Amelia Grace

Good game but don’t play if you have trypophobia, I found that out the hard way

Probably about 7 hours into the game and so far I’m loving it. Apart from the few bugs that need to be sorted, this game absolutely tops odyssey already (albeit not that hard to do so). I spent 2 hours playing the dice game and honestly if the game is anything like that mini game I feel like I’m in for a treat, everything I’ve done so far has been extremely fun, unlike odyssey where I felt the story generally was quite slow paced and boring. I kind of wish icons on the maps and Side quests were easier to see but I understand why they’ve left it uncluttered as odyssey was wayyyyy too much. So far so good

I just finished this game, I understand why people were mad and didn’t like the game but honestly, I feel like a lot of people missed the point of the game. SPOILER ALERT: at first when Joel died, I was angry. I didn’t understand why they had to kill off such a big character so early in the game. I felt as if the game was lack lustre and they ran out of ideas. However, as the game went on I began to understand exactly why they did it, and everything that happens following that fits together so perfectly and tells and amazing story of why Joel was killed and gave a great story of Abby and Ellie’s pasts. I understand people also had a lot of issues with playing as Abby. But I feel like playing as her was so important to the story, it showers that Abby wasn’t actually a bad person, although you want to hate her so much for what she did. Abby and Levs relationship parallels amazingly with Joel and Ellie’s relationship, albeit not on as deep of a level. It shows us how people can do horrible things yet still not actually be that evil. We saw the same with Joel in the first game. In the first game Joel talks about his past, how he used to be a hunter and kill random people for no reason just for supplies. He also killed off a huge number of fireflies but at the end of it was caring for a small girl, which made us fall in love with his character and everything about him. Although Abby isn’t as likeable as Joel, I saw the same with her and Lev. It showed us all about the consequences of our actions and how everything has a domino effect in the world. Joel trying to save Ellie, ultimately led to his doom when he killed Abbys dad. Same thing when Abby killed Joel, it ultimately led to the demise of everyone she cared about. I feel like people really need to give this game a chance. They need to get past the fact that Joel died and have an open mind about this game. This game is very different to the first one which is why I think people are dismissing it so much, but it has all of the great story telling, depth and emotion that we love from naughty dog games. It was definitely a risk but I feel like they did an amazing job putting this game together. The story is enticing, although sort of slow and points. The gameplay is phenomenal and tense, the enemies and AI in these games are the best I’ve ever seen in any game I’ve played. The reaction time of the clickers, the enemies, everything is *chefs kiss*. I love this game so much I’m finding it difficult to choose which is my favourite out of the first game and the second one. Overall, 1000% worth the play, if you can keep an open mind about the story and just let it take you away, then you will love it.