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

[Duncan Hills Coffee]

I love how journalists only really complain about the review bombing when it's one of their pet games.

A while back Doom Eternal got review bombed following a patch that forced players to install Denuvo Anti Cheat, which caused horrible performance issues, made the game unplayable on Linux, was basically spyware, and was mandatory even if you only played single-player (which was most of the game's player base anyway). Of course, people who were big fans of the game weren't happy. It was review bombed to hell on Steam, and for good reason; it was an unsightly blemish on an otherwise amazing game that really didn't need to be there. Outside of like one publication condemning the review bombing and saying it wouldn't change anything (spoiler alert, they were dead wrong), most outlets reported on the bombing rather matter-of-factly and addressing the concerns that the fans had regarding Denuvo.

Doom Eternal was also a special case in that the people doing the negative reviews loved the game, they just didn't want this spyware installed on their machines. The Last of Us 2 doesn't have that caveat that it's a good game buried beneath ill-advised business decisions. It's a shit story that even fans of the first one hate. Nobody doing the bombing here is doing it out of respect for TLOU 2 nor are they doing it to send a message. They're angry they bought a shitty game, no more, no less. But of course, to journalists it has to be more insidious than that so they have to paint them as villains who hate gays.

 

[Balr0g]

Remember when the media pounced on TLOU2 when the first trailer was revealed (where women were brutalized or a woman tormented others)? and now they are singing praises for how progressive this game is. But what is the difference? A muscular woman murders herself through the protagonists of the last game and the supposed main protagonist looses everything. Yeah really progressive.

 

[Gamepad]

The problem is that the model doesn't follow what a biological woman typicalky looks like (even if roided out). So assumptions are made. Sony keeping quiet about Abby (even though she's pratically the protagonist) until release made all the rumors seem true.

That's essentially what I meant. You can't call Abby trans without going through the hoops, cause that shit just ain't a woman. The moment the top goes off in that scene, all the alarms would go off in any normal human being. This isn't a buff woman, that isn't a flat woman, it's a guy.

One particular early reviewer couldn't help himself and make the claim that she's trans for virtue points (I can't talk about her, but she's trans!), and now I bet he's stuck in his bunker with people screaming over each other, hoping they don't notice him.

 

[Nixxit]

It seems to me that Abby was simply never intended to be trans' and the person who leaked stuff is the only reason the idea she was went around so massively.

If it was at any point outright stated in the game, we'd know, so it's not.

If it was implied in any way other than her, huh..."stunning and brave" physique, I would think we'd have heard about it too, though I'm not intent on going through the game or some Youtube playthrough to know for sure.

So mostly we're left with 2 possibilities: Abby is trans' but it is left for interpretation, or Abby isn't trans'.

Except on the one hand the woke crowd would scream bloody murder if the trans-ness of a character could be ignored. They'd probably call it ciswashing or something, and say that it's a cheap, cowardly cope-out. Also, since a fair share of people will instantly assume Abby is trans' based on her body - and that's more than fair, if we're being real - I don't see why they wouldn't come out and say she's trans' if they're going to get backlash for her being trans' anyway. At least claim your brownie points.

On the other, we've seen with the new Shera and overall trends in video-game and movies that "classical" feminity is getting downplayed hard. And sure, this is pretty damn extreme, but then again, people still manage to argue muscular women can actually look just like that, so we know for a fact some people are stupid enough to think this can pass for a cis' woman.

So to me it doesn't really make sense at this point to say she's trans' unless some smoking gun comes out - and I am hypothetically talking about a penis. In fact I think a hint might be found in the game models. I remember some story about a nude model with a real life actress' head on it being datamined from some similar "cinematic" game (And obviously that wasn't exactly a good thing), and if they did model some form of genitals in the sex scene models, and they're definitely degenerate enough for it, that could be a hint.

 

[Safir]

I'll ask again, why does every Western media company think these assclowns are the golden demograph?

They make up less than 2% of the population,are NEVER satisfied and if you even slightly cross them will try to get you fired.

This:

They're incredibly loud because they have no jobs and no prospects, right up until they do the sensible thing and get the exit bag.

but also:
companies are made of people. You can't trust a company to want to make money; at most you can expect people to want to keep their individual jobs. "Narrative designers" are extremely replaceable. One parasite enraging the troon mob makes for an excellent career opportunity for his or her colleagues.

 

[Big Meaty Claws]

Remember when the media pounced on TLOU2 when the first trailer was revealed (where women were brutalized or a woman tormented others)? and now they are singing praises for how progressive this game is. But what is the difference? A muscular woman murders herself through the protagonists of the last game and the supposed main protagonist looses everything. Yeah really progressive.

You know for a fact that if Joel was a woman, and Abby was a man, Abby would have been bodied right near the begining of the story, and the game would still be about female Joel and Ellie

They only killed off Joel cause hes "problematic" in there eyes

 

[Dopey Cunt]

Mel's also pregnant so she looks noticeably softer, I think

From what I've seen Abby's only been fucking Owen who's also Mel's babyfather. Owen cheats on her with Abby and this is why she's calling Abby PoS here.
Women, amirite
View attachment 1389593

Wow, getting cheated on and having THAT be the mistress.
And Abby has no problem with him just knocking a bitch up and completely abandoning her?
I guess I shouldn't have expected a serial killer to have any morals to begin with. Shame on me.

 

[Orange Rhymer]

At least Gone Home was short.

and boring as hell. and free (on Twitch games)
and included the snippet that even married women act like lying, cheating thots.

Punchline: the protagonist actually ruined her life iirc. She comes home with no job, no degree, but still sexually fucked up.
idk. Never really finished it.... Someone please recap.

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

sorry if late

 

[Drain Todger]

TLOU2 ellie edition is back in stock on amazon lol

Amazon.com: The Last of Us Part II - PlayStation 4 Ellie Edition: Video Games

Amazon.com: The Last of Us Part II - PlayStation 4 Ellie Edition: Video Games

www.amazon.com

LOL, it's being sold used for $599 USD. Where have I heard this before?

 

[Big Meaty Claws]

Wow, getting cheated on and having THAT be the mistress.
And Abby has no problem with him just knocking a bitch up and completely abandoning her?
I guess I shouldn't have expected a serial killer to have any morals to begin with. Shame on me.

With how edgy this game is turning out to be, honestly surprised Abby doesn't just come over to Mel later on and just body the living shit out of her.

 

[mandatorylurk]

I bet they were going to make Abby trans after the game sold well, thinking the story would be well received and the only criticism would be the body model so they could point out the bot bigot sandwiches on twitter. But the story is getting so shit on that they can't hide behind the bigot angle and can't get the asspats for declaring Abby trans, instead it would look like Kevin Spacy attempts of deflecting.

 

[Gamepad]

So to me it doesn't really make sense at this point to say she's trans' unless some smoking gun comes out - and I am hypothetically talking about a penis. In fact I think a hint might be found in the game models. I remember some story about a nude model with a real life actress' head on it being datamined from some similar "cinematic" game (And obviously that wasn't exactly a good thing), and if they did model some form of genitals in the sex scene models, and they're definitely degenerate enough for it, that could be a hint.

It doesn't help that they went for the Brokeback angle in that case and hid the naughty bits.

 

[Sneak 'n' Snore]

I liked the first TLOU but I'm glad I wasn't passionate enough about it to not be able to laugh at this on going trainwreck

 

[Big Meaty Claws]

I bet they were going to make Abby trans after the game sold well, thinking the story would be well received and the only criticism would be the body model so they could point out the bot bigot sandwiches on twitter. But the story is getting so shit on that they can't hide behind the bigot angle and can't get the asspats for declaring Abby trans, instead it would look like Kevin Spacy attempts of deflecting.

Honestly it's so backwards, that making Abby Trans would actually hurt the trans community, with how utterly violent and repulsive they make Abby look and act, all the while trying to make it look like Abby is the hero of the story, somehow.

 

[Prester John]

Except on the one hand the woke crowd would scream bloody murder if the trans-ness of a character could be ignored. They'd probably call it ciswashing or something, and say that it's a cheap, cowardly cope-out. Also, since a fair share of people will instantly assume Abby is trans' based on her body - and that's more than fair, if we're being real - I don't see why they wouldn't come out and say she's trans' if they're going to get backlash for her being trans' anyway. At least claim your brownie points.

I think Abby is just such a terrible character that no "community" wants to claim her as their own. There's nothing redeeming about her and we're not supposed to like her. As Kotaku said, this is a misery simulator and Neil created this game to rub our noses in it.

 

[Furiosa]

Fuck this game. Why is it so wrong to want to be a fucking voluptuous woman? Even the most Tom boyish of women don’t look like line backers or 13 yr old boys.
Not to mention there was never a need to make a sequel of one of the best self contained video game plots of all time.

Why dont these SJW progressives come up with their own unique IPs rather than shit on classics? Oh that’s right they fucking fail financially because blatant pandering has no place in entertainment.

I haven’t been this MOTI since TLJ

 

[Mr. Manchester]

View attachment 1389649
This explains a lot, actually

Rise of Skywalker was a bad movie. I think this is common knowledge.

My point in saying this is that I'm almost impressed by the weird cult like following this shit gets because it's got some quiet approval from... those people?

I don't even know what to call it. Apparently their end game is tranny butt sex though, which is pretty funny.

 

[John Merston]

Rip and tear the booty hole.

Spoiler

You are now remembering that HDoom exists.

 

[CheezzyMach]

Honestly it's so backwards, that making Abby Trans would actually hurt the trans community, with how utterly violent and repulsive they make Abby look and act, all the while trying to make it look like Abby is the hero of the story, somehow.

If Druckman wasn't a massive asshole and Anita's toady I'd think this was a gayop/bitchslap against the woke hipsters.