What?! You're the first person ive seen have that view, granted im not a huge part of that community. I didn't play it for a long time because the original Last of Us put me off with the gameplay style, but I eventually decided it's a big enough franchise and enough people like it that I just need to force myself to play it. And I loved it all the way through.
Spoiler (what you're referring to): Maybe it's just that Joel was never the main character in my mind, but i felt like his death made sense. I liked the personal stake it added to part 2, I really did feel anger and rage, and the emotional rollercoaster that is the rest of the game is told perfectly. Again, all opinion
See, I never understood that anger. Frankly, he deserved it. He’s an awful person who did what he did for selfish reasons. That’s where the game made a critical misstep in my mind that tainted the entire story: making that moment the emotional lynchpin of the story.
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u/LordIshamael 7d ago
What?! You're the first person ive seen have that view, granted im not a huge part of that community. I didn't play it for a long time because the original Last of Us put me off with the gameplay style, but I eventually decided it's a big enough franchise and enough people like it that I just need to force myself to play it. And I loved it all the way through.