'The Last of Us Part II' presents what at first seems like an evenhanded point of view, but perpetuates the very cycles of violence it's supposedly so troubled by.
Honestly I always felt games and entertainment that had monsters/zombies etc but always did the "humans are teh basterds all aloooong" thing was just the most trite shit ever lifted from some centrist liberal/redditor. Overall I felt Ellie deserved her bad ending and I never felt that bad, Hell I sympathized most with Abby and her friends given they were all fucked over by Joel killing a shit ton of Fireflies in the last game and Ellie knowing about it in the sequel but still going on her revenge spree was just deranged. Even Tommy should have known that him and Joel had created plenty of people that had just reasons to want them dead.
Tbh though the gunplay and overall gmmeplay systems in the last of us games are well tuned and those devs deserve a raise for having to work underneath a Zionist freak.
Ellie knowing about it in the sequel but still going on her revenge spree was just deranged. Even Tommy should have known that him and Joel had created plenty of people that had just reasons to want them dead.
And honestly I feel like it clashes with the end of the first game? At the end of the first game Ellie leaves off on “I’m pretty sure he fucking killed those people and the only way I can continue to live with myself is to tell myself that isn’t the truth” and then when the consequences of what she knew happened come to pass she suddenly acts like what Joel did was justified and she wasn’t upset by it in the first place and Joel is the victim actually.
which is Ellie went on her rampage because she was denied closure with Joel over this lie but then it turns out she knew all along and told him she would try and forgive him
The first game had a great story when it was seen as an examination of what was a truly sad and heart breaking ending, in which Ellie was denied doing something good for humanity and Joel was unable to go on without a replacement daughter to live for, i.e. "would you go against the wishes of your replacement goldfish/daughter even though she was fine sacrificing herself for humanity if given the option while also murdering a ton of people". Should honestly have known the dude was a reddit brained author when the second game made the Fireflies all "morally ambiguous".
Honestly I always felt games and entertainment that had monsters/zombies etc but always did the "humans are teh basterds all aloooong" thing was just the most trite shit ever lifted from some centrist liberal/redditor. Overall I felt Ellie deserved her bad ending and I never felt that bad, Hell I sympathized most with Abby and her friends given they were all fucked over by Joel killing a shit ton of Fireflies in the last game and Ellie knowing about it in the sequel but still going on her revenge spree was just deranged. Even Tommy should have known that him and Joel had created plenty of people that had just reasons to want them dead.
Tbh though the gunplay and overall gmmeplay systems in the last of us games are well tuned and those devs deserve a raise for having to work underneath a Zionist freak.
And honestly I feel like it clashes with the end of the first game? At the end of the first game Ellie leaves off on “I’m pretty sure he fucking killed those people and the only way I can continue to live with myself is to tell myself that isn’t the truth” and then when the consequences of what she knew happened come to pass she suddenly acts like what Joel did was justified and she wasn’t upset by it in the first place and Joel is the victim actually.
Yup, there's also the alternative interpretation
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which is Ellie went on her rampage because she was denied closure with Joel over this lie but then it turns out she knew all along and told him she would try and forgive him
The first game had a great story when it was seen as an examination of what was a truly sad and heart breaking ending, in which Ellie was denied doing something good for humanity and Joel was unable to go on without a replacement daughter to live for, i.e. "would you go against the wishes of your replacement goldfish/daughter even though she was fine sacrificing herself for humanity if given the option while also murdering a ton of people". Should honestly have known the dude was a reddit brained author when the second game made the Fireflies all "morally ambiguous".