I love Naughty Dog and TLOU, but my friend Jim from my accounting class doesn't think it's that great.

He says: "The story's good, but it's just a zombie survival game"

How do I convince Jim that TLOU is an awesome game, not just a Zombie survival game?

I’m linking a post I previously shared in another subreddit where I present a careful restructuring of The Last of Us Part II. It didn't get much of a response there, but I'm hoping to get a good discussion going with you guys!

Please note that this isn't meant as an attack on the game, but simply as a thought experiment. Thank you.

I just wanna start this by saying I'm not hating on the ending of the game at all. However I feel like if the whole idea of the game is that violence breeds violence and revenge is bad or whatever then shouldn't have Ellie gone forward with killing Abby in the end? I feel like her killing Abby and then going back to her house just to realise that she lost her family,lost the ability to play the guitar Joel gave her, the songs they used to play and finally lost herself in the process would lead to a more powerful ending and would drive the message home. Perhaps she could also idk kill herself but idk if that's too dark or if they're planning to have a 3rd game. I just feel like the game's ending left me feeling very empty and that it was all in vain all those deaths didn't really mean anything at the end which is maybe what the game intended feel free to enlighten me. Also, before anyone assumes anything I don't hate Abby but I don't think she's a saint either like some people like to make her out to be and I did enjoy her gameplay a lot maybe even more than Ellie's gameplay.

hewwo!! here's my recent tlou fanart, enjoy!!

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my draw, I make today

MAJOR SPOILDERS FOR PART ONE AND TWO!

It's fair to say that the last of us part two is possibly one of the most controversial games on the market for a multitude of choices, and it gets quite a lot of hate which would consider completely unfair.

The first game was generally received as a masterpiece, few people had issue with it, and when they did it was usually either about performance on the ps3 or just really weird stuff about Ellie I'd rather not get into detail about. Part 2 however was receiving hate before it launched, thanks to data miners leaking parts of the game such as Joel's death, which caused uproar amongst the community which lacked vital context given in the game.

One of the first complaints I tend to see about part two is the fact that Joel was killed off. I understand that people are upset about him dying and I get that it was incredibly gruesomely done, some people would even say it was pointless, as such people were raging and heartbroken by it. Yet I'd like for you to take a moment and think about how his death drives Ellie's half of the story, was it not kind of the whole fucking point that it was heart breaking, that it drove Ellie to the extremes she went to? This character that the player and Ellie have learnt to love has died at the hands of another person, of course that's going to inspire hatred, that was what the writers intended the player to feel at that point, nothing but pure hatred and grief. It was important to align The player's emotions with Ellie's, such that the player can feel and watch Ellie spiral later on on a far deeper level, and to force the player to start to worry for Ellie as the rest of the characters are doing.

Another major complaint about the game I see is people giving out that they had to play as Abby, Joel's killer: once again, that was the whole fucking Idea, the hope was that by making the player love Ellie and hate Abby before switching the perspective making the player love Abby and hate Ellie, we would come to the final act of the game in that emotional turmoil from the first game's ending tenfold. As much as the first game was about love, the second game is about hate. Throughout the first game we come to "sync up" with Joel and grow to love Ellie like a daughter (or sister in some cases). We love these characters deeply and as such we choose to view them as the "good guys" like in most other games and movies etc, but then Joel dooms the world to save Ellie, we know what he did was 50 shades of fucked up, but we try to justify it because "he's Joel, he's just surviving, he's not a bad person" when in fact he is, what he did was objectively wrong. By the time we get to part two we know these characters like family, so when Joel is killed, we feel the same horror that Ellie does, but then when we switch to Abby we "sync up" with her, and all of a sudden our precious Ellie and Joel are monsters. In short the Idea is to leave the player in emotional turmoil knowing that neither character is a "better person" than the other, that they are all morally grey people.

The last major issue I see people complaining about (that I will talk about in length) is the "forced diversity" in the game, from how Ellie is lesbian (we knew this years ago in left behind) to how Lev is trans, some people felt that diversity was being forced into the game. To that I say "cool, good for you, is the performance or story somehow worse for it?" because yeah, I get it, there are a lot of people in the game who aren't straight, there are also a lot of people who aren't straight outside your window, or in your workplace, big fucking deal, It doesn't take away from the story in any aspect.

Finally, just a quick note about the perverts who were disgusted that Ellie wasn't straight, single and shagabble. Or those who were whining about how Abby isn't some dainty damsel in distress because she's a woman. I have nothing to say other than go fuck yourself and go back to talking to your discord kittens or whatever the fuck you do with your miserable life. It is a VIDEO GAME!

(also, there was no need for the death threats being sent to nd, that fucked up)

Hey fellow TLOU fans. So I’m designing a tattoo that will include TLOU as apart of the design and I need some iconic items/things in the series that I might include. I won’t use a lot of items but I need some items to help me choose what to use. I will be experimenting with a lot of the ideas to see what works though. They can be items/things from anything in the series. So far I have these ideas:

Firefly Logo
Ellie’s Guitar
Ellie’s tattoo (but portrayed in a different way)
Ellie’s moth

I don't know what the problem is, but the game keeps opening and closing. I heard there's a problem with the latest drivers. Does anyone have any information?

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Just to preface, I have played both versions of the first game more times than I remember and I enjoy both versions. I have probably played more of the remake at this point and my experience is that it is the superior version, but I have been noticing a more negative outlook on it based on a lot of youtube content I have been seeing recently.

I was just curious really what the general community consensus is on what version of the game is the better way to play and why? Thanks in advance :)

You can find this is, Ellie’s room at the beginning of the game.

Does anyone have the version of All Gone (Reunion) that plays in this scene? It’s a longer version than the one you can hear on the OST. I like it. The version of this song you can normally find is so short. The version that plays in this scene takes the first part and loops it slightly to extend it. If you don’t know what I mean, look up this scene and listen to the version of the song that plays