The Last of Us (Part) 2 [PS4]

Not quite there yet but I wouldn't expect anything else!

I'm actually very surprised by the size of the game. I thought I was near the end at some point, and then the game opened up again, with more and more OH DAMNs and I'm still not finished.

 

Oh so your Fuck! moment is still to happen. Nice!

 

Well. I thought I was very much at the end, and once again the game basically opens again?? What are you doing to me ND! How many chapters are in this thing??

 

Ok all finished. What a ride!

 

Quoting myself.

London-boy, what bugs did you find, if any?

 

Bugs? I think Abby’s head went wonky for a split second, and I did see some assets streaming a bit slowly (used to that on PS4 anyway) but other than that I can’t say I saw anything.

 

I replicated the bug, took a bit but got it. First time it happened immediately.

 

Animation bugs are the best.

 

The first time Dina's neck was actually much longer. I'm sure it will change if I do it again.

 

Was she recreating the giraffe scene from the first game?

 

kinda. Looked weird with the long neck flailing behind the ragdoll like in this capture.

 

Plot twist.

 

The second bug I found basically looked like this point in this bug video I found. All textures disappeared and only the character models were left showing.



It was with Abby and the kid though.

 

I just started day 2 in Seattle, and I have already played 10 hours...
I think I'm getting older.
Looks like it will take me a month to finish the game...!

And yes, at this point, this game looks like a PS5 game.

 

Love the game, but it is simply too depressing. Maybe I have too much on my mind, maybe I am too old. But some things are hard to handle.

 

It is quite grim. Relentlessly depressing.

 

my feeling about the story

 

We're really enjoying it. The violence just isn't resonating with either of us and whilst there are been a few unpleasant moments, there is nothing more I like doing than lining up an enemy's head in my rifle's scope and just taking that thing off. I don't care if they're infected, humans, fluffy bunnies. If you're in my way, you're dead because I don't have time to stealth loot.

Shotguns are also brutally awesome.

 

Done with it. Gameplay was great, and so were the graphics and presentation. Story telling is again very competent, but some of ND tricks are starting to become too predictable IMO.

The plot itself was very meh. I have no problem with Joe's predicament in the very beginning. I also don't get why the outrage over that. In fact, I personally lost a lot of simpathy for the guy for the way he handled the situation in the first game's ending.
I just though the central theme was lame. A very superficial cautionary tale about "the circle of violence", preaching the most clichè point one could make as if it were the most insightful philosofical discovery of the century. I still don't get why that whole epilogue was necessary. That clever little last preachy moment with the guitar did not need that whole tacked-on chapter to materialize. The physical violence does get way more gratuitous than it needed. I don't recognize the characters in there. It feels like they are different much flatter and more cruel people than the ones in the first game. I have a whole bunch of other things that made me feel this was a tad uninspired and undercooked. I think Neil lost touch a bit, and I felt similarly about U4...

 

I’ve been watching this being played for a good while and I’m glad I didn’t buy it. It is so not my thing. I think I’d rather play a Twilight game than this ... blech.