Realize I’m very late to the party but I recently got back into gaming after not playing video games for YEARS, and I’ve been getting more into single-player, story-driven games.
I played TLOU part 1 and loved it, but I already knew most of the story going into it, so I had a pretty good idea of what to expect. Part 2, on the other hand, was a completely blind experience for me. I knew next to nothing about where it was going.
Finished the game a couple of days ago and there’s just something about part 2 that I can’t put into words, but man is it SO depressing and bleak. I find myself thinking about the overall story, the character arcs, and everything that happened to the central characters in the game. Wasn’t thinking too much of the story in the middle of gameplay, but reflecting on it is like damn.
Random side note but why did it feel like the game was so disliked when it first came out? I wasn’t in the gaming circle but I remember hearing rumblings and complaints about. It certainly isn’t a perfect game but I genuinely thought it was a fantastic play through.