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The Last of Us Part 2 is the sequel to the highly-acclaimed release from Naughty Dog, set after 5 years have passed, and features Ellie and Joel encountering new characters and challenges
Taking advantage of the PS4’s hardware, The Last of Us Part 2 provides detailed visuals and realistic graphics for an immersive gaming experience
A Complex & Emotional Story-Experience the escalating moral conflicts created by Ellie's relentless pursuit of vengeance. The cycle of violence left in her wake will challenge your notions of right versus wrong, good versus evil, and hero versus villain.
A Beautiful Yet Dangerous World - Set out on Ellie's journey, taking her from the peaceful mountains and forests of Jackson to the lush, overgrown ruins of greater Seattle. Encounter new survivor groups, and terrifying evolutions of the infected.
Tense & Desperate Action-Survival Gameplay - New & evolved gameplay systems deliver upon the life-or-death stakes of Ellie's journey through the hostile world.

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      • frostman on 27/07/2020 - 20:58
        -6

        I did provide a spoiler alert?…you've got selective reading or just a massively obnoxious person (I think the latter)

        • Matbree on 27/07/2020 - 21:09
          +3

          No, I saw the piss poor effort writing ‘spoilers’ in a slightly bolder font. Common courteousy would have the spoiler actually hidden, especially in a thread where the majority of people viewing are unlikely to have played the game.

          • frostman on 27/07/2020 - 21:14
            +1

            @Matbree: Slightly bolder, what you think I got a range of editing options here at my disposal?

            If people are too dumb to read the spoiler alert and continue, I have grave concerns for the intellectual talent, including yours for crying over the above.

            • Matbree on 27/07/2020 - 21:16
              +1

              @frostman: Which brings us full circle to….was it really necessary???

              • frostman on 27/07/2020 - 21:18
                +3

                @Matbree: Very yes…

                Perhaps people don't want to be duped by fake reviews and fork out $80+

                I'm a massive fan of the first, even the DLC (Left Behind) which a large amount thought it wasn't all that, this one was terrible

                • onlinepred on 28/07/2020 - 08:25

                  @frostman: I thought the DLC was bad, but found 2 to be much better

      • PlagueistheCheap on 27/07/2020 - 21:17

        Well you know what the user is like, may as well hide future posts from this person.

    • Jamie777 on 27/07/2020 - 20:55
      -1

      Anthem is such a great game compared to TLOU2. Thank god to it did not come with PS5 and it really helped me to decide next console I will buy. XBOX!

      • Phade on 27/07/2020 - 21:22
        +2

        You forgot the /s

  • zxtc on 27/07/2020 - 20:54
    +4

    Awesome game. Go and buy it :-)

  • pj1351 on 27/07/2020 - 20:56
    +6

    My speculation from 2 months ago:

    What if [TLOU2] follows a similar trajectory to Death Stranding?

    Price on EB Games at launch: $99.95

    Roughly 1 month after launch: $59 at Big W
    Roughly 1.5 month after launch: $49.49 at Amazon AU
    Roughly 2 months after launch: $39.97 at Costco

    Ignoring the $1 difference, there's only a single week of discrepancy between Death Stranding and TLOU2's trajectory so-far. If this holds out, it's possible that in about another month (plus an extra week or two) later, we might see TLOU2 for as low as $40.

    Note: This is purely speculation, not a prediction.

    • Trioboy on 27/07/2020 - 21:02
      +3

      Should be around the 30 dollar mark during Christmas?

  • rainbowyen on 27/07/2020 - 20:57
    +2

    Great price for a bad game

  • hunty mcgee on 27/07/2020 - 21:08
    +7

    The most polarising experience I have ever had playing a video game. There are moments of sheer brilliance that are both genre and medium defying, showing the very best of what games are capable of. However, there are times when the game feels needlessly padded, and certain story beats, new characters missed the mark completely for me. A tough one to recommend, but it really is an unforgettable experience - for better and/or worse.

  • Stoibs on 27/07/2020 - 21:10
    +11

    Was almost my GOTY (I mean it might still be by the close of 2020) but I feel it dragged on a little bit at the end there, and could have been about 6~7hrs shorter than it was.
    Did that Lord of the Rings thing also of having about 7 or so smash to blacks where I thought the credits would roll, but it just kept going and going..

    Apart from that small shortcoming I absolutely loved it, loved all the characters, all the writing/story beats etc.
    I don't really get the hate or why some people are losing their minds and sending literal death threats just because they didn't like the way the story went :S
    Do people act this same absurd way for movies or television series? :S

    • Duck Mode on 27/07/2020 - 21:20
      +1

      A lot of people seem to just hate what they perceive as too 'SJW' so they go to greater lengths to justify their hate for it.

      • SDF05 on 28/07/2020 - 09:00

        To be fair, they do have some good reasons for that:

        WARNING: SPOILERS**

        1. Neil Druckmann, the lead director for this game, has been associated with SJW movement, and while that's great for the gaming community, his ideas of that are on the wrong side of it. I won't go too much into it but this game shows that from time to time.

        2. Most of the characters you meet is either lesbians, pregnant or Mexican, and repeat that for 25 hours because that's all the information you know about them personality wise. Hell, the main character is heavily involved in storylines containing pregnancy (at one point Ellie is devastated she killed someone because they were pregnant).

        3. Talking about pregnancy, how does Dina survive through everything she went with Ellie? Especially when she was pregnant? And how does that one lady from Abby's group is not questioned once when she decides to go patrolling and then ends up in trouble when other hunters and infected people show up (she does pay the price of being killed by Ellie but still)?

        4. Why doesn't Abby show any emotion? And she is so buffed up to the point you don't think she's human (women can get buffed up but definitely to not that extreme unless they jack up roids into their body). She doesn't care when her people die, they are barely mentioned and she acts like a man at times, trying to be tough and all. And oh god that sex scene, how weird was it to watch when nudity is not allowed in Naughty Dog games?

        Just some points to consider, but they are good and valid concerns with this game.

        • ZomboJo on 28/07/2020 - 12:14
          +3

          But they aren't good reasons, at all, unless you already have some pre-existing bias or issue with minorities. If people dislike the story, or the gameplay, that's completely legitimate, but your list of reasons, is why people who genuinely dislike the game don't get taken seriously (even though they should).

          1. Source?
          2. And? One lesbian couple (one of whom does get significant character development beyond lesbian), and two pregnant characters are hardly a SJW agenda. Half the game you play as a straight character…in a straight relationship.
            And mexicans? The game hardly draws attention to the mexican characters in the game. The fact that they stood out says a lot more about the people that have an issue with it, than it does about the 'agenda' of the game.
          3. Not a SJW issue. Maybe a poor writing issue, but far from a SJW issue unless you're stretching to make it work.
          4. Why does Tifa have completely over sized breasts? Why are the Gears bigger than most normal humans? Why is Abby's size suddenly an issue here? Why is a women trying to be tough suddenly her trying to be a man, especially in the world of the Last of Us? Your sexism is showing here.
        • Mattmattmatt on 28/07/2020 - 12:17
          +4

          I can only remember one Mexican, Abby's mate Manny. Who were the other ones? Am I going crazy?

        • Duck Mode on 28/07/2020 - 15:06
          +2

          Yeah i don't agree. Minorities existing in a story or the real world is not some evil agenda. Having everyone straight and white 100% of the time is ok and anyone else is unrealistic?

          Yes, I would agree about the buffness in a sense, only that basically everyone would be quite skinny in a zombie apocalypse considering the probable food shortages, but that aside, the body model for Abby is a crossfit athlete. She doesn't look that unrealistic considering she basically looks like every other female competitive crossfit athlete anyway. TBH the body model looks more buff than Abby IIRC.

          As I said, people feel uncomfortable with what they perceive as too 'SJW' and try to justify that any bad writing that might be in the game is somehow evil.

          • Lurk Hartog on 28/07/2020 - 19:18
            +2

            @Duck Mode: I thought Abby's buffness was over the top. It's the type of build a female could achieve if they took steroids and worked out an awful lot. And not farmer's strength, but actual bodybuilding/crossfit. It's not the kind of build you would expect someone to have in a post apocalyptic world.

            I disagree with the rest of his points. Loved the game. Abby should have been less jacked though.

    • deadpoet on 27/07/2020 - 21:22
      +5

      I feel the same way as you about the game, at first I didn't know what to feel after I finished the game, I still have major problems with some of the plot points. But over the past month I've grown to love it and am on my 2nd playthrough.

      As for the death threats and rage, it's kind of a similar situation to The Last Jedi.

    • Phade on 27/07/2020 - 21:45
      +9

      Agreed, it did drag on a bit. Other than that I loved it.

      And yeah, people sending death threats to voice actors because they didn't like what their character did in a video game who's script they had no control over?! It's bloody disgusting to see.

      • Raif on 27/07/2020 - 21:55
        +1

        Yeah, that made me so angry. Then again we live in a world where people video themselves bullying salespeople because they ask people to wear masks during a global pandemic. Lots of disgusting people out there.

      • SDF05 on 29/07/2020 - 02:11

        I dislike the game but not enough to send death threats to voice actors. That was a bit too far. They were only doing their job.

        The game and it's writers deserve criticism for the disappointing story but that shouldn't mean death threats to people who gave up time and effort to make the game into a reality.

  • kyori on 27/07/2020 - 21:16
    -1

    Man this game is really long then i would like it to be u get ur money worth!

    • noscopedJFK on 27/07/2020 - 21:37
      +6

      I don't understand this comment at all.

  • Beefking on 27/07/2020 - 21:20

    Saw this for pre-order @ $60? Trash deal

    • deanylev on 27/07/2020 - 21:31
      +2

      You can't get it for this price anywhere else so what exactly makes it a trash deal?

    • SDF05 on 29/07/2020 - 02:12

      Wouldn't say it's a trash deal but the price will come down much lower, expect to get it for $20 or probably free with PS Plus sometime later this year (or early next year).

  • mg_k on 27/07/2020 - 21:32

    Most disappointing game of the year. Metacritics user score says it all.

    I expect this game to be $29 if you are willing to wait for another month. I will eventually play it just to see how trash it is when it's $19 which is in ~2 months time.

    • Phade on 27/07/2020 - 21:41
      +14

      You're calling it the most disappointing game of the year, yet you haven't even played it…

      Also, Metacritic user rating doesn't mean shit.

      • Choc0 on 27/07/2020 - 21:56
        +8

        Who do you trust? Critics who review games objectively for a living, or angry teenage boys handing out 1 star ratings?

        • KingSlayyer on 27/07/2020 - 22:00
          +5

          Reviews are by their nature subjective unless talking about features of the game. (on the other hand there are loads of 10 star rating spam)

        • BargainEnjoyer2022 on 27/07/2020 - 22:56
          +9

          Critics who review games objectively for a living

          Game review websites give out a disproportionate amount of high reviews. Because if they negatively review something, they lose access to pre-release copies of future games or even get blacklisted by the studio.

          I'm not talking about the Last of Us 2 specifically. rather 'game journalism' as a whole

        • piston3461 on 27/07/2020 - 23:25
          +5

          there's nothing really objective about game reviews though

        • pj1351 on 28/07/2020 - 10:49
          +6

          “Critics who review games objectively for a living”… Who were forbidden from even talking about half of the game at the demand of the publisher. So objective.

          Funny how independent game critics (who have to buy their own games, and will stream their gameplay proving that they had actually played through the entire game) doesn’t factor into your equation of who to trust.

      • SDF05 on 28/07/2020 - 09:08
        +2

        Don't have to play it to know it.

        I don't have a PS4 but I loved the first game. Seeing the walkthroughs and the gameplay and story was very immersive and emotional watching the first game.

        Don't need to have it to know how disappointing and controversial the story is, considering most of the leaks were true. If you loved the first game's story you're bound to hate this game a lot more because it's inconsistent with its past and new characters are given no personality to establish themselves to even be liked (or see their point of view properly).

        And you are bound to question things that they make you watch (I'm hoping you didn't enjoy that sex scene) and do, because you know those characters won't do them if they had common sense. They try to hit you home with "revenge is bad" but at the end you'll be saying things like "is this really revenge?" Because that's how bad the story is.

        Metacritic user ratings don't mean everything, but it gives a good perception of how much people like it as a whole and averages out the game's score. If it wasn't for users, nobody would even visit Metacritic (it would be like looking at GameSpot with all their paid reviews and fake 10/10s).

        • kazuyamishima on 28/07/2020 - 10:48
          +1

          If your statement is true, millions would stop buying Animal Crossing because it has user score of 5.4.

          And yeah, watching walkthroughs on YouTube is not the same as playing the game.

    • onlinepred on 28/07/2020 - 08:17

      You are going by online reviews of sexist far old guys who probably haven't even bought the game like you? Can only work out well

  • pacificstorm on 27/07/2020 - 21:37

    Gotta resist in buying a PS4 since I really want to play this game and the Ghost of Tushima so bad. The gameplay seems to be almost perfection and that's saying a lot since I found the first game though was great, the gameplay got really repetitive after awhile.

    • KingSlayyer on 27/07/2020 - 22:06

      Should be easy right now since PS4 prices are still way too high

    • SDF05 on 28/07/2020 - 09:12
      +3

      The gameplay in this game is pretty much the same, extended to 20 hours instead of 10-15. You get a few added stuff like crouching and small jump but no difference from the first game.

      So you might actually bore yourself playing the second game.

      If you're not into the story and purely looking at gameplay, buy Ghost of Tsuchima instead. Seen a few gameplays and it's what Assassin's Creed could have looked like gameplay-wise.

  • noscopedJFK on 27/07/2020 - 21:38
    +3

    Having read the spoilers it does such a disservice to the original. Such a shame.

    • Phade on 27/07/2020 - 21:42
      +2

      How so?

    • mackdiddy on 27/07/2020 - 22:45
      +7

      Nah not really hey. You should play it one day. Even if it's for free.

      • noscopedJFK on 28/07/2020 - 00:27
        +1

        Each to their own right? Didn’t like what I read so I’ll prob pick it up for $20 next year if at all.

        • mackdiddy on 28/07/2020 - 10:36
          +3

          My mate had the same reaction (got spoiled and really annoyed at the leaks) but when he played through the game, the spoilers weren't 100% accurate and the stuff that was made more sense to him. He ended up saying it was in his top 5 games.

          • noscopedJFK on 28/07/2020 - 10:56

            @mackdiddy: Seriously? OK I might have to take a look down the line. Thanks for replying I'll stick it on my radar.

            • mackdiddy on 28/07/2020 - 11:06
              +3

              @noscopedJFK: I mean as you said, each to their own - nothing wrong with waiting til it's cheap/free on PS+ or something. Just thought I'd share.

    • Arlowe77 on 28/07/2020 - 01:08

      In what way?

    • GunnerMcDagget on 28/07/2020 - 08:17
      +2

      I think that's what ruined the game for many. If you read the spoilers out of context then you wokt get the same effect as if you actually played it. It's like hearing that someone was accused of murder, and finding them guilty without looking at the evidence.

      • SDF05 on 28/07/2020 - 09:14
        +1

        Not really, this is how most people felt when they played the game. Some loved it while most hated it for how inconsistent it was considering the previous game.

        But each person has it's own opinion. In my opinion I don't want a Last of Us Part 3.

        • GunnerMcDagget on 28/07/2020 - 09:22

          There definitely were many that hated it due to what they considered to be inconsistencies, but it's hard to tell if it was some, few, or most as the hundreds of user review bombs that went up less than 3 hours after release really skewed the results.

          • cille745 on 28/07/2020 - 09:59
            +2

            @GunnerMcDagget: I've looked at the distributions per day on metacritic because I was curious, it seems that hundreds of users also gave it 10/10 in that same timeframe as well

    • onlinepred on 28/07/2020 - 08:18

      Played it and lived every minute of it. I didn't read spoilers, and didn't post crap about it without playing it though. Also I'm not sexist.

  • M0RGAN on 27/07/2020 - 21:38
    +5

    Jeez, I'm about 15 hours in and really enjoying it so far. Just how bad is the second half that everyone's losing their mind?!?

    • Phade on 27/07/2020 - 21:39
      +9

      It's not that bad honestly, it just drags on a little bit. It's worth finishing for sure.

    • Choc0 on 27/07/2020 - 21:57
      +7

      It asks you to make a large shift in perception. It's not easy if you were particularly attached to the first game.

    • KenDiaMoi on 27/07/2020 - 22:15
      +15

      Its not bad, it's fantastic.
      Its jarring.
      Youre forced to play as another character. But once you get into it a bit, it's worth it.

      Dont listen to the haters who I'm sure most haven't even played the game.

    • carlJack on 28/07/2020 - 00:11
      +1

      Dont listen to haters. Its fantastic. Makes you think.

  • itbargainhunter on 27/07/2020 - 21:39
    +2

    A game that divided the world.

    I am one of those hater and I personally wont buy any SJW nor Naughty Dog game for a while.

    Anyway just sharing despite its "successful" sales figure at launch (only measures pre-order by stores, not sell thru number to player), many stores reported backlog of unsold stock worldwide.

    In some Asian countries, it is reported that there are so much 2nd hand in the market that some store drops new copy price below 2nd hand "market" price out of desperation.

    It was mocked by many and said the 2nd hand copy carries some sort of CURSE (THE RING style) and that's why it is more expensive….

    I am betting it would be $29 during X'mas.

    • KingSlayyer on 27/07/2020 - 22:03
      +3

      In fact it would have been very odd despite everything if the initial sales were low, since many wouldnt have known about the leaks and just bought it because they liked the 1st and the critics praised it.

    • N11 on 27/07/2020 - 22:13
      +1

      It also broke digital download records.

  • sumtingwong on 27/07/2020 - 22:07
    -1

    I watched the whole game walkthrough on youtube and be warned if you played the first game, you will hate this one.
    Don't buy it you've been warned

    • KenDiaMoi on 27/07/2020 - 22:10
      +15

      I loved the first and I loved this one just as much.
      The only thing you should prepare for is the story line isn't a Nintendo Funland happy go time ride.

      • N11 on 27/07/2020 - 22:16
        +5

        Same. Loved both

    • Phade on 27/07/2020 - 22:16
      +8

      Just because you didn't like it, doesn't mean everyone else won't. I played the first game and enjoyed this one a lot, and most people I've talked to enjoyed it too.

    • mackdiddy on 27/07/2020 - 22:43
      +2

      I played the first game on launch and this one on launch and loved both games. I'm sorry you had to experience it via known (profanity) xQc or some shit.

  • KenDiaMoi on 27/07/2020 - 22:08
    +13

    Everytime a last of us deal gets posted, the comment section becomes a borderline bigoted cesspool.

    • OfTheOverflow on 27/07/2020 - 23:01
      +3

      Yep, I thought Ozbargain wasn't a really an embarrassing troll community but rip I guess.

      • piston3461 on 27/07/2020 - 23:27
        +2

        you can not like the game and not be a troll

    • bert-lifts on 28/07/2020 - 00:26
      +2

      will eating some bigot sandwiches cure us?

      • OfTheOverflow on 28/07/2020 - 00:38

        Bigot sandwiches solve everything

        Edit: oh, I now assume this was someone a knock against the writing? That line was great, idk why the right has a weird hate against one of the best game stories ever.

    • Mixhael on 28/07/2020 - 03:09
      +1

      Essentially the same as the old religion threads. Comments are the reason why I viewed this post

  • Yummy on 27/07/2020 - 22:16

    …and features Ellie and Joel Abby encountering new characters and challenges…

    There… fixed for ya.

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  • mackdiddy on 27/07/2020 - 22:43
    +4

    Absolutely loved the game.

  • frozenkuku on 27/07/2020 - 22:48
    +3

    some countries already hitted $35 or less
    we can expect $9.95 soon

  • ghostdom on 27/07/2020 - 22:52
    +3

    How much I hope when we have TLOU 3, everything happened in TLOU 2 was just a dream from Ellie.

    • KingSlayyer on 27/07/2020 - 22:57
      +1

      It was one of joels bad dreams

  • RichDad PoorSon on 27/07/2020 - 22:57
    +7

    for all the hate that they gave this game, I absolutely loved it. I think its a superbly taken game, highly critical of what's happening when society collapse. Just go at this game with no or low expectation and enjoy every second of it. It's a game dedicated to life. all.life. Gotta say, by the time I finished the game, I was glad it did.

  • OfTheOverflow on 27/07/2020 - 23:00
    -6

    It's okay if you didn't like this game, you're just a moron

  • DreadEmperor on 27/07/2020 - 23:12

    Doesn't beat the copy I got for $25, when EB Games fudged a order I made the The Last of Us Remastered. XD

  • evanjd on 27/07/2020 - 23:23
    +9

    I managed to avoid the leaks before playing it, the only thing I knew was that people were complaining that the story was woke SJW trash.

    Throughout the game I was bracing myself for whatever plot point people were complaining about to show up… and it never did. I read the leaks after I finished it and they thing people are complaining about is framed in a way that's not consistent with the game at all. I suspect most people complaining about the SJWness are bandwagoning and/or are taking the leaks wayyyyyyy out of context.

    I thought the game was excellent. Not every story beat landed for me, but the whole package was a unique, powerful experience that I'd recommend to anyone. The gameplay in particular is miles ahead of the original (or any Naughty Dog for that matter). I'm looking forward to playing it again on Survivor in a few months.

    • piston3461 on 27/07/2020 - 23:28
      +3

      what about the gameplay was miles ahead of the original for you? To me it was almost identical. apart from the dodge mechanic i am struggling to think of any major additions. Still using unwieldy guns and fighting the same exact dumb enemies. It feels like Uncharted gameplay but with less precision

      • evanjd on 27/07/2020 - 23:55
        +5

        what about the gameplay was miles ahead of the original for you?

        Mostly the environments and the way Ellie and the enemies move through them. Ellie felt faster and easier to control than Joel, and with the larger environments, long grass, etc, there were a lot of good stealth options. Being able to leg it if stealth failed and reapproach the encounter after shaking them was fun too.

        Also I thought the gunplay was more precise. At least I was able to land way more headshots then I remember doing in TLOU1, and unlike other ND games headshots usually took them down. I did max out the accuracy upgrades which prob helped.

    • OfTheOverflow on 28/07/2020 - 00:48
      +2

      The right jumped on the hate bandwagon when the leaks happened because:

      1. They're surprisingly fragile about the plot of a fictional story.

      2. Ellie is gay (we knew this 6 years ago).

      3. A woman dared to help Neil write the sequel. Some no-good, talentless whore who probably ACCIDENTALLY wrote S1 of Westworld really well.

      4. ??? that's about it.

      It's really exposed how vocal the small but vocal, and stereotypically accurate, number of gamers are just embarrassing people.

      • netsurfer on 28/07/2020 - 03:42
        +3

        Before I start, I didn't neg you.

        1. it wasn't that it happened, but it feels like the writers wanted that to happen so the characters acted a certain way, rather than acting in the way they would normally act. So, some people tuned out… It's okay as long as the writers have something in mind quickly to put people back into the story (instead of starting to reject story and tries to pick it apart).

        2. Why is that an issue? It's so obvious that's needed later on to make things more realistic.

        3. Nah, I think we wished she wrote the main story. It's obvious Neil wrote the main bits. It's the same basic story (losing an important person, given a mission, couldn't fulfil it at the end because ….).

        4. The story has bits that's are just not organic. Also, LGBTQ characters in part 2 are simply invincible. Each one is the person that Ellie or Abby now cares about the most. You write story like that, how can anyone dare say it's bad?

        LGBTQ parts are fine. It's the main story that's frustrating. We know it is a fictional story, but don't write whatever you feel like because you have one of the top game development studios behind you.

        • GunnerMcDagget on 28/07/2020 - 08:26
          +1

          Isn't that what art is meant to be? Making what you want and not what you think will please everyone?

    • netsurfer on 28/07/2020 - 02:46
      +2

      If you think most people complained about the story is about SJW, then you are mistaken.

      The main issue is the writers couldn't reach the same or a new high with the story after the hospital event in part 1. What they did is an easy way out, yet they milked out that event. The cycle of revenge is an attempt to hide Neil didn't really have a true part 2. Characters we knew acted in the way the story or set events need them to be, rather than having those characters drive the story, it is letting the story drives the characters. The story is even simpler this time.

      Not every story beat landed for me

      That is essentially the issue. New characters were introduced for Ellie because otherwise there is no price to pay. Same goes for Abby.

      The sad part is the TQ part of the story has an actor with real life experience (so it is actually realistic). Unfortunately, LGBTQ groups complained about the story (because the story still had TQ people discriminated/shamed by the society in an awful way, even though the main characters were on their side - it's not the message those groups want).

      More people will play this game as the graphics, animations, game play are too good to ignore.

      • GunnerMcDagget on 28/07/2020 - 08:33
        +1

        The interesting part I found was that Neal said that the T character was never going to be T but became T when they found the voice actor (who is also T) and that voice actor wanted to put more of his own experience in it and helped write the character similar to how he did for the OA. It seemed odd that LGBTQI groups would then criticise this.

        Personally I thought it was one of the more powerful parts of the game and really helped develop the dynamic.

      • evanjd on 28/07/2020 - 09:31
        +2

        If you think most people complained about the story is about SJW, then you are mistaken.

        All I'm saying is that it was the most common theme to the complaints I read. The communities complaining about this strike me as pretty toxic and bigoted - they clearly don't represent the majority of people given the game's commercial and critical success. Not saying that people complaining about the story are bigots either, was just focused on this particular criticism as feeling like BS to me.

        (SPOILER WARNING)

        The cycle of revenge is an attempt to hide Neil didn't really have a true part 2. Characters we knew acted in the way the story or set events need them to be, rather than having those characters drive the story, it is letting the story drives the characters. The story is even simpler this time.

        My interpretation was different. I didn't think the story was an indictment on the cycle of revenge, just as the first game wasn't really a story about a cure to the zombie apocalypse. Both games worked as character stories for me, about the lengths the characters go to for the ones they love. With maybe a more focus on empathy in the 2nd game.

        What didn't quite land for me was how hard the game tried to push Abby as a sympathetic character. From the start, I assumed she wasn't evil and given the events of the first game, that Joel had it coming. I didn't need 10 or so hours of gameplay where you save a trapped animal with Daddy, overcome a fear of heights, navigate love triangles etc to know that Abby is human too. I also felt that Abby really lacked Ellie's charm, just not all that likeable despite being able to sympathise with her.

        But still overall, a great experience and interesting story (for me). I can totally get why the story felt apart from some though, it definitely wasn't executed as well as the first.

  • Mysterious Laptop on 27/07/2020 - 23:27
    +3

    Just finished the game over the weekend.. there are so many things that annoyed me with the story line and the game.

  • fookos on 27/07/2020 - 23:32

    Oooh, $60 - tempting… almost willing to bite at this price point but I’m pretty time poor at the moment so hedging that this will go lower before I start it…

    Muuust ressiiisst buuyjngg more games that stay in plaastiic for ages!

  • bugsbunny on 28/07/2020 - 00:04
    +4

    Loved the first and equally loved the second!!!

    Knew about the leaks, but avoided looking them up and walked in blind as I wanted to play the game regardless.

    Hearing about the disappointed fans did make me lower my expectations a little, but I thoroughly enjoyed the game and more so than I thought I would.

  • AFAR85 on 28/07/2020 - 00:24
    +4

    I loved this game. They really nailed the immersion factor.

    Take your time, ignore the teenage incels.

    • OfTheOverflow on 28/07/2020 - 00:50
      +1

      A shame that so many people jumped on the incels bandwagon. Oh well, it will still go down as one of the most ambitious and incredible games or the generation.

      • cille745 on 28/07/2020 - 12:20
        +2

        Not everyone complaining about this game is a 'teenage incel' and I'm honestly curious as to how you can consider this one of the best games of the generation, when there's games that do every aspect of this game better.

        It isn't going to win any awards for graphics and polish when games like RDR2 exist, which do both better than this title, although I'll concede that it is excellent here

        It isn't going to win any awards with it's sub par stealth game play, which is outdone by games like MGSV by a wide margin.

        It isn't going to win any awards for its terribly paced and ultimately too long story, with its terrible ending that makes no sense based on the decisions that characters have already made throughout the game.

  • Mickice on 28/07/2020 - 03:08

    Is this the cheapest price to date?

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