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Voyrin · 04/28/2012, 03:46 am

I warn you, major spoiler ahead.

I for one, want Duck dead. And I know a lot of you want that too.

But unfortunately... if you look in the episode images in the game (when loading a save) "episode 3: long road ahead" You will see duck in the train.

so I'm sorry.. but Duck is gonna bother us for 2 or more episodes

Im_The_Foreman · 04/28/2012, 04:31 am

I bet all the young children are going to live, the game developers would get a backlash in some countries if they killed them off. I don't think they feel they have the freedom to do so in game design.

It would be interesting if they made the currently sympathetic characters less so in the future, and redeemed some of the unsympathetic ones.... I doubt they will somehow

RAnthonyMahan · 04/28/2012, 04:33 am

I doubt Duck will live all the way through. He seems to exist solely to show off how anyone, including kids, can die in The Walking Dead. Nobody wants Clementine to die.

*Vainamoinen* · 04/28/2012, 04:45 am

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Originally Posted by Im_The_Foreman

I don't think they feel they have the freedom to do so in game design.

I think they do. And I assume that Duck will be killed also (or that this will be a possibility). Honestly, you hear his first words in episode 1 and cannot but think that this one has a short life span.

WabbitTwaks · 04/28/2012, 06:51 am

Duck = Most Annoying Kid in a Game Ever

illuminaughty · 04/28/2012, 06:56 am

Kids die in the comics . . . and in the tv series. So, yeah. Duck is why Shawn died. I mean, Shawn was an idiot to stand in front of a tractor that he let a little kid 'pretend' to drive, but yeah, Duck killed Shawn as much if not more than his dad did.

Rasher · 04/28/2012, 07:05 am

I have a feeling Duck's plot armor won't last long. Look at how many died in the first episode alone.

PsychoRaven · 04/28/2012, 07:11 am

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Originally Posted by Vainamoinen

I think they do. And I assume that Duck will be killed also (or that this will be a possibility). Honestly, you hear his first words in episode 1 and cannot but think that this one has a short life span.

I'd agree but games are a whole different beast with the ESRB to deal with. The comics don't have the ratings boards like that to deal with. That's why I honestly don't think you'll see a kid killed off in the games. Even though I'd off Duck just for running over Shawn's leg.

Gman5852 · 04/28/2012, 07:13 am

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Originally Posted by PsychoRaven

I'd agree but games are a whole different beast with the ESRB to deal with. The comics don't have the ratings boards like that to deal with. That's why I honestly don't think you'll see a kid killed off in the games. Even though I'd off Duck just for running over Shawn's leg.

Might explain why there are only two kids as of right now and one is mandatory to live for story reasons.

Would explain why Duck just wouldn't die during the tractor scene.

illuminaughty · 04/28/2012, 07:15 am

Kids can be killed off camera or without being shown as walker chow.

Epic Kiwi · 04/28/2012, 07:55 am

Wow, you guys. It's not cool to wish death upon mentally disabled kids. Even though he would totally have it coming.

WabbitTwaks · 04/28/2012, 07:59 am

Thin the herd. Cull the herd. However you wanna say it.

Zhombre · 04/28/2012, 08:05 am

i dont forsee killing kids as being as big a deal for the game as you guys think it is, theyve already done so, quite graphically in all Walking dead mediums, including TV, and this game very much so is a robert kirkman certified medium of TWD. if a TV version can show a kid getting blasted in the face than a video game shouldnt bat an eye at it. I wouldnt count duck safe quite yet.. i just dont think killing him right away gets enough emotional push out of the audience or other characters until you ve grown attached (whether to duck or to the idea of killing duck) and can get maximum response because of it.

Chillforce · 04/28/2012, 09:54 am

I can't wait for Duck's demise. I had a "Get Duck killed" playthrough early on before finding out he couldn't be killed. I can't stand the little...Duck.

*harrisonpink* · 04/28/2012, 09:21 pm

It's interesting to see different responses to Duck's character. I actually really like Duck! He's so happy!

*Icedhope* · 04/28/2012, 09:24 pm

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Originally Posted by harrisonpink

It's interesting to see different responses to Duck's character. I actually really like Duck! He's so happy!

And about as brite as a shadow.

ADavidson · 04/28/2012, 10:36 pm

Yeah, you don't see any kids eaten in the TV show, just already zombified Sophia getting shot in the head.

The comics however... whoo.... two kids decapitated by a crazy prison inmate, a woman holding hands with her son and Carl when her son gets munched on, then her arm chopped off by Rick to save carl.... rape and torture scenes. Definitely adults only game material. But a kid getting eaten or shot? Not a big problem ESRB-wise as far as I see it.
MW3 a girl gets blown up, Bioshock you could harvest little sisters, killing them. And any online game you play these days is inundated with little 8-12yr old bastards using their high pitched voices to scream in your ear, and I've killed PLENTY of them in game ;op

Face it, Duck needs to die! lol jk I don't really mind him, but I am gonna play through multiple times to see everything.

Oh and Skyrim/Fallout there's mods to make noone invincible. Skyrim kids are all evil

*harrisonpink* · 04/28/2012, 11:13 pm

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Originally Posted by ADavidson

Yeah, you don't see any kids eaten in the TV show, just already zombified Sophia getting shot in the head.

The comics however... whoo.... two kids decapitated by a crazy prison inmate, a woman holding hands with her son and Carl when her son gets munched on, then her arm chopped off by Rick to save carl.... rape and torture scenes. Definitely adults only game material. But a kid getting eaten or shot? Not a big problem ESRB-wise as far as I see it.
MW3 a girl gets blown up, Bioshock you could harvest little sisters, killing them. And any online game you play these days is inundated with little 8-12yr old bastards using their high pitched voices to scream in your ear, and I've killed PLENTY of them in game ;op

Face it, Duck needs to die! lol jk I don't really mind him, but I am gonna play through multiple times to see everything.

Oh and Skyrim/Fallout there's mods to make noone invincible. Skyrim kids are all evil

From my understanding, it's more about the portrayal of the violence, rather than the violence itself. Sure, in bioshock you can harvest the little sisters, but they don't show an over the top gory evisceration cutscene. It's just how you go about showing it that matters, I think.

toothiersnow · 04/29/2012, 03:30 am

My brief thoughts on duck. Kill him. Kill him with fire.

Milosuperspesh · 04/29/2012, 04:42 am

i have applied the following logic:

duck's is the opposite of clem.

so where as clem hopefully will become lee's salvation, duck has to be the dead weight that you gotta keep an eye on and which is right from the start causing a divide in the group, so i say keep your friends close and your enemies closer.. oh larry your days are numbered pal first chance i get your walker chow :P

04/28/2012, 03:46 am	#1
Voyrin Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 8	The Duck conspiracy (spoiler) I warn you, major spoiler ahead. I for one, want Duck dead. And I know a lot of you want that too. But unfortunately... if you look in the episode images in the game (when loading a save) "episode 3: long road ahead" You will see duck in the train. so I'm sorry.. but Duck is gonna bother us for 2 or more episodes

04/28/2012, 04:33 am	#3
RAnthonyMahan Hyperkinetic Humany Thing Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,612	I doubt Duck will live all the way through. He seems to exist solely to show off how anyone, including kids, can die in The Walking Dead. Nobody wants Clementine to die. __________________ None of your damn business, Sam. My new book! My old book! My writing blog!

04/28/2012, 06:51 am	#5
WabbitTwaks The Walking Wabbit Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Deep South, USA Posts: 444	Duck = Most Annoying Kid in a Game Ever __________________ "We will never be an advanced civilization as long as rain showers can delay the launching of a space rocket." ~George Carlin I am neither in TTG's employ, nor a forum moderator. I am just a regular member like anyone else, and my opinions are my own. However, I do tend to be very vocal about those opinions. Get over it.

04/28/2012, 07:55 am	#11
Epic Kiwi not a coconut Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: I accidentally the entire city of Boston Posts: 331	Wow, you guys. It's not cool to wish death upon mentally disabled kids. Even though he would totally have it coming. __________________ Status: Epic Now Playing: Telltale Texas Poke 'Em 2

04/28/2012, 07:59 am	#12
WabbitTwaks The Walking Wabbit Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The Deep South, USA Posts: 444	Thin the herd. Cull the herd. However you wanna say it. __________________ "We will never be an advanced civilization as long as rain showers can delay the launching of a space rocket." ~George Carlin I am neither in TTG's employ, nor a forum moderator. I am just a regular member like anyone else, and my opinions are my own. However, I do tend to be very vocal about those opinions. Get over it.

04/28/2012, 04:31 am	#2
Im_The_Foreman Banned Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 87	I bet all the young children are going to live, the game developers would get a backlash in some countries if they killed them off. I don't think they feel they have the freedom to do so in game design. It would be interesting if they made the currently sympathetic characters less so in the future, and redeemed some of the unsympathetic ones.... I doubt they will somehow

04/28/2012, 06:56 am	#6
illuminaughty Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 7	Kids die in the comics . . . and in the tv series. So, yeah. Duck is why Shawn died. I mean, Shawn was an idiot to stand in front of a tractor that he let a little kid 'pretend' to drive, but yeah, Duck killed Shawn as much if not more than his dad did.

04/28/2012, 07:05 am	#7
Rasher Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 256	I have a feeling Duck's plot armor won't last long. Look at how many died in the first episode alone.

04/28/2012, 07:15 am	#10
illuminaughty Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 7	Kids can be killed off camera or without being shown as walker chow.

04/28/2012, 08:05 am	#13
Zhombre Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 45	i dont forsee killing kids as being as big a deal for the game as you guys think it is, theyve already done so, quite graphically in all Walking dead mediums, including TV, and this game very much so is a robert kirkman certified medium of TWD. if a TV version can show a kid getting blasted in the face than a video game shouldnt bat an eye at it. I wouldnt count duck safe quite yet.. i just dont think killing him right away gets enough emotional push out of the audience or other characters until you ve grown attached (whether to duck or to the idea of killing duck) and can get maximum response because of it.

04/28/2012, 09:54 am	#14
Chillforce Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 126	I can't wait for Duck's demise. I had a "Get Duck killed" playthrough early on before finding out he couldn't be killed. I can't stand the little...Duck.

04/28/2012, 09:21 pm	#15
harrisonpink Telltale Designer Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: San Rafael, CA Posts: 161	It's interesting to see different responses to Duck's character. I actually really like Duck! He's so happy!

04/28/2012, 10:36 pm	#17
ADavidson Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Western North Carolina yall Posts: 362	Yeah, you don't see any kids eaten in the TV show, just already zombified Sophia getting shot in the head. The comics however... whoo.... two kids decapitated by a crazy prison inmate, a woman holding hands with her son and Carl when her son gets munched on, then her arm chopped off by Rick to save carl.... rape and torture scenes. Definitely adults only game material. But a kid getting eaten or shot? Not a big problem ESRB-wise as far as I see it. MW3 a girl gets blown up, Bioshock you could harvest little sisters, killing them. And any online game you play these days is inundated with little 8-12yr old bastards using their high pitched voices to scream in your ear, and I've killed PLENTY of them in game ;op Face it, Duck needs to die! lol jk I don't really mind him, but I am gonna play through multiple times to see everything. Oh and Skyrim/Fallout there's mods to make noone invincible. Skyrim kids are all evil

04/29/2012, 03:30 am	#19
toothiersnow Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 264	My brief thoughts on duck. Kill him. Kill him with fire.

04/29/2012, 04:42 am	#20
Milosuperspesh V3.0 The shining Join Date: May 2011 Location: Wai soh Sirius ? Posts: 3,154	i have applied the following logic: duck's is the opposite of clem. so where as clem hopefully will become lee's salvation, duck has to be the dead weight that you gotta keep an eye on and which is right from the start causing a divide in the group, so i say keep your friends close and your enemies closer.. oh larry your days are numbered pal first chance i get your walker chow :P __________________ https://www.facebook.com/pages/KIQCS/311661538927832 I am Sir Milo of Smeg https://www.facebook.com/#!/SaveCarley My soul tastes like butterscotch pudding Mentored by Mr flibble Sorry the aloe vera ran out for those burns.

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