Henry Parrott

SPOILERS I tried so unbelievably hard to like this game. Even when it was getting hated on I stuck with it and played it through the whole way. I finished it with mixed feelings for obvious reasons. If I had one wish for this game it would be that it wasn’t released. The first game was my favourite game ever and Joel was my favourite character of all time. So you probably know how I feel. I came back to it recently got an hour in and just stopped. I knew what was to come, and after playing the first one 20+ times and not being able to replay this once I knew there was a problem. I don’t blame anyone or dislike anyone for how it turned out, if anyone likes it I’m glad and wish I could feel the same. It’s a beautiful disaster. Unfortunately, despite trying to look past the death of Joel I couldn’t help but feel that it was done quite poorly and that they made Joel and Ellie as the enemy throughout the rest of the game. I understand where they are coming from as Joel was nowhere near perfect but they did it the wrong way and the downfall was his demise. Also the way Ellie was portrayed and acted was so different to the first game that at times it was like playing as a different character. I can never bring myself to see her and Joel as the bad guys no matter how hard they try, and I can never like Abbie even remotely. She killed my favourite character ever and now I have to spend 8 hours as her, no thanks. The last of us is my favourite game ever and the last of us 2 is a game I wish just never came.

I know this isn’t a particularly helpful review but this is, without doubt, by a long shot, the greatest video game of all time.