| JuliusHackebeil said: I'll never miss a chance to complain about The Last of Us 2. Horrible story, treating its audience like children, cheap unearned moral victories, the trans child stuff, questionable character motivation, the utterly unimaginative gameplay scenarios compared to part one,... Way too bold in some areas, way too timid in others. It does not work as a stand alone game. It only works (a little bit) because of part one. I truly hate most things about it. And I think it left a sour taste in many fans mouths, to the point where Naughty Dog really has to earn a lot of trust back with Intergalactic. The critics did not reflect that whatsoever. Most all reviews coming from actual publications raved about how daring and awesome it is. Strong disconnect between the fans and the critics. |
In critics defense, there’s no way they could have predicted how fans would react to the game. I agree with you about the story, it’s absolute dog shit in Last of Us 2. But gameplay wise it’s better than the original in every way. I can’t think of one thing the original did better, just from a gameplay perspective. Story and world building, 1 was better. Gameplay, 2 is way better. It’s weird, I wouldn’t want to replay either of them. The first because the gameplay mostly sucks, the second because the story is atrocious. Amazing that ND hasn’t come out with a single game since.
Anyway my addition to the thread for overrated is God of War for PS4. Absolute bore of a game, tried to play through it three or four times, zzzzzzz. Never bothered with Ragnarok.
Way underrated, Mad Max from last gen. I think it’s in the 60’s on PS4. Extremely good open world game with lots of content and a satisfying game loop.
