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There has been footage just check JewTube. It looks just like last of us but with better graphics
 
I didn't really like the first one, so I'm not really the person this trailer is trying to market to, but the trailer did kind of bother me with its weird teen drama with Ellie at that party. I get that what they're trying to do, offer some levity in this dark, hopeless world, but it comes off as something out of a young adult novel. As much as I didn't like the first one, it still felt like it was meant for an older audience. I don't think this one scene will be emblematic of the game as a whole, but at the same time it is the most story we've gotten out any trailer thus far.
 
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I'm not gonna lie, I LOVE the first game to pieces and seeing its direct sequel shill sjw shit is very disheartening. But I'll try to keep my mind open and wait for the actual game to drop.
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Same. I still get upset thinking of the ending of that game.

There's something so gut wrenching about going through this entire ordeal to find what may be a cure, caring and teaching Ellie and then that sucker punch of an ending where you realise you are the bad guy of this story. But you don't blame Joel for what he does. Because who wouldn't do what he did for their child? When I first played it, I had no kids of my own but the second time, I did and I got this visercal understanding of Joel's motivation at the end that stuck with me. And that final scene when Ellie asks you for the truth about the cure, and Joel lies to her, that note in her voice that shows she knows he's lying kills me every time. I can't explain why.

So far nothing in 2 from the trailers stands out at me and the whole idea of using her girlfriend as some revenge fodder seems lame. Joel's daughter in the first one wasn't a revenge plot. She was just a little girl who was an unfortunate victim which made the impact so much more. I also could do without the righteous cult angle from that first trailer. They also seen lame and lazy. It's got that Walking Dead issue - where zombies aren't the threat anymore and it's the other humans. That got old real fast.
 
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Last of us 1 had bland repetitive gameplay that was heavy on RnG I tried replaying it and couldn't. It had an interesting story and the Ellen page knock-off made it stand out as not just another paint by numbers apocalyptic game.
But what the fuck does part 2 have? Sfm models that every perverted 3D artist will use as a testing ground for making fan porn.? At least the game will serve some purpose.
 
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I honestly don't think the problem was with Ellie being a lesbian, just more because the recent Battlefield V kerfuffle has left people more aware and angry of this sort of pandering. It just came at a bad moment. People are also anxious to know what happened to Joel, which I suspect isn't around because of the ending to the last game and Ellie finds out.

Or that Joel was killed by the cult members and Ellie is out for revenge. Maybe she split with Joel over the last ending and is somehow responsible for getting him killed. Which spills into hatred and self loathing. She never got to apologize to him for the split, and he died before. So she kind of loses her mind with anger. Joel is presented as Ellie's delusion throughout the game and tries to act as her conscious.

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Same. I still get upset thinking of the ending of that game.

There's something so gut wrenching about going through this entire ordeal to find what may be a cure, caring and teaching Ellie and then that sucker punch of an ending where you realise you are the bad guy of this story. But you don't blame Joel for what he does. Because who wouldn't do what he did for their child? When I first played it, I had no kids of my own but the second time, I did and I got this visercal understanding of Joel's motivation at the end that stuck with me. And that final scene when Ellie asks you for the truth about the cure, and Joel lies to her, that note in her voice that shows she knows he's lying kills me every time. I can't explain why.

So far nothing in 2 from the trailers stands out at me and the whole idea of using her girlfriend as some revenge fodder seems lame. Joel's daughter in the first one wasn't a revenge plot. She was just a little girl who was an unfortunate victim which made the impact so much more. I also could do without the righteous cult angle from that first trailer. They also seen lame and lazy. It's got that Walking Dead issue - where zombies aren't the threat anymore and it's the other humans. That got old real fast.
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I think a really interesting twist would be is that the party she's at is one of the cult members hoe-downs, as in she's infiltrating them to hollow them out from the inside. I sort of suspect this because the Asian says they have to go out on patrol in the morning. And Ellie's girlfriend in that trailer is part of the cult. Which is why she goes, 'I'm not afraid of you' *cut to Ellie fucking murdering everything* and then she goes, 'You should be.' Its mostly a stealth action game because Ellie has to kill anyone who finds out about her double cross, so you can run and hide, but you can't let anyone live.

An interesting decision would be choosing to murder your girlfriend who is a true believer, and might not have killed Joel, but killed other people. IE: Not a good person. However, I think a better story is that Ellie is acting like a honeypot ala spycraft to seduce a cult member to get information out of her. Ellie isn't in love with her at all, fucking hates her, and is just using her. You don't get a choice to 'save' her because Ellie is full of hate, even if you get to know her as a person. Because Ellie doesn't give a fuck.

However, I think that's too complex a story for this day and age and would upset too many people that Ellie isn't truly gay (she might be. Another twist would be that she isn't, her pure hate is just driving her to do things that are pretty terrible) or in love, nevermind the hundreds of spies who pretended to be gay or lesbian to get information out of people. Or pretended to be in love with them.

Fuck, I want to play that game now. I know the story isn't going to be anything like this and its just going to be a typical girlfriend gets killed and shit for exploiting emotion.
 
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I honestly don't think the problem was with Ellie being a lesbian, just more because the recent Battlefield V kerfuffle has left people more aware and angry of this sort of pandering. It just came at a bad moment. People are also anxious to know what happened to Joel, which I suspect isn't around because of the ending to the last game and Ellie finds out.

Or that Joel was killed by the cult members and Ellie is out for revenge. Maybe she split with Joel over the last ending and is somehow responsible for getting him killed. Which spills into hatred and self loathing. She never got to apologize to him for the split, and he died before. So she kind of loses her mind with anger. Joel is presented as Ellie's delusion throughout the game and tries to act as her conscious.



I think a really interesting twist would be is that the party she's at is one of the cult members hoe-downs, as in she's infiltrating them to hollow them out from the inside. I sort of suspect this because the Asian says they have to go out on patrol in the morning. And Ellie's girlfriend in that trailer is part of the cult. Which is why she goes, 'I'm not afraid of you' *cut to Ellie fucking murdering everything* and then she goes, 'You should be.' Its mostly a stealth action game because Ellie has to kill anyone who finds out about her double cross, so you can run and hide, but you can't let anyone live.

An interesting decision would be choosing to murder your girlfriend who is a true believer, and might not have killed Joel, but killed other people. IE: Not a good person. However, I think a better story is that Ellie is acting like a honeypot ala spycraft to seduce a cult member to get information out of her. Ellie isn't in love with her at all, fucking hates her, and is just using her. You don't get a choice to 'save' her because Ellie is full of hate, even if you get to know her as a person. Because Ellie doesn't give a fuck.

However, I think that's too complex a story for this day and age and would upset too many people that Ellie isn't truly gay (she might be. Another twist would be that she isn't, her pure hate is just driving her to do things that are pretty terrible) or in love, nevermind the hundreds of spies who pretended to be gay or lesbian to get information out of people. Or pretended to be in love with them.

Fuck, I want to play that game now. I know the story isn't going to be anything like this and its just going to be a typical girlfriend gets killed and shit for exploiting emotion.
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Hell, I'd play that game if that's the way it's written but I can bet dollars to donuts that they won't dare to do anything. And now because of 'muh representation' I'm starting to doubt they'll actually kill off that 'girlfriend' which I still don't think is genuine. Seemed like she kissed Ellie for the attention like a drunk sorority sister.
 
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Hell, I'd play that game if that's the way it's written but I can bet dollars to donuts that they won't dare to do anything. And now because of 'muh representation' I'm starting to doubt they'll actually kill off that 'girlfriend' which I still don't think is genuine. Seemed like she kissed Ellie for the attention like a drunk sorority sister.
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Yeah, no way they'll do that. They want to pander too much.
 
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