Tommy Wiseau
Arcane
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2012
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This really felt like it was just going through the motions. Did you notice there wasn't really a single time you had a normal conversation with a character? It was always timed responses.
And my god was there a lot of stupid shit.
"Hey guys, this girl has a gaping arm wound and we can't tell if this girl was bitten by a zombie or a dog."
"I'm a doctor and dog teeth are identical to human teeth."
"What'll we do!?"
"Don't treat it and lock her up in this filthy shed until morning. If she has a fever in the morning, that means it was a zombie bite. If not, then I guess we'll slap a band-aid on it..."
"GENIUS!"
and
Pete screaming, "I'M OUT OF AMMO!" after firing one shot. Really. Fucking really. There was no reason a functional person should have had any problem with this situation.
Yet I'm still playing, I dunno why. Maybe it's just to have something to discuss with people, this game is frighteningly popular.
My take was that they were trying to find excuses to not waste supplies on her. I did think their logic was absurd since you don't need to get a zombie bite to get an infection and a fever, but the characters started panicking the moment they found out she was bitten. They claim they had a similar incident when they helped a stranger and lost someone from their group because of it IIRC.
That said, the setting basically relies on some of its characters making some incredibly irrational and cowardly decisions to advance the plot so I was never entirely sold on its 'realism' pitch.