We get it. We all have darkness inside us, and everyone has their own reasons for doing what they do, but still, did you really have to kill off Joel, and replace him with a random blonde chick on roids who likes kids that look like Avatar: The Last Airbender? And not only that, suddenly, everybody feels the need to take a page out of George R.R. Martin’s playbook, and kill off every decent character.
Well, Naughty Dog, you’ll be pleased to know that I let Ellie kill Abby a few times, and let me tell ya, it was superbly satisfying.
The level of desperation is astounding like, what was the point, really? Play with Abby long enough to forget about Ellie completely? Well, at least your precious “Creativity” didn’t lead you to decide to allow the player to play both with Abby and Allie during the same face-off, though I’m sure while brainstorming, someone must’ve suggested that, especially with how chaotic the whole game is.
What’s crazy is that I’m not a hard man to please when it comes to games at all, and I always try to enjoy whatever game I feel like playing, but sometimes there’s just too much stuff that you can’t help but be like, “Did you really have to do that? Why?”
But then again, a good sequel to anything is like a unicorn.
UPDATE: The 2 redeeming things about The Last of Us – Part II is the gameplay, which was like an odd mix of Silent Hill and Tomb Raider, and that [SPOILER ALERT] final scene with Joel and Ellie.