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Chanut_N · 02/21/2013, 05:58 am

Ben 2.00 as a new protagonist in Season 2.

The game will force you to decide between the most moronic solutions. Which stupid way would you choose? Something like that.

Mornai · 02/21/2013, 06:27 am

I wouldn't want to be a full blown trips-over-his-own-shoelaces-and-kills-five-people Ben 2.0, but i think that's an interesting idea.

Perhaps you play as someone who screws up bad and causes a death, and you have to live with that and how people treat you about it throughout the episodes.

Rambo297 · 02/21/2013, 06:27 am

well... in that case i think silent would be the best choice

Robert Morgan · 02/21/2013, 07:54 am

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Originally Posted by Chanut_N

Ben 2.00 as a new protagonist in Season 2.

The game will force you to decide between the most moronic solutions. Which stupid way would you choose? Something like that.

If Telltale felt like trolling the fans, this would definitely be a good way of going about it.

Mark$man · 02/21/2013, 10:59 am

No, because if I came between Clem and her surviving because my character was a coward, I'd be dropping myself off a bell tower :P

DreadMagus · 02/21/2013, 03:12 pm

Pre-order cancelled.

Mark$man · 02/21/2013, 03:14 pm

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Originally Posted by DreadMagus

Pre-order cancelled.

Liked!

gimmeseason2 · 02/21/2013, 03:38 pm

well, I for one think it will be interesting and I'd still play it just to see how much of a "screw-up" I can be :P

double_u · 02/21/2013, 03:56 pm

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Originally Posted by gimmeseason2

well, I for one think it will be interesting and I'd still play it just to see how much of a "screw-up" I can be :P

You should give Mass Effect 2 a try. Or watch "Mass Effect 2 Bad Ending: Everyone dies" to see someone try to mess up in every way possible.

Chanut_N · 02/21/2013, 08:57 pm

I can think of one situation where there is a hatchet on the double doors and a gun with one ammo left on the third floors. Which one would you pick?

thestalkinghead · 02/21/2013, 10:22 pm

maybe not Ben 2.0 but someone that was scared of things and lacks confidence could be good, like having the option to "run away" from action sequences could be interesting or the silent option being because the character is to shy to speak up or they awkwardly cant think of anything to say rather than just deciding that saying nothing was the appropriate thing to do, but that may be hard to convey without just being the whole "looking at the blood on the floor then slipping on that blood twice" the whole game kind of senario

zjs · 02/22/2013, 03:45 am

I'd like to see a character around Ben's age, but female.

This protagonist would be world-savvy enough to survive, but not inherently looked to as leadership material. They would be old enough to be a big sister/firm friend with Clementine's character, who herself would have aged at least a few years.

Rock114 · 02/22/2013, 07:46 am

I liked the shy, awkward aspect of Ben, so I think I'd like to see this new character have to adjust to life in the ZA with a group of strangers that they might not trust, and maybe have trouble interacting with at first. Of course, getting half of them killed would just be copy paste, so have someone else murder our friends, please, Telltale?

Desmodus87 · 02/23/2013, 07:16 pm

I actually suggested something similar in the main suggestion thread, but I pictured him more as a second to the main character. Season 2's "Kenny".
Not necessarily that he would be cowardly initially, but the same age, in that awkward area where he was a boy by "society's" definition, but with everyone dying or dead and live people few and far between, he's forced/allowed to be a man. I think that would be an interesting storyline in and of itself.
Most people I know had awkward teen years between 16 and 18, where they're still considered kids or even looked down on, even though they were becoming adults and trying to find their way in the world. (Which was part of the reason I kept Ben alive until the very end. He was a boy who was having to become a man, with no idea how to do it.)

I suggested that he be paired with a 30-ish woman, who would be the protagonist. (Again, I already made a big long suggestion post, if you're that interested in my idea, search through my posts lol xD).

I think that would be best for Clementine, if we go with the theory that season 2 will be leading up to the people in the field, who are the people we would have played as in season 2, meeting her.

If we have another male protagonist, Clem might feel like she's betrayed her real father and Lee if she grows to look at him as a father figure, too. Whereas if she's meeting a woman about her mom's age, she wouldn't have too hard of a time. (Just like she didn't have too hard of a time falling for Lee.)

But I'm definitely all up for having a Ben-like character in season 2, hopefully one who does stuff right. lol

Jaded X Gamer · 02/23/2013, 07:55 pm

This is a little off-topic, but did anyone else feel the hatchet in the door thing was kind of a parody of how point and click adventures work? Like, if you were playing Ben in that scene, and Kenny tells you to find something to open the door, wouldn't you have taken the hatchet? Because in point and click games it seems like you always take anything that's not nailed down, Ben just didn't realize he wasn't the main character.

It'd be funny if in the next season they set-up something like that for the player where you can take something useful but inadvertently fuck up something and get blamed for it. I remember in episode three I immediately went into the RV, grabbed the pencil and triggered Lilly's escape scene. I hadn't even looked at the train yet so I thought I had just screwed us all over.

Sutinen · 02/25/2013, 03:49 am

Better one is Travis. You either take the douchey-stupid choice or the simply stupid choice. You also have no option to shut the fuck up.

thestalkinghead · 02/25/2013, 04:21 am

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Originally Posted by Sutinen

Better one is Travis. You either take the douchey-stupid choice or the simply stupid choice. You also have no option to shut the fuck up.

instead of the silent option you always have the choice to say "my dad was special forces"

Mark$man · 02/25/2013, 07:57 am

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Originally Posted by thestalkinghead

instead of the silent option you always have the choice to say "my dad was special forces"

Lmfao, that's good

AngryZombie · 02/25/2013, 02:31 pm

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Originally Posted by zjs

I'd like to see a character around Ben's age, but female.

This protagonist would be world-savvy enough to survive, but not inherently looked to as leadership material. They would be old enough to be a big sister/firm friend with Clementine's character, who herself would have aged at least a few years.

Maybe like Molly, but without the Parkour

zev_zev · 02/25/2013, 02:37 pm

How about a character like Jesse Pinkman from Breaking bad? In my opinion a good replacement for Ben, especially if he will PC

02/21/2013, 05:58 am	#1
Chanut_N Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 103	How about someone like Ben as a new Protagonist? Ben 2.00 as a new protagonist in Season 2. The game will force you to decide between the most moronic solutions. Which stupid way would you choose? Something like that.

02/21/2013, 06:27 am	#2
Mornai Always Have Hope Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 1,033	I wouldn't want to be a full blown trips-over-his-own-shoelaces-and-kills-five-people Ben 2.0, but i think that's an interesting idea. Perhaps you play as someone who screws up bad and causes a death, and you have to live with that and how people treat you about it throughout the episodes. __________________ "It's a natural instinct to fight for our own survival. What makes us human is that we fight for others." -AA:T&T

02/21/2013, 03:12 pm	#6
DreadMagus Arrgh! Thar Be Zombies! Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: The space between worlds. Posts: 2,089	Pre-order cancelled. __________________ WITCH! Oh sorry, got confused by all your crying. ~ Francis

02/21/2013, 03:38 pm	#8
gimmeseason2 Clementine FTW Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Atlanta Posts: 299	well, I for one think it will be interesting and I'd still play it just to see how much of a "screw-up" I can be :P __________________ "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful."

02/21/2013, 10:22 pm	#11
thestalkinghead stay safe Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,895	maybe not Ben 2.0 but someone that was scared of things and lacks confidence could be good, like having the option to "run away" from action sequences could be interesting or the silent option being because the character is to shy to speak up or they awkwardly cant think of anything to say rather than just deciding that saying nothing was the appropriate thing to do, but that may be hard to convey without just being the whole "looking at the blood on the floor then slipping on that blood twice" the whole game kind of senario __________________ http://thestalkinghead.deviantart.com/

02/21/2013, 06:27 am	#3
Rambo297 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 101	well... in that case i think silent would be the best choice

02/21/2013, 10:59 am	#5
Mark$man Stranger Danger Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: New Jersey Posts: 821	No, because if I came between Clem and her surviving because my character was a coward, I'd be dropping myself off a bell tower :P

02/21/2013, 08:57 pm	#10
Chanut_N Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 103	I can think of one situation where there is a hatchet on the double doors and a gun with one ammo left on the third floors. Which one would you pick?

02/22/2013, 03:45 am	#12
zjs Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 29	I'd like to see a character around Ben's age, but female. This protagonist would be world-savvy enough to survive, but not inherently looked to as leadership material. They would be old enough to be a big sister/firm friend with Clementine's character, who herself would have aged at least a few years.

02/22/2013, 07:46 am	#13
Rock114 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: U.S. of A. Posts: 1,708	I liked the shy, awkward aspect of Ben, so I think I'd like to see this new character have to adjust to life in the ZA with a group of strangers that they might not trust, and maybe have trouble interacting with at first. Of course, getting half of them killed would just be copy paste, so have someone else murder our friends, please, Telltale?

02/23/2013, 07:16 pm	#14
Desmodus87 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 174	I actually suggested something similar in the main suggestion thread, but I pictured him more as a second to the main character. Season 2's "Kenny". Not necessarily that he would be cowardly initially, but the same age, in that awkward area where he was a boy by "society's" definition, but with everyone dying or dead and live people few and far between, he's forced/allowed to be a man. I think that would be an interesting storyline in and of itself. Most people I know had awkward teen years between 16 and 18, where they're still considered kids or even looked down on, even though they were becoming adults and trying to find their way in the world. (Which was part of the reason I kept Ben alive until the very end. He was a boy who was having to become a man, with no idea how to do it.) I suggested that he be paired with a 30-ish woman, who would be the protagonist. (Again, I already made a big long suggestion post, if you're that interested in my idea, search through my posts lol xD). I think that would be best for Clementine, if we go with the theory that season 2 will be leading up to the people in the field, who are the people we would have played as in season 2, meeting her. If we have another male protagonist, Clem might feel like she's betrayed her real father and Lee if she grows to look at him as a father figure, too. Whereas if she's meeting a woman about her mom's age, she wouldn't have too hard of a time. (Just like she didn't have too hard of a time falling for Lee.) But I'm definitely all up for having a Ben-like character in season 2, hopefully one who does stuff right. lol

02/23/2013, 07:55 pm	#15
Jaded X Gamer Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 300	This is a little off-topic, but did anyone else feel the hatchet in the door thing was kind of a parody of how point and click adventures work? Like, if you were playing Ben in that scene, and Kenny tells you to find something to open the door, wouldn't you have taken the hatchet? Because in point and click games it seems like you always take anything that's not nailed down, Ben just didn't realize he wasn't the main character. It'd be funny if in the next season they set-up something like that for the player where you can take something useful but inadvertently fuck up something and get blamed for it. I remember in episode three I immediately went into the RV, grabbed the pencil and triggered Lilly's escape scene. I hadn't even looked at the train yet so I thought I had just screwed us all over.

02/25/2013, 03:49 am	#16
Sutinen Ken is my homeboy Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 207	Better one is Travis. You either take the douchey-stupid choice or the simply stupid choice. You also have no option to shut the fuck up.

02/25/2013, 02:37 pm	#20
zev_zev Clementine's fan Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Russia; Moscow Posts: 497	How about a character like Jesse Pinkman from Breaking bad? In my opinion a good replacement for Ben, especially if he will PC

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