Doug or Carley? :: The Walking Dead General Discussions

MetallicaRules has The Walking Dead

Feb 28, 2015 @ 9:47am

I picked Carley since she was better with a gun, which is useful in the zombie apocalypse.

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Zachary00447 has The Walking Dead

Feb 28, 2015 @ 5:21pm

Doug, no question about it

#2

Andromeda

Mar 1, 2015 @ 10:26am

Doug is the best

#3

KT Chong

Mar 2, 2015 @ 11:01am

In episode 2:

Carley and Doug are almost the same in terms of their screen time and benefits. However, Carley offers slightly more dialogues than Doug. Carley knows about Lee's criminal past and Doug does not, so Carley would discuss it in private with Lee.

In Episode 3:

Carley offers some MAJOR benefits over Doug:

In a shootout with the bandits and an escape from the motor inn, Carley is significantly more useful than Doug. Carley uses her gun to take down about half of the attacking bandits and zombies by herself. Which means Lee - i.e, you as the player - would have to deal with fewer bandits and zombies during the shootout and escape. The shootout and escape sequences are actually some of the tougher actions in the entire game. Carley is a big help in them. On the other hand, Doug does NOT help in anyway at all during the shootout and escape. Doug is completely USELESS during that fight and escape. Carley does make those action sequences easier for Lee.

MOST IMPORTANTLY:

Carley knows about Lee's secret past. At this point she would encourage Lee to be honest and come clean with the rest of the group. Carley suggests that Lee should tell the other survivors about his past, before Lily can take advantage of a situation and tell other people first. Carley's suggestion opens up additional dialogue options for ALL the other characters, which allows Lee to reveal his past any or all of those characters. (I would suggest you let Lee tell everyone - Clemantine, Kenny, Katjaa, and even Ben - but NOT Lily for the best outcome later.)

And, of course, Carley offers a potential romance subplot for Lee, albeit a short-lived one. Doug does not.

So. The differences between Carley and Doug are very significant in Episode 3. I would recommend picking Carley over Doug just for the options of letting Lee be honest and reveal his past to other characters. Carley allows Lee to do that. Doug does not.

#4

LtlMacMcG

Mar 5, 2015 @ 11:38pm

Originally posted by ktchong:
In episode 2:

Carley and Doug are almost the same in terms of their screen time and benefits. However, Carley offers slightly more dialogues than Doug. Carley knows about Lee's criminal past and Doug does not, so Carley would discuss it in private with Lee.

In Episode 3:

Carley offers some MAJOR benefits over Doug:

In a shootout with the bandits and an escape from the motor inn, Carley is significantly more useful than Doug. Carley uses her gun to take down about half of the attacking bandits and zombies by herself. Which means Lee - i.e, you as the player - would have to deal with fewer bandits and zombies during the shootout and escape. The shootout and escape sequences are actually some of the tougher actions in the entire game. Carley is a big help in them. On the other hand, Doug does NOT help in anyway at all during the shootout and escape. Doug is completely USELESS during that fight and escape. Carley does make those action sequences easier for Lee.

MOST IMPORTANTLY:

Carley knows about Lee's secret past. At this point she would encourage Lee to be honest and come clean with the rest of the group. Carley suggests that Lee should tell the other survivors about his past, before Lily can take advantage of a situation and tell other people first. Carley's suggestion opens up additional dialogue options for ALL the other characters, which allows Lee to reveal his past any or all of those characters. (I would suggest you let Lee tell everyone - Clemantine, Kenny, Katjaa, and even Ben - but NOT Lily for the best outcome later.)

And, of course, Carley offers a potential romance subplot for Lee, albeit a short-lived one. Doug does not.

So. The differences between Carley and Doug are very significant in Episode 3. I would recommend picking Carley over Doug just for the options of letting Lee be honest and reveal his past to other characters. Carley allows Lee to do that. Doug does not.

But Doug is way more awsome.....

#5

Dora The Explorer has The Walking Dead

Mar 6, 2015 @ 10:44am

It was a pretty hard choice, I wanted to save Doug because come on... he is way more awesome. I ended up saving Carley though because she was a better shot and thats kinda useful in a zombie apoclypse. If they were both equally good though i would have totally gone for Doug.

#6

Lokidoki

Mar 9, 2015 @ 3:32pm

I saved Carley on my first playthrough. You just don't get a lot of time with Doug to get to know him, he seemed almost a bit anonymous while Carley was warming up quickly as a trusting friend. I do plan a second playthrough where I save Doug instead, to see if there's better character development for him.

#7

D4iZy

Mar 9, 2015 @ 6:55pm

doesnt matter who u choose, theoutcome doesnt make a change....

#8

Zydrate

Mar 16, 2015 @ 6:35pm

I chose Carley because she was a decent shot.

#9

DrunkenQueen has The Walking Dead

Mar 16, 2015 @ 9:29pm

Originally posted by ktchong:
In episode 2:

Carley and Doug are almost the same in terms of their screen time and benefits. However, Carley offers slightly more dialogues than Doug. Carley knows about Lee's criminal past and Doug does not, so Carley would discuss it in private with Lee.

In Episode 3:

Carley offers some MAJOR benefits over Doug:

In a shootout with the bandits and an escape from the motor inn, Carley is significantly more useful than Doug. Carley uses her gun to take down about half of the attacking bandits and zombies by herself. Which means Lee - i.e, you as the player - would have to deal with fewer bandits and zombies during the shootout and escape. The shootout and escape sequences are actually some of the tougher actions in the entire game. Carley is a big help in them. On the other hand, Doug does NOT help in anyway at all during the shootout and escape. Doug is completely USELESS during that fight and escape. Carley does make those action sequences easier for Lee.

MOST IMPORTANTLY:

Carley knows about Lee's secret past. At this point she would encourage Lee to be honest and come clean with the rest of the group. Carley suggests that Lee should tell the other survivors about his past, before Lily can take advantage of a situation and tell other people first. Carley's suggestion opens up additional dialogue options for ALL the other characters, which allows Lee to reveal his past any or all of those characters. (I would suggest you let Lee tell everyone - Clemantine, Kenny, Katjaa, and even Ben - but NOT Lily for the best outcome later.)

And, of course, Carley offers a potential romance subplot for Lee, albeit a short-lived one. Doug does not.

So. The differences between Carley and Doug are very significant in Episode 3. I would recommend picking Carley over Doug just for the options of letting Lee be honest and reveal his past to other characters. Carley allows Lee to do that. Doug does not.

EP3, Doug fixed the RV during the bandit gunfight.

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DrunkenQueen has The Walking Dead

Mar 16, 2015 @ 9:30pm

Both are my favourite. I dont think guns are always the way to solve.
Carley is active and quick-thinking
Doug is kind, loyal and an inventor. Even Clem thinks he's cool.

Last edited by DrunkenQueen; Mar 16, 2015 @ 9:30pm

#11

SpaceBagel has The Walking Dead

Mar 18, 2015 @ 11:13am

I picked Carley on my first playthrough. I thought that if I gave her the ammo she could save herself and then shoot the zombies off of Doug. Lol.

#12

Big Toe Mar 20, 2015 @ 10:29am

I chose Doug.
He just seemed like such a nice guy, and I panicked due to shock.

#13

Mitcheeta

Mar 21, 2015 @ 9:28pm

It's really hard to rationalize picking Doug over Carley. I mean Carley already had a kill streak of like 15+ walkers going (with her handy GUN), she was way more involved in the plot than Doug, and frankly she was hell of a lot more attractive. I mean the girl literally saved Lee's life *twice* in the span of like 5 minutes, that alone should be reason enough to save her.

Yeah Carley's battery dilemna was pretty stupid but we got some genuinely hilarious moments as a result. TBH Doug yelling "did you find them yet!?" even though there was a group of walkers like right next to us was a lot more stupid in my books.

I can accept how some people left Carley to die because she knew Lee's secret, but ironically that later becomes the biggest reason to save her. In ep. 3 if you saved Carley you get to tell the other group members about your past (getting a lot more dialogue as a result), Kenny doesn't get pissed at you for withholding the information, and you get a snazzy romance subplot to boot. And if you saved Doug you get to ... learn about the chemical composition of chalk?

I liked Doug though. He had a "brighter" personality than Carley and he was kinda funny. It was cool that he sacrificed himself for Ben too. But he really got shafted, even TellTale said they failed with Doug. :(

#14

WRZESZCZ

Nov 5, 2017 @ 1:03pm

Well I choose Doug, cause in my opinion he needed help more. I mean he was getting hugged by several zombies there, but Carley just got her leg grabbed, could've done something about that herself. I know that she was out of bullets, but she still could whack that zombie on the arm with an empty pistol.

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