Charlie Smith

SPOILERS Many people will be devastated playing this game and feel betrayed that the story didn't end up going the way they wanted but does that mean it's a bad story. No. The world in this game is a bleak and brutal world and the story has to be as well. A bold move by naughty dog to make you play as joels killer 'Abby' but throughout the her story you come to realise her life was destroyed because of joels and ellies actions, I for one loved playing as her and felt a deep sympathy for the amazing beefcake. The revenge feeling of ellie is great when you first start the campaign killing as many WLFs as you can but when it switches perspectives to Abbys point of view you realise you have been killing people with loved ones, the pain I felt realising I've killed dogs who have names and who you can play fetch with really broke my heart. By the end of the seattle storyline I didn't want to kill any WLF or Sephrarites because after hearing in game dialogue I came to feel sorry for them. As the game shows theres no real good guys or bad guys in this world, only people trying to survive and build communities. The end scene with joel and ellie trying to move on and start again really hit hard knowing Joel dies the following day and they never got the chance to start over, seeing joels voice crack when speaking to her really hurts. This is a story of revenge and how taking revenge puts you in a cycle of violence and a world full of hate which will only bring you nothing out of it for example abby killing joel leads to all of her friends dying and ellie trying to hunt down abby leads to friends dying her losing dina and the baby. The fight between ellie and abby at the end is a really tough one to play through because i love both characters and didn't want to see one kill the other and was relieved when ellie finally puts her revenge behind her and stops letting abby and lev leave and go. Don't be mad at having to play as a lesbian woman or a hulking woman cos both are very great characters, it's 2020 enjoy playing as women and grow up. Also about time a trans character makes an appearance in a video game, what a character lev is. Don't listen to the majority of negative reviews cos most gamers haven't even finished the game it's currently on 18% of people who have completed it so anyone who hasn't finished the story has no right to even write a review. Loved everything about the game, personally I preferred the first games story but the second games story is just as amazing and shouldn't be discredited because you didn't expect it to go your way. The last of us 2 really opens up the world and shows how a revenge story has consequences on the person enacting the revenge. 10/10