this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2023
0 points (50.0% liked)
Gaming
15 readers
2 users here now
A community for informative and interesting gaming content and discussions.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Last of Us 2
It's funny how polarising this is. Absolutely valid opinion, but I couldn't disagree more strongly. I thought it was a really great way of highlighting that actually all these characters are a result of their trauma and not necessarily good or bad, but flawed humans with realistic motivations.
Clearly it was a big risk though because many people share your view.
TLOU2 was an absolute technical and polish marvel. The decor, the atmosphere, the music, the lighting, etc... sure the gameplay wasn't anything groundbreaking, but you don't play TLOU for the gameplay. Voice acting was top notch as usual.
The story is what I felt was wrong. Playing as Abby, meh, I disliked it but it wasn't a deal-breaker for me, even tho I was constantly distracted by her uncanny physique. It's all of the other bullshit that went with it, especially the final confrontation between Ellie's friends in the theater and Abby. Then when you finally had the choice to finally kill Abby, you just... Don't?!
At least make it a player choice for fuck sake. To me it felt like all the losses Ellie went through went completely meaningless