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SaccharineSmile
02/08/21 7:02:43 PM
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Like you know how some movies are just gross yeah this game is the same - dark and depressing and violent for no reason

I just wanna have fun playing videogames man

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BakonBitz
02/08/21 7:05:17 PM
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I mean, I agree. I thought the gameplay was fun but the story is mentally exhausting with how constantly depressing it is.
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Lairen
02/08/21 7:05:18 PM
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Id throw all copies in large bodies of water. What garbage. Move over E.T.

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SaccharineSmile
02/08/21 7:16:34 PM
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I know right

i dunno what they were trying to achieve

its a fucking videogame dont be tryhards trying to make an Oscar winning wannabe film


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E32005
02/08/21 7:17:27 PM
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i keep hearing this complaint.

i wont buy this game.

ill wait til its free

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lww99
02/08/21 7:18:12 PM
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I really enjoyed it. Played 1&2 back to back. Fantastic story

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Cobra1010
02/08/21 7:18:25 PM
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but but but the gameplay and graphics are amazing

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UnfairRepresent
02/08/21 7:18:50 PM
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I don't think there is anything wrong with using violence and dark themes to tell a story

Its just that TLOU2 was so dull and bland and shallow that it seemed lazy and disingenuous

It would be like adding brutal gore into transformers and then claiming it's a masterpiece

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Lairen
02/08/21 7:20:28 PM
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And superhuman sharp teeth that can bite off multiple fingers in one bite. I mean its video game magic: this story wasnt going for realism.

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coh
02/08/21 7:22:45 PM
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It just sounds like being miserable for
miserables sake
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andrewl923
02/08/21 7:23:04 PM
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It's a great game, and I was super invested in the story, but I did not have "fun" playing it.

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DKJ
02/09/21 5:49:21 PM
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You need a shower to wash away its fragrance because the next game you play will never live up to it.

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CouldBeAnAlt
02/09/21 5:51:20 PM
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To be fair dark souls as a series is relentlessly bleak and it's still good
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g0ldie
02/09/21 5:51:39 PM
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amazing game all around, IMO.

I know that the brutality, enemy screams for their compatriots, etc. was supposed to at least make you think about the violence your character was committing on screen, but the combat and stealth were way too fun.


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hockeybub89
02/09/21 5:52:55 PM
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I can't believe they added uncomfortable, dark violence to The Last of Us sequel.

2020 needed light, positive games like the first one was.

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yusiko
02/09/21 5:54:35 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
I can't believe they added uncomfortable, dark violence to The Last of Us sequel.

2020 needed light, positive games like the first one was.


i know remember the time a nice man took elie off to a land of unicorns and rainbows?
wait that doesnt sound right, wasnt it her being kidnapped by a pedophile that wanted to rape her?
so light hearted

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SaccharineSmile
02/09/21 7:59:35 PM
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yusiko posted...
i know remember the time a nice man took elie off to a land of unicorns and rainbows?
wait that doesnt sound right, wasnt it her being kidnapped by a pedophile that wanted to rape her?
so light hearted

but that was one aspect of that game for shock

the sequel was full on non-stop just for the sake of it (aka ART)


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Yazarogi
02/09/21 8:01:17 PM
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It's a pretty good game with an amazing story, innovative and fantastic gameplay.

You actually grow to love the characters and even sympathize with people you may have hated at first.

Very few games have the balls to do that.

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skermac
02/09/21 8:02:09 PM
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I liked the first one

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HBKick18
02/09/21 8:05:03 PM
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I loved it but I'm not gonna argue that it's a very heavy game and mentally exhausting to play.

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yusiko
02/09/21 8:43:04 PM
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SaccharineSmile posted...
but that was one aspect of that game for shock

the sequel was full on non-stop just for the sake of it (aka ART)


no that was the entire game
it opened with the death of a child and kept getting darker and more depressing as you went along
it wasnt for shock value as that was the tone the entire game had

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Proto_Spark
02/09/21 8:47:09 PM
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I'm only like 4 hours into TLOU2, but I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Haven't gotten to super dark places yet, but I hope most of the complaints I've heard about are actually just butthurt people using TLOU2 as an excuse to be like, misogynistic.
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Yazarogi
02/09/21 11:54:01 PM
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Proto_Spark posted...
I'm only like 4 hours into TLOU2, but I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Haven't gotten to super dark places yet, but I hope most of the complaints I've heard about are actually just butthurt people using TLOU2 as an excuse to be like, misogynistic.

Honestly half the time I see criticism for this game it seriously boils down to "abby ugly"

besides UR repeating that it's a bland / boring experience which is purely subjective. So it either will be or won't be good for you... like pretty much everything I guess lol.

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Darmik
02/09/21 11:55:18 PM
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Proto_Spark posted...
I'm only like 4 hours into TLOU2, but I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Haven't gotten to super dark places yet, but I hope most of the complaints I've heard about are actually just butthurt people using TLOU2 as an excuse to be like, misogynistic.

I think most people who don't enjoy it have already realised that by now. Although the second half of the game turns some people off too. I thought the game got even better then personally.

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Middle hope
02/10/21 12:00:57 AM
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I imagine Ellie smelling like rotten fish and sweaty cheese.

Abby probably free bleeds too

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RedJackson
02/10/21 12:05:49 AM
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Yeah even the disc smells

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andrewl923
02/10/21 12:52:06 AM
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Proto_Spark posted...
I'm only like 4 hours into TLOU2, but I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Haven't gotten to super dark places yet, but I hope most of the complaints I've heard about are actually just butthurt people using TLOU2 as an excuse to be like, misogynistic.

If you're enjoying TLOU2 after that scene, you will enjoy the rest of the game. I know I did once I got over my shock.

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HaVeNII7
02/10/21 12:55:42 AM
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SaccharineSmile posted...
but that was one aspect of that game for shock

the sequel was full on non-stop just for the sake of it (aka ART)
Ah, yes. I remember how disgusted I was while playing Take On Me for Dina. Horrible moment, not at all pretty.

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Yazarogi
02/10/21 1:28:53 PM
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HaVeNII7 posted...
Ah, yes. I remember how disgusted I was while playing Take On Me for Dina. Horrible moment, not at all pretty.

Yea, or saving a Zebra from a wire... really fucking horrible to save an animal.

Or visiting a museum where Ellie gets to pretend to be an astronaut and her and Joel have a beautiful father / daughter like moment.

How about that horrible scene of Tommy bonding with Ellie, teaching her how to be a better sniper?

That scene where Joel is playing guitar for Ellie... so fucking depressing.

That scene that showed Joel still being protective of Ellie despite her having grown distant from him, and then their conversation where she's ready to try and be in his life again... man so fucking depressing, no hope there at all.

Spoilers darkened for my own safety.

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KiwiTerraRizing
02/10/21 1:32:47 PM
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I like stabbing the dogs, good times

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Yazarogi
02/10/21 1:38:05 PM
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...
I like stabbing the dogs, good times

I like shooting the dogs in CoD MW3, I like shooting the dogs at enemy encampments in RDR2.

Killing dogs is somehow only controversial in this game.

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Lairen
02/10/21 1:39:14 PM
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Its a game i need to flush after chucking into the toilet.

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SaccharineSmile
02/10/21 6:39:57 PM
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https://youtu.be/Xl7uTOZCv18

essentially a murder simulator

the developers even admitted to watching real life murders on film just to simulate into their game

fucking gross dont need that vibe into my life


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Yazarogi
02/10/21 6:42:46 PM
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SaccharineSmile posted...
https://youtu.be/Xl7uTOZCv18

essentially a murder simulator

the developers even admitted to watching real life murders on film just to simulate into their game

fucking gross dont need that vibe into my life

Don't play any of the new tomb raider games, Call of Duty, or the new Doom games while you're at it.

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SaccharineSmile
02/10/21 6:45:42 PM
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Yazarogi posted...
Don't play any of the new tomb raider games, Call of Duty, or the new Doom games while you're at it.

except those games didnt go out their way to re-create how people actually react or how they look like when they get shot in their face


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Makeveli_lives
02/10/21 6:50:11 PM
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SaccharineSmile posted...
except those games didnt go out their way to re-create how people actually react or how they look like when they get shot in their face
God forbid they do their research.

I need to play this game again.

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SaccharineSmile
02/10/21 6:59:09 PM
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Can fans not except criticism of their game?

this game is brutal and gross especially after knowing the developers had a fetish watching real life murder videos for the last 7 years just to simulate into a videogame

its a fucking videogame fucking lol

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Yazarogi
02/10/21 7:06:36 PM
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Actually, yeah they do.

https://youtu.be/WeG9MuzUppM

https://youtu.be/p-ryhcJ1Csw <--- minus heads exploding, bodies fall exactly like this if you've ever seen any cartel hit video or head shot video on the internet.

This next one is an actual VR experience to REALLY make you feel like you're the one doing the killing.

https://youtu.be/PtU9bAPm8eg

BUT YEAH, THE LAST OF US IS THE GRIMEY ONE.

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Proto_Spark
02/10/21 7:18:01 PM
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Yazarogi posted...
Actually, yeah they do.

https://youtu.be/WeG9MuzUppM

https://youtu.be/p-ryhcJ1Csw <--- minus heads exploding, bodies fall exactly like this if you've ever seen any cartel hit video or head shot video on the internet.

This next one is an actual VR experience to REALLY make you feel like you're the one doing the killing.

https://youtu.be/PtU9bAPm8eg

BUT YEAH, THE LAST OF US IS THE GRIMEY ONE.

Can't they all be a little much? I don't really want the people I shoot to scream in pain for another 10 seconds until they finally die.
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sevihaimerej
02/10/21 7:34:15 PM
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One of my favorite games of all time is Silent Hill 2...and TLOU2 is way too fucking depressing and gross for me. I think the reason is that it lacks mystery of any sort, it's just all horrific shit in your face constantly. Like...I saw a freaky pyramid-headed conjuration of the protagonist's mind fuck a pair of mannequin legs joined at the hip to another pair of mannequin legs until the animation left its' body (death?) and that my mind can handle, but Abby's sex scene was fucking traumatizingly cringe and every moment of the plot was the kind of shit you think of when you see that one pale faced cop that just walked out of a crime scene the true horrors of which you can only imagine that then proceeds to vomit and sob uncontrollably. I think the extra layer of "what the fuck is going on?" Silent Hill brings is both what makes those games actually scary (unlike TLOU2 besides Ground Zeroes just a little bit) and what makes the horrific imagery more "palatable".

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g0ldie
02/10/21 7:37:54 PM
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SaccharineSmile posted...
Can fans not except criticism of their game?

this game is brutal and gross especially after knowing the developers had a fetish watching real life murder videos for the last 7 years just to simulate into a videogame

its a fucking videogame fucking lol
idk about this game, but iirc, for the most recent Mortal Kombat, some people working on it had PTSD because they had to do so much research on gore and death.

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hockeybub89
02/10/21 7:39:12 PM
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I killed the dogs because they were dangerous and annoying. It was no different than killing dogs in any other game. I never once felt like I was being punished for playing the game. I never felt that way about Spec Ops The Line either. A video game can't make me feel bad.

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StarSpangled
02/10/21 7:39:46 PM
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Yazarogi posted...
Actually, yeah they do.

https://youtu.be/WeG9MuzUppM

https://youtu.be/p-ryhcJ1Csw <--- minus heads exploding, bodies fall exactly like this if you've ever seen any cartel hit video or head shot video on the internet.

This next one is an actual VR experience to REALLY make you feel like you're the one doing the killing.

https://youtu.be/PtU9bAPm8eg

BUT YEAH, THE LAST OF US IS THE GRIMEY ONE.

It is interesting how the game industry cheers for this but high school teens flirting with each other is a call for outrage.


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SaccharineSmile
02/10/21 7:41:07 PM
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Yazarogi posted...
Actually, yeah they do.

https://youtu.be/WeG9MuzUppM

https://youtu.be/p-ryhcJ1Csw <--- minus heads exploding, bodies fall exactly like this if you've ever seen any cartel hit video or head shot video on the internet.

This next one is an actual VR experience to REALLY make you feel like you're the one doing the killing.

https://youtu.be/PtU9bAPm8eg

BUT YEAH, THE LAST OF US IS THE GRIMEY ONE.


thats the point man

the last of us 2 intend was to go full on realistic violence and you as a player are forced to recreate, play and watch the violence

these other games you posted are just there for cosmetics of violence

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hockeybub89
02/10/21 7:42:56 PM
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SaccharineSmile posted...
thats the point man

the last of us 2 intend was to go full on realistic violence and you as a player are forced to recreate, play and watch the violence

these other games you posted are just there for cosmetics of violence
So you aren't playing the violence when you go on a rampage in Red Dead?

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KyerWiz
02/10/21 7:51:48 PM
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A simple question, TC: why play something you clearly weren't in the mood for?

There are many, many different flavors of videogames. Some you may feel like playing some days and others simply are not something you're ever looking for. This is fine.

What is not fine is whining about a game delivering the experience it promised to deliver. Do you complain about pokmon games being kid friendly? About strategy games requiring you to think? About horror movies being scary?
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TheOtherMike
02/10/21 8:05:15 PM
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KyerWiz posted...
What is not fine is whining about a game delivering the experience it promised to deliver. Do you complain about pokmon games being kid friendly? About strategy games requiring you to think? About horror movies being scary?

This is exactly what I don't understand about the "it's too violent and gory" complaint. That's literally what they advertised. It's like going to Taco Bell and bitching because you wanted burgers.
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Stalolin
02/10/21 8:11:32 PM
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SaccharineSmile posted...
I know right

i dunno what they were trying to achieve

its a fucking videogame dont be tryhards trying to make an Oscar winning wannabe film

Play something else. Different strokes.

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