Early on in the game, while in the guest house, you can find a hand on the floor and are able to pick it up.
Is there any use for this hand at all? What is the point of being able to pick it up?
Spoiler to help clarify exactly what I mean:
The hand I refer to is your own severed hand, that Mia chops off with the chainsaw. Once you get up you can pick it up from the floor nearby. I can also confirm that regardless of if you pick it up or not, it will still get re-attached the same way later in the game.
Best Answer
Regardless of picking up the hand or not, although most people do, when you are at the dinner table your hand is stapled back on. Even though it isn't realistic (but it is a game, with zombies, and first aid liquid etc), so yes Ethan shouldn't have any use of his hand after it is stapled back on but spoiler:
So you can leave the hand if you want, it'll find its way back to you ;)
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