watch. He breaks his legs after falling, and has to wait to be eaten whilst crawling in pain - the worse thing is, he knew he was going to be eaten, and had to wait in pain for it to happen.
That, is a horrific way to die.
I think it's the scream that got to most people, understandable.
But he still doesn't get my sympathy because he got hurt by a woman that implies that she was used for sexual favors. He's a sicko and the world (of The Walking Dead) is much better without scum like him.
Just my opinion...
Confuzzled
I agree! I can never bring myself to drop Ben on any playthrough. Ben's biggest fear was being eaten alive by walkers, i could never do that to him. I guess i'm one if the few people who liked Ben even though he fucked up all the time, he never meant to!
for me, it's a three-way tie between Ben (dropped from the bell tower) Doug (pulled out of the pharmacy window) or the woman in the street.
To have your body chewed upon and ripped apart while still alive to feel all of that until hopefully you would go into shock and die after a few moment's would be the most painful way to die.
Like Confuzzled said above, I too dropped Ben, I didnt regret that decision based on how I felt he needed to be gone. But, I fully expected he would die on impact. When his leg's shattered and he was still alive and suffering, watching the walkers surround him, then the horror of what was about to happen was almost worse than the pain of his leg's. Then to add the pain of being eaten alive. I think Ben's death in that scene was the worst. I wanted Ben to die, but never wished for him to suffer like that.
Lee was so close to death and that one shot was an instant painless death. Plus I would think Lee was content that Clem did it. It was done out of mercy and careing.
Those three characters do have quite horrific deaths.
Personally, I shot the women in the street. It was out of mercy, and I couldn't leave her to be eaten alive. Doug, I did not save, and he was dragged out through broken glass then eaten.
I agree with you on Ben. I didn't expect him to survive the fall. That is what shocked me the most - and watching him crawl in a puddle of blood, whilst being eaten. His scene of death was awful, painful to watch. I, like you, never wanted anyone to suffer that way, especially a teenager.
I've only ever had one playthrough, and for that I dropped Ben. I didn't really consider his fear, but now that I think of it, I probably should have.
For me, Ben, although he didn't mean to, made one too many mistakes. When he asked me to drop him, I did. I didn't expect for him to survive the fall, and that made me question whether I should have. It wasn't that I didn't like him, he was a risk, he wasn't suited for the Zombie Apocalypse, and unfortunately screwed up, one to many times.
I did not shoot the woman in the street, I felt it was more important for us to have more time to gather supplies, but as we did, she was still screaming. The difference was that we didnt have any emotional attachment to her. She was some random, unknown person and we were doing what we needed for our group, but I did feel bad for her. Not regret, but a little sympathy.
As for Ben, I felt he needed to go. Not necessarily die, even just banished for all that he caused. Ben never did anything with the intention to cause us harm, but his actions made him a risk to the rest of our group. In the bell tower, we were offered the option to drop him and he even asked for it, so I did but I may have actually tried to save him if I would have known he was going to suffer like that. I would have just shot him in the head to end him quickly and painlessly rather than make him suffer.
That's my same arguement about Arvo. While I believe Kenny should have killed him, I didn't want Kenny to beat him to death, there was no reason for that, a single bullet would have reached the same conclusion without needless suffering.
I can completely understand what your reasoning for not shooting her was - I did it because I felt it was right.
Once again, I agree entirely. All your reasons for Ben are exactly the same as mine, and I cannot fault them.
Right, with Arvo, I think there is a reason for why Kenny didn't kill him. I'm pretty sure we'll see Arvo again. There is a chance he could be the villain for Season Three - who either we, or Kenny/Jane kills for revenge. How high the chance is, I don't know, but it is a possibility. Other than that, I agree with the single bullet theory.
Thanks for the reply again!
The proof that Troy was a rappiest is the way Jane Killed him. When she kill the russian guy, she feels bad about, it, she never hurt someone who never hurt her, But she manipulates Troy and shoot his dick of, that means Troy used it to hurt her, he got what he deserved. i dont gave a fuck for the scream, i laughed, Jane made my day
Either way, it's obvious Jane has no remorse for the act. Which to me, shows Troy was scum in the worst way. Nothing salvageable. What's sad is that people hate Jane so much they trick themselves into actually sympathizing with a man that isn't above mistreating a young girl, mocking a girl that was hit, implied raping a woman, and being a fucking asskisser.
I mean, who the hell cares if "poor Troy" was shot in his testies? Good is what I say.
Not going to lie. When Troy was getting ripped apart and it showed Jane's expression, I cracked the hugest smile.
Sam (dog from ep 1) had the worst death in the both s1 and s2. Hands down. :P
You'll be amazed at what people will forgive about evil men. Maybe they relate to him, I dunno.
Personally, I think the whole 'dick-shot' scenario was contrived because the writers thought it'd be funny and they didn't know how else to make Jane a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER. Killing even such an unsympathetic character off for a cheap laugh rubs me the wrong way.
Carlos, Luke, Troy, and Vitali.
It's technically not canon, but the worst for me as a player was if you don't warn Clementine about the stand in the jewelry store when the guard is attacking, it falls and crushes/pins Clem. The game restarts to the last save from there, but the implication is Clem is either killed by the weight of the stand straight off, or is incapacitated long enough for the guard to chomp on her leg. Either way, that means Lee has to watch his charge die right in front of him unless he succumbs first, knowing all his efforts to protect Clem and sacrifice for her meant nothing.
But canon-wise, I'll go with Sarah's first death in the trailer, as she watches Clem escape. That or Luke.
Both of Sarah's deaths and Ben's deaths were pretty messed up, although at least Ben was put out of his misery before he was eaten alive
You should do another playthrough and change your choices to see the differences. Not just with Ben but other choices in the game. Really interesting stuff
I dont think we'll see Arvo again or Mike (and Bonnie if you saved her), it could happen though. I always say that if you don't see a character die then he or she are most likely alive and will return at some point. Like Lilly or Christa for example, heck even Luke might still be alive but its very unlikely
I have considered it in the past, but I felt it is one of those games you play once, and leave it at that.
I know it's interesting, and I should go back and try other things, but it's hard to do once you have played it through before. For example; I tried it again, and was going to try and go against Kenny. It just seems harder once you know how he turns out and how close he becomes.
Perhaps I will try and play it again, and go for the opposite choices.
Thanks for the insight anyway!
Brie's pretty painful but Troy does take the cake.
I'd say Sarah, Nick and Pete's deaths were bad ;_; And though Troy was shot in the balls and eaten alive, he deserved it
I've noticed some people saying Luke's death was awful, but when you get stuck in freezing water, you basically get so cold that you shut down and feel really exhausted and sleepy. So it isn't THAT bad.
Have you ever been frozen? Have you ever been close to drowning?
Shit sucks.
Not saying it's any worse than being torn to pieces while you're still alive.
It fucking sucks, but I meant that compared to being eaten alive, yeah, it's not as bad.
I guess I just have a bit of Nord in me :P
pete had the worse death getting bit then later getting eaten by walkers is the worse death so far
I think drowning is a terrible way to go!
This guy.
Troy was evil, He fucking pushed clemmy clue over when you try to save kenny. He deserved to be shot in the dick. But tbh the worst death was sarahs or bens, poor kids. I hate when animals and kids die. Its hard to watch! Especially when ben fell of the bell tower, he survived and crawled through a puddle of blood whilst being eaten alive. R.I.P Ben.
IMO it's better than having your innards ripped and bitten right out of you while you're helpless.