Ana C

***SPOILER ALERT*** PLEASE READ. I HAVE A LOT TO SAY, BUT I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHERE TO BEGIN. LET'S START FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND THAT'S JOEL'S DEATH. THE FACT THAT THEY KILLED OFF OUR FAVORITE CHARACTER ALONE IS DISAPPOINTING ENOUGH. BUT I'M NOT GIVING IT A BAD REVIEW BASED JUST ON THIS FACT. WOULD JOEL JUST HELP SOME STRANGER LIKE THAT? I DON'T THINK SO, HE'S WAY TOO SMART AND EXPERIENCED AND WISE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.. THE PORTRAYAL OF JOEL IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST OF US PART 1. THEY ALL LIVE IN A CRUEL WORLD AND THEY PROGRESS THROUGH TIME, THEY BECOME MORE CAREFUL AND CAUTIOUS, BUT NOT JOEL APPARENTLY. SOMEHOW, HE BECAME THIS NAIVE GUY?! AFTER ALL THAT HE'S BEEN THROUGH? I DON'T THINK SO. I AM NOT SURE IF NAUGHTY DOG EVEN REALIZES PEOPLE ARE NOT AS MUCH ATTACHED TO ELLIE AS THEY ARE TO JOEL. I MEAN, OFC WE LOVE ELLIE, BUT JOEL IS JOEL, HE'S THIS FATHER FIGURE WE ALL ADORE. THE SECOND DISAPPOINTMENT IS THE FACT THAT THEY'RE MAKING YOU PLAY THE CHARACTER THAT KILLED HIM. SOMEHOW, BY SHOWING US WHAT SHE'S BEEN THROUGH, THEY TRY TO JUSTIFY JOEL'S MURDER (AND THEREFORE THEIR DECISION TO KILL HIM OFF) - THEY WANT YOU TO FEEL EMPATHY AND SEE HER SIDE OF THE PAIN. BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO DO IT, THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING WITH IT, BUT ON CONTRARY. PEOPLE HATE HER EVEN MORE, BECAUSE IN THE END - SHE GETS SPARED BY ELLIE, BUT SHE DIDN'T SPARE JOEL? SHE ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO BE THE BIGGER MAN, BUT CHOSE NOT TO AND KILLED JOEL WITHOUT A SHRED OF EMPATHY. HOW AND WHY ARE WE SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTAND THE PLOT. THEY WANTED TO SURPRISE AND SHOCK US ALL. OK, IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE HOPED FOR THERE IN NAUGHTY DOG, OK. BUT YOU'RE JUST GETTING NEGATIVE REACTIONS AND REVIEWS, NOTHING ELSE. WITH PART 1, PEOPLE WERE IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES WITH THE CHARACTERS, NOW YOU HAVE PEOPLE HATING BOTH CHARACTERS AND STORY ITSELF. I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT NAUGHTY DOG WANTED TO TRIGGER IN ALL OF US. I AM NOT BEING TOO ATTACHED, ON CONTRARY, THIS IS JUST MY POINT OF VIEW, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A FICTIONAL CRUEL WORLD AFTER THE APOCALYPSE, AND YES I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE (JOEL INCLUDED) TO SURVIVE FOR TOO LONG, BUT BECAUSE OF THESE SAME REASONS, YOU HAD TO LET JOEL LIVE. MAYBE GIVEN HIM A KIDNAPPING OR A BAD INJURY, BUT DON'T KILL THE GUY, THAT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND IN THE END, WE ARE PAYING YOU FOR THIS, SO WHY NOT FULFILL OUR EXPECTATIONS?! AS I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, I HAVE A LOT TO SAY AND WOULD HAVE A LOT TO DISCUSS, BUT THIS COULD GO ON. THE CONCLUSION: DON'T BUY THE GAME, JUST BECAUSE IT WON'T EVOKE OR AROUSE ANY POSITIVE FEELINGS IN YOU. NOT HAPPINESS, NOT JOY NOR HOPE. ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAD PLAYED THE FIRST PART. YOU'LL JUST FEEL HEARTBROKEN AND WITH NOTHING BUT NEGATIVE FEELINGS IN YOU. P. S. I HAD ONLY PLAYED THIS BECAUSE MY FRIEND (WHO IS NOT A GAMER) KNEW I LOVED THE PART 1 SO MUCH AND DECIDED TO BUY ME PART 2 FOR MY BIRTHDAY. I WISH HE HADN'T THOUGH.