What The Last Of Us Part II Can Teach You About Life | A video essay
7TLOU2 is spectacular, devastating, beautifully crafted and a huge accomplishment. The action is intense, gruelling, and raw. And the tale matches the action's intensity. It was eerie playing a game about a post-pandemic zombie apocalypse during a pandemic. Part II reflects some amazing craftsmanship, riveting cut scenes, and empathetic storytelling. Developer Naughty Dog, its team, and the cast took a lot of risks in this ambitious sequel.
In the beginning of Part II, Naughty Dog made the controversial decision of killing off Joel, whose transformation into a sympathetic character is so central to the previous game. It made my heart sink, confirming that the worst enemies are the humans, not the zombies, because of their despicable behaviour.
This game goes out of its way to paint everyone in shades of gray. Ellie and Joel are both brutal killers in the first game, and they remain so in the second game, though they have settled down in Jackson. Now their job is to protect their home from the Infected (as the zombies are called) and human foes outside the walls. Yes, even after a pandemic, more so than today, humanity has to live in a walled-in world, and people like Ellie and Joel must guard those walls. Joel's killing permits us to wonder: Are these characters who are so violent really as good as we believe them to be?
I understood late in the game that this is the path Naughty Dog committed itself to, and it executed on that vision extremely well. I hate this story that sacrificed characters, but I understand it. Whether or not you love all the characters, by the end of the game you understand what drives everyone, even if you hate some of the decisions the characters have made, you understand why they felt they needed to make them.
The Last of Us Part II represents the very best of what video games can be. It is right up there with awesome titles like God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 that make narrative storytelling the highest form of video game art, in my humble opinion.
At the end of this entire quest she's lost her partner. She's lost her son. She's lost her sense of community. She's lost a lot of her humanity. This is a physical manifestation of that level of loss. Her connection with Joel. At that moment, as she tries to play the guitar, Ellie realizes that her life cannot return to normal
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