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iron_megalith on 13 June 2020
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Hiku said:
iron_megalith said:

All these 10/10s. Holy shit. There are only a few genuine critical reviews. It's very sad how restricted the reviews are with showing any materials to emphasize their point. Skill Up's review about the game is as close to genuine as it gets. Naughty Dog is really dead to me.

This definitely feels like it will be one of those high review scores from critics while low scores from actual players.

SkillUp didn't like the gameplay of the original TLOU. He thought it was okay at best. Same here. That's why the advancements of the sequel are not enough for him, and I doubt it will be for me either.
And like him I'm also quite bothered when I can't believe the character's actions and motivations. But a lot of people don't have a problem with things like that.

This is not a case a where hundred reviewers have been bribed.
They just appreciate certain things more than I do, and that's fine.

Most of the reviews I saw are not very critical as SkillUp. That was my basis for this being another over hyped game by critics. But we can't really prove if reviewers were paid to give these 10/10s.

Regardless, it's evident that Druckmann messed with the things that worked in the previous game's story. Let me be clear that I've seen the leaks so I know as much as what could happen in the game's story. I won't discuss that in detail here. Based on what SkillUp said, that this turned into a grimdark revenge story devoid of any light, pretty much confirms the biggest fear I had in the leak.

TLOU worked because of the great interaction between characters that acted in a really grounded manner. It also had a great balance between tragedy and hope. If this is gone, then the game is pretty much lost.