re: The Last of Us Season 2 Teaser

I agree, I thought season 1 was wildly overrated. It had a lot of LGBTQ representation, so the media has to blow it out of proportion.

Just read the spoilers for the second game. Abby seems like one of the most miserable characters of all time. That was a really frustrating plot synopsis to read

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Just read the spoilers for the second game.

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How many people are out there that watch the show but don’t know anything about the video games? It can’t be that many.

Checking in.

Same for Fallout.

Loved both shows, never played a second of the games.

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Last of Us 1 is in my top 5 games of all time

Last of Us 2 isn't even in my Top 200.

2 is probably the most technically marvelous game of all time. Complete masterpiece in terms of production quality. But the writing was just completely inferior to the first game and a lot of the risks they took with the narrative execution, pacing, and structure just didn't land. I can see what they were going for and appreciate the attempt, but it just didn't work

I think the narrative for 2 has a chance to be much better in TV format

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My gripe with the story in TLOU2 has nothing to do with the big “twist.” I felt like the ending was really weak. After all of the buildup throughout the game, for it to kind of fizzle out at the end was just.. disappointing.

I also think the twist would have worked a lot better if they had flipped the first/second halves of the game. It would have made Abby’s story a lot easier to care about, IMO. It will be interesting to see how they choose to format the timeline in the show.

All of that said.. I immensely enjoyed the gameplay in Part 2. Regardless of feelings on the story, I think most people agree that the gameplay is top-notch.

It’s interesting to me that they cast Kaitlyn Dever as Abby. I still think she would have been perfect for the Ellie role, but I’m glad they found a spot for her. It makes me wonder if they will spend a lot more time on Abby’s story than in the games. For one, there’s a lot more actual “story” in Abby’s part which translates better to TV. On top of that, I think Dever is much more capable of carrying scenes than Bella Ramsey.

I wouldn’t be shocked if Abby winds up looking much more sympathetic than she did in the game by the time the show ends. Dever’s a good actress, is (IMO) a lot more likable than Ramsey, and it helps that she probably won’t be unrealistically jacked like Abby in the game.