In my first playthrough I didn't take the food. Clementine and Lilly made very good points. However, in my second playthrough, I kept the following in mind:
1. Only 4 people out of the remaining 8 got to eat that day. Many others, including myself, hadn't even for several days. Even the ones who did get fed didn't get anything substantial. If I was going on a few days without food I would take it anyway - that person obviously wasn't starving.
2. Personally, I would never do what that person did with their car. They didn't have the foresight to get spare cans of gas? I would pay extremely close attention to my gas tank and, if it got dangerously low, I would use the last of my gasoline to hide the vehicle somewhere and then go on foot. The car was left unattended in the middle of a road, with the doors open, the lights on, and the keys in the ignition. How dumb can you be? And, to quote Dr. John: if I don't do it, somebody else will.
When I first saw it, I thought it was an ambush. Then I wished for an option to wait to see if anyone came back - then you get all the supplies AND extra manpower. There wasn't even an option to only take some of the supplies. I really hated how black and white this decision was. I was surprised at how quickly we were pushed through this scene.
Everyone else is going to do what it takes to survive. Morality is important and stealing is wrong, but doing something wrong so that you don't die is justified.
Last edited by Galdis; 07/25/2012 at 03:54 pm.
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