I think Videogamedunkey gave the best description of this game story dynamic: simple story, complex characters. The story is BS you can see in every version of a zombie and/or drama series, but the characters are really well created and complex and complex sympathy follows quickly. Not to say good people, but complex. "It's the opposite of Kingdom Hearts". I'd reocmmend it for this reason. It's rough, and you're right that he's pretty Chuddy, but still.
For anynoe who watched the last episode already:
spoiler
I think the final episode is the first where the character developments were not earned. I did not think it'd been developed enough to rampage a whole fucking hospital and village by that point. there were like 5 minutes of emotion about his daughter and then boom, he's murdering hundreds of people wanting to help because he cares. Unearned
I think you might be right about the last episode. It's harder for me to view the show objectively after playing the games and having that experience color my perception of Joel and Ellie's relationship.
I think Videogamedunkey gave the best description of this game story dynamic: simple story, complex characters. The story is BS you can see in every version of a zombie and/or drama series, but the characters are really well created and complex and complex sympathy follows quickly. Not to say good people, but complex. "It's the opposite of Kingdom Hearts". I'd reocmmend it for this reason. It's rough, and you're right that he's pretty Chuddy, but still.
For anynoe who watched the last episode already:
spoiler
I think the final episode is the first where the character developments were not earned. I did not think it'd been developed enough to rampage a whole fucking hospital and village by that point. there were like 5 minutes of emotion about his daughter and then boom, he's murdering hundreds of people wanting to help because he cares. Unearned
I think you might be right about the last episode. It's harder for me to view the show objectively after playing the games and having that experience color my perception of Joel and Ellie's relationship.