Game gives a glimpse of next gen gaming
Most reviews are just blatantly hating the game without playing the game to the very end.
1) Death of the main character is too brutal and should have been handled in a different way and since it is in the early hours of the game, player feels no motivation to go forward but that is exactly what the developers want you to feel at that point.
2) Pacing of the game doesn't feel right, the way it puts the player in flashback scenes and then brings the player to the present its all too confusing.
3) Length of the game feels like a stretch if you explore and collect all the collectibles.
4) Game is more than twice as big as its predecessor in terms of open landscape.
5) Game Trailers give a false impression to the player that the story is about Joel and Ellie but these two characters arenโt the main focus of the story which isnโt a bad thing. This story is about how the actions of Joel and Ellie affect the world around them.
6)Due to the way certain scenes are placed throughout the game, after few hours of the game when I assumed the control of Abby, I didnโt want to play anymore but gradually as I was progressing, I grew closer to Abby even though what she did at the beginning was too dark.
7)Abbyโs section in the game is the main focus and is around 10 to 15 hours. Abby is not a villain in this game, she is just trying to survive and protect the ones she loves. The later half of the game paints this very nicely.
8)The game forces the player to experience the pain and discomfort by using excellent visual and sound effects. There are so many beautiful scenes in the game that I kept taking in-game screenshots.
9)The only things that helped me keep going forward after our heroโs death were the gameplay, graphics, music, cinematics fluid combat and the rope and dodge mechanics. Sound effects are so good, at the work bench upgrading the weapons feels like you are right there.
10)At the very end no person in his/her rightful mind would want the revenge that the player was promised at the beginning. I personally didnโt want either of them (Abby or Ellie) to die. No way it deserves the review bombing it is getting.
GAMEPLAY: 10/10, GRAPHICS: 11/10, SOUND: 10/10, COMBAT: 10/10 STORY: 8/10(-1 feels dragged, -1 first 2 hours too dark).
THE GAME IS A MUST PLAY (NOT FOR KIDS LITERALLY).