| epicurean said: I should start by saying I think the first Last of Us was probably my favorite video game ever. No story comes close, and I really enjoyed stealthily avoiding clickers and giving them a good shiv. The gunplay wasn't great, but otherwise, I thought it was just incredible. So I was expecting a LOT. Gameplay-wise, I think its just as good if not better than the original. Im going totally on memory as I only played it once and never touched it again. Which, is due to the story. While the first game was SUPER.....rough(I remember thinking I couldnt take the emotional toll to play through it again) I ended up playing through it a total of 3 times. This game...I just didnt enjoy any of it. Ellie seemed a lot different from the first game, and trying to like Abby after knowing what she did proved too difficult for me. I really just hated playing as either of them. Ellie seemed to waste the life given to her, almost self-destruct mode. Which if she was going to go that route, then just give your brain up. For those that think Joel was evil for his choice in the first game, Abby would therefor have to be every bit that evil. It just wasn't fun, and I get that games' stories aren't always fun (see the first game), but this just felt like torture. |
That's exactly what Ellie wanted, she says so at some point. Joel made sure she couldn't...
Joel and Abby's story are very different. Joel was replacing a lost daughter, Abby was out to avenge her murdered dad.
Ellie changed after Joel took her choice away, a lot of TloU2 shows the rift it created between Joel and Ellie. It also shows Joel never really paid any attention to Ellie's personal feelings as he was still thinking Ellie was into Jessie... Despite Ellie dropping plenty hints.
I played through the first one three times as well, no playing part 2 for the second time. Different from the first time, now playing with hindsight I notice a lot more compared to the first time when Abby and company were just unknown extras until the second half.
