Comment on The Last of Us totally blew me away
TomSelleck@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I love these games but I jokingly called part 2 a depression simulator. It’s intensely emotional at points and lingered in my thoughts after finishing it. It’s an incredible piece of storytelling and art.
jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I just couldn’t get into part 2 and dropped it after the Joel scene. It just felt so over the top in trying to be depressing and I didn’t feel like slogging through a game that would twist the narrative just for the shock value.
Part one had moments of “everything that can go wrong will go wrong”, but part 2 felt like it jumped the shark (which felt more validated after reading the synopsis online).
TomSelleck@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I disagree with part 2 “jumping the shark”. The first game starts out with
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Joel’s daughter being killed
which was much more “twist the narrative just for shock value”. The game itself is an enjoyable playthrough, it’s just a depressing story. Joel deserved what he got.
jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 months ago
People dying at the start of a zombie apocalypse is standard fair at this point. Finding someone in a post apocalyptic world based only on their name years later in a world where everyone is just barely surviving was a bit ridiculous.
It felt a bit like the inverse of Game of Thrones (where it felt like anyone could die), the second part decided this person must die.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
If you had played the rest, the explanation for how they found him is pretty plausible.