Damn bro, gotta keep your guard up at all cost...cant trust anything

Replaying the first and just remembered Joel's young daughter gets shot within the first 30 minutes. And people are complaining about the violence of part 2 like this wasn't in the first game ​

I'm way to sad to play this depressing ass game right now but a week after it come out it's lit

Pre-ordered

Not too violent as it is too graphic lmao it’s a valid complaint

I grew up on horror films so graphic s*** isnt gonna bother me

I was like 11 when I saw Hostel

Lol listen we can discuss this game critically instead of just sayin s*** just to say it. There’s an emphasis on the violence where they apparently even watched torture videos to study it. They humanized the npcs to make you feel the weight of every kill, giving names to them, having them interact and mourn, having the deaths graphic as hell and more.

Neil himself said “Engaging. Uncomfortable. I don't know about you, but these are the descriptors I want from The Last of Us 2. Anything but ‘fun’. ”So you’re made to feel guilty and conflicted when engaging in the 25 hour campaign gameplay loop, and then are encouraged to replay the game because you can’t fully upgrade everything off one playthrough, off a game that isn’t meant to be “fun” but instead deliberately aims to make you uncomfortable. People who understandably wouldn’t enjoy this aspect are able to say as such. It’s a valid critique.

forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2020/06/14/two-warnings-about-the-last-of-us-part-2-review-scores/#6a2c6fd876d9

Interesting read. Right now might not be the time for a game so dark. I put RE2 down for the same reason.

Already linked on the last page, but instead of creating discussion on the points it made, it was just deflected.

RE2 still worth the play, I think TLOU2 is far heavier than RE2 in the way they approach their respective stories.

never really understood the idea of "not the time" for a games release based on current events. Anyone who tries to write off a game thats been worked on for years and happens to come out during a time that doesn't fit it deserves to never write again.

But Forbes just seems butthurt they didn't get a copy. And people saying all these guys giving out perfect scores opinions don't matter is hilarious considering how there are plenty of hyped games which did not get half the love this is getting from these same publications.

I mean TLOU wasn't "fun" by that definition either. Its a great game but its a very serious and emotional play through. It's not like something you just sit down to chill with like COD or NBA 2k.

So criticizing TLOU2 for not being "fun" when you thought TLOU was the s*** makes zero sense.

They’re not criticizing it for not being fun. It’s criticized for what they feel is excessively graphic and bleak. I used Neil’s quote to illustrate how being subjected to an experience designed to make you uncomfortable over the course of 25 hours would not appeal to some people, some of which happened to be reviewers.

I’m a RE stan and it just felt like too much rn. I can’t speak to what others feel like experiencing during dark times irl but I feel somewhat validated that I’m not alone.

No one is blaming the time of release, it’s just an unfortunate circumstance that deserves to be acknowledged.

Like I went a whole 2 weeks seeing violence in the street that was very brutal and real, and a man just got shot at a Wendy’s on cam recently. You’re big trippin if you can’t see why a game that’s seemingly holding itself up on its violence may not be the game to play rn.

honestly i think they should delay this game and all current shooting games/games that have violence and multiplayer should just be put on pause and just cancel online services etc. also Netflix should take off all movies/shows with any shooting right now

This week we will have this game in our hands

I've never been this hype for a game in my life

I mean I think that can make sense for everyday gamers. I didn’t care one bit for breath of the wild or red dead redemption 2 because personally they just bored the s*** out of me. But I feel a professional reviewer is supposed to be someone who can take an unbiased viewpoint and be willing to work with the games themes and see how effective it is in communicating that. Not be saying “oh this is a bad time and this games themes of violent reality and grittiness are too much for me.” If anything that is a sign the game did a great job

the fact we even have to discuss the violence of the game is funny af to me

That’s never ever going to happen bruh, the business world would never allow that no matter what

Wouldn’t help at all either

This is too much and would most definitely get pushback.

lol i was being sarcastic

I mean at the end of the day, you just gotta deal with violence the best way you can ether that be in movies or video games.