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The Last of Us Part II - Review Thread
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I was getting 95 with 70 reviews and now 96 with 71. I think it will definitely land in the 95-97 range, which was my prediction. Not a particularly daring one I might add.
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This looks fantastic, though I think the font is not particularly legible. Needs to be less vertically stretched. I also thing the Last of Us logo might look better on its own slightly higher up. Seems weird to give the two 95's more emphasis than any of the 10's.
Hope you don't mind the constructive criticism lol.
Oh stop this. It's not "misery porn". Saying shit like this is reductive. Being bleak does not make it "pornographic". Sometimes a story only works when it's bleak. Would you seriously call "No Country For Old Men" "misery porn"?
with all that said; it's totally understandable that someone may not be up for a bleak experience.
Well if that's the case then more power to you!
Alright fine we all suck and should never think otherwise. I should stop trying and just stay inside forever.
That's cool to hear. Does that mean people who just want to experience the story can basically make it super easy?
Well, that Polygon review completely turned me off from the game. I'm sure it's good, it's just not for me. I don't want a game that forces me to kill people, then makes me feel like shit for "choosing" to kill those people. I don't need a morality lesson, I already know killing people is wrong.
Hope you guys enjoy it, though. I'm just gonna skip this one.
Hope you guys enjoy it, though. I'm just gonna skip this one.
I do not disagree and you already clarified your statement but I was personally referring to events that happen everyday.
This review resonated with this poster for reasons personal to them. Who are you to question that or imply they are somehow wrong?
Yep - I'm doing a 'mopping up trophies' run right now, set everything to the lightest options and it's essentially an interactive movie. The accessibility options are incredible as well
Just finished my Accolades work. I hope you like it!
Yeah this one is my favorite.
Damn. I've kept away from spoilers, controversy's and what not and even a lot of the reveals. But it's great to see it get such high praise and it's only a week away now. Can't wait.
The criticism I'm really enjoying. I like that it'll be very divisive and for many, the violence and brutal Incessant grim dark felt ridiculously suffocating. More human enemies to kill, weighty unwieldy weapons, pacing problems and flaws of set piece/cut scenes carrying the heft of the story - this sounds wonderful to me. People vaguely remarking on the characters being completely unlikable making horrible decisions - I'm okay with that too. Heavy, burdensome, overwhelming - it's how I've been feeling of late. Maybe the violence won't reach a higher narrative explanation, but we'll all be miserable and violent together to discuss! Also, the gameplay criticisms of elevating stealth/weapon mechanics, I don't know - I loves it in the first game so if they've tightened it up and tweaked it slightly without a huge overhaul - I'm good for that.
hope there isn't much of that, that does sound hilariously on the nose, almost like a parody.
Beacause it's not tone dead. It echoes a lot of my recent feelings regarding how this game was being presented (and I can assure you I'm not alone in this). Anyone who listened to this week's Triple Click knows Myers is not ignorant about all the horrible things in the world right now. She's not saying they don't exist (I recommend reading the review instead on centering on one line.)
It's enterily valid to feel such a bleak, pessimistic and relentless story is the last thing we need right now, and that if the past week's of protests and shows of solidarity around the world show anything, is that "humans are the real monsters" is a tired and rotten trope and that we're better than that.
It's great to be optimistic. I'm just arguing that the world we live in today is not the world of The Last of Us. And if anything, an apocalypse tends to favor the ruthless and cutthroat people than the ones that just want to help anyone they can. To say that their depiction of how humans would wind up being in the face of a zombie apocalypse isn't at all realistic seems incredibly naive or incredibly optimistic.
This is so on the nose it's crazy the game actually does it.
This is so on the nose it's crazy the game actually does it.
Jesus...
This is so on the nose it's crazy the game actually does it.
Yes, that doesn't sound good... just not for making feel you bad but for the lack of choice here.
This is so on the nose it's crazy the game actually does it.
Jesus..
Regarding the leaked spoilers:
So apparently the execution is more important than the spoiler itself, which is great.
So apparently the execution is more important than the spoiler itself, which is great.
Gotcha, yeah I mean if there is something explicitly stated about the game that makes you deeply uncomfortable with experiencing it then yeah, that's totally valid.
I'm pretty confident this is just because non-action gameplay doesn't look good in marketing material.
Plenty of games in the past have had this criticism levelled at their marketing ("It's meant to be an RPG but it just looks like action," "There's no depth here, just aggro gameplay"). Like, anything from Deus Ex Human Revolution to The Witcher 3.
The fact is that deep and intricate gameplay does not translate well to marketing videos where you're trying to convince millions of people (mostly average joes) that this game is cool and they want to buy it.
I firmly believe the level of depth/roleplay you worry about is in Cyberpunk, it just only becomes evident over multiple hours of gameplay, which none of us have seen/experienced yet.
Don't dismiss other people's violence tolerance. That's ridiculous.
Haha. Gamespot also gave TLOU an 8.
Must mean this game is also a masterpiece.
Looks great but metacritics is 96 👀😜Just finished my Accolades work. I hope you like it!
No you're right I get that view. I just have a bad habit of drowning myself in negativity and looking at hopeful things is one of the few things that keeps me sane. Review's showed this isn't a game I should be playing and I should have left it at that. Sorry for dragging this out.
Yeah, you have a totally valid point. This is the mindset that I try to have when I play Naughty Dog games these days. I'm fairly sure I will like TLoU2 more than the first one because this time around I'm more prepared for what Naughty Dog might have in store for me. I'm also looking forward to seeing impactful violence on-screen, no matter if it is player controlled or not. That some people are upset and very divisive about it is a plus for me.
Not trolling, I clarified what I said but their stories are so much better than the gameplay that it's a chore to get through (for me), I rush through it to get to the next storybeat.
Let me put it this way, ND's overall storytelling chops is A+, nobody else even comes close, the actual gameplay is closer to a B for me, it's fun and polished but very repetitive (especially Uncharted).
Would you say you're the type of player that explores every nook and cranny, or just kind of goes with the flow?
Did you think I implied something with my comment?
You can save your sarcasm
I was just stating a fact, nothing more
Yeah, well... it's how linear games work, right? There's only one way to play that matches the story. You play that way and it fits, or you don't and the game feels inconsistent when it takes the controls away.
Some linear games are really good at how they match up so you can't careen too far off course. But if Naughty Dog is letting you play it with stealth, letting you get by challenges without using certain features of the game? It's a bit odd the game doesn't react to that.