Honestly same. I'd have been much more invested in the story i reckon if it had shifted to entirely ellies POV after that. How the fuck did she even manage to escort him to that cabin?
I'm 26. I honestly don't think it was that great. There were games with better stories well before, and there were games with better gameplay well before. I'm legit curious, whats your defense in regard to the ending?
>Of course 14 year old babbies can't understand why. Please endulge me, how did it "blow everything else out of the water"?
Jace Phillips
>enter an elevator, then the game just kinda farts out of existence. What was the point? Why the fuck did they go through all that, just to say "lol no" at the last second? user, I don't even disagree with the rest of your arguments but come on, this plot point was not even subtle.
Caleb Hall
The Last of Us was only praised so heavily because subhuman freak "reviewers" and (let me assure you I use this word as loosely as possible, forgive me) """"journalists"""" want to be taken seriously as "art critics" and thus elevate anything that has ANY sort of mainstream possibility of impact and emotional appeal to Godhood. They're all pretentious failures who desperately want to "critique" real art (not video games, video games are toys for fat children and a device to steal money from stupid people) so they try desperately to turn video games into "real art" instead of toys.
Elijah Hernandez
I'll admit i was exagerating a bit, but it did kinda feel like it came outta nowhere. There was no real build up to the "twist" that she wasn't special, and joel using her as a replacement for his own daughter and deciding not to hand her over could have been done in way better ways imo.
Ian Martin
I agree in which is no the best of the best but it is without a doubt a good game with a good story and the spin it gave to zombies was quite pleasant for me as for the overall story i found it well executed and while not the most original out there at least for a zombie game it is really good i can't really agree with you about the first 10 mins. since i found plenty of things that happened during the game just as good and yeah the last part of the game feels a little rushed, like the game needed to end already and is shows but by any means i find the last scene between Ellie and Joel bad at all maybe you just did not pick up some of the nuances of their relationship during the game. Gampelay wise i found it good even if a little repetitive at times. Also dat plebbit spacing, you are on Yas Forums fag.
Colton Ramirez
>Also dat plebbit spacing, you are on Yas Forums fag. Not OP but piss off with this shit. Who the fuck still argues about "m-muh reddit..." in fucking 2020? And about spacing no less. Goddamn, that's retarded.
Kevin Williams
>There were games with better stories well before.
Yeah I'm sure there plenty of people who will trying and tell me Star Wars had a better story than The Godfather. There's no accounting for taste.
>whats your defense in regard to the ending?
The ending is disturbing. Joel literally murders a hospital full of innocent people who are trying to save mankind. Its not a cutscene. Its YOU the player who has to do this. Joel throws the entire human race under the bus just to save Ellie. And then he lies to her about it. The small sliver of happiness Ellie provides to him is worth it. Ellie knows its a lie but goes along with it. Its supposed to make you question everything you just played. Was Joel the bad guy all along? Is he right? Is he a hero? Or is he a pathetic broken man? Its ambiguous and emotionally profound. Buts its a perfectly judged ending displaying a level of maturity, thematic resonance and sophistication rarely seen in games.
Its like kids who get upset at the ending of Easy Rider. Its not the Hollywood bullshit ending they were anticipating.
Parker Wood
>Joel throws the entire human race under the bus just to save Ellie. Fireflies were fucking jobbers who would probably fail at creating the vaccine. Even if the did create it, the social fabric is already fucked beyond repair anyway, there is no saving mankind.
Brandon Watson
>Was Joel the bad guy all along? Is he right? Is he a hero? Or is he a pathetic broken man?
I feel though like all of these were clear from the start. Literally from the opening scenes with tess and joel, it's clear that hes a self centered prick. Him killing the doctors had 0 punch to it, he'd killed countless people throughout, and was always quick to go straight into beating the shit out of people (Sam or whatever the fuck the black guy was called as an example). As soon as i got that audio tape of the doctor talking about how ellie wasn't unique, I saw exactly where it was gonna go. In fact, as early as the game telling you ellie was infected, I could have guessed the game would involve joel using her as a substitute for his lost daughter.
>Its ambiguous and emotionally profound. Buts its a perfectly judged ending displaying a level of maturity, thematic resonance and sophistication rarely seen in games.
I dunno, i never really felt any of this. Every plot point was a horror trope thats been done better elsewhere in other games/media.
Nathaniel Kelly
>Every plot point was a horror trope thats been done better elsewhere in other games/media.
No we're specifically games here. Not movies,tv shows or books. Just video games.
Tell me a better story driven gaming experience which existed before TLoU.
