![]() It will be one you will talk about for quite some time. You may love the story, or you may hate it, but you certainly won't ignore it. Sure, there are some predictable twists and turns, and some that you will definitely not see coming, but as with every Naughty Dog game from the past decade, the devil is in the details with which the story is crafted. The story takes a jaw-drop flip halfway through, leaving you considerably perplexed. In a situation, where the world is run without laws, where people do what they do to survive, how blurred is the line between right and wrong? Does it become a battle between the two, both of whom think they are right and their actions justified? The perspective the story gives you into the lives of all the people that matter makes this game a lot more than running and gunning your opponents. Without spoiling the story I’d like to ask you one question. Something that’s reminiscent of the phrase - “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” And with that, we set off on this journey to exact counter revenge.īut that’s not all. She has a crush she wants to explore, she has her patrol duties to be worried about, and she has to be careful that no one knows she is immune to the virus that caused the apocalypse. Ellie is now 19 and is doing everything a 19-year-old does in a town surviving a zombie apocalypse. The Last of Us Part 2 Story: Revenge is a dish best served coldįrench diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord has been credited with the saying but I read it for the first when I read The Count of Monte Cristo (another story about revenge) and that’s the first thought that came to my mind during the end of the first act of The Last of Us Part 2.Īt the end of the first game, Ellie and Joel return to Jacksonville and the story of The Last of Us Part 2 kicks off a few years later. This review is spoiler-free but I will touch upon some elements from the story and gameplay already out there, with the intention of sharing the impactful experience I’ve had playing The Last of Us Part 2. And a sequel that showcases the prowess of the little machine called the PS4. A sequel that once again tells me why the developers are on the top of their game. A sequel that took me around 30 hours to beat and still left me wanting more. Today is about the sequel - The Last of Us Part 2. A game that was an original IP, a game that redefined storytelling, a game that would forever be in our hearts, a game called The Last of Us (read our review here).Ĭonsidered a swansong to the PS3, The Last of Us numero uno was the best thing to happen to console gaming and propelled storytelling in video games to the next level. It was the end of the PS3’s lifecycle and the developers squeezed everything they could from the console to give us a visually stunning game. Developer Naughty Dog has garnered a reputation as the studio that strives for perfection and attention to detail.įrom the stunning visuals of Crash Bandicoot on the PS1 to the witty Jak and Daxter on the PS2 and even the exceptional narrative of the Uncharted series (including one hell of a train ride in Uncharted 2), Naughty Dog has been the go-to studio for swashbuckling action-adventure games. ![]() While we aren’t going to delve into the controversy here, know that it is from the ashes that a phoenix rises. ![]() The Last of Us Part 2 is not only one of the most anticipated games for the PS4, but considering the events of the past month, one that’s shrouded in controversy.
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