Last of Us 2 sales dropped 80% since last week, still on top of sales chart due to market downturn

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[–]nomad77 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

I just watched a lets play instead. I was never going to buy it after the leaks came out but watching it on youtube allowed me to still enjoy it without having to suffer through the awful story.

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For a game like this it seems the story is most important, it is action but not like a first person online shooter where mechanics and controls are most important, people want to be immersed in the story, that is how first one was. If the story sucks, which after hearing of spoilers it did to me, why play it. Or yeah maybe the story is good but just don't feel like paying money for it based on what I heard. Some rpgs have great stories and I like watching them on youtube. I wanted to see the story of the new Zelda game but I didn't have a switch so I watched a guy playing it.

[–]nomad77 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's not even just the story being bad. It destroys what was good about the first game and then forces you into the shoes of the character that destroyed it and begs you to empathize with her. No thanks. The story does fit within the universe because it is a brutal universe but that doesn't make it a good story to tell. They could have gone many directions but chose this and then try to force the player to agree with their choice. It's insulting to the player and then the fact that you're forced to beat the shit out of the character you've already come to care about using the new (somehow yoked in an apocalypse) character removes player agency and gives it to the writer to satisfy his weird gross fetish. At least with a lets play I can enjoy the commentary from the lets player.

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Yeah I heard that, without playing it I suppose I shouldn't review it but I don't see how that story can be good, it doesn't seem to make sense, breaks many story conventions, you don't usually have the bad guy who did evil things become the protagonist because people won't want to relate to them. Anyway I will just not get that game, no need to.