LogFAQs > #942057111

It really is a huge shame that the game was leaked. The obvious reason is all the people judging the game from some misleading leaks, but honestly, talking about this game around the place, the fans of it are not all too much better. A lot of people went into the game with an idea that they needed to defend the game or hate the game no matter what happened. It seems in general criticism of the game isn't taken as serious as it should be. A lot of articles focus on one thing and it's like "they just don't understand it" or "they just didn't like lesbians in focus" or somelike like that, clearly missing the point or letting one of the worst internet trolls be the example. A lot of story defending is basically just explaining what happened or claiming that haters just wanted something different, at least that's my observation. It's a controversial game that took a lot of risks. Having "I didn't like the story" with "you just wanted something else" is a prime example of not being taken seriously. I've also seen a lot of people like Ellie and not Abby, for better or worse reasons. But when people are countering that with explaining that Abby is a better person and if you hate Abby for her bad actions you must hate Ellie more, it's stupid on so many levels. TLoU in itself is a perfect example of likeable/good character =/= good person. Besides, you know Ellie from the first game, it's natural to side with who you know.

Finally, the idea that you need to play the full game for your opinion to count has serious flaws. If you disliked the game after playing through a good bit of it then that's a strike against it already, it should ideally have you hooked the whole way through. Same goes if you don't like a synopsis of the game. Then that's fair. A lot of the time your intuition on such is true. If you need to play through 20+ hours to maybe not think a game was as bad as it sounds, then that's a problem too. That's a lot. And for a game as story heavy and cinematic as this one, watching it all definitely gives you a fair opinion. The idea that you would like the story much more or less if you played instead of watching is absurd to me. Minimal difference at best.

Just needed to get that out. Board 8 is in one of the best places on the internet I've seen to talk about this.

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