The ending indeed is saddening but not strong enough to made me weep. I dunno, probably because I've already spoiled that the ending will be sad but it didn't met my expectation.
I didn't shed a tear, but that doesn't mean I wasn't very emotionally involved in the game. (I am very involved in my movies, TV shows and games with stories and good character development)
The moment I finished episode 5, it was something like 6 pm on a saturday, and I felt like shit the whole evening, then went to sleep, and my sunday didn't feel great either, I was deeply filled with nostalgia and blues and spend a good deal of the day watching playthroughs from other people on youtube.
I always experience post-ending nostalgia after I beat an adventure game I loved playing to and have to say farewell to characters I grew attached to (original Monkey island games, Gabriel Knights, and so on made me feel that way every f*cking time as soon as the ending credits rolled), but with TWD the feeling I had lost a close friend was even more intense. So I felt very depressed and its times like these I curse my chronic inability to release my sadness through crying, which would feel liberating.
I cried over Duck's death, both times I went through it. But Lee's death was more hopeful, though filled with its own sadness. Having your own kids makes a big difference in how this stuff can hit you.
On the other hand, being childless and unhappy about it makes the whole father/daughter relationship throughout the game a really powerful (for good and bad) and somewhat weird experience, a strange mixture of heartwarming and depressing.
I'm not sure that Duck's death hits any less players without kids, for non-parents may suddenly be hit by that "it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" feeling...
I don't know if you see what I mean, but anyway I would say that how a player is affected by such a loss in the game depends more on their personality, dreams and anxieties than on their actual family status.
I cried over Duck's death, both times I went through it. But Lee's death was more hopeful, though filled with its own sadness. Having your own kids makes a big difference in how this stuff can hit you.
I didn't cry but i was really down, I Just put myself in lee shoes and would just reflect on moments of my life and the future before I pass away. I wonder how many of us would go far to protect our kids or even if we don't have kids, Like what lee said to kenny in the barn in episode 2 " I would protect her no matter what" its what I would do, even if my life wasn't the best
People without kids do tend to think their own feelings about such things are written off too quickly, and I understand why they feel that way. I can only say that parents in general live everyday with a slow, smoldering fear in their guts that never goes away. My wife cannot even read news stories about dying children. People do move on from a child's death all the time, and they should, because they only hurt other people by deepening the tragedy. But if I think about something happening to my boy, I can't even begin to formulate a plan for living past it. I get mad at the bottom of the world because I know it will refuse to drop away just when I need to keep falling forever. So, not like "better to have loved and lost" at all.
Lee's story, on the other hand, is a happy parenting story. Every parent is dying -- your life with that kid is on the clock, and it's never enough time even to look at the child, much less give the child the strength and the understanding not to ever need you again. Lee's death comes faster, playing out years' worth of anxiety over a few hours, but the best that he can hope for is the same as the best we can all hope for -- that we never live to see our children die, that we have given them the means to carry on.
Larry died before his daughter, but she fell apart without him. Hershel watched his son die, while another son lived, and reacted with bitter recriminations, but also stone blind denial, as we know from the comics, and no doubt a lot of guilt about how his own refusal to accept the seriousness of the undead crisis lead to Shawn's death. Kenny put nothing above his family's welfare, but his fear paralyzed him when Duck needed him on the tractor. He and Katja fell into wishful thinking and denial when their son was bitten, and when that was taken away from them Katja welcomed oblivion. Kenny numbly pushed on, broken, looking for something to make him feel like dedicating his life to his family used to feel. Brenda raised her boys with twisted values, and brought the judgement of the world down on them. The stranger, who was probably troubled to begin with, lost his family to ineptitude and his life became a hall of broken funhouse mirrors, showing twisted reflections of his failure everywhere he looked.
Every story of parenthood in the game was a tragic failure. Except for Lee's. His was a triumph. It was still hard to let go, but he saw a lot of parents suffer worse on his journey. It was a good death for a father.
On the other hand, being childless and unhappy about it makes the whole father/daughter relationship throughout the game a really powerful (fo… morer good and bad) and somewhat weird experience, a strange mixture of heartwarming and depressing.
I'm not sure that Duck's death hits any less players without kids, for non-parents may suddenly be hit by that "it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" feeling...
I don't know if you see what I mean, but anyway I would say that how a player is affected by such a loss in the game depends more on their personality, dreams and anxieties than on their actual family status.
I did also. I'm not afraid to admit it. Lee was like my family. I won't forget him. My sister was with me in the living room when I was playing the last episode, and she saw me cry, and when I told her the reason, she said: "IT'S JUST A GAME". She still makes fun of my to this day. She doesn't even know how TWD is important.
My friend has recently had family issues and is now moving a 2 and a half hour drive away, changing schools and I won't see her for a very long time. The point is when I really think about this I cry like a bitch but when I got to that end of ep5, you know when Lee died I cried even worse and just wouldn't stop. and still can't
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I cried like a little bitch all night, and I ain't afraid to admit it.
By the way, it's not a spoiler? Why you would list it as one I will never know.
Of course. I hope it's the same for season 2
The question is - Who didn't cry at the end of episode 5?
Answer = Nobody.
No. because im a badass like Lee
Downvote this comment if you cried in episode 5.
The real question is do you think you will cry in season 2?
Don't be afraid. It's okay to be touched, tommy.
There were tears. Not sobbing and whatnot... but definitely tears.
I feel bad but I didn't I was to busy being shocked to cry
I didn't weep, but my eyes got watery.
Lets hope its tears of joy this season. And by "joy" i mean, "not everyone except clementine is dead or missing".
I did indeed, so many feels
It's the second time I have ever cried for something fictional, the first time being for the film 'The Boy in Striped Pajamas'
The ending indeed is saddening but not strong enough to made me weep. I dunno, probably because I've already spoiled that the ending will be sad but it didn't met my expectation.
I wept like a little bitch, there was nothing manly about it.
This one too.
I didn't shed a tear, but that doesn't mean I wasn't very emotionally involved in the game. (I am very involved in my movies, TV shows and games with stories and good character development)
The moment I finished episode 5, it was something like 6 pm on a saturday, and I felt like shit the whole evening, then went to sleep, and my sunday didn't feel great either, I was deeply filled with nostalgia and blues and spend a good deal of the day watching playthroughs from other people on youtube.
I always experience post-ending nostalgia after I beat an adventure game I loved playing to and have to say farewell to characters I grew attached to (original Monkey island games, Gabriel Knights, and so on made me feel that way every f*cking time as soon as the ending credits rolled), but with TWD the feeling I had lost a close friend was even more intense. So I felt very depressed and its times like these I curse my chronic inability to release my sadness through crying, which would feel liberating.
I cried over Duck's death, both times I went through it. But Lee's death was more hopeful, though filled with its own sadness. Having your own kids makes a big difference in how this stuff can hit you.
The saddest moment for me was the deaths of Duck and Katjaa.
Lee's death was a very close second.
On the other hand, being childless and unhappy about it makes the whole father/daughter relationship throughout the game a really powerful (for good and bad) and somewhat weird experience, a strange mixture of heartwarming and depressing.
I'm not sure that Duck's death hits any less players without kids, for non-parents may suddenly be hit by that "it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" feeling...
I don't know if you see what I mean, but anyway I would say that how a player is affected by such a loss in the game depends more on their personality, dreams and anxieties than on their actual family status.
I didn't cry but i was really down, I Just put myself in lee shoes and would just reflect on moments of my life and the future before I pass away. I wonder how many of us would go far to protect our kids or even if we don't have kids, Like what lee said to kenny in the barn in episode 2 " I would protect her no matter what" its what I would do, even if my life wasn't the best
NO I DIDNT FUCKING CRY
I DIDNT CRY
NO I DIDNT
OK MAYBE I DID
FUCK
I DID CRY
GOD DAMN IT THE FEELS
People without kids do tend to think their own feelings about such things are written off too quickly, and I understand why they feel that way. I can only say that parents in general live everyday with a slow, smoldering fear in their guts that never goes away. My wife cannot even read news stories about dying children. People do move on from a child's death all the time, and they should, because they only hurt other people by deepening the tragedy. But if I think about something happening to my boy, I can't even begin to formulate a plan for living past it. I get mad at the bottom of the world because I know it will refuse to drop away just when I need to keep falling forever. So, not like "better to have loved and lost" at all.
Lee's story, on the other hand, is a happy parenting story. Every parent is dying -- your life with that kid is on the clock, and it's never enough time even to look at the child, much less give the child the strength and the understanding not to ever need you again. Lee's death comes faster, playing out years' worth of anxiety over a few hours, but the best that he can hope for is the same as the best we can all hope for -- that we never live to see our children die, that we have given them the means to carry on.
Larry died before his daughter, but she fell apart without him. Hershel watched his son die, while another son lived, and reacted with bitter recriminations, but also stone blind denial, as we know from the comics, and no doubt a lot of guilt about how his own refusal to accept the seriousness of the undead crisis lead to Shawn's death. Kenny put nothing above his family's welfare, but his fear paralyzed him when Duck needed him on the tractor. He and Katja fell into wishful thinking and denial when their son was bitten, and when that was taken away from them Katja welcomed oblivion. Kenny numbly pushed on, broken, looking for something to make him feel like dedicating his life to his family used to feel. Brenda raised her boys with twisted values, and brought the judgement of the world down on them. The stranger, who was probably troubled to begin with, lost his family to ineptitude and his life became a hall of broken funhouse mirrors, showing twisted reflections of his failure everywhere he looked.
Every story of parenthood in the game was a tragic failure. Except for Lee's. His was a triumph. It was still hard to let go, but he saw a lot of parents suffer worse on his journey. It was a good death for a father.
I did, too. First time in a video game. That last scene with Lee and Clem was just perfectly heartbreaking.
Yes I cried and still do when I see the ending whether its me playing or someone else
I was just angry but that's it
Yup I cried and that was rare since the last time i cried on a game was the first time I watched Aeris Gainsborough die in ff7
I did also. I'm not afraid to admit it. Lee was like my family. I won't forget him. My sister was with me in the living room when I was playing the last episode, and she saw me cry, and when I told her the reason, she said: "IT'S JUST A GAME". She still makes fun of my to this day. She doesn't even know how TWD is important.
this
Didn't cray just got a little misty eyed.
I did the sexy cry, like Anakin in Revenge of the Sith.
I did too.
I did kinda cry on the inside, Good ? @Kenny
Umm no! Absolutely not.
Yes...
Wept
Yes. Cried loads at the end, and over Duck, and a bit for the boy in the attic. I'm f/26 ^^ and TWD's storytelling Rocks!
I cried internally
My friend has recently had family issues and is now moving a 2 and a half hour drive away, changing schools and I won't see her for a very long time. The point is when I really think about this I cry like a bitch but when I got to that end of ep5, you know when Lee died I cried even worse and just wouldn't stop. and still can't
i cried, but not the same as i cry much in season 1 ...
I cried a bit, but the most I cried was when Lee promised Clem "I'll never leave you" in the dream in S2 Ep 5.
No I laughed my @ss off and lit a smoke.