The last of Us is a good game. Perhaps folks should stop looking so deep into it and enjoy it for what it is: AAA game with polish for days. Stop trying to extract some meaning to life and enjoy what was built. The production quality alone makes it a must play.
I'm 4 hours in the game now... Have mixed feelings about it. I can say right now that I'm not enjoying it as much as I did with TLOU1, but it's still a technical masterpiece.
Give it a bit more time Marquinho. I'm about 10 hours and I feel like I've barely scratched the surface. At 4 hours if you were watching The Godfather you'd still be at the wedding scene.
All this reminds me of a clockwork orange, that was critically acclaimed by most, panned by a few then partly banned over violence or people outraged over it glorifing violence. Cinema grow as and branched because of it, without that you wouldn't have tarrentino etc.
The articles main point is about the violence, however, they leave out a huge point in comparison to "Hollywood" (which can also depict heavy violence) and the real world (which again is as bad or worse especially today), and that is this game is set 24 / 25 years after the events of the outbreak which ruined the world.
Violence is there, because there is no law, there is no government, everything has reset back to that of a survivalist mentality and fundamentals of an animal kingdom. The human race has not been a national civilization for a quarter of a century, and besides nature they have to worry about surviving the infected and spores daily.
In summary, Morality is gone, it's kill or be killed, them against us. Characters like Ellie only know this life, and characters like Joel... had to learn this over 20 years. So the violence is understood, because having a moral compass when people have lost there's over the span of 25 years is a way to get your killed.
Even today the moral compass of the world is questionable, give them world no hope, starvation, and constant death, and we will devolve into chaos as well.
They lead with the Spielberg quote, however, The Last of Us has made me feel empathy and emotions, concern for characters, and anticipation for the story more than 99.9% of Hollywood Blockbusters, which is why this quote is no longer valid to the millions of gamers who enjoy games of all kinds for their story.
Seen it and loved it, and the controversial ending :)
Not everything needs a happy ending, there's a movie that flatout nearly steals from The Last of Us on Netflix. The Girl with all the gifts, it's pretty good as well.
We live in the same era when Game of Thrones broadcasted. That "medievil" setting depicted in the series was full of violence and indecent things. Yet, the viewers are fine with that. The viewers understood.
But why the same thing cannot be applied to videogames?. Are the videogame players not ready for this kind of "entertainment"? or is it because most of them are just not matured enough to accept any gruesome story and/or ending?.
I haven't played this but i always ready for gruesome story, tragedy, or controversial ending. All of them never bothered me.
Why? So he can see people upset about the opening of the game, so he can see people outraged by having to play as a lesbian which everyone should have known from the first game's DLC who wanted to find love in a world that has nearly none, and enraged by the decisions of some of the characters???
It's okay to not like to direction Naughty chose to go with the story, it's okay to be angered by what happens, it's not okay to rate a game a 0/10 for it when the game is clearly a huge improvement in gameplay over the original and even an upgrade over Uncharted on PS4, offers arguably the best acting in any video to date, and if you care about graphics one of the best looking games on any platform. I won't argue the story because that's subjective, but I will say as much as I was shocked by the opening and what happens through the game I was just as impressed with the bravery and decisions they chose, and in the end, I loved this game just as much as the original.
Did he say its not allowed to fail? Did you get upset when articles criticized other games? Are people not allowed to write articles and state their opinion anymore?
There is a disconnect to what profundity is when pared with video games stories. Not one of them in the history of gaming has been profound. The closest story wise would be RDR2, the dichotomy between industrialization and freedom and the Last of Us 1, the strength of a father and daughter relationship.
Profound is in the space of Dostoevsky, Camus, Darwin, Kropotkin, Novatore, Kafka and on and on. People want profound then we might need to set the bar toward world changing.
I'm not in to it as much as the first one. However, I'm only 6 hours in. The first one was sooo good and changed the way I viewed post apocalyptic times. They captured it so well that it set the bar for the second almost too high for it to compete with the first.
Simply because naughty dog puts themselves as the top PS first party developer. Meaning their gonna get the most criticism. Goes for many talented developers, such as 343i
It honestly isn't. These same things have been said for decades about books, tv shows, and movies. The idea of utilizing a medium know for glorifying one thing or another to show how it's wrong rarely works and is typically criticized.
This is a bad joke. It's a masterpiece and truly something different. The bleak tone and extremely realistic violence combined with 10/10 graphics, responsive controls, intense combat and classic survival horror elements with the clickers and infected make it one of the best.
It's ambitious and has a well written, long campaign with memorable levels. The way it examines violence and revenge is interesting, especially for a game. How is it failing at anything?
You finished the game? Im halfway now...damn is this game amzing or what. I too did not like the direction but i will finish it. Ill form my own decision. Visuals, pacing, sound, music, armosphere, acting, ...the best ive seen.
Then do it. Spoil it. Go ahead and tell us how the game is such a mess. You’ve had the game for how long? less than 12 hours? You’ve already beaten it?
Cmon man don’t threaten to post spoilers. It doesn’t help backup your point. I agree though, the plot is one of the worst things I’ve ever sat through. I played the OG last of us mainly for its compelling and excellent story. It feels like a stab in the back tbh.
I adore tlou, but this is boring, trite, and an actual chore to play. Someone the decisions made in the 2nd half are just insane. Its like they're not even tlou fans.
I don’t need it to be profound. I just need it to be good so I don’t feel suckered by the dirty game media again lol. I wasn’t going to buy it but decided to give it a try, should be downloaded by the time I get home.
You know you can't enjoy things other people don't like. This is Sony's Crackdown 3, haven't you heard? It's a complete broken mess with it's violent lesbian army's. At least that what I'm hearing from "gamers."
first of all, no one goes to this shit site for reviews...who goes here for anything?
second, why is it we get a million games with violence in it, in a world where GTA exists...and somehow, we choose THIS GAME, to all of a sudden have an issue with.
if your game has senseless violence it's a problem.
if your game tries to put a message behind the violence it is STILL a problem.
you can't win with these kind of people...shitty journalism at is's finest when you don't know what side you are even on.
seems to me like someone is writing out of their ass just for clicks and to be different. can't seem to identify one valid point in this worthless excuse of a shit-piece.
seems the "writer" thinks he's so deep of an intellect but this waste of an article is everything BUT that...
Finally what? A website cashing in the the hate? Who cares. I'm 11 hours and the game is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. There's truly nothing like this one consoles.
I just wish that the boy or girl that wrote this was more profound. Its a shame. You tried, but you failed. For me, it had emotion, it move me. I didnt like some scenes, they were heavy, but i know what i was playing. Im already pumped and waiting for some kind of DLC.
Im enjoying so far a couple hours in. Some of the dialougue is a little cringey, but honestly in a realistic way. Like yes this is what a real 19yr old girl would say in modern america. Do i always agree with the views of a 19yr old girl? No, but that is ok. That's the character.
People keep forgetting or ignoring i guess, that this is a different world, 24 years after pandemic destroyed everything. What people do, what people say, what they endure is way different from your modern american.
If you dont play this game, you're doing yourself a disservice. Period. There are no games that come out that are this well made this day and age, they're very rare, and should be enjoyed by everyone.
Play the game even if you skip the cutscenes , even without context you'd feel the emotion of the characters through the gameplay. and if you are wondering why ellie is so angry just think of something like her dog was killed and she is setting out to take revenge.
and you getting downvotes from those 7000 haters on metacritic, rating a game before even playing it. same was with FF7Remake, and now this. I bet Ghost of Tsushima will have it as well, haters just can't help but downplay Sony. And it's laughable, how people claim that they are fans of original, and still watch a 90 minute video to get spoiled, and then complain about it.
They arent. They try the same with death stranding, but that one Was easier to do. Then metacritic deleted thousands of reviews. With this one its not working because its getting tons of. perfect scores
the writing in this game is an absolute slap in the god damn face for anyone that cared about the characters and story from the first game. the gameplay and all that is fun enough, but my god... they try so hard to hide their poor writing behind high production value, and almost succeed. i’m pretty sure any fan of the first game could have read the script and story during production and told them how horrible it was going to be.
"The Last of Us Part II tries to be profound. It fails"
Ok, so what? There have been over 4000 games released for the PS4 some of which have succeeded in their goals and a larger majority have failed.
Again, so what? Why is this specific developer/game not allowed to fail or succeed like the other 4000?
This article's analysis isn't as deep as it makes itself out to be, either.
Let the pearl clutching begin.
This is a bad joke. It's a masterpiece and truly something different. The bleak tone and extremely realistic violence combined with 10/10 graphics, responsive controls, intense combat and classic survival horror elements with the clickers and infected make it one of the best.
It's ambitious and has a well written, long campaign with memorable levels. The way it examines violence and revenge is interesting, especially for a game. How is it failing at anything?