TLOU2 always seemed like violence porn based on the trailers so them advertising it like this doesn't surprise me.
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The Last of Us 2 promotional email about a new feature: kill dogs and make their owner cry (no spoilers)
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Violence and the endless cycle of revenge... truly the deepest themes humanity creates, finally explored in a video game format...?
*chef's kiss* Masterclass
*chef's kiss* Masterclass
what games have you been playing that allow you to hear pet owners screaming in sadness that you murdered their pets
Cool way to show that the enmies in the game are more than puppets for the player to kill without remorse.
This game will take a toll on some people/reviewers.
Love it when they make enemies/npcs more human. When they talk about their loved ones when the player is sneaking behind them to kill. I hate how "fun" it is in most games to kill enemies without having to think about your actions.
Leave it to Naughty Dog to make me feel bad to kill enemies in a videogame. Next level stuff.
This game will take a toll on some people/reviewers.
Love it when they make enemies/npcs more human. When they talk about their loved ones when the player is sneaking behind them to kill. I hate how "fun" it is in most games to kill enemies without having to think about your actions.
Leave it to Naughty Dog to make me feel bad to kill enemies in a videogame. Next level stuff.
It can work in linear scripted games with the right narrative, and Spec Ops The Line had it mostly right, aside from the White Phosphorus scene. But when the gameplay loop resolves around making you feel bad for something you have no control over, it's just trying too hard to be deep and sophisticated.
Absolute cringe.
I'd question the mentality of whoever came up with and approved this.
Very weird.
I'd question the mentality of whoever came up with and approved this.
Very weird.
Wait a second, you don't even know if this is real? Um has anyone received this promotional mail?
I don't think most people are reacting to the idea that you can kill dogs in a game, you can kill dogs in a lot of games, and frankly having the AI react to that dynamically is sort of an interesting gameplay feature. It's the way it's written as a marketing bullet point that is sort of hilariously bad.
Naughty Dog official reply - not from them
We didn't write this, this is from GameStop's page.
Far Cry New Dawn hates dogs so much it was probably made by cats
Why do you hate the doggos so much, Ubisoft? WHY?www.gamesradar.com
I'd say that's a bit different since the article is highlighting stuff from that game will this email is promoting it as a feature. That being said has anyone else received this email? Because is it a bit odd if we're only hearing this from one place.
Like, I get that this game is aiming for "super dark, super gritty", but highlighting that you can kill dogs and upset their owners in any form of marketing is an odd decision, especially considering a fair number of people will squick at that.
I love The Last of Us and I love violent gory content in media. But this feels weird and exploitative. It's kind of tone deaf, like they don't really understand what people are looking forward to in this. It also just kind of makes people who enjoy violent content look like insane people because this is apparently what we "want to hear".
I wish they would slow down on the advertising of the "brutality" of it. We can see it's brutal just by nature of the setting, tone, and trailers/previous game, we don't need you to constantly tell us, it just makes you seem like an edgy kid on the playground touting how hardcore you are.
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Ah well never mind then, of course it's Gamestop...
I wish they would slow down on the advertising of the "brutality" of it. We can see it's brutal just by nature of the setting, tone, and trailers/previous game, we don't need you to constantly tell us, it just makes you seem like an edgy kid on the playground touting how hardcore you are.
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Ah well never mind then, of course it's Gamestop...
So the problem is the AI? lol
People screaming when you kill one of their group was done before, just not for dogs
About the feature itself, it strikes me as a little odd that someone who's trying to find someone and kill them, using their dogs to do so, would just start crying on the spot if you killed the dog.
I mean, I love my pet, I cried when I lost pets in the past, but I sure as hell wouldn't put them in harm's way and then act as a victim. Are we just ambushing innocent settlements and killing dogs or something like that?
Bizarre way of "humanizing" enemies. People today put dogs to fight each other to death for "entertainment" and bet money on it. I have a really hard time thinking that a post apocalyptic killer with a dog trained to hunt down people would just fall in tears right away. Just a very hyperbolic reaction for a cheap emotional punch.
I mean, I love my pet, I cried when I lost pets in the past, but I sure as hell wouldn't put them in harm's way and then act as a victim. Are we just ambushing innocent settlements and killing dogs or something like that?
Bizarre way of "humanizing" enemies. People today put dogs to fight each other to death for "entertainment" and bet money on it. I have a really hard time thinking that a post apocalyptic killer with a dog trained to hunt down people would just fall in tears right away. Just a very hyperbolic reaction for a cheap emotional punch.
People aren't commenting on the promotional email, they are commenting on the actual feature in the game.
Isn't the message here that if you kill the dogs their owner will react so you're supposed to feel bad or something?
The new feature is actually the dogs itself since in the first game the enemies were all humans.
The new feature is actually the dogs itself since in the first game the enemies were all humans.
Pretty sure I read about this like a year ago? Either way, It sounds uncomfortable and disturbing but that's clearly a large part of the story they are trying to tell so let them. It's hypocritical to get upset about this but are totally okay with other potentially worse displays of violence.
Advertising it with a bullet point in a promotional email is weird as fuck.
It's 90% not about the inclusion in the game, but about choosing to advertise this, of all things.
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