The Last of Us Franchise - Because it's apparently a franchise now. This thread has been double-DMCA’d by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

He did have a co-writer, but given how all she wrote for before this was a few TV episodes and short films, Druckmann basically had complete control over this game's direction and the like.

Dang it, this is yet another case I've sadly seen all too often. Due to the success of the previous work, a creator is basically given carte blanche to do whatever the holy heck he or she likes with absolutely zero restrictions, and said creator has lost his or her mind as a result. Given how Heenig and Straley aren't with ND anymore, Druckmann no longer had those people around to tell him "no, that's stupid and we aren't doing that." He effectively had free reign over the company and the game's direction.

You know, for as much crap as executives get from people like Jim Sterling, games like these show why they still are necessary, because giving someone like Druckmann no meddling or vetoes whatsoever has led to this crap. Doesn't help either that journalists are so fricken enamored with the concept of "auteur theory" that they applaud stuff like this, especially if it falls under their agendas.
Here is a fun fact about her previous contributions to narrative storytelling
" On the eve of a romantic weekend upstate, sweet but profoundly awkward Chloe plans on telling Dan, her boyfriend of three weeks, that she loves him. While he prepares the one meal he knows how to make, Fettuccine Alfredo, she tries on sexy lingerie, works to build up her courage. Then, terror strikes as lactose intolerance Chloe comes face to face with Dan's creamy concoction. Chloe escapes to find her trusty dairy-aid, but she's all out. Not wanting to be rude (and hoping to titillate Dan with her voraciousness), Chloe throws caution to the wind and dives in to the meal. But as soon as the wine kicks in, so does the Alfredo. Chloe runs to the bathroom in the hopes of suffering in private, but the size of the house only amplifies her thunderous farts. Will her hope for true love be squelched by her cock-blocking emissions?"
Fuck Amy Hennig, the woman who wrote Soul Reaver, one of the most well written pieces of video game story telling, we have the ever so impressive Halley (((Gross)))
 
Journey is art, imo. It's a chill and often beautiful experience without having to murder a single puppy.
Agreed. I had the same companion for most of my first playthrough and climbing to the summit together was a very meaningful experience. Not because of what was on the screen, but because I was able to share an experience with another person - a complete stranger - through all its ups and downs. That's art and it's something that could only happen in the context of that game.

But TLOU is basically nothing more than an unauthorized The Road/Walking Dead adaptation with large amounts of serial numbers filed off. They even stole "look at those zoo animals living in a major city!" scene from the fucking "I Am Legend" Will Smith movie. And now they're using tumblr tranny porn to generate attention. It's not just plagarism, it's industrialized plagarism.
 
I officially apologize to David Cage for every shitty thing I ever said about him. He's no longer the most pretentious man in gaming now thanks to Druckmann. Hell, I enjoyed Detroit. Heavy Rain is a guilty pleasure and Beyond Two Souls is in the so-bad-it's-good category.

I'd gladly shill a tone-deaf overly dramatic Frenchman over a creepy murderporn asshole any day.
 
I officially apologize to David Cage for every shitty thing I ever said about him. He's no longer the most pretentious man in gaming now thanks to Druckmann. Hell, I enjoyed Detroit. Heavy Rain is a guilty pleasure and Beyond Two Souls is in the so-bad-it's-good category.

I'd gladly shill a tone-deaf overly dramatic Frenchman over a creepy murderporn asshole any day.
Whoa, let's not go crazy.
 
I officially apologize to David Cage for every shitty thing I ever said about him. He's no longer the most pretentious man in gaming now thanks to Druckmann. Hell, I enjoyed Detroit. Heavy Rain is a guilty pleasure and Beyond Two Souls is in the so-bad-it's-good category.

I'd gladly shill a tone-deaf overly dramatic Frenchman over a creepy murderporn asshole any day.
Mat and Pat went after the wrong, vaguely french, pretentious hack
 
I officially apologize to David Cage for every shitty thing I ever said about him. He's no longer the most pretentious man in gaming now thanks to Druckmann. Hell, I enjoyed Detroit. Heavy Rain is a guilty pleasure and Beyond Two Souls is in the so-bad-it's-good category.

I'd gladly shill a tone-deaf overly dramatic Frenchman over a creepy murderporn asshole any day.

Heavy Rain just plain sucked. Other two were better but not by much, I remember beating Detroit: Become Human in 2 days as a rental game.
 
And people will tell them to go fuck themselves as they did with Cuckbusters and all these other shitty movies nobody asked for and don't want.
Why bring up such an old and distanced example?

People flat out told the devs of Volcano High to go fuck themselves and they're not buying their shitty non-game.
 
The company that gave me crash bandiccoot and made my childhood what it was... Has made a trannysex scene.

I feel so numb and cold, emotions are frozen dead to me. Everything I knew and loved has become a hollow shell that doesn't even look like what it once was. Like seeing an old flame turn into a worn out used up old saggy whore.
 
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