Zero Punctuation: Walking Dead

[Burs]

Anyone else find it interesting that he called the vat of chlorine half-full instead of half-empty?

Does this mean?!!

Our cynical yahtzee is secretly ... an OPTIMIST!?


Im... going to have to go away for a while... the world suddenly feels less cold and hostile and its worrying me...

 

[Pink Gregory]

I LOVED the episodes so far, not much to be said for the game aspect, has to be said, but still enjoyed it.

Clementine has to be one of the most well-written child characters that I've seen in a game for a long time.

 

[OniaPL]

So, Yahtzee absolutely loved the game and will admit that it is the new epitome of adventure games and the best game of this decade.

Spoiler

Seriously though, am I the only one who killed Larry? It's like everyone was taking a chance instead of the logical choice.

You're not alone. And then I had to deal with the fallout. By the way, did Kenny seem a little... Crazy in episode 2 to you?

Slightly. I've been mostly supporting Kenny so far, but now it seems to me that it's not that the game doesn't read dialogue choices right (many complained that Kenny gets angry with them even if you defend the kid), but that he is starting to behave more and more irrationally. Not crazy, just... Not as dependable anymore, too shaken.

 

[OniaPL]

So, Yahtzee absolutely loved the game and will admit that it is the new epitome of adventure games and the best game of this decade.

Spoiler

Seriously though, am I the only one who killed Larry? It's like everyone was taking a chance instead of the logical choice.

the sad part is that

Spoiler

larry started breathing right before you nail him with the salt lick, so he would have lived if kenny fucked off for once.

Yes, but

Spoiler

It was still a gamble. Had he turned, Lily would have been instantly bitten (as she was clinging to him and completely in shock), which would have meant one more casualty. You were locked in that room, and the only things you had at your disposal were the salt licks. Had he manged to get up, you would have to defend yourselves against a zombie that's twice as big as you. Once he gets up, there ain't much you can do, as dropping a saltlick is a different matter than throwing one.

Add to that the fact that Lily might have been bitten, after which hysteria starts. You would have a 2vs2 situation, and a little girl you need to protect.

Killing Larry was the logical and the right choice. Taking a chance on him living through it is not worth it.

 

[Phoenixlight]

This has to be the worst ZP ever; don't put spoilers in ffs I've just bought the series and you' ruined it for me -_-

 

[Graill]

Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Might want to give the television series Walking Dead a look.

 

[qeinar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QjbSfCQWrM&feature=player_detailpage#t=39s

They all drink lemonade..

 

[bullet_sandw1ch]

So, Yahtzee absolutely loved the game and will admit that it is the new epitome of adventure games and the best game of this decade.

Spoiler

Seriously though, am I the only one who killed Larry? It's like everyone was taking a chance instead of the logical choice.

the sad part is that

Spoiler

larry started breathing right before you nail him with the salt lick, so he would have lived if kenny fucked off for once.

Yes, but

Spoiler

It was still a gamble. Had he turned, Lily would have been instantly bitten (as she was clinging to him and completely in shock), which would have meant one more casualty. You were locked in that room, and the only things you had at your disposal were the salt licks. Had he manged to get up, you would have to defend yourselves against a zombie that's twice as big as you. Once he gets up, there ain't much you can do, as dropping a saltlick is a different matter than throwing one.

Add to that the fact that Lily might have been bitten, after which hysteria starts. You would have a 2vs2 situation, and a little girl you need to protect.

Killing Larry was the logical and the right choice. Taking a chance on him living through it is not worth it.

after presenting such a sound argument, i think you definitely have the right idea there.

 

[CK76]

The choice of who to give food to was one of the most interesting things I've done in a game. Discussing with other who they chose to feed was very interesting. I am still waiting on episodes 3-5 to judge how much decisions mattered.

 

[Jailbird408]

Why I hate my mind: Yahtzee says "John De Lancie," Discord pops into my head, now my brain won't let me add to the discussion unless it involves mindless and unrelated pony spam. I shall show myself the door.

 

[DanHibiki]

Nobody ever gets to a cure, in any zombie series. Just once I would like to see a zombie apocalypse that does something different and find something that stops the dead people moving!

everyone finds that cure, it's called a-bullet-to-the-head.

 

[MorganL4]

Please Delete

 

[MorganL4]

That begs a question.... Why do we never see airline pilots in zombie apocalypse films/shows?

The answer: They all go home get their kids and their best friends, drive to the airport fill up a plane with fuel and fly to the smallest Hawaiian island, where they then meet up with all the other airline pilots who had the same idea, together they rid the island of Kauai of zombies, and zombie chickens.... you gotta factor in zombie chickens when talking about Kauai. They then proceed to use the natural rainforest for food, set up a radio signal stating that you are alive and that when civilization returns to come say hello, and vwalla an entire civilization run by airline pilots and their offspring.

Nobody ever gets to a cure, in any zombie series. Just once I would like to see a zombie apocalypse that does something different and find something that stops the dead people moving!

It is called I am Legend http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/

 

[Vzzdak]

That begs a question.... Why do we never see airline pilots in zombie apocalypse films/shows?

There is a worthwhile zombie film, [a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386925"]The Dead (2010)[/a], which starts our protagonist aboard the last flight out of Africa.

Don't forget one of the Romero classics. In [a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077402/"]Dawn of the Dead (1978)[/a], the protagonists use a helicopter to locate a shopping mall. In the underrated sequel [a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088993/"]Day of the Dead (1985)[/a], they were using a helicopter in their search for survivors.

 

[evilneko]

Haven't read the series or seen the show, but everyone keeps saying it's good. I might actually check the game out first, just to see if I like the world.

Believe me when I say watch the show or read the comic first. The "game" (more like a viz novel trying to be a game) is meh.

 

[Ashcrexl]

Oh, I tried to save the dude cuz the kid was irritating to the max and the dude seemed pretty cool. I see now that I am an awful human being.

 

[Roman Monaghan]

Hard to believe this was so long ago. It feels like just yesterday. And now it's finally over.

 

[Enigma6667]

"I was gonna say I was interested but I'm actually kinda not. What are they gonna do? Find a cure? Rebuild society? Then everyone gets lemonade?"

 

[Xman490]

I just finished Episode 1 (which is the size of 3 TV episodes), and I went with your decisions in it, but apparently they're not made by a majority, especially not saving Doug. As a side note, telling the old man at the start a white lie is something 1/3 of players, including me, did.

Spoiler

Now that I think about it, saving Doug could have been more useful, since he can fix machines. The reporter (whose name I forgot, oh well) is good at killing the undead, but Ken and the other men do that well.

 

[Infernal Lawyer]

Funny how he eventually rated it as one of his best games in 2012. Guess he did go through with the episodes!