Pots3k Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 The Last of Us: Part II is an Auteur masterwork. It didn't have to rely on macguffins or contrivances and instead stood entirely on it's own through incredible acting and the most organic storytelling I've experienced in a game. Nobody felt like "characters" in an interactive movie, they actually felt like people in a world. The non-linear story and pacing did not force empathy, instead it let you make up your own mind about the actions and consequences. But hey, no judgement if you disagree, this is just the two cents of someone who had been a bit disappointed by the previous big AAA PS4 releases like Horizon and God of War, and had incredibly high expectations for Part II which were exceeded. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChickenExotic Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) This game did a magnificent job in Spoiler Blurring the lines between protagonist and antagonist, particularly with the fight against Ellie. Many people has a hard time Spoiler sympathizing with Abby at all. From her perspective, Joel and Ellie are monsters, but since we played a whole game from their perspective, its difficult to sympathize with a new character with a radically different view of them. This game did a masterful job implementing the Spoiler Roshomon Effect...it rarely gets used in video games at all, and this blew me away! Edited June 28, 2020 by ChickenExotic spoiler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communistwookiee Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 I've been finding it difficult to put my thoughts about the game in writing, but I just want to say that I'm glad that Naughty Dog went with a story that challenges the player's beliefs about the characters and wasn't just a fan service cash grab like "so many" seemingly wanted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pots3k Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, ChickenExotic said: This game did a magnificent job in Reveal hidden contents Blurring the lines between protagonist and antagonist, particularly with the fight against Ellie. Many people has a hard time Reveal hidden contents sympathizing with Abby at all. From her perspective, Joel and Ellie are monsters, but since we played a whole game from their perspective, its difficult to sympathize with a new character with a radically different view of them. This game did a masterful job implementing the Reveal hidden contents Roshomon Effect...it rarely gets used in video games at all, and this blew me away! Yeah I completely agree on all points. You raise an interesting point about Spoiler People having a hard time sympathizing with Abby. I kinda have to wonder, why is it that peoples enjoyment of a story is predicated on their ability to sympathize with a character? Personally I think it's more interesting when I'm experiencing a role that I don't agree with. As long as it's well written and the characters motives make sense with the world, I love an opportunity like that. In saying that, I agreed equally with both Ellie and Abby's points of view. I find it tough to say who's journey I liked more. Ellie's story was well needed catharsis and Abby's was spectacular world building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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