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Re:The Last of Us 2 epitomizes one of gaming’s longest debates by morsch on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:10PM (#23665076)
He says it's been a trend for ten to twenty years and gives numerous examples (Bioshock, Uncharted, Spec Ops: The Line, Hotline Miami, ...).

But: "The Last of Us Part 2 is the culmination of this decade of big-budget games interrogating dissonance." I agree that it doesn't totally succeed in explaining how or why, though he does try. I suppose it's just a particularly striking juxtaposition of heartfelt drama and gruesome carnage.

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Re:The Last of Us 2 epitomizes one of gaming’s longest debates by mercer on Sunday June 28, 2020 @09:25AM (#23668547)
I suppose TLoU2 stands out because of it's rather 'serious' story, its unusually graphic violence (and attempts to humanize the NPC's more), and of course the blockbuster nature of it.

Furthermore, I've always found the Naughty Dog core gameplay (in Uncharted as well as TLoU) surprisingly boring and somehow disconnected from the narrative. Good enough to make it more than just an interactive movie, but only passably so.

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