Violence Porn? TLoU2

[Tulipanzo]

Nem said:

Well... it's the kind of world they portray in TLOU. It's gratuitous violence and a reason why i don't enjoy it very much.

It was graphic, but it was to be expected. It's in the same vein as the first game. Can't say that one is a masterpiece and this one is somehow wrong. So, yes, i agree theres double standards. In my case i always disliked it, so theres no double standards. :

There is no double standard because one person can like something while still disliking how it's being marketed.
The exact same complaints were levied at marketing for the original game, so it's not like it's a new thing.
Maybe try listening to the points other people are making.

To the point, the violence in The Last of Us was far from gratuitous, it was built to over the course of the game.
For example, Joel without Ellie s far more vicious than when he is with her, but to fully appreciate it we had to spend time with him wearing a "mask".

The original didn't just go to torture right from the get to really tense torture at min.1, yet this trailer does.
This does a disservice to the way the actual game treats violence, making it, as you said, feel gratuitous.